Grime and UK rap 2021

Feeling it. I love how worked up Backroad Gee gets. Him and Pa work really well together.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXQ53-EQI2M

RV x CHIP x BACKROAD GEE - MOONWALK SLIDE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Cvl775Dps

Chip - 100K (ft. MoStack) - Chip is on a great run of form right now. MoStack coming with all the flows.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJacful-tII

FKA twigs, Headie One, Fred again.. - Don't Judge Me - Headie trying something a bit different with a conscious one. I was hoping to hear FKA Twigs doing a bit of drill but it wasn't to be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5cZJF7sW1A

M1LLIONZ - BADNIS - M1llionz's Twitter handle is LAGGA BARSE, which I can't help but feel is a poor choice.

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

Kwengface x PS Hitsquad - Petrol Station - PS says 'Brexit, I'm like a Tory' for some reason :(

this isn't from the UK but let's pretend it is. the commonwealth!!

from montreal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7V9OtFaxSY

Feeling it! Commonwealth drillers are welcome here. I didn't know you got English speakers in Montreal though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp3c6yqn93I

Headie One - Siberia ft. Burna Boy - here's another Commonwealth citizen getting in on the fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZquDW-b1A7g

Digga D x AJ Tracey - Bringing It Back

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_7Ef_WK8YI

Ay Em - Jon Snow (ft. BackRoad Gee) - wavy drill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcguapz5YuY

Jordan - Daily Duppy - Mancunian drill. Jordan's better than Aitch, don't @ me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk7xww6K4xM

OFB - Daily Duppy - all about the second beat on this one.

one of the wild things about having kids is they tell you about new music.

this is going around. i like it! 15 and 17 yo!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNMpLQwu9Fk

i’ve also been introduced to central cee. this is from last year but it’s new to me. great sample, great flow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ok-i3uGXkM

lyrics kinda eh - maybe he can up his game - but i still like it when it comes on

Saw this new Jada album of minute-long shorties in my Bandcamp feed earlier today, and am really enjoying it so far--
more of a leftfield boom-bappy ting, maybe somewhere btw MIKE and Dean Blunt if I had to pigeonhole it
(had also previously cherrypicked a couple tracks from his 2020 EP blitz [prod. redLee] as JADASEA):
https://jadase15.bandcamp.com/album/folder-1

Lads this new Ghetts album is pretty great, probably deserves its own thread except at the moment all I have to say is this is pretty great, Little Bo Peep is stunning

i listened to it once the other day and it sounded fine but didn't really understand the rave reviews it's been getting? will have to get it another try

That last track is so strong and covers so much ground it maybe elevates the whole experience

Love Skengman!

Well here's one for your kids Tracer. Get them on here, I need someone to talk to about drill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBL6Cz8nTgo

A1 x J1 - Latest Trends (Remix) ft. Aitch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od1cL_zJPAI

(Zone 2) Trizzac - New Testament

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-TuqIHJrX4

Kwengface - Plugged In W/Fumez The Engineer - Carns Hill with a great pair of beats on these ones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob4tChuRFvs

Digga D - Bluuwuu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxyqSXJUcW0

Pete & Bas - Golf ft. Norman Pain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csMNkRrcRW8

Skengdo x AM x Lil Rass x BM x Mini x Rack5 x TY x Mskum - Plugged In W/Fumez The Engineer

thanks :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QWCjiZSdGQ

that's JAE5 ft. Skepta & Rema • Dimension

if it's grime at all, it's the lushest kind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgIDG4fH7wI

NSG - After OT Bop (ft. Backroad Gee) - Backroad Gee's workrate has been nuts this year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwGWwCkScT4

Dave - Mercury

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb4mOrAU_1E

RV - Plugged In W/Fumez The Engineer

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

C1 - Back In Blood - Beat sounds more US than UK to me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yhs7VZaHCo

Baby Mane (Malistrip) - No Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF0gZE59R8w

SL x M1llionz - Versus

pete and bas hardest out here

'89 Sunday lunch, pint, fag, plate full of munch
Fist full of rings, pricey punch
It ain’t Pimms o'clock when a bloke gets slumped
Out in cunch
'91 had a big old bando
Two Guard dogs, Dave and his Rambo
He's in the can like Rubicon mango

pete and bas hardest out here

― maelin, Thursday, April 15, 2021 5:33 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

otm

Well have one more then

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlcGxjtcr3s

Pete & Bas - Plugged In W/Fumez The Engineer - not just a novelty act any more

C1 - Back In Blood - Beat sounds more US than UK to me

That explains that then. I don't follow US rap at all. That's a good one though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYPX5juKBvg

Russ Millions x Tion Wayne - Body - The first drill song to go number one in the UK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHGf6tmnLYE

Little Simz - Woman ft. Cleo Sol - Little Simz is back with a new album out soon. This one was posted in the Sault thread but it's good enough to get posted in here as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isQq685U10c

Arrdee - Plugged In W/Fumez The Engineer - Fumez has been carrying the drill scene with his vids this year, and young Arrdee's making a bit of a name for himself. I like how he says that he would say fuck the opps but he doesn't have any opps because everyone loves him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh7HCfo4jCo

(3x3) E1 X DRILLA X ZT #AFG​ - Plugged In W/Fumez

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2Xg1gx2rk

P.S Hitsquad - Big Steppa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze6qn56Okk4

Bugzy Malone - Salvador

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og4hCy7ZDHA

(Zone 2) Karma X Kwengface - Surprise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFVj97MoSAM

Tion Wayne - Wow - Tion drives round his ends in a tank in the vid

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

K-Trap - Warm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGNKb4R48IM

Headie One - Daily Duppy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jhO0lfnDQU

wewantwraiths - Lifestyle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IvJwW6pMx4

