[Closed] Talk to me about UK Hip-Hop

I think that rather than hip hop you need to have a look at grime as well so....not many in the style of Pip but

Roots manuva....legendary
DEL.......great album
Speech de belle
Ghost poet
Ed sheeren collaboration no. 5....interesting
From Canada sweatshop union and as a solo artist....kypros

Ghostpoet. Good on record, super awesome live.

Never heard anything like Scroobius Pip, on the UK hiphop front Fliptrix, Lowkey, Braintax & Jehst spring to mind.

edit: how could i forget pitman 😆

If that's a little bit much for you, then start some Herbaliser, comes from the more jazzy end of the spectrum...

The Nextmen did some great stuff, though a lot was with US rappers.

This is ace but I can't post videos properly in my phone for some reason.

Skinnyman

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That's it! The best UK hip hop album.

Don't make me say it again.

well what ya wanna know?

when I rhyme I tend ta flow

The Sound of Rum!

If you liked Pip, have you also heard the Dan Let Sac v Scroobius Pip stuff?

Not UK but related to Pip, check out B. Dolan and Sage Francis.

Akala (who's the brother of Ms. Dynamite - remember her?)

Probably the most intelligent/articulate hip-hop artist in the UK.

Foreign Beggars (their older stuff anyway)

Was into hip hop years ago and liked mc duke. He did an awesome tune called im riffin.

Definitely Akala

Great thread

+1 for Braintax. Absolute legend.

Into the flow of guys like Dirty Dike at the moment, try this:

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Speaking of Braintax....

From one of my favourite UKHH albums. Old now, but still stands up:

Track down a copy of Rob Life's "Bangers & Mash" mix CD. It's got a great mix of new tracks then delves back into the older stuff like Hardnoise, Hijack, Demon Boyz, London Posse, etc.

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Bangers-Mash/release/434052

Some wicked suggestions thanks all! 🙂

That Akala track is insane....

Got some good stuff to be getting on with. Turns out I've heard some of it before but its not been on my radar...
Cheers.

Akala wins the thread by an incredibly long chalk

conscious lyrics

not UK at all, but if you like Scroobius Pip, you might like Buck 65:

Off the top of my head

Mc mello

Overlord x

Blade

Caveman

Hijack

Demon boyz

The brotherhood

Criminal minds

Jc001 and dj dezire

The f9ss

Sl troopers

Subsonic 2

good thread

are senser back on the scene? I heard Sean Keavney talking about them the other day

also like

Kersal Massive FTW

Still love the first Stereo MCs album - 33 45 78. Maybe also add Galliano to the steadily building excellent list!

galliano...saw them at g;asto...motr trip hop/hippy hop than hip hop great though...off to dig the cd out 😀

Some great suggestions folks, especially the Kersal massive... 😉 thanks for so many video links. Awesome. 8)

Lots of good scottish stuff too...

[url= http://southsidedeluxe.com/ ]Home of Mistah Bohze [/url] ex II tone committee.

This is him doing his Soul U Gotz

And of course Steg G and Freestyle Master

I know it's not hip-hop, but Harry Shotta is the new breed of MC Eksman / Skibadee / MC DET

Hearing them live in a studio environment is 100x better than in a club.

And here's part 2 of Akala.

"I'm a terrible terrorist" ha ha

Check out Aim - a lot of his stuff is instrumental and most vocal tracks are with american rappers - propper original stuff though

Not so familiar with modern stuff but going back a bit, on my list of awesome uk Hip Hop tracks are:

Roots Manuva -Witness
Gunshot - Crime Story
Silver Bullet - 20 seconds to comply
Hardnoise - Untitled
Point blank - Planting Semtex
Blade - Mind of an ordinary citizen
WBI Red Ninja - Bad Horsemen
Killa Instinct - un-united kingdom

I could go on all night, in fact listing those has made me wanna go and dig out all my old vinyl and play it loud!

Seek the Northerner...

Have a look at Roskrypz too.

Quality thread, theres been a few of these kicking about recently.

This tune is a goodun.

Homecut

Skittles and the Manchester crew MC DRS, Broke n £nglish. Doing things their own way.