Who remembers when Kano tried to be Kanye West?

[Clapsteel O'Neal]

You're right man but don't forget mcs like dizzee and skepta made it possible even tho they had to release shyte to get heard overseas.

Someone had to do it, so the new wave could be themselves and still get heard.

The drill lot defo took it to a new level though... I never in my life would have thought I'd seen US artists catting our style in my lifetime.

Mate I hear that but I don't in the same breadth because they became examples of the old style music industry that's been around since time began. When Dizzee was popping it was only him that was allowed to pop. When So Solid was popping...as soon as they started to fall off the record labels told the garage lot to fucc off and so on and so on etc etc

Use of the word ‘jarring’

Arse licking ‘drill Youts’ with no concept or understanding of REAL hip hop.

fukk right off you uneducated c*nt

I guarantee i'm more educated than you erect bell3nd.

Imagine being a grown adult and talking about understanding 'real hip hop' you p3nis...fucc off i bet you're one of those respectability politics pull yourself by your bootstrap dullards lmao.

Absolute jokeman being on a hip hop website trying to chastise someone about the use of slang. The level of lack of self awareness, and then you've got the nerve to talk about someone else's lack of education

 

[Boogie]

Sully is a rapper?

 

[u mad son?]

Sully is a rapper?

Legendary grime artist from the foundation era.

 

[Formerly known as...]

Sully is a rapper?

 

[nahnah]

There were some truly horrific attempted "crossover" tracks by grime artists around that time. Top of the league crimes against music stuff. Had to give up on the genre for 5 or 6 years

Thankfully artists don't need to do that bs anymore


Speaking of Roll Deep i checked Winner Stays On earlier in the year for the first time. Good lord

 

[u mad son?]

This thread got me flashbacking to them early days man.

Roll deep turned up and put a performance in at my school... Scratchy turned up with the big hair wearing a midnight club top.

I swear we never gna experience days like that again. You could bump into the top spitters in the country on the train and it'd be nothing

 

[u mad son?]

There were some truly horrific attempted "crossover" tracks by grime artists around that time. Top of the league crimes against music stuff. Had to give up on the genre for 5 or 6 years

Thankfully artists don't need to do that bs anymore


Speaking of Roll Deep i checked Winner Stays On earlier in the year for the first time. Good lord

Lol bro I'm telling you... The worst era of grime but I've gotta say 2010 onwards, brum restored the feeling.

 

[DapMeUp!]

Sully is a rapper?

Like half the cast are rappers.

 

[nahnah]

Lol bro I'm telling you... The worst era of grime but I've gotta say 2010 onwards, brum restored the feeling.

Yup. It went through an identity crisis, recall tuning into Logans show around that time and most of beats being played were car boot sale trap beats

 

[Iceson Beckford]

Sully is a rapper?

One of the initial stars of Grime, seen as one of the GOATS.

First album is Gold. Was in Def Jam Icon.

 

[Pazzy]

The only British rapper we respect is 21 Savage

The correct answer is Slick rick.

 

[albino]

Layer Cake is a legendary mixtape.

 

[Clapsteel O'Neal]

Sully is a rapper?

One of the UK GOAT's tbf

 

[Black Mamba]

Sully is a rapper?

Mandem got good tunes

 

[Clapsteel O'Neal]

This thread got me flashbacking to them early days man.

Roll deep turned up and put a performance in at my school... Scratchy turned up with the big hair wearing a midnight club top.

I swear we never gna experience days like that again. You could bump into the top spitters in the country on the train and it'd be nothing

Facts...

Manga got rushed at my college one random weekday cos he got too loose with his mouth I'm not even from London, I don't know why the fucc he was in Luton that day lmao

The grime era was great. Everyone was a part of it and it felt like everyone was trying to spit for the love of rapping.

I remember one weekend my cousin who was a full on teenage goon at the time ran up to me when he saw me in the street and was like "yo cuz, I was at a rave last night, and I saw this breh...i'm telling you, he's better than dizzee, he's better than everyone...his name is.....bruza "