UK Hip Hop was in the 80's!!!
The first uk rap video
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you must be a cracka because most of their chat is jamican/patois mix with english..I'm not gonna front . I cannot, for the life of me, understand what they are saying. They might as well be speaking dutch in a fresh prince accent . Like only one dude in their whole crew is enunciating
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Came to say thisRodney P
Swear I see him in Brixton all the time cold harbour lane
UncleTomFord15
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To my understanding alot of black British people felt like they had no "identity". Most of the ones born there in that time parents were mostly from the Caribbean or Africa and alot of people back home didn't consider them "authentic" Nigerians, Jamaicans, Ghanaians etc (where they were from). British people obviously didn't consider them authentic Britains because they were black. The only black people on tv constantly like that were rappers and athletes. So alot of black British cats just modeled themselves after that.Straight swagger jacking "Yanks"
Thank us later
Beat is nice though
I could be wrong though
DaRealness
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Was gonna say....
I've always bigged up London Posse because they rapped with a homegrown accent (and still had that '93 flow) authentic to where we're from and how we spoke at the time when most other British rappers around that were rapping American style like a couple of dudes I used to know back in the day Funky DL and Iceberg Slimm.
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No more PAWGs, PLEASE??!!!??
I'm old enough to know that this is false. There were UK hip hop acts with videos in the 80s
But good video.
But good video.
Duke Wy Lin
It's been a good run. Wish y'all the best ✊🏿
Bruvs With Attitudes
kind of a shame hip hop over there got bumrushed by jungle, drum n base and the rest of the corny horrible crap that emerged from their shores!!
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No more PAWGs, PLEASE??!!!??
you can embrace whoever you like, but keep it real in hindsight, Hip Hop got pushed aside and this quick fast wack movement came and went over there..
A large amount of DJs came from my area as well as Kool FM.
jungle is a mess, drum n base is trash and now you have crazy amalgmations of horrible subcultural music like 2 step and fukk knows what now ??
I guess Soul/RNB is dead over there too? UK gave the world some great music man, once upon a time that was..including some dope dope hip hop.
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Was gonna say....
I've always bigged up London Posse because they rapped with a homegrown accent (and still had that '93 flow) authentic to where we're from and how we spoke at the time when most other British rappers around that were rapping American style like a couple of dudes I used to know back in the day Funky DL and Iceberg Slimm.
That subreddit user or channel seems to be the Brit version of vlad, misinformation and exploiting beefs. Just clicked it and it's nonsense. "This rapper just died yesterday, his rival is mocking it already".
Shame on them for that, and upping the vid and labeling it as first UK rap video (in 93)
Thanks to Uncle Ralph Mcdaniels, if anybody was making hip hop records and videos in the early era we saw and heard it at least once.
Some early acts from everywhere were copying NY rappers, not just Brits. To get deals, DJ spins, and audience acceptance that's what they thought they had to do. Eventually each scene developed their own sound and style. And like you said, hometown forever LOVES the first crew that really represents.
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UpAndComing
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Don't forget 21 Savage
To my understanding alot of black British people felt like they had no "identity". Most of the ones born there in that time parents were mostly from the Caribbean or Africa and alot of people back home didn't consider them "authentic" Nigerians, Jamaicans, Ghanaians etc (where they were from). British people obviously didn't consider them authentic Britains because they were black. The only black people on tv constantly like that were rappers and athletes. So alot of black British cats just modeled themselves after that.
I could be wrong though
Not really about lack of identity but more of US soft power since US rap was mainstream in the UK & that’s basically what’s cool to emulate.
But back then, black British population was mostly Caribbean (especially Jamaican) & UK rap was an underground thing. The popping genres were jungle, baseline & then garage which came from Jamaican dubstep & ragga. Grime came later.
My era as a kid was mostly garage/baseline (then grime came), US rap & ragga/bashment (dancehall). But you still heard about Rodney P, Skinnyman, Rootz Manuva & Blak Twang (even Estelle) to PDC, LF, Choong Fam, Klashnekoff, etc. I think UK rap kind of went nuclear with Giggs in 07/08 & somewhat supplanted everything else.
Erm, UK drill is mostly a sophisticated/upgraded version of grime tbh albeit with influence from Chicago drill. They slowed the rhyme pattern like Chicago drill but the beat pattern (140bpm like grime) & kept basic lyrics style of grime but in a more nuanced way.
Also, I don’t condone violence but London has always been a violent city but it was more of gun violence than the big rambos they carry around today.
If you check the PYG & Gas Gang era (that was before Chicago drill, you can YouTube it). People were basically doing what all the London drill artists are doing today albeit they were doing normal rap & talking about shooting.
It’s just how it’s always been & hopefully things will change one day.