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=CkYeqqg8jBQ
D Double E back on D&B. Produced by DJ Die and Randall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LRxqGAI0e8
I think this is the last track Cadet recorded
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsZEeV-fkAA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyzAiYhCUso
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usu0XY4QNB0
US rapper on a UK drill beat, which I think is a first
― paolo, Thursday, 5 September 2019 11:02 (four years ago) link
new kano record out
― prorogue mahone (||||||||), Sunday, 15 September 2019 17:58 (four years ago) link
beat on the new stormzy is
glad he’s stopped singing & started going in hard again
― prorogue mahone (||||||||), Sunday, 15 September 2019 20:02 (four years ago) link
wiley flow
― prorogue mahone (||||||||), Sunday, 15 September 2019 20:03 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzZCDgevliM
Poor old P Money just can't keep up :(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl9Ct-UMMt0
AJ Tracey dresses up as the Cat in the Hat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89PefEBu7I0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uMwzVAZDpw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKTTlRdvef8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WmylYvI7w8
OFB youngers have been interviewed in the Grauniad - https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/06/uk-drill-rappers-ofb-no-one-helps-us-round-here-music-is-the-only-way
― paolo, Sunday, 6 October 2019 19:45 (four years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/track/15rEEVR9tYJS4hbubgS3u7?si=omZMHXpITOWpAFNVfxJnMA
Holy shit this is nuts
― Matt DC, Friday, 11 October 2019 08:06 (four years ago) link
Sidhu Moose Wala >>>> Mist and Stefflon Don on that one for me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVh455P1KhE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKBzJjZxVLo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuAzytbMzig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSjcgfoEZsE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTlEUiiIJTw
There's something hypnotic about this lad's voice/flow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB1ak1vKF5o
New Dave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PNF4oWexUk
Krept on an old school grime beat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQNZrZWYZBY
Big Shaq is actually quite a good rapper
― paolo, Friday, 25 October 2019 09:35 (four years ago) link
krept track is hard
True storiesLeave man red like Morley'sWhy dem man tryna war me?Ain't dem man like 40?
― be goose, do crimes (||||||||), Monday, 28 October 2019 08:34 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLlskM33v18Ocean Wisdom has got to be the fastest MC in the UK
I'm obssessed with this song at the moment. I don't know how he raps that fast.
― Graham Kendrick Lamar (cajunsunday), Saturday, 2 November 2019 13:55 (four years ago) link
There's been rumours that the Krept track is a send for Wiley. No idea if that's true or not
― paolo, Sunday, 3 November 2019 12:01 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0EKS2YfLc0
D DOUBLE E IS IN THE IKEA CHRISTMAS ADVERT
― paolo, Friday, 8 November 2019 15:33 (four years ago) link
I'm thinking that his wee adlibs like 'Badabupbup' or 'Oowa oowa' could almost be the names of Ikea products. Or maybe not.
― paolo, Friday, 8 November 2019 15:36 (four years ago) link
Big up @jeremycorbyn— Born In January (@WileyUpdates) November 15, 2019
Thank you Wiley.— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) November 15, 2019
No problem my brother 💥— Born In January (@WileyUpdates) November 16, 2019
Grime 4 Corbyn doesn't seem to be much of a thing this year but he does have some Cambridge drillers on side though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4UVjfS1hKQ
― paolo, Saturday, 16 November 2019 11:24 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAGWZMOs6-M
Scrufizzer on an absolute kerlassic grime riddim from back in the day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xChXtyJ1xlA
Not really grime or rap. Probably the closest we'll ever get to Wiley and Riko doing a tune with Tracy Chapman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bab212vVOn8
Dave does drill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py2Ff3pHjUw
Ramz with a conscious track about mental health. He had some serious issues earlier this year but I think he's OK now. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the UK drill lads have serious mental health issues from being around violence from a young age and always having to be on the lookout for opps. I work in mental health and I've seen quite a few guys who have had issues with anxiety and PTSD as adults as a result of growing up in that kind of environment and not being able to show any kind of vulnerability. It's sad to see.
― paolo, Saturday, 16 November 2019 11:39 (four years ago) link
That Riko and Wiley Words thing is bonkers and not a great look for Wiley in particular.
There's a new Yizzy & Dizzee song out there that's a kind of brostep/grindie mashup apparently designed entirely for snowboarding festivals and it would be absolutely terrible if it wasn't for the fact that both MCs are absolutely nailing it.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 16 November 2019 12:07 (four years ago) link
Pretty sure I've got a Mui Mui bedside table.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 16 November 2019 12:08 (four years ago) link
New JME album bangs.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 18:13 (four years ago) link
Been wanting to hear that! is it streaming anywhere yet?
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 18:33 (four years ago) link
Its only on cd/vinyl I think.
― Graham Kendrick Lamar (cajunsunday), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 20:18 (four years ago) link
You will no doubt be overjoyed to find out there's an entire track in which he extrapolates upon the themes inherent in the old line "I had to have bare meetings with pricks". Complete with a fake ecclesiastical choir of JMEs singing "so many pricks" over a sombre organ sound.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 5 December 2019 16:45 (four years ago) link
RIP Bis, doesn't say in the article what happened, but seems he was stabbed :(
http://grmdaily.com/bis-harlem-spartans-passes-away
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 7 December 2019 23:19 (four years ago) link
Bad day for drill yesterday. SJ from OFB got life for murder and LD and ASAP from 67 got four years each for drugs. What a waste.
― paolo, Sunday, 8 December 2019 11:07 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkFojwKDp9k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHTCpCthFns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXxNMrnZO0w
Dot Rotten's back and he gives Jay 1 what for with this one. Didn't get paid for a beat apparently. It's a shame Dot isn't bigger than he is, he's always been one of the best MCs/producers.
― paolo, Sunday, 8 December 2019 11:15 (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
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