Posted on 10/27/2008
http://www3.timeoutny.com/chicago/blog/out-and-about/?p=5741
by JD

Dizzee Rascal: London’s best-known grime rapper Dizzee Rascal takes the stage with an extra taller MC and Baltimore’s Aaron LaCrate (wearing one of his own T-shirts) on the digital turntable. Dizzee immediately berates the guy doing monitors for not having his sound tight, and jokes about the “folk shit” that preceded him. Indeed, his “London city” attitude and crisp urban streetwear make a nice contrast to the mellow harmonies of Fleet Foxes. Rascal’s commanding ways extend to telling the crowd to get its own act together.

Posted on 10/22/2008
http://dirtysexymusic.blogspot.com/
by Posted by Thomas at 00:27 0 comments

I recently got sent an email from the agency which deals with The BPA or "The Brighton Port Authority" which is an alias for Fat Boy Slim. I wasn't blown away by the David Byrne/Dizzee Rascal 'Toe Jam' tune, but fooking loved the remix I got sent.

Posted on 10/22/2008
http://certifiedbanger.blogspot.com/
by CERTIFIED BANGER

Sway, Wiley and Dizzee Rascal will battle it out for Best UK Male as well as a couple of others who I don't care for. Estelle is going for Best UK Female against again, a few others who don't deserve to win. She's also up for a whole host of other awards; Best Song, Best Video and Best Album. Ironik is up for Best UK Newcomer, he'd better not win that, Chipmunk or Skepta deserve it more. We're (the UK) also reppin' in the Best Gospel category with Jahaziel and GreenJade both in the running and both thouroughly recommended by myself to any Hip Hop fans out there.

Posted on 10/22/2008
http://wearduringorangealert.blogspot.com/2008/07/paint-town-orange.html
by Jason ???

Paint the Town Orange Pitchfork Music Festival Day 2 - July 19th 2008 - Union Park, Chicago, IL Amidst the rain, mud, quicksand, and ridiculous looking hipsters I was actually able to catch few band yesterday. Most of my day was spent in the CHIRP tent spreading the word about my various projects. I also spent sometime consuming a foot long veggie wrap from Whole Foods, learning about the open-book literacy program, and walking the tent at the poster fair.

Posted on 10/22/2008
http://consequenceofsound.net/2008/07/21/the-pofo-mofo-ordeal-pitchfork-in-a-nutshell/
by Michael Roffman and Art Pena

It’d be a pretty safe assumption that outdoor music festivals are the bee’s knees nowadays. Every state has one and it almost seems by next summer, every city will have one too. It makes sense. With the truckload of bands coming off the presses each week, it’s hard to keep up with everything and anything music (and expensive, too). Chicago seems to brandish their own sort of festival every week during the summer.

Posted on 10/22/2008
http://blogs.post-trib.com/levy/2008/07/flushin-mcs-down-the-loo.html
by Piet Levy

London rapper Dizzee Rascal was a little out of place in the midday Chicago sun as he took the stage at the Pitchfork Festival. The MC traffics in dark tales of alienation and boastful gangster rants, delivered over bouncing beats. But he quickly, distainfully distanced himself from twee folksters Fleet Foxes, who performed immediately before him on a nearby stage, and made it clear he had a different agenda than many Pitchfork fans are used to. "This ain't no picnic," Dizzee Rascal shouted.

Posted on 10/22/2008
http://chicagoist.com/2008/07/20/pitchfork_music_festival_recap_day.php
by Additional reporting by Marcus Gilmer

Ah, the rain. In previous years we've always half jokingly call the Pitchfork Music Festival "Sweatfork" due to the usually oppressive heat, but this year the afternoon storms brought about "Mudfork" and the attendant rise of the mud people. Saturday is usually the most crowded day of the festival and this year was no different, although we must admit we're seeing less and less of the ironic gym suited American Apparel crowd and more and more of, well, normal folks.

Posted on 10/22/2008
http://www.muzzleofbees.com/2008/07/20/pitchfork-music-festival-dizzee-rascal/
by Ryan Matteson

Got a late start on day 2, arriving just in time to catch the haunting experimental electronic buzzes of Fuck Buttons on the Balance Stage and the harmonic soft melodies of Fleet Foxes drifting from the Aluminum Stage. Caught about a song of each and then headed to the Sparks tent to get my day started right. Tromping through the muddy grass pits of Union Park, I headed to check the one and only master of grime himself, Dizzee Rascal, rock the Chi crowd hard on the Connector Stage.

Posted on 10/22/2008
http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2008/07/pitchfork-day-2.html
by Greg Kot

4:30 p.m.: Not much need for brain cells when barechested Dizzee Rascal goes to work. He aims straight for the hips with his hard-grinding U.K. “grime,” a brand of hip-hop that combines arcade-game beats and Jamaican dancehall attitude. It’s libido-saturated fun, exemplified by the closing “Dance Wiv Me,” which is topping the British singles chart.

Posted on 10/22/2008
http://blogs.suntimes.com/derogatis/2008/07/pitchfork-music-festival-day-t.html
by Jim DeRogatis

The second day of the fourth annual Pitchfork Music Festival kicked off amid a whole lot of mud and a light but steady drizzle that has yet to abate. But the first of Saturday's main-stage acts was anything but soggy.