Dizzee Rascal - 'I Luv U'

[@Galucettz]

This sounds so ahead of its time

[@matthewcrescimone6404]

i knowwe

[@deanmcloughlin2360]

There's a reason he's known as one of the greatest British rapper and the literally pioneer of UK grime tbf, I was leaving year 6 starting year 7 the year those came out 😂 you can imagine how much of a badman I felt walking around with this in my cd player 😅

[@iCameForFlesh666]

Because it is

[@mazzamanrob5249]

To think this guy was only 16 when he made boy in the corner is insane, that was easily the best grime album ever made. Dizzee Rascal will always be remembered as a grime artist like 2 Pac was remembered as a hip hop artist.

[@WKPlugins]

He wrote it in 20 mins too.

[@damanidelanokelly9477]

Mac finn obviously didnt

[@WKPlugins]

Damani Delano Kelly He said it in an interview. It was the end of the day and he liked the beat so he wrote and recorded it before he went home. Dont try argue when you don't know shit.

[@danielvincan]

Mac finn Your comment sounds like you are saying that the entire album was written in 20 mins, seeing as the original comment is talking about the album not the song. Don't be rude when you don't know shit.

[@Apizzaslice]

Pac? Really?

[@redhot663]

20 year anniversary of this tune! Brap Brap! 2003 to 2023 and still a banger!

[@libertyhodgkinson4936]

Factssss 🎉🎉

[@WillyJunior]

this album and the streets - original pirate material sum up these few years for me

[@JimmyJayJunior]

Yes!

[@fred1987randall]

I second that Sir

[@SkinnyEMedia]

Great two albums that showcase Britain can beat the hell out of America's dominant hip-hop/rap culture.

[@NelsonVanDweller]

U must be in Yr 30s now

[@Kayzzldn]

Yeah

[@101publicenemy]

He was 16 when he did this, it was wild.

[@James.k1373]

+101publicenemy nowadays 16 year old grime artists cant even make an album even if their lives depended on it

[@saronrock]

+101publicenemy and he produced the beat himself

[@a7_mvt]

+Hootla 16 he made it released when he was 18

[@a7_mvt]

***** wiki is bullshit he started making it in august 2001 and he dropped it when he was 18/19 he was 16 making it

[@jbruno7841]

Your all idiots rascal never made this beat just look at club sidewinder the home of uk garage and no he weren't 16 or 18 but much older

[@rickbannan7110]

Growing up in the States we never encountered this kind of music. Had I known about it as early on as it came out, things might've been different.

[@RileyFreeman_]

@@benisrood it was different back in 2004 internet weren’t what it is now only way ppl heard this song was hearing it on 1xtra or channel u or if you bought the album none of which ppl in America could do

[@nextstepsenglish]

Ahh, comments like this are why I feel blessed to have a familial connection to the u.k. My cousins over that way put my yank self on to a lot of great music.

[@XxiLLViLLAiNxX]

I feel you on that. I'm from the states too and I didn't learn about grime until around 2014. Back in '04 it was all Lil Wayne over here.

[@kalungi8044]

Never too late

[@b3nchur]

@@benisrood yeah and who said they’d find it. Sometimes searching can be to no avail

[@KabzieMusic]

This beat is FILTHY, eternal fucking banger

[@jacksonwatkins6431]

I'm American, first time hearing this, it’s pretty badass, got a chaotic vibe, love it

[@forcedtohaveahandle]

Check out Ruff Sqwad’s Guns and Roses 1 and 2 mixtapes

[@SchlumberttheHumble]

You hip to death grips at all

[@tunaroll53]

@@SchlumberttheHumble im also american and binge-listening to his older music, and im a huge death grips fan!

[@cezairemusic]

That track introduced me to all the UK scene, i'm from france and back in the days it was tough to find some alternative music like that. I discovered a whole scene and a whole country. Harry Potter has nothing to do with that lol

[@babymilksnatcher]

still hard listening to UK Grime and hip-hop out here, we're just flooded with that yankee crap

[@xGJHx]

Still one of the nastiest basslines in music.

[@rudicon4u]

Love the tune but heard nastier..

[@1Superchops]

so nasty for being like 2 or 3 notes

[@Allgreen69]

Ao3 Geo mean muggin the whole time

[@ryanc1451]

@@rudicon4u doubt they hit as hard as this through 40-60k of martin audio/funktion one though mate.

