Editing Dizzee Rascal (section)

===2004–2007: ''Showtime''===
[[File:Dizzee Rascal - Ilosaarirock 2009 1.jpg|thumb|200px|Dizzee Rascal performing at the 2009 [[Ilosaarirock]] festival]]
In 2004, Dizzee Rascal won the [[NME Awards|NME Award for Innovation]]. His second album, ''[[Showtime (Dizzee Rascal album)|Showtime]]'', was released in September of the same year, eclipsing the peak of his debut album by entering the [[UK Albums Chart]] at #8. The first single from the album, released two weeks earlier in August 2004, was titled "Stand Up Tall"; it was written and produced by grime producer DJ Youngstar of Pulse-X. The title track was featured on the soundtrack for the first ''[[FIFA Street (2005 video game)|FIFA Street]]'' video game.

The second single "[[Dream (Dizzee Rascal song)|Dream]]", another top 20 hit, was released in November 2004. It sampled (and used the chorus of) [[Captain Sensible]]'s song "Happy Talk", originally from the makers of [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]] musical ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]''. The "Dream" music video consisted of a mock 1950s style children's [[marionette]] show depicting scenes corresponding to the lyrics about Dizzee's youth: street culture, crime, single teenage mothers, pirate radio and garage clubs.

Later in 2004, Dizzee Rascal was part of [[Band Aid (band)|Band Aid 20]], a group of British musicians who re-recorded "[[Do They Know It's Christmas?]]" He did not sing in the song; rather, he rapped two lines of it ("Spare a thought this yuletide for the deprived, if the table was turned would you survive?" and "You ain't gotta feel guilt just selfless, give a little help to the helpless"). Dizzee Rascal was the first person to add to the song since the original was released;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Interviews |first=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |date=2007-05-01 |title=Dizzee Rascal |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/dizzee-rascal/ |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |language=en-GB}}</ref> this would mark the first time that Dizzee reached the [[Number one hit record|number one]] spot in the [[UK Singles Chart]], albeit as part of the ensemble.

In 2004, Dizzee Rascal made an international endorsement deal with urban brand [[Eckō Unltd.]] and designed his own shoe with [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] in 2005.<ref name="CBC"/>

In March 2005, the [[double A-side]] single "Off 2 Work" / "Graftin'" was released. "Graftin'" was the third and final single from the ''Showtime'' album, whilst "Off 2 Work" was a new track that did not appear on either of his albums. The accompanying music video featured Rascal in various ordinary workplace situations (as a policeman, a fast food vendor, a businessman, etc.) and as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]], announcing his engagement to [[Cherie Blair]]. It would prove to be Dizzee's lowest charting single to date, peaking outside the Top 40 at #44.