Well......
Personally I prefer English no not because I live here but because its about life look at Dizzee Rascal his songs are about his life. But American rappers I think are just whack and the English Grime/Rap scene is far better
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Personally I prefer English no not because I live here but because its about life look at Dizzee Rascal his songs are about his life. But American rappers I think are just whack and the English Grime/Rap scene is far better
Isn't RAP in the UK called Garage? Or is that something else all together?
I sorta like The Streets, so English I guess
is Hip Hop the same?
Hip Hop I believe is the early form which later became Rap, I could be wrong but artists like Run DMC were the first Hip Hop artists which I think in this day and age could be considered Rappers?Quote:
Originally Posted by JKKDARK
In my opinion, the old Hip Hop (aka Th golden Age of Hip Hop) is a lot better than all the shit that appeared later. Run DMC rocks!
Agreed, the stuff today is crap, and Run DMC were ok...Quote:
Originally Posted by JKKDARK
...Especially with the track "Walk This Way" which either they were featured or Aerosmith was featured, but that was a cool song! :p
I didn't even know there were English Rappers! :p
haha same thing here. south side 4 time being nd New York 4 LIFEQuote:
Originally Posted by V3N0M
i dont think ive ever heard english rap. and american rappers only rap about kiling, raping, molesting, comming out of the closet, ect.
raping and molesting? comming out of the closet?? <- ur kidding right. killing isnt really the word to describe what they rap about and it sure as hell isnt the only thing they rap about either.. where the fuk have u been?!Quote:
Originally Posted by Buddy4point0
English rappers? lol, never heard of them.
BTW, there are alot of hip hop music these days that are discriminating to female. But, there are still plenty of great hip hop artist's. And I dont really remmember that much songs about raping, killing molesting. They usually rap about cars money and ladies, not killing.
or if youre t pain and you like to be annoying so you rap about the same thing all the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by ganondorf
well t-pain is t-pain, u cant change that. compare 50 cent to kanye west for example. 50 talks about money and cars and shit like that, mean while kanye talks about real shit thats going on in life like real rappers should. thats why people think hip hop is dead because people arent talking about the reality in life, they talking about how icy their rims or how expencive their clothes are. but i dont think hip hop is dead, i just think its hit a new era. styles of clothing is changing too. for example to partial rock style (skull belt buckles, tighter jeans that arent as baggy, a chain that comes out of your pocket and u hook on to your jeans, smaller shirts) <- certain rappers wear that type of stuff and it actually looks good on occasions.
i have no idea as to why rappers are trying to be like rockers now.
it annoyed me when they started doing that.
not trying to be like rockers. if so then they are making rockers look bad :p cuz the clothes look better on them than on real rockers. but yea idk, i would dress like that SOMETIMES if i had the money to get clothes, now im broke :(
if u heard the song rock man by dj unk, it seems like they are making fun of how rockers act, like head banging and sticking their tounges out like idiots
i think those types of songs are killing hip hop badly.
hip hop in the terms of radio/mainstream is dead, kanye west has alright songs but he takes his fame/popularity too serious like this cover where the poses as jesus http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...=1&image=largeQuote:
Originally Posted by xg917
im not religious but this is taking it a bit too far...
as for hip hop/rap and what it use to be, its all in the underground indie scene
fine then, compair 50 cent to common or nas. there you go! big difference in their lyrics. btw kanye isnt as into the religious scene as he was back in the day :/
australian rap rules all
For english like Vampdude said it comes under the Garage/Grime scene
But American rappers do the same thing I mean they wouldnt rap about nothing else
UK GrimeArtists:
(This is only a few)
Dizzee Rascal: http://youtube.com/watch?v=86Ok0B9EvZg
Skepta: http://youtube.com/watch?v=AOt8cqusVNY
JME: http://youtube.com/watch?v=rKbKZ3Qe45Y
Wiley: http://youtube.com/watch?v=dCZUSAvzVIs
Roll Deep: http://youtube.com/watch?v=kNsx0OJCuos
Bearman: http://youtube.com/watch?v=MJZjSHG6tBY
never heard of em
Because a few of them are underground artists Dizzee Rascal and Wiley are famous with Dizzee winning Mercury awards and Wiley and Roll Deep have there own Albums.