[@SSKMusicBeats]

@@rudicon4u So Solid Crew - Dilemna (Bassline) thank me later

[@nikkilondon415]

Coming up to my 30's, this song brings back so much memories. Quick advice for the yunguns, enjoy your youth cos it's the best time of your life. Big up dizzy, original grime master 🙌🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@CC-cu8gv]

Same, I'm 30 now and this song(album Boy in Da Corner) was out when I was 16 in college oh my dayz memories!

[@e.bleu_l4401]

im 14 and I like old school grime like dizzee crazy titch roll deep more fire crew etc and the instrumentals were way more grimey then this trap grime thing that people like section boys and that are doing producers like danny weed dj target etc thats true grime there

[@whybother4156]

I’m 26 and nothing compares to dizzy from back then

[@quantumblurrr]

Only if you don’t do anything with your life lol

[@nazmoneymiller2363]

40s for me

[@wallysworld8380]

I’m Canadian and Boy In Da Corner is one of my favourite albums of all time from any artist.

[@DUDULALALALALALA]

Awesome bruv =)

[@deboman81]

I’m a Texan and Ruff Sqwad mixtapes were sick with it!!!!!!

[@saturnlizards]

I'm a crackhead and I don't care

[@JessWeezy1]

I was 13 when this came out - this song transports me back in time. Now my boy is 13 and I'm passing it on

[@roberthirst2302]

I was 3!

[@thedude4795]

​@roberthirst2302 goo goo goo gah gah

[@andyh366]

Dizzie got me into grime aged 12. 15 years later still listening. Legend

[@carralumsden8853]

Was gonna ask what type of music this is. Thabks didn't know that. Not my kind of music genre tbh but I do like this musical beat. It is good! Props Peace

[@jackhebdon9892]

@@carralumsden8853 just alot of grime

[@glennchinyangarara8225]

Got me into grime aged 11, nearly 10 years later still listening

[@jerrypz]

Remember tapin' this off pirate radio. The good old days... Also, respect to dude for putting grime on the map on HIS terms with this album. And yeah, his later albums became poppy. But let's be honest, most people on road were too busy downloading tunes for free - why shouldn't they then go for the markets where it actually pays for what you put in. The last time us I can remember grime-heads financially supporting grime was when everyone was pushing to make "POW!" number one in the charts. Good times.

[@datraremeisje]

man, I miss these days! My youth flew away in the blink of an eye

[@Endinos]

I love her accent!

[@slavicaselimaj6070]

Who is girl

[@jamfountain8702]

@@slavicaselimaj6070 😍

[@gggbbb4892]

"that boy's sum prick ya nah"! 🤣🤣 She's hard and dizzy is always a G! #Boomshakalaka 👊🏼

[@357prodofficial6]

Sounds like she’s from Gloucester

[@themvsthemvsus]

@@slavicaselimaj6070 Jeanine Jaques

[@brandongray2430]

If this song didn't exist neither would UK Hip Hop on any level, its hard to remember but this came out when Sugababes was number 1 in england, This song is the start of UK Rap making money

[@patrickland6772]

Nearly 2023 and I'm still listening to this tune

[@ashjules2911]

🔥 track

[@seranocomva8425]

Yessss 🔥🔥🔥

[@LW-ny7vl]

My best grime song of all time beside Wiley what do you call it and Kano p and q’s

[@rahuldahoob]

😊

[@BagIsFull]

No one will reach the level of Boy in Da Corner, ever

[@roberthirst2302]

+BagIsFull I haven't seen a grime album even CLOSE to it. Most artists are going for some big hit single and won't sit down and make a solid album. I mean this album is so good it jumps out of the best from Grime and into best from all genres.

[@samhill487]

+Robert Hirst honestly though, he was like 17 i think when he wrote this, and it is easily the best album in grime, ahead of Playtime is Over and Freedom of Speech.

[@acex222]

+BagIsFull I read this as "who is wiley"

[@TransparentCranium]

+BagIsFull I don't know, Home Sweet Home was pretty good too

[@eoghan-uk9yi]

+Hayden Brown you wouldnt of heard of dizzee if not for Wiley

[@bjamz3784]

No one these days could put a master piece debut album together at this age!

[@veelotus3700]

I’ll never forget when I first saw this video on channel U circa 2003...time fliessss

[@NebulousNova]

I just listened to this song for the first time today without being too sure of what to expect and WOW I was not expecting it to sound this crazy. I've heard of Dizzee Rascal before but I'm not really familiar with his music or the Grime genre so listening to this song was refreshing to me as a Rap listener. I can't believe this song came out in 2003 because it honestly sounds ahead of its time. The rapid-fire lyrics over a pounding beat weren't really a thing in US Hip Hop in 2003. I definitely want to check out more Grime music after hearing this.