Burner x M24 x Tion Wayne - Hugo Boss

that Little Simz track - "Woman" - is fantastic. But I would say that, it's very Missy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_Xluw2M6aA

Krept & Konan present: “Olé (We Are England '21)” x S1lva x M1llionz x Morrisson - Not sure if the FA or Southgate would want to be associated with this. Better than Three Lions though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYB4bPSaV5E

Suspect X PR SAD X DoRoad X R6 X #A92 X Pete & Bas X Kwengface X PS -Plugged In W/Fumez The Engineer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xjWEfbP7XA

K-Trap, DoRoad - Maths

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaJ0ksPqYok

(Zone 2) Trizzac X LR X Snoop X PS X Karma X Kwengface - 8Bar Freestyle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ57smF6Fco

Lady Leshurr - Dynamite Flow - Lesh's tribute to Ms Dynamite on the Wiley Flow riddim

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

Kwengface & BackRoad Gee - Woosh!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SeK5pN4_F8

Sneakbo feat BackRoad Gee - Wag1 - Seriously, Badkroad Gee's workrate has been absolutely wild this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFqVvjq6BGM

Dave - Clash (ft. Stormzy) - Here's a new one from Dave ahead of his forthcoming second album. Features an indirect at Chip from Stormz.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h62HkAO26dU

CHIP - CLASH? - And here's Chip's reply, less than 24 hours later I think.

I haven't gotten round to listen to the Dave album but people are saying it's good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_g0vC4wpvE

Potter Payper - Catch Up ft. M Huncho - I love this so much

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUdJmJ-zRo0

Loski - P.U.G

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mPQJwKog2M

K-Trap - Manners (Freestyle)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oMhn0UgfY0

Fredo - Wandsworth To Bullingdon (feat. Headie One)

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

Abra Cadabra - Somebody's Son

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

Jordan Risk It All (REMIX) - AyT C3SIX TalGreazy BennyBanks KDon LouisRei Meany MicRighteous Nubreed - all the North West rappers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lWxMne0NEk

Dave - Verdansk - One of the bigger tracks off the album gets a vid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qa5gB1tWK4

Idris Elba - Daily Duppy - He's actually a decent rapper, what a guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdtGa2nrJ80

Skepta - Eyes On Me - Skeppy with a grimey one. There may be a prize available to whoever can identify which grime classic this samples. Answers on a postcard please.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7DbZS6l6Vk

Ed Sheeran – Bad Habits Feat. Tion Wayne & Central Cee (Fumez The Engineer Remix) - You gotta hand it to Sheeran, he's worked with some quality MCs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF3mM2UW22Y

Abra Cadabra - Daily Duppy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UE0Sz_AHDU

PS HITSQUAD | NO MIMING

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKv-KP9rPF4

NitoNB X K1 N15 X Workrate X MadMax X Shambo - Free Em 2.0

Really enjoyed the Skepta, more than a lot of his recent stuff, maybe the sample took me back to my youth?! I’d hope anyone would identify it straight away but I may just be getting old I guess.

You'd hope so but kids these days have no idea

surprised not to see any mentions of bawo so far. his “starts with a text” is one of my favorite songs of the year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlJt5iOYEjw

I never heard of that guy before, liking it though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seZmlnTDa2w

P Money x Silencer ft. Chip, D Double E, Dizzee Rascal - Stuttering - I think this is the first actual grime tune I've been into this year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC15BpYuMGs

Digga D - 2k17 - Another classic grime reference in the intro to this one. Digga was probably about five when the original came out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0zdOSONANc

Unknown T x Skillibeng - Wollan - Jamaican drill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvY31eN3gtE

Little Simz - Point And Kill feat. Obongjayar - Probably belongs in the Afro thread tbh

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

Pa Salieu - Bad (ft. Aitch)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvMIqm-U7e0

Headie One - Beggars Can't Be Choosers

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

M24 - N.F.T.R (Not For The Radio)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=823LWuBFPJw

#TPL BM (OTP) - London View Remix ft Mini x Sava x Marin x Rambizz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ86Co8Nr-o

Skepta - Plugged In W/Fumez The Engineer -Skeppy bringing all the classic bars in this one, including some from the Meridian days (kids - ask your parents). He's not as good of an MC as the likes of Dave and Stormzy but there's no denying that he's one of the best at bringing the energy. Not sure why he's wearing a bally that shows his whole face though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CzaswoWh30

#ActiveGxng T.Scam - Plugged In W/Fumez The Engineer - This season of Plugged In has been so good that you're getting a few more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1bK1BYbSB0

Yanko - Plugged In W/Fumez The Engineer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehHeOUWn5pM

DoRoad - Plugged In W/Fumez The Engineer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GDjCjkbLuA

Teeway - Plugged In W/Fumez The Engineer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlonfZ7n-S0

#OFB Double Lz - Plugged In W/Fumez The Engineer

shaybo's queen of the south is pretty good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrT0NaM-MWU

Pete & Bas - You Know It's Christmas - I hope you all have a very Pete & Bas Chrimbo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRrV1xhCYrE

Abra Cadabra - Lean Wit It - not very Christmassy at all tbh. And neither are any of the other ones I've got for ya

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNHRG-lxq2A

Teeway - Goals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg4o4wLzzsE

#OFB Double Lz - Villa Freestyle

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

M1llionz - Daily Duppy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukZ3Nkg0gcg

Stay Flee Get Lizzy Feat DoRoad - Rib-Eye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38ir9FaaR_Y

NSG - Headliner

And I couldn't help but notice that once again Obama has picked a track featured in this very thread as one of his faves of the year (specifically 'Woman' by Little Simz). You love to see it

Maybe he'll pick some UK drill next year. Or maybe he won't