I've been listening to piles of UK Hip Hop lately. Mostly the Skinnyman and Klashnekoff albums, but a little of the rodney p as well, and I'll be getting the new roots manuva album as soon as I can afford it and it comes out over here.
But I've been slightly surprised at how little discussion there is of UK Hip Hop on here, given that the elements that appeal to me in that style seem to be the elements that appeal to lots of the rest of you as well, like the ragga influence etc.
UK Hip Hop seems to wear it's influences on it's sleeve a lot more, which appeals to me, and has a very distinct and mature style. Compared to Aussie hip hop which while beats-wise is ok, seems so obsessed with being 'ocker' that it becomes a pastiche of cultural references with no real content. UK Hip Hop seems to avoid that mostly, even if it does have a fairly severe case of younger brother syndrome when relating to the US (check the 'Fuck New York' track on Skitz & Rodney P last week...)
So anyway, what do people think? Who else should I be checking out?
But I've been slightly surprised at how little discussion there is of UK Hip Hop on here, given that the elements that appeal to me in that style seem to be the elements that appeal to lots of the rest of you as well, like the ragga influence etc.
UK Hip Hop seems to wear it's influences on it's sleeve a lot more, which appeals to me, and has a very distinct and mature style. Compared to Aussie hip hop which while beats-wise is ok, seems so obsessed with being 'ocker' that it becomes a pastiche of cultural references with no real content. UK Hip Hop seems to avoid that mostly, even if it does have a fairly severe case of younger brother syndrome when relating to the US (check the 'Fuck New York' track on Skitz & Rodney P last week...)
So anyway, what do people think? Who else should I be checking out?
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