[@sonikku956]

Grime is one of the most unique genres to evolve out of electronic dance music. Can you believe there's a direct path line from songs like Don't Make Me Wait by Peach Boys to this?

[@NebulousNova]

​@@sonikku956 The evolution is definitely interesting. When it comes to EDM influencing Rap music, it's entertaining to see how there was a time in the 1980s that Electro Rap was a really popular subgenre (especially on the west coast of the US). I feel like 80s Electro Rap more or less got the ball rolling for EDM's influence in rap music, leading it to get to where it is nowadays, where there have now been countless songs released that are notably influenced by Electronic Music. I also wonder what sort of influence the beat style of The Neptunes (Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo) had on the creation of the Grime beat sound (or the other way around), as I've heard a number of beats made by them that remind me of some Grime beats I've heard.

[@caiollncoln]

​@@NebulousNovaIt's funny to see you saying that because I recently discovered music from the same period - but from my country - that gave rise to the grime style here too.

[@caiollncoln]

​@@NebulousNovaI believe that every country that has a rap scene ends up developing this style with similar beats and contexts.

[@NebulousNova]

@@caiollncoln Interesting. Yeah, it's only natural that a genre's different regional scenes will evolve somewhat similarly as time goes on. On a slightly related note, I wonder if there are any interviews out there where a a UK Grime producer mentions a specific US producer as being one of their major inspirations as a beatmaker, because I know there have historically been numerous musical borrowings between the countries over the years (the "Drill" Rap music subgenre being a prime example.)

[@JL90s]

If stormzy brought people here it just means them people are young. Chill

[@matthewcollis6997]

ironically, as you said that, he must have brought u here!

[@khaldrogo6130]

+Matthew Collis You too g

[@Oscar01-21]

+J2013 bruh im 13 and ive been listening to dizzee on the original i pod about 7 years back

[@khaldrogo6130]

The Notorious F.A.T Go play Pokemon

[@Oscar01-21]

i dont play it i dont understand y people like it i think its shit

[@supamata844]

Boy in the Corner is easily the Best Grime album ever !!! All Time - GOAT.

[@arancienne]

dizzee will always be a pioneer of UK rap

[@declanjones812]

‘You weren’t on the roads when Dizzie made I love you back then you must of been about 4’

[@glennchinyangarara8225]

Double the figure that Wiley assumed the age Stormzy when I Luv U was released, that would be 8 and this was released in 02

[@lillustpotion]

I was in my teens and this went offffff in the under 18s raves 😂

[@j_c2225]

Glenn The Braintree 2003*

[@glennchinyangarara8225]

James 3 he says ‘2000 and slew’ in the song’s outro, so it surely must mean that the song was first released in 2002 then globally in 2003.

[@j_c2225]

Glenn The Braintree the album boy in da corner by Dizzee was released on 21 July 2003, the song was recorded in late 2002. I remember my parents giving me the money for the CD when I finished year 8 at school.

[@catviolentred3129]

the fact he was so young, but spoke such harsh truths.... big love to him

[@nicholaslynndrake]

I got to see the tour of this album in NY/Brooklyn and I'll never forget mister rascal. Just speaks to me and am thankful he made his mark...so much!

[@thompsonj0120]

i moved from USA to UK 2003 for HS. this shit came on MTV and blew my mind. never heard anything like it. loved boy on the corner.

[@arthurlecomte8950]

God I remember being 10 years old in 2003. Was watching MTV in the Netherlands. Back in the days they only played urban music from the USA and European dance music. Then suddenly this came past. For the first time I went totally crazy about a song. And damn, 16 years later it still hasn't lost its energy for me. No grime song has ever topped this.

[@EscoStyle]

Dan ken je The Box ook nog, deze kwam elke dag op the box

[@arthurlecomte8950]

@@EscoStyle Ja stiekem bedoelde ik ook The Box, maar dat snappen die buitenlanders toch niet haha

[@MichaelRoehr]

I am loving the variety of stuff Dizzee puts out these days.

[@mindlesschelsea]

This never gets old. It's amazing.

[@alonewithyu]

fax

[@LuMinaryNERD]

Uk... stand up, without even realising it, Uk has created and maintained a genre that continues to evolve, inspire and expand. #learnt the hard way.

[@BIGRGOFFICIAL]

Large up Dizzee

[@sharpeicrazy9419]

This song brings so many memories love this tune.

[@lyndellwilliams5890]

Who are your top 5 rappers?

