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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Bonkers The Story of Dizzee Rascal by Paul Lester Smurfie Syco (No 762) The background: Three years after we first featured him, Tinie Tempah is No 1 and he's being talked up as the new Tinchy Stryder, or talking himself up as the next Damon Albarn, as he did in last week's NME. So fully expect Smurfie Syco to chart in roughly, ooh, 2013. Actually, given the current popularity of popped-up grime boys such as Tinchy and Tinie, he probably won't have to wait that long, although whether he has it in him to become, a la Damon, a polymorphously eclectic and restlessly prolific artist venturing into all sorts of areas via all manner of multimedia routes remains to be seen. It probably helps to have Dizzee Rascal in his corner – the young MC is signed to his label and Dizzee is mooted as executive producer of his debut album. There are Smurfie tracks all over YouTube, all quite different from each other, so it's hard to say what direction he'll be pursuing. But it would appear that Tinie's recent assertion about wanting to make commercial pop songs, not just grime tracks for a cult minority, has struck a chord with Syco. He will also surely have watched closely as his mentor Dizzee went supernova after he embraced pop. Let's hope the one pop track we've heard by him, I'm the Sex, isn't the template for that debut album. "Oh, baby, scream my name," he raps over a tepid urban melody. "I might like you better if we slept together," it goes on, like an R&B-lite version of Beach Boys' Wouldn't It Be Nice lewdly interrupted by R Kelly. It's hard to square this song with some of the other Syco stuff doing the rounds on YouTube, tracks from a mixtape called SmurfieSyco.com that he put out last year. Don't Start Nuffin is heavy, pounding grimestep (a genre we think we just made up), all deep, growly, reverberating subsonic bass, distorted drums, and computer-game bloops and bleeps. I'll Be Back samples Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator and is heavier than the Prodigy doing Led Zep's Trampled Underfoot produced by Kode9. Crush is dancier, Where's Your Head At? samples Basement Jaxx, while Hellrazor is powerful dub-grime. Grub? Dime? He really is all over YouTube like a rash – we found a track of his called Sexxxplicit, sharp future-tronica set to porn stars doing the biz, only with the offending parts replaced by cartoon bananas and sweets. There's even footage of him explaining how to make a handy cup out of a Ribena carton, like he's a presenter on an episode of Blue Peter directed by the people behind Dubplate Drama. No, we can't wait for this Syco to make it big. The buzz: "Smurfie is set to take his grime ethos and apply it to crafting timeless tracks that impact greatly on the individual" – Grime Wikipedia. The truth: His "flow" isn't all that, but he's got some interesting ideas (and some rubbish ones), and with Dizzee at the controls this Syco is sure to send the pop-grime massive Bonkers. Most likely to: Remain single – the laydeez love him cos he's buff innit. Least likely to: Date Valerie Singleton. What to buy: His debut single proper will be released by Dirtee Stank in August. File next to: Tinie Tempah, Tinchy Stryder, Itchy Robot, Dizzee Rascal. Bonkers: The Story of Dizzee Rascal by Paul Lester. Din vej ind i musikken. Kundeservice FAQ Om os. Om os Stepnote Publishing Hjælp os til at blive bedre. Se alle nyheder Se alle nyeste produkter Tilmeld Nyhedsbrev Se alle vores nyhedsbreve her. Lær durskalaer Transponering - Lær at transponere Lær akkorderne på klaveret Lær nodernes og pausernes værdier Lær Noder Fortegn - lær om fortegn Oversigt over musiksymboler Guide til at komme igang med musikken! Om Instrumenter. Log ind Ønskeliste Opret bruger Nyhedstilmelding. Kundeservice FAQ Om os. Om os Stepnote Publishing Hjælp os til at blive bedre. Se alle nyheder Se alle nyeste produkter Tilmeld Nyhedsbrev Se alle vores nyhedsbreve her. Lær durskalaer Transponering - Lær at transponere Lær akkorderne på klaveret Lær nodernes og pausernes værdier Lær Noder Fortegn - lær om fortegn Oversigt over musiksymboler Guide til at komme igang med musikken! Om Instrumenter. Log ind Ønskeliste Opret bruger Nyhedstilmelding. Forside / Produkter / Genrer / Hip-Hop / Dizzee Rascal: Bonkers - The Story Of. Dylan Kwabena Mills, better known as Dizzee Rascal, has evolved from cutting-edge grime and UK hip hop pioneer into one of Britain?s biggest pop stars. And he?s done it without compromising one iota of his startlingly original vision and unique persona. In Bonkers Paul Lester traces Dizzee?s development