...yeah it's sounding rly good
― imago, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 13:24 (five years ago) link
upgrade that to 'kind of amazing'
― imago, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 18:48 (five years ago) link
it's great
― monotony, Thursday, 7 March 2019 04:10 (five years ago) link
That Ms Banks tune is ace. I see the police have been taken down that Loski track :( It's Hazards 2.0 if anyone's interested
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huaE85-V8u4
Wiley in not making the video shoot shocker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xudyx3ES1U
New Octavian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0s_Ux1SGpc
Jammz goes birdwatching
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_klecf-FIz8
Scratcha's made a weightless grime track. This has just come out on Keysound, I used to buy loads of their releases but I didn't even know they were still putting stuff out
― paolo, Thursday, 7 March 2019 12:45 (five years ago) link
jammz/birdwatching interface delivers ty
― imago, Thursday, 7 March 2019 13:05 (five years ago) link
another new dave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkMQNRYlVAQ
― PaulDananVEVO (||||||||), Thursday, 7 March 2019 22:30 (five years ago) link
Feeling that Dave track and Black has grown on me as well. I heard there was some controversy about it being played on Radio 1 which is rather depressing but not entirely surprising. Only listened to his album once but it's really good, lyrically he's probably the best MC in the UK
― paolo, Friday, 8 March 2019 13:02 (five years ago) link
I was all ready to give the Dave album a miss but I'm listening now and it's really fucking good (if incredibly emo).
― Matt DC, Friday, 8 March 2019 13:07 (five years ago) link
yeah - I gave it a listen this morning. feeling it too tbh
love the burna track
― PaulDananVEVO (||||||||), Friday, 8 March 2019 13:10 (five years ago) link
This and the Little Simz album in as many week suggests a general levelling up in the way MCs are approaching the album format.
― Matt DC, Friday, 8 March 2019 13:14 (five years ago) link
The Little Simz loses a bit of steam at the end for me, but the first half absolutely bangs. Get her and Koffee on a track together asap
― rob, Friday, 8 March 2019 15:08 (five years ago) link
the dave album is decent and he's an engaging if on-the-nose presence (he's 20! he'll do something amazing soon enough i'm sure) but if you prefer it to the little simz i straight up don't understand you
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 08:13 (five years ago) link
Comparing them is extremely dumb.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 09:11 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA3ROsHN_hs
The Daily Mail are going to be fuming when they find out about this (PS just got out of prison btw)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByaAJGFlVbk
Someone has finally made a Match Of The Day themed drill video. Got so much players from back in the day, we gotta come first on Match Of The Day, all we did was attack like Robben and Drogba, we didn't need no Makelele
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1TJE5b2Lys
Tion Wayne on drill. Beat is super cold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cnEoKLsQQc
AJ Tracey >>> MoStack on this one for me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiKtGbmJUk4
Probably the best youngsters in drill right now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDJK1cJX7uI
I don't know why T1 isn't bigger than he is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P76hOiutujg
Four Tet does drill (sort of)
― paolo, Friday, 22 March 2019 09:44 (five years ago) link
that four tet is......................... gooooooood
― PaulDananVEVO (||||||||), Friday, 22 March 2019 09:55 (five years ago) link
Three new decent grime tracks in a row
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urkF-m5k0h0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jThFZvuaVIw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQBQ_6dz0Jk
Fairly sure that this is the first grime video filmed (partly) outside the King Power Stadium. Bugzy Malone sent for Chip outside White Hart Lane one time iirc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0074W0ghhNM
This beat is just super cold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVHyHnguvO4
Would be great to see more drill rappers on tracks like this, really good to see these guys trying something different
― paolo, Monday, 8 April 2019 17:39 (four years ago) link
anyone listen to any mix series / radio shows with uk rap (especially the afropop or drill stuff)? i go through youtube channels like grm daily, link up tv and pressplay sometimes but it seems like there are a ton of forgettable songs for every exciting one. which is still kind of fun, but you know...
the closest thing i've heard is gully type, where the mixes start with uk drill for a while before switching to different material, talking and stuff. i've never actually listened beyond where they change tempo. but for example i love the first 20 mins of this one from 2017:
https://soundcloud.com/gully-type/gully-type-radio
― ttyl, Wednesday, 10 April 2019 02:27 (four years ago) link
this song's from 2018 but i don't think it was posted:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZC9AJNtor4
― ttyl, Wednesday, 10 April 2019 03:00 (four years ago) link
I only really get this stuff from YouTube. Kenny Allstar's got a show on 1Xtra and Carns Hill has a show on Rinse. There's a Drill & UK Rap playlist on Spotify that's pretty good as well
― paolo, Thursday, 11 April 2019 07:58 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQBsQFeaBO8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jPyQ0L5HN8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEc2ZWIJKxc
Digga D's taken drill top 20. All the beats above are by Ghosty who is really rather talented
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMHQQzvd_tk
New Unknown T. The video features him rapping in a meat locker and getting some sexy laydeez to cook him a steak :/
― paolo, Friday, 3 May 2019 08:04 (four years ago) link
https://youtu.be/RXVyuWH_c78
Yes please.
