Trauma

I never said it was **** and ugh buddy I'm a Canadian living in America. Get your facts straight for your first post here. Yeah for anybody that didn't know I've been living in the U.S. for three and a half years now.

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A_Tribe_Called_Quest

not all uk rap artists sounds like dizzee. dizzee is more grime or garage like wiley or lethal b or d double e. proper UK RAPPERS imo are klasnekoff,ty,skinnyman, roots manuva, skinnyman. they are rappers. i think that dizee is more grime which is UK, us has nothing like dizzee or d double or lethal b or wiley in my opinion.
also i think somone who is doing a great deal for uk rap/hip hop is kano and the mitchell bros they are going to do alot. coz kano came from more grime, with d double e and the nasty crew but his new track -typical me- is really more hip hop

shandapanda

i heard roots manuva...he has enough potential to be added to my list...didn't even know that he's a brit

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Jonny Sniper

yes. i agree with tribe on this one. dizzee ,wiley, crazy titch, roll deep is all grime/garage which isnt really uk hip/hop its a different area of uk hip/hop mixing fast garage beats with fast mcing, whereas uk hip-hop is more of roots manuva, skinnyman klastnekoff stuff like that where there is more of a distinguishable flow and its more tighter. dizzee latest stuff is verging on more comerical hip-hopy kind of flow same with roll deep. but more grimey underground stuff like old d double old nasty crew slk represents uk garage.

Anticks1

Yo I'm a big fan of Klyshnekoff, Braintax, lowlife records rocks, What about Roots manuva?!!!

Jonny Sniper

sway is probably the biggest prospect in uk hip/hop at the moment, there is quite alot of **** coming out, garage is alrite, but its sounding to sound a bit samey and people like lethal b are poor. roots manuva is good, and his last album bought about alot of praise, skinnyman should have been where its at, but like nothing major happened with him. im thinking sway or kano are the biggest prospects.

EDGE

pffffffft.

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TrampInaTux

While American hip-hop is slowly turning into RnB, UK Hip Hop is rising up. You may not know about it yet, but pretty soon I can guarantee you will. And what about the accent, Snickers? Just because it isn't yours, doesn't mean that you have to knock it. To be honest I'd rather have a British accent anyday than an American one. If you look beyond your typical American stereotypes then you will realise that that the majority of us don't say 'Jolly Good, I would like some Tea, Tally-ho.' Like I'm sure the majority of the yanks don't say 'USA good, Iraq BAD! BOOM BOOM BOOM! Hey, where's my burger? OOPS! I lost it in between my third chin. BOOM BOOM BOOM!' And that goes for Canadians aswell 'What's this all aboot aye?' I'm pretty sure we got ther pick of the accents really.

pdpeart

GOOD point!

On another note if you want reasurance that UK Hip Hop is on the up, just check what Chuck D said about Kano's performance at the MOBO'S(the British equivalent of the Source Awards or Vibe,etc).
And I quote; "The Most Exciting Thing I've Seen In Years!"

The thing with the UK we still have that purity that the U.S(in general) has lost to corporate interest. So we are allowed to be a lot more experimental with our art.
Also check for an up and coming British artist named PLAN B,
He sings his own hooks, produces his own tracks and spits fire on the verses.

And another group called MATA FIX(pronounced;'matter fix') who also sing, rhyme and produce their own work.

Jonny Sniper

[quote=pdpeart] GOOD point!



Also check for an up and coming British artist named PLAN B,
He sings his own hooks, produces his own tracks and spits fire on the verses.

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ive got a tune of his called no good. its alrite you know.