Road Rap

[luka]

Homerton B is amazing

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trilliam got me to listen to this
a couple of months ago and there's no doubt these kids are on a completely different skill level to the road rap generation

 

[CrowleyHead]

Honestly don't see the appeal of Unknown T yet.

 

[luka]

its that nice undulant, tensed, muscular waveform flow, the curves on it. that's the appeal to me. the modulations. like from 3.56 in the kenny allstar thing.

the voice is a bit... is it adenoidal? there's something a bit off about it, probably from the effort
of faking the bass or whatever.. but otherwise i like

 

[sadmanbarty]

Honestly don't see the appeal of Unknown T yet.

i'm not that keen. it's a bit of a throwback, the same attitude to melody as maxwell d or k2 family (though the melodies are more african). the tone of voice is off too, it doesn't sit comfortably within drill beats. it's too much foreground.

 

[luka]

i just cant get into flatness as a virtue. the flat uninflected line. i cant do it.

 

[sadmanbarty]

i just cant get into flatness as a virtue. the flat uninflected line. i cant do it.

that's a bit of a revelation for me. it's the crux that delineates those who like drill from those who don't; it's whether the rhythmic dynamism of the flows is enough variation or not.

 

[CrowleyHead]

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[mistersloane]

Pretty sure man mugged me when he was 5. Kingsmead Estate was fuckin terrifyling.You have NO idea. Homerton was FUCKING scary 15 years ago.

 

[luka]

ive had barti round just now giving me some proper hard lesson about how this stuff works musically.
my head is pulsing and confused.

 

[mistersloane]

ive had barti round just now giving me some proper hard lesson about how this stuff works musically.
my head is pulsing and confused.

5 million views in a month, plus dancefloor status. It's amazing.

 

[luka]

hes convinced me im missing something so i need to apply myself a bit more.

 

[mistersloane]

hes convinced me im missing something so i need to apply myself a bit more.

It's only occasionally at moment but it's def different and def UK

 

[luka]

i was trying to manuvere him into a fight about it with david drake, some american guy that love chicago drill and was saying uk drill is just a rip-off but barti actually gets very shy sometimes and he backed out of it.

 

[Corpsey]

Funny thing is I think Drake gets (righteously) angry with outsiders simplifications of Chicago drill but is liable to make the same simplifications about UK drill. I think for him it's like the UK is getting the credit Chicago deserves.

I think this happened with absolutely everybody towards absolutely everything because nobody has the time to devote to everything.

Judge not
Lest ye be judged

 

[mistersloane]

You nedd to jus giv DaVid Drake Special Brew

 

[sadmanbarty]

i was trying to manuvere him into a fight about it with david drake, some american guy that love chicago drill and was saying uk drill is just a rip-off but barti actually gets very shy sometimes and he backed out of it.

what more did you want from me?:

 

[luka]

what more did you want from me?:

the graph innit

 

[luka]

tbf it was hard cos he got scared and retreated which was boring

 

[Corpsey]

 

[CrowleyHead]

It's so bizarre to watch him bring up the 18 year old bars and they're still better than all his terrible rapping, even for Drill.