This is Grime http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRylU...elated&search=
Heres a proper vid - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E39RC...elated&search=
More grime http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrtvB...elated&search=
This is Grime http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRylU...elated&search=
Heres a proper vid - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E39RC...elated&search=
More grime http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrtvB...elated&search=
Last edited by TAURO; 11-16-2006 at 12:43 AM.
"I pledge allegiance to the hip hop"Method Man
Yeah, just repeating a few points already brought up here... If i can't understand it, I'm not gonna like it, so that rules out all Euro hip hop except UK. And UK shit, I hate the accent, I hate the british way of speaking, it just sounds really corny when they rap. I kno yall don't agree, but there's nothing that could change my mind.
i have actually, but most of my observations are made from this website and others i post on. It's a quite limited insight ill admit. But it's the same thing euros have on their knowledge of hip hop. Music videos and what they see on commercials. In my opinion there's a certain disconnect if what you know is what you see on t.v.
You know what the problem I think Bedlam, Americans have been fed too much british romantic comedies and Austin Powers, this shit needs to change, im from london and I can tell you now that it is a city with a lot of poverty and crime, all that hugh grant business is bullshit, there are ghettos here in every corner of the city, alot of mc's that spit truly come from these deprived areas. I think it's the image you get when you hear us rap more than anything else, thats what bothers you really.
"I pledge allegiance to the hip hop"Method Man
"I pledge allegiance to the hip hop"Method Man
would you consider yourself an average euro hip hop fan?
some americans are close minded when it comes to everything...like for example being from Australia 70% of americans id come across on the internet think that Kangaroos are everywhere,that there basically no crime in Australia and its all white people or something...lol.I guess they are just too caught up in themselves and how great USA is that they dont bother with shit from other countries.
everybody wants america to care about their country. The father has no favorite child, we treat you all the same.
i've got alot of respect for that grime shit though. I wasn't feeling it too much, but thats what this shit is about. You dont just bite some other countries culture, you take that shit, flip the script, put your own imprint on it, and go places with it. Grime is okay with me.
to me if the accent is to strong it ruins the song ......but i agree there are dope emcees out there in the european region
the only "rappers" that get any kind of exposure over here are acts like lady sovereign and the streets, neither of which are very interesting. i don't have any doubt that there's alot of good hiphop coming out of europe, the only serious mc that i've heard from over there was mc solaar, but i couldn't even find his cd here in the us. on the other hand, there's a couple european mc's who live in america who are well liked and respected (i'm thinking primarily of slick rick and mf doom, but there's probably more).
so to answer your question, it's easy (especially for americans, since there's so much going on here) to shit on things that they don't know anything about. it's fucked up but that's just what happens.
Last edited by sonny getz; 11-16-2006 at 12:39 PM.
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Why the fuck are you getting so confrontational on me? maybe I used a bad example but nearly everything I see on mc's in america is someone trying to expose the other one as a fake, like in freestyles and other shit. My intention is not to try and change your mind into likeing euro/british hip hop but to silmply find out why americans choose to ignore it for the most part. So in conclusion if you can't have a straight conversation the stay the fuck out of this thread ok?.
Ok, that track by Arms Length is dope but unfortunatly I don't have it, I wish I did but it has eluded me for a couple of years, be sure that when I get it I will pass it along to you.
Regarding the grime music....lol I will be honest even I couldn't understand what they where saying, the freestyle was one thing but the second video unfortunatly was a in poor condition but I couldn't find a better version but imo it was the best example of what grime is like. For the record I don't like grime, there are a few tracks that I like but for me it's hip hop all the way.
Regarding the accents yes I can tell the difference between the different types in the states but that is because over here we are exposed to a lot more american things than vise versa.
I think you would definatly be able to tell the difference between the accents here, you just think you don't because you haven't been exposed to that many, if you came here you could easily.
"I pledge allegiance to the hip hop"Method Man
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