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Fix Up, Look Sharp

Slide (Gourmet Potato Chips) has 2 BBQ flavours. I previously provided my words about the Honey BBQ, but tonight I'll be stepping into the Spicy BBQ arena. Thick cut, medium crunch that turns to creamy potatoness. The seasoning is a nice spice that feels jalap based. There's a lot of well done bbq flavour, it's not quite burnt but it's on the well done side. I want to say there's significant garlic in the mix as well, it really shows up in the aftertaste (that or I'm crazy). The spice is nice and flavourful, but somewhat overpowers the BBQ of it all.  

Upon skimming Dizzee Rascal's wiki tonight it came to my attention that he was convicted (March 2022) of assaulting (June 2021) his former partner. I wrote the paragraph below before reading that portion of the wiki, and I decided that it was okay to keep it because the intent is to point out that genres and flavours are sometimes hard to discern the differences between sub genres.

Fix Up, Look Sharp was the first grime song that I heard..I want to say it was probably the first rap song from a UK artist that I heard (for sure the first one that I took notice). I think that because of this I've always had a hard time separating grime from all British rap, when I've heard a rapper with a British accent I've always assumed that they're grime which is unintentionally dismissive in my mind. I know that generally grime is associated with electronic music/dance music but then my mind goes all fiddle faddle foe because Fix Up, Look Sharp is primarily based on a rock song sample and a driving snare and base, um, base. Which makes me wonder, is Fix Up, Look Sharp the least grime song on Dizzee Rascal's stellar debut album Boy in da Corner? It's a really puzzling thought (does it even matter). Then I think of the mixed reaction that people had to The Fifth, and it's sort of like, Fix Up was a pre-curser with the poppiness of the sample and overall song structure, why would people be surprised when Dizzee went full on popgrime with The Fifth. I dunno, either way, grime/uk rappers make the odd guest appearance on North American albums, but it's few and far between. You really have to work hard to find rap from across the pond, what's up with that.

Stay hydrated,

Marc



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