he won't pop off in the states. At least not with the mainstream hip-hop community. Hip-hop is about the words, and most people don't hae the capacity for hearing and understanding people with accents (don't ask me- my brain isn't even programmed to remember the words to Beastie Boys songs.)
on an off-off-topic note, did anyone watch the history of jamaican music on bravo last night? i though it was going to be all marly this andmarly that- but they actually got to his death with out about 45 minutes left and then tracked through the whole 80s/90s dancehall thing. i think of this only because they had to subtitle all of the interviews due to the heavy patios. On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > I seriously think if he hooks up with the right US hip-hop heads he will > blow up big here. > He's been getting lots of great press. It's a matter of making that > difficult cross Atlantic conversion. Since garage basically doesn't exist > in the US mainstream I think he has to have some cameo spots on some US > hip-hop artist tracks. > > Mark - you might have heard the one tune where he used "Big Beat" by Billy > Squire as his backing track. > > MEK > > > > > "Robert Taylor" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mark S. Krüx > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "313" <313@hyperreal.org> > 4.co.uk> cc: > Subject: RE: (313) NYC / lost > - saturday 28 feb. > 02/06/04 02:08 PM > > > > > > > He won the Mercury Music Prize 2003 - he's a 19 year old grimy garage hero > - really fresh f***ed up electronic noises with Dizee's extremely fast > MCing - all his own work too > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark S. Krüx [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 7:52 PM > To: 313 > Subject: Re: (313) NYC / lost - saturday 28 feb. > > > >> Dizzee Rascal and Matthew Dear on the same night? Weird? > >> I wonder how Dizzee will go down in the States - is he well known over > there? > > I asked Plexus that last night.... > > Neither of us have a clue who he is or what he plays. Wanna clue us in? > > ##################################################################################### > > Note: > > Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily > represent > those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. > This email > and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use > of the > individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this > email in > error, please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thank You. > ##################################################################################### > > > > > >
