sadmanbarty
Well-known member
11/10/18
9 days later...
godly syncronicity
it's a bit of a throwback,
9 days later...
godly syncronicity
it's a bit of a throwback,
In 18 months time we're going to look back at unknown t as proto-[genre name].
it'll be a more muscular sound than drill, more carnival, an mc led uk funky.
got a crude question but it pertains to an old discussion i saw you lot were having on here about how alot of slang now reflects liquids (drip and so on)
What do you lot think of UK drills (as far as im concerned) obsession with piss? especially in regards to say who is or isnt on piss(man are always talking about how the ops aint on piss aswell as not doing any bootings)
Im surprised nobody has brought it up when talking about this genre.
UK drill also lacks the sexual and material aspiration of mumble rap. “Wet” and “splash” are buzzwords in both genres, but their meanings differ. In US rap they refer to diamonds and female erotic fluids, whereas in UK drill they denote stabbing. Harlem Spartan’s ‘No Hook’ sees MizorMac subvert Migos’ boastful refrain “raindrops, drop tops” with the line “raindrops, gunshots on tops where I’m living”. AM typifies drill’s relative asexuality with lyrics like "I ain't that cute, yeah I ain't that buff [good looking]/Girls on me get minimal trust /That's minimal trust, minimal hugs/Girls on me get minimal love “. Where rappers would usually gloat about a sexual a partner’s good looks, ‘Kick Down Doors’ sees AM go to great lengths to stress just how ugly his is. The track is one of many to reference a particularly niche sexual pathology in which vaginal sex is habitually rejected in favor of receiving fellatio. For drill artists, violence acts as a kind of a surrogate sexuality. Weapons and conflict are referred to with suggestive and phallic terminology like, “long pole”, “stick”, “pump” and “poke”, so much so that AM refers to a gun as “celibate”. The word “neck” is employed frequently, both as a synonym for oral sex and in threats about where wounds will be inflicted. “Saucy” alludes to blood, but is also British slang for sexual playfulness. All of which reflects a wider apathy. Violence, as portrayed in US rap, is perpetrated in a Scarface-style struggle for wealth and women. These end-goals are largely absent from UK drill; there are no rewards in the conflicts on London’s streets.