Grime and UK rap 2019

The Piers Morgan interview was the exact moment when this went from amazing to terrible.

That Corella track is big, would also fit in the afro bashment thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biLIz5-ztg0

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkWCweyi2vI

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 :(

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

can’t remember if this was linked - can’t see the embeds above on phone
https://youtu.be/EkWCweyi2vI

oh duh now I'm on computer, I see paolo posted it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3GijQiyM4w

TS: Bucket Hat Alex v Ben Foster

https://forrestlloyd.bandcamp.com/

dont know if its ok to post friends music here but i mixed this one for my housemate.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

new kano record out

beat on the new stormzy is

glad he’s stopped singing & started going in hard again

wiley flow

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

https://open.spotify.com/track/15rEEVR9tYJS4hbubgS3u7?si=omZMHXpITOWpAFNVfxJnMA

Holy shit this is nuts

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

krept track is hard

True stories
Leave man red like Morley's
Why dem man tryna war me?
Ain't dem man like 40?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLlskM33v18

Ocean 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.

There's been rumours that the Krept track is a send for Wiley. No idea if that's true or not

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0EKS2YfLc0

D DOUBLE E IS IN THE IKEA CHRISTMAS ADVERT

I'm thinking that his wee adlibs like 'Badabupbup' or 'Oowa oowa' could almost be the names of Ikea products. Or maybe not.

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

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.

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.

I'm thinking that his wee adlibs like 'Badabupbup' or 'Oowa oowa' could almost be the names of Ikea products. Or maybe not.

Pretty sure I've got a Mui Mui bedside table.

New JME album bangs.

Been wanting to hear that! is it streaming anywhere yet?

Its only on cd/vinyl I think.

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.

RIP Bis, doesn't say in the article what happened, but seems he was stabbed :(

http://grmdaily.com/bis-harlem-spartans-passes-away

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.

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.

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

Aitch is a good rapper but there's something about him that gets on my nerves. He just seems like a wee dick.

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.

New JME album bangs.

It sure does! Grime's not dead! And he's gone top 40 with a physical only release >>>>

Getting those big grins off Grime MC

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.

two tracks into the JME album I am going to nominate him for Labour leader and Mayor and Pope

magnificent album and an even better person

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cDBREutW8g

Dot Rotten sends for JME

magnificent album and an even better person

― imago

as soon as i heard the album it got right into my top 10 of the year. really amazing.

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