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London Calling

Lloyd Bradley, MOJO, November 2004

Dizzee Rascal is the first artist to score two five-star MOJO reviews with successive albums. Yet Britain's freshest music star is only the most visible tip of the grime scene. Lloyd Bradley reports on the London-based black music cabal that mixes hip-hop, UK garage beats and Jamaican spirit.

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