― Matt DC, Friday, 24 May 2019 08:00 (four years ago) link
That's ace! Scrufizzer is hard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD_qcH8GoQs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX159hnd8Lw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4X_CzRyVT8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy34kzP1isw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMGOea8LgAw
Some Christian drill for ya. Not a lot of Christianity on show in the lyrics though
― paolo, Friday, 24 May 2019 09:38 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkoX45IEuOk
This is a banger but the video makes me feel queasy :(
― paolo, Friday, 24 May 2019 09:40 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-TWCH_O1cw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lsI7ZSUIy4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZGKUiAQCFE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3X1IYGaCU4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtlziOxKjcY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuwcr-M37Do
Drillers getting political. Krept and Konan have started a Change.org petition to stop the police taking down videos
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/13/music-banning-drill-black-british-kids-violence
― paolo, Saturday, 15 June 2019 18:00 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0znnN0JQ8Q
Lady Leshurr with the best pair of trousers you'll see in a rap video this year
― paolo, Saturday, 15 June 2019 18:04 (four years ago) link
Diane Abbott's defended drill in the House of Commons and brought Krept and Konan and Skengdo and AM in to speak about censorship. The right wing press are going to love that.
https://www.dummymag.com/news/diane-abbott-drill-artists-houses-of-parliament/
― paolo, Thursday, 20 June 2019 09:03 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs_lVpB-8zo
I found a Scottish driller. He's absolutely rubbish tbh but big him up anyway
― paolo, Thursday, 20 June 2019 09:06 (four years ago) link
jed mcneill 5 days ago
The deadest thing ever to come out of Scotland
― paolo, Thursday, 20 June 2019 09:07 (four years ago) link
NSG’s “OT Bop” is so good.
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 07:15 (four years ago) link
we stan bucket hat alex
― ||||||||, Monday, 1 July 2019 11:57 (four years ago) link
bucket hat alex truthers can >>>>>
He’s got truthers??
― gyac, Monday, 1 July 2019 12:12 (four years ago) link
there are people out there who insist he was a plant
why can’t we just have this one beautiful thing
― ||||||||, Monday, 1 July 2019 12:41 (four years ago) link
Truly honoured to have been in the crowd for Bucket Hat Alex. The tension, the look of fear on his face and the explosion of joy when he pulled it off was up there with any penalty shootout I've seen.
― Matt DC, Monday, 1 July 2019 17:42 (four years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/01/alex-mann-the-teenage-rap-fan-who-lit-up-glastonbury
― ||||||||, Monday, 1 July 2019 19:43 (four years ago) link
https://youtu.be/_1SNFlZDcS8
― ||||||||, Thursday, 4 July 2019 10:56 (four years ago) link
The Piers Morgan interview was the exact moment when this went from amazing to terrible.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 4 July 2019 11:13 (four years ago) link
That Corella track is big, would also fit in the afro bashment thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biLIz5-ztg0
― paolo, Friday, 5 July 2019 17:18 (four years ago) link
DigDat looks like both Rashford and Lingard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ApjvzH4Z3E
I think we need more drill tracks about household cleaning products
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp4q6qi6inQ
Skepta's making more of an effort to move with the times than any of the other grime guys from back in the day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkWCweyi2vI
This one sounds like it's got a bit of a dancehall influence. I think it's good that Unknown T's been trying to do things differently since Homerton B but at the same time it'd be nice to hear more bangers like that.
I'm a sucker for tunes with built-in reloads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBjo7d8bTqI
Drill's even more male-dominated than grime ever was. Ivoriandoll's one of the only girls in the scene.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWvIeN1Xs_o
I just found out that Bandokay is Mark Duggan's son. Feds can't stand me just cos I look like my daddy :(
― paolo, Friday, 5 July 2019 17:31 (four years ago) link
Oops, here's the built-in reload track. Also Bucket Hat Alex is my new hero <3 <3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H09kLx-U1PI
― paolo, Friday, 5 July 2019 17:34 (four years ago) link
can’t remember if this was linked - can’t see the embeds above on phonehttps://youtu.be/EkWCweyi2vI
― ||||||||, Friday, 5 July 2019 18:13 (four years ago) link
oh duh now I'm on computer, I see paolo posted it...
― ||||||||, Saturday, 6 July 2019 05:11 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3GijQiyM4w
TS: Bucket Hat Alex v Ben Foster
― paolo, Friday, 19 July 2019 20:21 (four years ago) link
https://forrestlloyd.bandcamp.com/
dont know if its ok to post friends music here but i mixed this one for my housemate.