JME has his Vinyl Records beats I have one of them.
Skepta is working on a album
Bearman already has an album released
The U.K. once had http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRCBy8hrOIM, which I believe was quite popular as on the music channel called The BOX (a viewer controlled music channel) they were a popular selection amongst the selecting viewers.Quote:
Originally Posted by splodger15
There are not black rappers on england
Yeh So Solid Crew were popular but then they stopped not sure whyQuote:
Originally Posted by VampDude
Doesn't make senseQuote:
Originally Posted by JKKDARK
Didn't some of the members goto prison or something?Quote:
Originally Posted by splodger15
Yeh I think thats what happened I also think one of them was in some gun crime troubleQuote:
Originally Posted by VampDude
Theres a lot of gun crimes, and most of it is because people imitate their favorite rap artists who go around pretending to be gangsters and owning guns for the factor of thinking that guns are "cool" and that people will respect them cause they have guns and such.Quote:
Originally Posted by splodger15
I don't like English rap because I won't understand a word they say.
No garage is a totally different form of music I know that because I had to do research on most every music style for my GCSE coursework. Rap in England is still called Rap.Quote:
Originally Posted by VampDude
I thought Garage was Rap? Just goes to show that I don't know those scenes (I don't listen to them), but they seem kinda similar thou.Quote:
Originally Posted by cal360
american white rappers = ***got wanabeesQuote:
Originally Posted by JKKDARK
english white rappers = ***gots that no one would be able to understand unless you are actually from england
New York & Miami 4 life
Not true you can understand White MC's until Amercia stops writing bars about getting out the Gun on someoneQuote:
Originally Posted by xg917
Back to the topic, American rap will always be the best.
Why?
Look at Jay-Z he sung with Rihanna about a Umbrella I mean come on
Get it real
America has no Mc's what so ever meaning you are all rap
305 represent!Quote:
Originally Posted by xg917
Anyways, aside from listening to obligatory Pitbull, most all the hip-hop and rap I listen to has little to do with bitches, fo-fos, or spinnurz.
The Roots and Blackalicious are my favorite American groups:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6VNmsp1vL8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnevMn60Unk
The Roots are most known for their amazing live sound and flow. I've seen them before and it was unforgettable, 10+ minute medleys and whatnot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-dJ6xbrWHQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIJ-aTeya5E
If you look for any of their stuff I reccomend Rhythm Sticks and Sky is Falling.
Then there's all the great rap that is neither: Orishas(Cuban), Infinite Mass(Sweedish), Hilltop Hoods(Australian), etc
edit:MC Chris, MC 900 ft Jesus, Black Thought, Ghostface Killah, Rahzel, Gift of Gab, The Living Legends, q-tip, ...Quote:
America has no Mc's what so ever meaning you are all rap
no, we hve youngsters around
alright sorry
wow ur a F4G lol
kanye west, jay z, t.i., lil wayne, ja rule, busta rhymes, young jeezy, nas, ludacris, Biggie smalls, tupac, rakim, the game, rick ross, trick daddy, i know i am missing a lot more great rappers of america but theres no doubt that america has better rappers than england. are there even ghettos in england? i think thats a stupid cus there are ghettos everywhere <_<
wow ur a wigger lolzQuote:
Originally Posted by xg917
dude. Ok...the best EMCEES (rappers suck i.e. 50 Cent, Jeezy.) Are
KRS-One, Rakim, NaS, Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, Outkast, 2Pac, A Tribe Called Quest, Atmosphere, AZ, Bone Thugs, Common, Ice Cube, Jedi Mind Tricks, Tech N9ne. See the pattern.
But the only English rapper i have heard is Sway and he isn't that bad.