[@lyndellwilliams5890]

Thanks for the like bit you still gave Mr any names?

[@sharpeicrazy9419]

@@lyndellwilliams5890 2pac Drake 50cent Did mean 🇬🇧 rappers

[@sharpeicrazy9419]

If uk rappers Dizze rascal Dave Mist

[@lyndellwilliams5890]

@sharpeicrazy9419 O.K. I'm going to give you someone to checkout, but only if you're interested?

[@dazcampbell]

Who remembers watching this on Channel U

[@rondo1015]

was about to say the same

[@ch3rrikiss]

Yes 😂

[@tarahridge5504]

Yessssssss

[@Snacks8536]

Real talk. Channel u was hard!

[@aaronmatthews4523]

1- I luv U 2- P's and Q's 3- Jus' a rascal

[@Slesaint17]

Aaron Matthews Kano?

[@chungarito7739]

Serious jme

[@Xldldoom0]

I Luv U P’s and Q’s Jus’ a Rascal Fix Up, Look Sharp What Did He Say Man Don’t Care Revvin

[@conor90]

Great era for grime and urban music during the early to mid 2000s, loads of legendary artists and tunes. It was so big it spawned loads of kids from affluent, nice, middle class backgrounds in towns and villages, to start bowling about in akademiks tracksuits, flat peak caps and go around happy slapping people 😂

[@harrycambridge1988]

Seriously underrated album. Boy in da corner 👍🏻

[@lovejoypain]

You took the words out my mouth. Should have called it boy waaaaaay over there in da corner (judging by some of the comments on here). He wasn't getting heard...

[@gazajadebrown9866]

Not to the street s

[@PhatInAHat]

it did win the Mercury Music Prize though

[@kapid1]

Iconic song

[@heftylad]

Still a favourite what a classic

[@Grimdog102]

Love this old stuff, why can't Dizzee still make tunes like this?!

[@onlyychino]

Dizzee rascal come down like snow ❄️

[@fylypz]

Still listenin to this in´16 !!! Still gr8

[@ladies_man217.]

New Era baseball cap, baggy Nike jumper, baggy Mckenzie jeans with some fresh white trainers. Jeez I miss them days

[@anthoslykos6294]

American and still bopping this in 2020.

[@merlin2k6]

Classic Dizzee

[@gabrielguerra2935]

still one of the most biggest DRAMAS in human writing

[@007JNR]

Mad tune when it came out . I hadn't heard anything like it.

[@TheRealBoyardee]

Almost 10 years old and this vid still kicks ass.

[@EscoStyle]

Almost 20 years

[@townsjim]

This album was so sick, fucking legendary

[@Foxartist1]

Who's here in 2020? Up 2 now I still ain't herd a riddim even similar 2 this Dizzee u killed this make more Grime bro

[@T0rgale]

Been a grime fan since 2011 and only just gave this a listen i've been missing out on dizzee for sure

[@shirleyrobinson6487]

EPIC Boy in da corner best grime album Ever You have to buy this.

[@ClosetoHumanMusic]

So sick.

[@londonsfinest3117]

seriously feel sorry for all those who only discovered this song from Wiley's Stormzy diss

[@fractal_mind562]

R.I.P to all the youngers

[@xenialewis6596]

Londons Finest it’s mad to think some people REALLY didn’t even know this classic 🤣😂

[@ppb3701]

Londons Finest grimes beginners

[@mabughris9329]

Defo all under 18. This been the national anthem for time

[@Andy-mu7ip]

😂😭

[@wagwanbennydj6003]

Still so underrated

[@cheegan]

Dizzee produced most of his own beats back in the day same with Wiley it's maddd so much better than these days just has it's own feel

[@thatbennyguy]

Wiley and Dizzee Rascal came to fame at about the same time, they even have a song together on this same album. It's no wonder why they have such similar flows, classic grime flows you could call it.

[@ferrarisarecool7]

Wow, just wow!!

[@evilgerman82]

This was the days 🔥🔥🔥 miss them sooooo much 😢

[@charliepotter100]

It's not just that he was so young, the music is still more musically interesting then any grime track I can think of. It's not just hard, it's rhythmically really quite complicated, and it just sounds like nothing else. How it manages to be kind of sparse and complex without being either really slow or boring I don't understand.

[@Dan-vc4ku]

Outrageous...still bangin on your door in 2020!!!!!!!!!!

[@neildunford241]

Still ahead of it's time. Brutal.

