Dizzee Rascal: 'Dirtee Cash'

Now here's a sign of the download-dominated times. Just as Dizzee Rascal's latest single approaches its official release date, it looks as though it's about to exit the top 40. 'Dirtee Cash' actually peaked a couple of months back, sneaking into the top ten the week after the rapper's Tongue N Cheek album hit the shelves.

Anyway, enough chart statw*nkery, what about the track? Well, as its title suggests, it's essentially a retooled version of the late '80s dance classic on which Dylan Mills rages against our predilection for spending money we don't have. He's as bullishly listenable as ever, and "It's a joke / Like a bad episode of Hollyoaks" is a vintage Dizzee line, but it's hard not to feel that, well, this is all a bit obvious. Put it this way - the Rascal even got beaten to the punch by Liberty X on this one.


> Click here to read our review of Dizzee Rascal's album