― meaulnes, Tuesday, 23 July 2019 20:58 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onYiiDy-VV4
has this been posted yet? these geezers have come up from a bit of a laugh last year to absolute fire
― meaulnes, Thursday, 25 July 2019 03:31 (four years ago) link
That track is actually hard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqxlMqw8upQ
This is the best grime tune in I don't know how long. Kano's still got it and D Double and Ghetts are back on form, and it's really good to hear a new grime beat that sounds fresh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ig63dQ8lKI
Another drill tune with a lyric about household cleaning products! Keep thinking you're Mr Muscle til you see the Flash...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y06kFEYpq-c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fojbTK4B24
Mischief is the worst driller name. It sounds like something you'd call a cat.
― paolo, Sunday, 28 July 2019 13:54 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-pzuFudwqM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_xi4oQM-hc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSOYVcozksQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDBXyGtK7H8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4td7ZUVfkA
This may well be the first drill video with footage of the late great Barbara Windsor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbUQG-qgdtg
Some excellent sampling of Free by Ultra Nate on this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLlskM33v18
Ocean Wisdom has got to be the fastest MC in the UK
― paolo, Thursday, 15 August 2019 19:36 (four years ago) link
Somehow missed this thread - here's some spoken word-esque stuff:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzJ7KXAJvNk
and a lot of different flows: :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp6oDx2C0_Q
― vcrash, Saturday, 17 August 2019 17:24 (four years ago) link
Liking the Snips tune
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXbY6pmXMJM
This was mentioned on MOTD last night and it's actually quite good. Ashley Barnes is a knob though
― paolo, Sunday, 18 August 2019 10:42 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJQy_R9CYR4
Say what you like about Ed Sheeran (and I do) but I think that it's good that he's supporting UK MCs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE_BhUB82Js
This beat is good but just doesn't work with the vocals for me. Big up Floating Points for trying something different though
― paolo, Friday, 23 August 2019 16:08 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YALVJjDUk3I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E900rttqA_Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnO7pu2jZdI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb-Nwt65VZk
Have some drill. And an article about UK rappers from outside London and how some of them are doing rather well for themselves - https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/nov/15/a-funny-accent-draws-bare-attention-how-regional-rappers-stormed-the-charts
― paolo, Sunday, 8 December 2019 11:22 (four years ago) link
Aitch is a good rapper but there's something about him that gets on my nerves. He just seems like a wee dick.
― paolo, Sunday, 8 December 2019 11:26 (four years ago) link
The flow on that Dot Rotten Original Real Talk is gripping. I like the production better on Land of the Brave but I'd like to hear him riding some truly strong grime.
― viborg, Monday, 9 December 2019 06:24 (four years ago) link
New JME album bangs.
It sure does! Grime's not dead! And he's gone top 40 with a physical only release >>>>
― paolo, Monday, 9 December 2019 11:25 (four years ago) link
Getting those big grins off Grime MC
― éminence rose et jaune (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 10 December 2019 13:31 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PBxeTmI5I4
Yxng Bane's had a quiet year but his verse on this is decent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV-WUkru6nA
DiDgat coming with all the punchlines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAo8BCzdZCY
I think we need more Jamaican accents in drill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GCiTjB-g68
I also think that we need more drill songs about reality TV shows
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTsiRohBczY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_f7Gkm_W7Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKrSt1y-5oM
Zone 2 have been putting in the work lately. 'No Censor' has gone a bit viral because it's the rudest drill track in some time. I'm thinking they must have known it would be taken down by the police right away and that that would get them some more attention. It keeps getting taken down and re-uploaded so there's no point linking it here but this reaction video in which ProdByWalkz looks progressively more horrified throughout the track has somehow stayed up. It's actually a decent tune and probably the least Christmassy thing you'll hear this year.
There's not been many drill songs taken down recently because MCs aren't naming names any more or they're getting edited out (saying that you mash work on opps etc is apparently fine, naming said opps and where they live will get your video removed). I don't know if this has had any effect on the levels of violence whatsoever.
― paolo, Thursday, 19 December 2019 13:31 (four years ago) link
two tracks into the JME album I am going to nominate him for Labour leader and Mayor and Pope
― imago, Friday, 20 December 2019 21:53 (four years ago) link
magnificent album and an even better person
― imago, Friday, 20 December 2019 23:03 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cDBREutW8g
Dot Rotten sends for JME
― paolo, Saturday, 21 December 2019 13:13 (four years ago) link
magnificent album and an even better person― imago
― imago
as soon as i heard the album it got right into my top 10 of the year. really amazing.
― Nourry, Saturday, 21 December 2019 18:44 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIlMtVGI5Pg
Drake's made a UK drill tune and it's quite good. I think he's the first drill rapper to appear in the video wearing a balaclava or ski mask while actually taking part in winter sports
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlyF1AXyECY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C2SVR_Dy0w
Skengdo and AM back on form
― paolo, Friday, 27 December 2019 17:44 (four years ago) link