[@DOMCORLENEtv]

Forever a legend. Dizzee was too ahead of time lmao! 🔥

I want beats like this in 2019!!! i love boy in the corner with as much passion as i hate his later stuff

[@98garageraver71]

The Record What Started Grime.

[@jessebrown8673]

The king of grime for real the original

[@ksexton6784]

I'm 30 years old writing this in 2021. I got here after looking up the video fix up, look sharp because my almost 2 year old geeked out watching that dance scene on Paranorman. I JUST found this guy. Over a decade after this video was uploaded. I like him. THANK YOU! 😎👍

[@joefur1625]

when this album dropped in one day everyone in my school unanimously loved dizzee no matter what other music they liked, was in year 9, completely changed the landscape of UK music

[@TheCybervoyeur]

Jesus , I'm 32 and I forgot how hard this track goes

[@TheDrillFather]

If stormzy brought you here you should show appreciation to him for introducing you to this fine piece of grime music.

[@FR33PIZZABOY]

2020 and this will always get wheel ups fr

[@UzanAviranavraham]

Good old times is almost 40 years old now

[@londonwells9925]

Happy early 20th anniversary to Boy in da Corner by Dizzee Rascal!

[@SkywatcherAnomalous89]

Remember sharing a headphone on a MP3 player in year 10 listening to these tunes. Dizzy was 🔥 back in the day! He could come back now and slaughter them all.

[@romelgonzales2754]

I remember buying this album on its release date till this very day I still listen to this song

[@m3de98]

18 years today. History.

[@yahdn1471]

this tune is a 'certified' #banger. I brought this on a cd and still look it up on utube from time to time. #Dizzeeeeeeeeee.

[@andrewperry8268]

Timeless tune 🤗

[@ravipatel2332]

Can't say enough how much of a banger this one is. Dizzee is a badman for having the balls to bring out this music all those years ago. Also sick how you can listen to the instrumental and bop to this shit. Beat is nasty, flow is nasty, grime like this is fuckin narrrrrsty.

[@93hs12]

big up to dizzie!

[@harmyhood5001]

boy in da corner best album of dizzees EVA!!

[@LS_616]

This tracks timeless maaaan

[@tarahridge5355]

This was next level back in '03 🔥

[@nowalternottoday3809]

I wish dizzy stayed this age he was 🔥🔥🔥 fuckin corporate ruins everything 🤦‍♂️

[@RolazProductions]

Fifteen, she's underage, that's raw And against law, 5 years or more And she wants a score and half of a draw That's the kind of threat that you can't ignore Adam Johnson should of listened to Dizzy.

[@thiskid9879]

👏

[@JackBromfield]

rolaz productions copy my comment why don't ya

[@devilsrejects4700]

how u know that she can look underage but be older

[@supersqueak12]

15 years of age thts raw gonna get man 5 years or more an she wans a score n half ova draw thts the kinda threat tht ya cant ignore

[@LolzerXD2014]

Man was 16 when he write those bars

[@slickflickcoolie2169]

This was classic growing up .....

[@MyNIPPLEHEAD]

I was 13 when this was out I understood it all im from Manchester uk

[@socillizt4life]

that’s the 1st time I’ve ever heard that “remixed”/bonus part from 2:50 on & I’ve had the album since the drop,nice lil addition

[@tania8257]

Goosebumps from the nostalgia

[@OngoingDiscovery]

Nowadays Dizzee is a bit of a joke but this album is one of those milestones that set in motion the direction of the next almost 2 decades of British underground music, and Boy in da corner remains one of the best grime albums ever to this day IMO.

[@Xfrond]

His best song.

[@jacksonwoodruffe6665]

I have to give respect to my little brother Luke, He was on this from the start. I remember actually being cross he had downloaded this off Kazaa onto my PC, but within a week i was hooked on this song.

[@simonedaw3135]

wicked song never get bored of it :)

[@morethanjustrandom]

Did you know that Dizzee Rascal produced this hit song “I Luv U” on a PS1 using the game "music 2000"?

[@nevadakrby9478]

this is like some pre death grips shit, love it

[@HollandDamien]

Nevada Krby hey baby! ;)

[@isaacd4425]

Damien Holland this is youtube not badoo dude

[@mhuuudhaarrarhhhmmmez4829]

Can never forget the time and day I first heard this circulating - anticipating any place it would drop.. and how hype I'd get (GASSED!) .. and my days were blessad .. - and life for *LIVING*!

[@eliasseymour9549]

Bless! Thanks dizzee for helping your race and signing other people who need to be heared! This is your best riddim.

[@midenking9651]

I remember having Boy in da corner on CD when it came out 👍