Concrete Playground

It's anyone's guess what went down in Dizzee's dome to make him start doing rave tunes and drinking champagne in the tropics with scantily clad women. Maybe too much sun for the London boy made him go troppo. It's a big change from the teenager who shot into our peripheries with the grimey, naive yet tough as nails sounds produced at his East London high school on his debut Boy In Da Corner, which featured the huge tunes I Luv U and Fix Up Look Sharp.

I'm not so convinced on his new direction - collaborating with UK electro producer Calvin Harris and dropping tunes about holidays on white sand islands and cash cash cash - but I suppose it's just a prodigiously talented twenty something flaunting his success. He is one of the drawcards at The Big Day Out and will stop by the Enmore Theatre while he's here. Let's just hope he delves into some of his back catalogue to balance out the new new neon party anthems.