Few voices in hiphop, or all of pop music, are as distinct and
divisive as Dizzee Rascal’s. Rising out of the critically praised (but
commercially stillborn) East London grime scene, Rascal
raps with a rubbery, harsh, heavily accented bark that evokes grim
council estates, CCTV paranoia, and druggy urban smog. But
Rascal’s England is also one of world-conquering ambition, as announced
on his monumental, upwardly mobile anthem “Fix Up, Look Sharp.” With
Brooklyn-born MC and producer El-P. (Neumo’s, 925 E Pike St,
709-9467. 8 pm, $17 adv, all ages.)