Friday, January 8, 2010

Totally Random...Five Favourite British Rappers

Cuz we all know that hip-hop is dead, American hip hop that is, I have to listen to different rappers and that means mostly british hip hop and sometimes Reggaeton (go Tego Calderon). These are my favourite in no particular order:

Sway



Sway's first album, This Is My Demo is a classic in my opinion, it was moving, deep, funny at times and had quaotables for days...honestly if Sway's name was "Drake" and he dropped that album he would be an international superstar...

I got angels on my nokia/
i'm out here and i got no fear/
no foes and no phobias/
so all those plotting with the obeah and voodoo/
there's no hope for ya/
hang yourself, i got rope for ya

Pyrelli



The Lazyboi...crazy flows and punchlines plus Jamaican heritage...he killed on Sway's "Up Your Speed"...and "Caribbean Love" is a mad tune with a mad video...Mad..

Mike Skinner aka The Streets




Probably the most popular, he has good songs like..."Fit But You Know It" and good conceptual albums like A Grand Don't Come For Free...

SAS Eurogang




Idris Elba does not like this group, but I do, they were with Dip Set for a second and they think that they are gangstas...this gang is hilarious...I don't know, its hard for me to feel their gangster cuz they have a British accent, thats not threatening at all...how do you threaten someone with an English accent? Tell them they won't get any sugar with their tea?...i divert...

Lethal Bizzle




and Lethal Bizzle, I could have gone with Kano, or Dizzee Rascal but I say Bizzle, cuz he had the song, "Bizzle, Bizzle" and he re-made "Police on My Back"...

I am a big Tricky fan but he's not a rapper per se so he didnt make the list, sorry Tricky...