When asked about the future in music, Mike Skinner of The Streets replied without hesitation, "Dizzee Rascal." In terms of sound, Skinner and Dizzee Rascal, who is known in daily life as Dylan Mills, are very close to each other: bouncing breakbeats with heavy basses, which originate in the 2-step, and sparse padding. Dizzee Rascal is just a lot more angry than his colleague. Where the performance
… of The Streets could still stand on its own in a spoken word performance in terms of subtlety, Dizzee Rascal speaks of pure, raw hip-hop. However, at such a high level of innovation that it seems as if the English hip-hop scene has finally found its figurehead. He sublime expresses the general feeling of displeasure that haunts the English streets and adequately describes the life of the 'common' man. Dizzee Rascal is at the beginning of a whole new scene. (AD)more
