Showtime

by Dizzee Rascal

Showtime cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 14 September 2004
  • Label: XL
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 51:29
  • Community rating: 3.44/5 from 8 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following his Mercury Prize-winning debut, the East London MC delivers a darker, highly pressured sophomore album. Largely self-produced, the record expands the sonic palette of grime with claustrophobic, bass-heavy beats that underscore his rapid-fire, heavily accented lyricism concerning sudden fame and urban paranoia.

Genres

Descriptors: menacing, electronic, distorted, percussive, deconstructed, rap, underground, hard, classic, experimental

Tracklist

  1. Showtime (2:12)
  2. Stand Up Tall (3:09)
  3. Everywhere (3:46)
  4. Graftin' (3:25)
  5. Learn (3:20)
  6. Hype Talk (3:05)
  7. Face (3:39)
  8. Respect Me (4:45)
  9. Get By (3:24)
  10. Knock, Knock (3:27)
  11. Dream (3:18)
  12. Girls (3:32)
  13. Imagine (2:54)
  14. Flyin' (3:26)
  15. Fickle (4:01)

Credits

  • Mike Marsh - lacquer cut by
  • Dylan Mills - written-by
  • Daryl Nurse - written-by
  • Tesmond Rowe - written-by
  • Vanguard Vardoen - written-by
  • Caramel - vocals [additional]
  • Wayne Gardner - written-by
  • Vanya - vocals [additional]

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