Dirtee Stank??
So, after we posted our interview with Dizzee Rascal, where we briefly discussed his Dirtee Stank imprint, people have been asking us a lot of questions about the label… most often, “Where does that name come from?”
Well, we’ve got the answer for you. On the label’s Myspace, Dizzee explains: “I had Dirtee Stank before I had my record deal… The name came from one of the first lyrics I had: ‘going on dirty/going on stank’ … so I thought, ‘Yeah, fuck it, Dirtee Stank.’ The logo was some shit with flies around it, because it was the dirtiest, gulliest thing I could think of.”
Those lyrics are from “Bounce,” one of Dizzee’s early tracks with Roll Deep Crew.
Check the lyrics in context:
“That Dizzee boy, lyrical tank
Box an MC like my name was Frank
Going on dirty
Going on stank
Rob an MC like Barclays bank”
After Dizzee left, Wiley & friends kept the crew alive and kickin’ — in case you don’t know, they’re responsible for some of the past few years’ best grime tracks.
Still, the days when the full crew was Rolling Deep together are hard to beat… if you want proof, give a listen to this session with Dizzee, Wiley, God’s Gift and DJ Slimzee on RinseFM (back when Rinse was still a pirate station). Or try Dizzee & Wiley’s legendary slaughter of So Solid Crew’s Asher D on ChoiceFM, after So Solid claimed they invented grime (which is about as accurate as Diddy claiming he invented the remix). This shit’s all circa 2003. Note the lyrics Dizzee hits Asher with – most of those popped up later in Boy in da Corner… just like he said.
