ukulele updates

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dizzee rascal's new video, for 'flex', has a slightly lame pop idol theme, and is one of the less remarkable tracks off maths and english. it's all about shaking one's bottom, and can't hold a candle to 'sirens' - as a song or as a video. but it does feature a ukulele played behind the head - a first for a rap video?

dizzee rascal - 'flex'


rude uk blogger f***ing dance alerted me to dent may and his magnificent ukulele, whose myspace page features the oxford (mississippi) native playing uke ditties that recall the magnetic fields and nellie mckay. there are also some nice photos of dent pretending that he lives in the golden age of motoring. head to his website to download A Brush With Velvet - his free 6-song ep.

bonus

dizzee rascal - 'sirens'



jake shimabukuro - 'while my ukulele gently weeps' (rza missed a trick not getting this guy on their 'interpolation' - i need to hear an inspectah deck sixteen over this action)


previous uke action

"trill recognise trill"

. . . to which GMS can only say “indeed”.

good things about the new dizzee rascal album maths and english:
(i) a track with a swearing in the title built around ‘it takes two’ by rob base and ez rock – a song that features in the music round of GMS’ local pub quiz every single week
(ii) “don’t be a wally / be more jolly / go home make a cup of tea and watch corrie” – wise words, especially as that nasty paul connor is rumoured to die in a car-wreck this week. but what will become of leanne?
(iii) the latest chapter in ugk’s quest to guest on every 2007 release, essentially with the same verses:
dizzee rascal (feat ugk) – were da gs?
dizzee rascal - 'sirens'