Editing Dizzee Rascal (section)

===2007–2009: ''Maths + English''===
Dizzee's third album, ''[[Maths + English]]'', was released on 4 June 2007. He stated in an interview before the album's release that "Maths" refers to producing, in terms of beats, deals and money<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web |url=https://www.myspace.com/dizzeerascal |title=DIZZEE RASCAL |publisher=Myspace.com |access-date=6 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208025512/http://www.myspace.com/dizzeerascal |archive-date=8 February 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> and "English" to writing lyrics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leftlion.co.uk/articles.cfm/id/1001 |title=Dizzee Rascal Interview - Nottingham Culture |publisher=LeftLion.co.uk |access-date=6 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415113542/http://www.leftlion.co.uk/articles.cfm/id/1001 |archive-date=15 April 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> The first single off this album, "Sirens", was released on 21 May.

The album was one of the 12 nominees for the 2007 [[Mercury Prize]], which ultimately went to [[Klaxons]]' album ''[[Myths of the Near Future (album)|Myths of the Near Future]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Beech |first=Mark |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=ak1CuHOGlhqs&refer=home |title=Klaxons Are Winners of Britain's Mercury Music Prize (Update1) |publisher=Bloomberg |date=4 September 2007 |access-date=6 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930072030/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=ak1CuHOGlhqs&refer=home |archive-date=30 September 2007 }}</ref> During the year, Dizzee worked with cross-genre artist [[Beck]] on a remix of the song "[[Hell Yes (EP)|Hell Yes]]", and provided guest vocals on an [[Arctic Monkeys]] track, the B-Side to their single "[[Brianstorm]]" named "Temptation Greets You Like Your Naughty Friend". Dizzee's version of the same song was featured as "Temptation" on his third album.

The official US album was released on 29 April 2008; it contained two tracks not on the European release, but it did not include the track "Pussyole'". It was Dizzee's first album to be released under the [[Definitive Jux]] label.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hhworlds.com/f11/01-21-08-dizzie-rascal-s-maths-english-gets-u-s-release-date-11632.html |title=''HHWorlds.com'' – Dizzee Rascal's Maths + English Gets US Release Date (January 21, 2008) |publisher=Hhworlds.com |access-date=22 March 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925022212/http://www.hhworlds.com/f11/01-21-08-dizzie-rascal-s-maths-english-gets-u-s-release-date-11632.html |archive-date=25 September 2013 }}</ref>

In 2008, Rascal recorded a song for suicide charity [[Campaign Against Living Miserably|CALM]]; the song "Dean" was about a friend of Dizzee's who took his own life. In December of that year, he was arrested following an alleged incident involving a baseball bat in southeast London. He was released on bail to return to a police station later in December.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/7781151.stm |title=Online – Dizzee Rascal held in 'bat' probe |work=BBC News |date=13 December 2008 |access-date=22 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220101523/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/7781151.stm |archive-date=20 February 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>