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UK hip hop is underpromoted and difficult to find. But I honestly own more UK stuff than American. I just prefer it.

Mud Family Gunshot Lewis Parker Blade Skitz Ty Roots Manuva Mindbomb Dobie

bish bash bosh!

Look out for London Posse reissue soon.

― Michael Whaley, Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

so you own less than nine US hiphop albums?

― ethan, Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I'm not sure any UK material can beat the US in a straight up Hip-Hop pissing competition, besides I feel much more has been accomplished in the margins where is crosses over into other genres: Tricky, of course, Genacide II, Nightmares on Wax circa 91 and the countless club tracks which appropriate elements of Hip Hop and may or may not be UK, but they found their audience over here (eg Human Resource - Dominator, or DJ Mink - Hey Hey Can U Relate)

Hijack had their moments, Rodney P, Scienz of Life (aren't they UK), but The Brotherhood - too worthy, if it weren't for the underdog I'd couldn't care less.

― K-reg, Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Y'all should read Robin's 'countryman' review on Elidor

― geordie racer, Friday, 18 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

K-reg: I see what you mean about the Brotherhood. Was amazing at the time, but the constant flow of "hey! we're British!" cultural references seems a little contrived (both hip-hop and Britain are beyond that now). Perhaps they were even trying to fit into the Britpop / Cool Britannia notion? Whatever.

Geordie Racer: thanks for the plug :).

― Robin Carmody, Friday, 18 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

one month passes...

Mark B and Blade prove it can happen, the fact is Uk hip hop is closer to Jurassic 5 and Dilated Peoples, who have found it hard to breakthrough to the mainstream in the UK cause they arent gangsta 'playas', although i know so many people with that original J5 album classic.....

Anyhow, the key to the UK market is Radio 1 then gettin a video and mtv play, and a proper release of the single.

Radio 1 are now getting on UK hip hop, Mark B and Blade showed the hunger may be there, they need a tune to smash things up a bit, Which is why something like Twilight of the Gods, with loads of UK mc's on it could blow up, i mean that tune is the shit and i believe if was released today would get A listed on radio 1, the climate has changed, with Roots Manuva about to blow like Blade, with his new tune and album gettin big play....

Skitz should come up with a tune with Skinnyman, Phi Life Cypher, Rodney P and Blade on it..... rip the A List on radio 1 ..... Thatd be so cool....Westwood would not doubt be calling it "the hottest joint on the street"

Westwood has got on the uk a lot recently, maybe hes finally found where his roots lie, so when hes not repping for Flex or Def Jam, hes givin the UK big time... He has the biggest audience on Radio 1 (for a specialist show) and this means making a few UK tunes his reccommendation could lead to big things....lets hope

― Redeye with mad mind tricks like a Jedi, Friday, 29 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Yep, that's the key factor. I've noticed that on the Westwood show as well - two or three years back he *never* played UK stuff on Saturday nights, it was just late night on Friday. Now he plays Skitz, Roots Manuva etc. among all the other stuff, which shows that a lot of old prejudices have broken down.

― Robin Carmody, Friday, 29 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

When one tune comes along that is so good, that he is so enthusiastic about wed see a big uk hit, i mean if a twilights of the gods came along (that tune stayed in DJ Premiers, yeah DJ premier, record bag for 10 months) wed have a hit, itd be his top tune and get straight to A playlist.

― Man U got Red Eye with mad mind tricks like a jedi, Sunday, 1 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I can genuinely envisage Skitz's "Inner City Folk" going Top 10. Something tells me that it would sound *fantastic* amid the rest of the playlist in midsummer ...

― Robin Carmody, Monday, 2 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Well if you want music to do well tell everyone u know, posters everywhere, free cd's, tapes give me out, and walk round with speakers attached to your back and the most bangin tunes comin out. Also we could pool all our money and buy advert time for these artists :)

Well Roots Manuva's doing really well hes got playlisted on the A list on radio 1 and i think Rodney P's gonner get the same, lets hope they keep doing this.....more UK more UK dammit. Innercity FOlk would be brilliant to release for the summer, would be great.

― Mad Mind Tricks Like a Jedi, Monday, 2 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

one month passes...

The Roots Manuva album got featured on Kevin Greening's afternoon Radio 5 Live show today! Unfortunately, it got about a minute (Andrew Collins likes it, apparently: big uninterested expression at this end) after about 45 minutes of pointless piffle about the Catatonia album and how brilliantly U2 can "work" a stadium crowd. This is the kind of attitude we're fighting, and R5L is about the only station I even listen to during the day ...

― Robin Carmody, Monday, 13 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

seven years pass...

Does anyone have any info on Skeleton, who did the fourth verse on Dj Skitz' Fingerprints of the Gods?

It's the only thing I've heard from him, and it's phenomenal.

― chap, Saturday, 29 November 2008 16:47 (fifteen years ago) link

He's on a Junior Disprol track as well with Jehst. Forget what it's called.

― Peter "One Dart" Manley (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Saturday, 29 November 2008 16:55 (fifteen years ago) link

What is good these days? I haven't been paying attention.

― Chopper Aristotle (Matt DC), Saturday, 29 November 2008 17:17 (fifteen years ago) link

SonnyJim ft Kashmere, Soweto Kinch and Logan - A Dying Breed

― Peter "One Dart" Manley (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Saturday, 29 November 2008 17:32 (fifteen years ago) link

7/10 for MCing, mostly due to Muslim wine bar line
3/10 for beyond boring production

― Matt DC, Sunday, 30 November 2008 20:14 (fifteen years ago) link

one year passes...

'87 BBC docu Bad Meaning Good
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5613791235023845032&ei=DtXhS5XKPJbj-Ab3mqWADA&q=bad+meaning+good#

― mdskltr (blueski), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link

yeah, just saw that on RichardXL's twt - too busy with listening clubs at the mo' but this should be good. Hope Derek B and Demon Boyz feature.

― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 20:44 (thirteen years ago) link

I like the "Pass Out" song a lot

― you might be a goon but what's a goon to a viking? (The Reverend), Thursday, 6 May 2010 01:01 (thirteen years ago) link

four years pass...

Anyone like Jam Baxter? The new album is excellent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPRza_M_XQk

― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Friday, 27 March 2015 14:24 (nine years ago) link

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