Re: uk-hop (was Re: roots manuva )

From: Jason Mariyappan (jason.mariyappan@ic.ac.uk)
Date: Wed Mar 22 2000 - 13:32:01 MET

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    Gotta add the 'Nextmen' to that list, had a little preview of an EP coming
    out on scenario soon, BAD and even a little intelligent lyrics !
    Also check the word of mouth compilation, all the latest UK crews you've
    mentioned.
    Easy
    J

    At 03:09 22/03/00 -0800, dj t-bird wrote:
    >Who says the UK don't know Hip-Hop?!?!
    >>
    >> no one i know. the uk has only reinvented hiphop about 5 times
    >(drum'n'bass,
    >> big beat - best forgotten, so-called 'bristol' type shit etc etc) and now
    >> its putting out some of the best stuff i get through my office... maybe
    >i'm
    >> biased as a contributor to ukhiphop.com but 95% of the stuff out of the
    >u.s.
    >> is all sugary puff daddy type nonsense.
    >
    >it's the best & worst of times for u.s. hiphop, in the words of erick sermon
    >(!) "i'll stick to underground, you keep the cross-over." actually i'm not
    >that hard-core, some groups i like are crossing over (e.g., styles of
    >beyond) but they're not really going for the pop thing, they're just
    >somewhat accessible to non-heads.
    >
    >> i'm not trying to put the US down at all ... just trying to big up the UK.
    >
    >u.s. heads need to recognize--the u.k. massive has skills!!
    >
    >> i suggest tracking down stuff by skitz, task force, numskullz, lewis
    >parker,
    >> braintax, blade, harry love, hundred strong, herbaliser, new flesh for
    >old,
    >> mystro... labels like hombre, lowlife, son, ruf beats, big dada, apeman,
    >> deal real, ronin, jazz fudge, k-boro
    >
    >second on that emotion!! i'm not really down w/lewis parker & new flesh,
    >but there's other talent on big dada i can get with --juice aleem & part 2,
    >man like manuva!! don't forget funky d.l.--i know he can get kinda "pop"
    >sometimes but he gets down, too.
    >
    >u.k. producers have been getting props for a while, but now there's a lot of
    >m.c.s that are solid too.
    >
    >-t
    >
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