I'll preface this by saying that I'm not a novice to "underground" hip hop; I'm not an expert, but I've heard a few dozen of these abums over the years and I do like "Orignal Pirate Material" quite a bit. This was a massive disappointment. What do people see in this? It's not awful or anything, but there's not much to recommend it. Dizzee Rascal is a good rapper and sometimes he turns a good phrase. But the beats and the music are rudimentary and unimaginative. The production isn't very good, either. There's very little about this album that is memorable -- I've played it through four times, and almost nothing sticks. It's not like I need my music to be totally poppy, but less accessible music usually makes up for it by being experimental or complex, and this really is neither. It's just hookless, non-danceable background beats. Great. I really have no idea how this album got such positive critical attention.