In the land of British Hip-Hop

dizzee rascal> the streets

are they the only rappers in england?

The streets are fucking awful. I hate them

Edited because apparantly i can't spell.

[Edited on Feb 09, 2005 by thelastbeliever]

to this white boy they are

I like Roots Manuva

Edited to add Slick Rick

[Edited on Feb 08, 2005 by madmanjo]

I did not know Phy Life Cyper were British. Must be how Albarn found 'em.

Wiley, Kano...
There's a slew more in the crew that Dizzie Rascal came from.
I'd know more names if I were from the UK or actually if I googled it.
But, really, who has time to erradicate ignorance?

erradicate ignorance? whaaaat, i was just talking about those two artists. i know there are a lot more, however i'm just talking about the two i happen to be the most familiar with. calm down there killer

If there are only a few rappers there, you are lucky!

In the US they play that shit on the radio all the time and it is quite awful. About 95% or more of it is absolutely horrible. I can't believe people actually buy this stuff and listen to it voluntarily.

I seriously doubt you know enough about hip hop to say 95% of it is horrible. the ish you hear on the radio (in fuckin OK at that) is just a sliver of hip hop.

how about us "people" who buy it and listen to it voluntarily do so because it speaks to us or our particular situation. cause we like the beats, the lyrics. why the hell do you listen to dwight yoakam?

fuck
outta
here

Dude, I was making a joke at the expense of my own unwillingness to do any research before pretending to be an authority on music I don't know that much about.
Geez.
It's not all about you, y'know.

KILA KELA!!!

Makes Rahzel look like an ameteur – the best human beatbox i've ever seen, and i've seen him six times over three years, so he's consistent too.

Saw him play Circus on Sat in Liverpool, MCing with Johnny One Move, absolutely phenomenal – British Hip Hop is alive and kicking!

dizee rascal = grime

& the streets suck.

Wiley is fucking funny... hes probably one of my favorites.

Anyone remember Lewis Parker? He was down with Massive Attack/Meloncholik. I think he only had one album released stateside but it was fucking amazing.

he doesn't count because he's not actually human... some kind of insane beat robot sent to destroy us.

and yeah, everyone loves to knock the streets. i like that mike guy, but then again i also like buck, frontalot, and other pasty nerds that usually end up stuck in the second class hip hop category.

one reason for people perceiving a paucity (whee) of uk mc's is because they don't just rap over one of a possible three beats. i likey the gangsta + jungle. makes you want to stomp things and breathe fire.

i think the reason that i personally knock the streets is that i require more from my mc than the blasse reading of a takeaway menu over top of an amiga bass line.

Thats actually the reason I like The Streets.

The man's a Rand-fan from Oklahoma. What can you expect?

I prefer John Cooper Clarke.

You never see a nipple in the Daily Express!

teh streets are teh suck pretty much all the day.

sound like whiney pricks trying to be rappers, not like rappers. when i first heard 'em i swear to god i thought it was a joke.

[Edited on Feb 10, 2005 by luckyride]