Listen to this

[Luke]

Thought this was pretty cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoN6XfyQsr4

helps if you've got ok speakers on your computer.

[hawaiiSUCKSexceptsurf]

english rap always sounds humorous to me. good but in a light hearted way.

do you like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1u43KDi ... re=related

[PapaW]

Aspop Rock is great stuff. Very clever a pointent lyrics for sure!


Along the comedy element...
check out 'Fat Club' and 'Goldie Lookin Chain'

[CheeZee]

if you would like to hear some non-humourous hiphop H' .. checkout old UK crews like .. Gunshot, Katch22, Unanimous Decision, Demon Boyz, 11:59, Blade, Blade & Mark B, London Posse, Skinny Man, .. the list goes on but the above guyz are the cream of the UK crop ..not that you'll ever here or see them now no cash for UK rap unless your name is Kano (s***) .. or Streets (equally s***) ..or Dizzee Rascal (annoyingly s***)

Unfortunately UK Hiphop bit the bullet the same as US hiphop has..the only difference being that JZ and his equal muppets like 50pence have sold out like a cheap liquer store ... most US rappers now are too busy promoting crappy perfumes and colognes and s*** clothing ranges, or doing cross-over tracks with no soul

and brotherrrrrrrr ... dont even get me started on these so-called super producers like Kanye Vest and Poof Daddy .. hmm lets buy cheezee 80's instrumentals and lay lame ass rhyme's over them ... " yeh

[PapaW]

you forgot Aspects!

[Dr Rev]

Ahem, i think the album Jay Z V Linkin park is fantastic !!

But thats my opinion !

[Luke]

London Posse reminds me of skating with my mates...we saw Rodney P in brighton a few years ago.

my mate also had a 7 inch of that Witness track by roots manuva.. that got played all the time... bam ba-bam bam ba-bam bam ba-bam bam ba-bam.

[Sar]

Cheers for that Luke, I like that track, heard it a few times....I'm guessing on the Zane Lowe show and it struck and chord straightaway. I personally like Dizzee Rascal, i like the whole album (sure I skip tracks sometimes but it mostly flows well) which is a rareity for me - im more of a greatest hits girl usually . I seem to remember listening to some Skinny Man a long time ago, it didnt really do it for me at the time, tastes change though.

Thats the thing I like about 'breakthrough artists' such as Dizzee Rascal, as much as it may narrow the music industry into looking for certain uk hip hop artists that kinda fit the same mold, i think it's good for the UK hip hop industry (to a certain extent - as much as can be hoped for) in that people become more interested in stuff this side of the pond instead of constantly looking to the US.

After listening to 'Maths and English' the first time (the kids at youth club introduced me to it) I have been more interested in UK hip hop. If it does the same thing for other people, that can only be a good thing?

[hawaiiSUCKSexceptsurf]

cheeze check out aesop rock, buck 65, josh martinez, atmosphere, madlib... theres a lot of good contemporary hip hop out there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FEinac7X4U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YsmRzNVwxs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaNlayKc25s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL7tz03v8wc

all good, only the first two are music videos, others are just music

[Sar]

re original link posted by luke:
Just been to a dan le sac vs scroobius pip gig at my local library - was very very good. deffo go and see if you get the chance! They've also remixed Thou Shall always kill with de la soul.

listen to this if you havent already:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7KnGNOiFl ... re=related

[parrysurf]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRXUQ4IKKHY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_hZz-oJ-N0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrlvOYUay_4
http://www.last.fm/music/Goldfinger

http://www.last.fm/music/Less+Than+Jake

http://www.last.fm/music/Reel+Big+Fish
http://www.last.fm/music/OPM/_/Heaven+Is+a+Halfpipe

[Luke]

Nice one Sar, i've got to check em out live.

I saw Alabama 3 again last week,...and i ended up at Mr Scruff last friday...danced like a mother funker.

[Ged]

The first rap I ever heard was on the John Peel show (English DJ) in the early eighties from a new york rapper. The gist was that some dude was late for work so stole a pushbike. This eneded in a police chase and him getting caught. the punch line was that it was saturday and his day off. Anyway it was really funny and as far as i can tell rap is incredibly funny. I like G-rap too to an extent.