Daily Archives: December 6, 2019

#669: Dizzee Rascal – Jezebel

Dizzee Rascal goes full story-telling mode in this album cut from his debut Boy in da Corner. ‘Jezebel’, for lack of a better phrase, is a tale about the local sket – a lady who enjoys sex just a bit too much, doing with anyone anywhere she can with no shame.

There’s not much to explain lyrically as Dizzee very much depicts each scene with great clarity. ‘Jezebel’ has clearly taken the wrong path in her life and each verse just lets the listener delve further into her downward spiral, finishing off on a bit of a sad note as she wanders what she would do if she could start all over again.

Like the majority of tracks from the album, Dizzee handled the production himself – backing the narration with these plucked violin strings that give the song an almost childlike innocent feel to it even though the subject matter is the complete opposite.