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Maths + ___MASK86___ is the third studio album by British rapper Dizzee Rascal . The album went gold in the UK after selling over 100 , 000 copies . `` Sirens '' is the seventh single release from British rapper Dizzee Rascal , and the lead single from his third ___MASK6___ Maths + ___MASK86___ . The single was playlisted on BBC Radio 1 ' s 1 - Upfront list and the music video for the single made the top thirty of that chart . Despite mediocre amounts of airplay on both television and radio , the single was a success for Dizzee Rascal , returning him to the top twenty of the UK Singles Chart after previous single `` Off 2 Work '' / `` Graftin ' '' was his first to miss the top forty . The song became his fourth top twenty hit and was his first single to be released on 7 `` vinyl . Tongue n ' Cheek is the fourth ___MASK6___ by British rapper Dizzee Rascal . The album was released on 20 September 2009 and includes the number one singles , " Dance wiv Me ", " Bonkers ", " Holiday " and " Dirtee Disco ". It has been certified platinum by the BPI for sales of over 300 , 000 , making it the best - selling album of Rascal ' s career . Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century , first as books of individual 78rpm records , then from 1948 as vinyl LP records played at rpm . Vinyl LPs are still issued , though in the 21st century ___MASK2___ sales have mostly focused on compact disc ( CD ) and MP3 formats . The audio cassette was a format used from the late 1970s through to the 1990s alongside vinyl . A lead single is usually the first single to be released from a ___MASK6___ , by a musician or a band , before the album itself is released . The ___MASK26___ of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the ___MASK26___ ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign country in western Europe . Lying off the north - western coast of the European mainland , it includes the island of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country ), the north - eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to its east , the ___MASK86___ Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south - south - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in Europe . It is also the 21st - most populous country , with an estimated 65 . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the European Union . British hip hop is a genre of music , and a culture that covers a variety of styles of hip hop music made in Scotland , England , ___MASK99___ and Northern Ireland ( The United Kingdom ). It is generally classified as one of a number of styles of urban music . British hip hop was originally influenced by the dub / toasting introduced to the United Kingdom by Jamaican migrants in the 1960s  70s , who eventually developed uniquely influenced rapping ( or speed - toasting ) in order to match the rhythm of the ever - increasing pace and aggression of Jamaican - influenced dub in the UK and to describe street / gang violence , similar to that in the US . UK rap has also been heavily influenced by US hip - hop . British hip hop , particularly that originating from London , was commercially superseded by grime , however , after a post - millennium boom period , the genre remains a hotbed of talent . Boy in da Corner is the debut ___MASK2___ by ___MASK86___ rapper and producer Dizzee Rascal . It was first released in 2003 by ___MASK91___ in the United Kingdom before being released the following year in the United States . Dizzee Rascal was 18 years old when the ___MASK2___ was released . Dylan Kwabena Mills ( born 18 September 1984 ), better known by his stage name Dizzee Rascal , is an ___MASK86___ hip hop recording artist and record producer . His music spans grime , UK garage , bassline , British hip hop , and R & B . Best known for his number - one hits " Dance wiv Me ", " Bonkers ", " Holiday ", " Dirtee Disco ", and " Shout ", " Hype " with Calvin Harris , his debut album " Boy in da Corner " is considered a grime classic and earned him the 2003 Mercury Prize . Follow - up albums " Showtime ", " Maths + ___MASK86___ ", and " Tongue n ' Cheek " have been critically acclaimed and certified gold , with " Tongue n ' Cheek " going platinum for sales exceeding 300 , 000 units in the United Kingdom . Adam Richard Wiles ( born 17 January 1984 ), known professionally as Calvin Harris , is a Scottish ___MASK37___ producer , DJ , singer and songwriter . His debut ___MASK6___ " I Created Disco " was released in June 2007 , and was the precursor to his UK top 10 singles " Acceptable in the 80s " and " The Girls ". In 2009 , Harris released his second ___MASK6___ " Ready for the Weekend ", which debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and was later certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry within two months of its release . Its lead single " I ' m Not Alone " became his first number - one single on the UK Singles Chart . The Mercury Prize , formerly called the Mercury Music Prize , is an annual music prize awarded for the best ___MASK2___ from the United Kingdom and Ireland . It was established by the British Phonographic Industry and British Association of Record Dealers in 1992 as an alternative to the Brit Awards . The prize was originally sponsored by Mercury Communications , a brand owned by Cable & Wireless , from which the prize gets its name . It was later sponsored by Technics ( 1998 to 2001 ), Panasonic ( 2002 and 2003 ), Nationwide Building Society ( 2004 to 2008 ) and Barclaycard ( 2009  14 ). The 2015 prize was sponsored by the BBC , while in 2016 it was announced that a three - year deal had been struck with Hyundai to sponsor the event .