as the East London rapper, songwriter and record producer, of Ghanaian and Nigerian descent, forged a career, first as a pirate radio DJ aged 16, then as a member of grime collective the Roll Deep Crew, and finally as a solo artist. It also reveals how Dizzee?s distinctive style ? a hybrid of garage, rap, grime, ragga, dancehall and electronica - and skewed observations of low- rent city life helped him become, at 19, the youngest person ever to win the prestigious Mercury Music Prize in 2003 with his extraordinary debut album Boy In Da Corner. In this no-holds-barred account, read about Dizzee?s stabbing in Ayia Napa, his gradual infiltration of the mainstream: rapping on Band Aid 20?s ? Do They Know It?s Christmas?? in 2004, his three Number 1 singles with ?Dance Wiv Me?, ?Bonkers? and ?Holiday?, and unlikely appearance on BBC2?s Newsnight where he was grilled about politics by Jeremy Paxman and joked that he could one day be Prime Minister. Stranger things have happened ? and they?re all in Bonkers: The Story of Dizzee Rascal. Paul Lester is the author of acclaimed biographies of post punk legends Gang Of Four and Wire, and pop superstar Pink, all published by Omnibus Press. He also contributes to The Guardian and The Sunday Times. New library books. Although the library receives most of its new items ready for the start of the school year in September, there is still a steady trickle of new books arriving later in the year. Recent arrivals have included: Submarine – Joe Dunthorne Bonkers: the story of Dizzee Rascal – Paul Lester You against me – Jenny Downham A game of thrones – George R. R. Martin The walking dead volume 12: life among them – Robert Kirkman. New books don’t always stay on the shelf long. You can use the library catalogue to reserve books someone else has borrowed or click the What’s new quick link on the main search page to see what’s arrived recently. Zeitoun. When Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans most people managed to evacuate before the winds roared in and the floodwaters began to rise. Those who were still trapped in the city faced a nightmarish struggle to survive. This is the true story of a man who decided to stay behind when everyone else was desperate to get out. With hindsight Abdulrahman Zeitoun should have evacuated with his family but like everyone else in New Orleans he accepted the occasional hurricane threat as part of life. By the time it became clear that this time was different it was too late. At that point most people would have holed up and waited to be rescued. Abdulrahman dug out on old canoe and set out across the drowned city to see if there was anything he could do to help. Paddling across a post-apocalyptic landscape he slowly uncovers a new world. He rescues desperate people from their collapsing homes, feeds starving pets, liberates goldfish, faces down armed gangs and generally proves that desperate situations do sometimes create heroes. Zeitoun is a perfect example of a true life story that is weirder, more inspiring and darker than any fiction. There’s a shocking twist about two thirds of the way in that would seem farfetched if this was a novel. Without the final section this would be an uplifting story of someone struggling to help others in a terrible situation. The later chapters give this book a much more sinister edge. The authorities’ desperate attempts to regain control manage to make the city even more dangerous. An already terrible situation is complicated by the paranoia flowing from the war on terror. Dave Eggers first encountered Abdulrahman’s story in Voices from the Storm, a collection of eyewitness accounts of the hurricane and its aftermath. Incidentally that earlier book is also very good and available in the college library. Eggers decided that this was a story that needed to be told in more detail. He approached the family and convinced them to share their experiences with him. The resulting book sometimes reads like an adventure story but the knowledge that all this happened to real people does give it extra power. I’m sure Richmond readers will have other reviews of books where the hero is struggling to do the right thing after society has collapsed around them. Read Zeitoun if you want to know what it was really like to live through an apocalypse. New library books. Although the library receives most of its new items ready for the start of the school year in September, there is still a steady trickle of new books arriving later in the year. Recent arrivals have included: Submarine – Joe Dunthorne Bonkers: the story of Dizzee Rascal – Paul Lester You against me – Jenny Downham A game of thrones – George R.