British hip hop from an American's perspective

[capo ultra]

The Clipse were amazing until the last album, don't know what happened there

[Xoso]

Dubbledge is a badman,

Micall parknsun, Dirty diggers, kashmere, sir smirf lil, doc brown, lowkey, youngun, mr thing etc.....
thats a few more to check alongside the previuos one's.
thats uk hip hop.

My personal concept is that of US will never feel grime the way the uk does, the flow and beats might be a part of that as well as accent,
grime is at an all time low at the min in my opinion, nothing impressive coming out apart from a few major names, another reason for this is the rise of ROAD rap which is pure bait imo, however the americans seem to be feelin this more,
example being the colloabo of - Giggs ft B.o.B - dont go there.

[capo ultra]

actually instrumental grime is enjoying somewhat of a resurgence right now

[MrKoekje]

Although as an American, I think the sound and even concept of British people rapping is one of the funniest things ever, Next Hype is an awesome song IMO, and I for one actually think that more American rappers should try that technique of rapping at twice the speed of the song's beat. The only problem with that is that it makes the song's words hard to understand, what with regional accents and all that, but it'd make things less languid-sounding.

[snuff]

http://soundcloud.com/snufftheablist/hi ... mc-mercury

nice but of doubel time on this as well from Orifice from Foreign Beggars...bit of arabic as well

http://soundcloud.com/snufftheablist/ma ... -vulgatron

[herbalicious]

Can't believe we went this far without this guy being dropped into the mix...Sick.

"Get dropped on ya doorstep like Dando" - Oh my god.....That line gets me every time (although the guys in the US probably won't get what he's on about.

[mrdii]

lol there's a huge difference between UKHH and Grime, the BPM is nearly double as earlier said...However, right now Grime is much more successful, with UKHH falling off the radar completely in recent years.
I think your misunderstanding of Tempz is like when UK people don't get Gucci Mane (I don't like him either). To me he's terrible. He barely raps and his accent is so strong and slurred - but in the South, Americans will understand him and like him for it - similar to TEEEMPZ.

[herbalicious]

lol there's a huge difference between UKHH and Grime, the BPM is nearly double as earlier said...However, right now Grime is much more successful, with UKHH falling off the radar completely in recent years.
I think your misunderstanding of Tempz is like when UK people don't get Gucci Mane (I don't like him either). To me he's terrible. He barely raps and his accent is so strong and slurred - but in the South, Americans will understand him and like him for it - similar to TEEEMPZ.

I agree!

My mate lived in Boston for 3 years...came back, to find I'd lost interest in Hip Hop. He said, well, this is now what constitutes as the bar in Hip Hop in the US *plays me Gucci Man*. I couldn't believe Americans get wet over him? Surely he's terrible??

Clipse are the ones. Saw them in Brighton a couple years ago...merked it.

[Matt3r]

UKHH falling off the radar completely in recent years.

have you checked the batteries on your radar.





i'm still picking it up.

[Blue Patterns]

lol there's a huge difference between UKHH and Grime, the BPM is nearly double as earlier said...However, right now Grime is much more successful, with UKHH falling off the radar completely in recent years.
I think your misunderstanding of Tempz is like when UK people don't get Gucci Mane (I don't like him either). To me he's terrible. He barely raps and his accent is so strong and slurred - but in the South, Americans will understand him and like him for it - similar to TEEEMPZ.

I agree!

My mate lived in Boston for 3 years...came back, to find I'd lost interest in Hip Hop. He said, well, this is now what constitutes as the bar in Hip Hop in the US *plays me Gucci Man*. I couldn't believe Americans get wet over him? Surely he's terrible??

Clipse are the ones. Saw them in Brighton a couple years ago...merked it.

Gucci Man is 100% garbage.