OT Mike Lowery - Grime Poll

Ahhh it's fairly decent you get loads of the pretentious lot there who do all that arm waving crap and just generally don't know a thing but it's always got some quality people on show

 

all the people i mention are renown for intelligent hip hop with storys behind most of the songs. yes i do like nas game ect, but people are so wrapped up in "whats gangsta" that they dont actually pay attention to people who put the artist into a hip hop artist.

 

There's no way in hell I'm watching that video, but you must give us more info on this white geordie rapping friend of yours.

 

[video=youtube;5pqiqrnZE44]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pqiqrnZE44[/video]

 

Aye, i've new him since primary school and speak to him about his music. He's auditioning for Britains got talent this year.. He's getting noticed abit like.

 

I noticed . You should check out Lowkey. He is essentially a British version of Immortal Technique but is better. He goes in hard with some "ghetto grime" but he more about aq message and being smart/political with it now. He is extremely talented

 

He's a got good skills as a rapper, but it's the Geordie thing that holds him back ( As you don't see any Geordies making it in rap ). Infact, there's quite a large underground scene up here in Newcastle.

 

Does he just rap about his local area or does he write other stuff too?

 

If it is not from London, it won't make it. The next city to get any breakthrough will be Birmingham! Their underground scene is about to blow up!

 

I know so many people who MC in Birmingham it's ridiculous like literally there's hundreds of people that do it there

 

He writes other stuff too. Newcastle City was a sort of commerical song to get him more noticed. He's got an album and is currently working on another.

 

Any Birmingham MC's you would like to tell me about?

Just listened to Lowkey - Terrorist. Great track!

 

Cool, good luck to him .

 

The 2 big ones are De-vilman and Sox. Check them out. I am not such a fan purely for the fact that their strong brum accents put me off but clearly enough people there do like them

 

I've seen that JMT have been mentioned a few times in this thread, they're at Manchester Academy on 15/02. (And in Laaaandan on 14/02)

 

Kozzie ****s on Sox

 

LOTM3. I agree. I have the instrumental to "Famous" as my introduction to my comedy stand up. Gets me g'd up for a sesh of laughter!

 

Famous is a good song !!
LOTM3 Kozzie just absolutely drops on him is too funny !

 

Eazy-E is absolutely horrible. You do realise he doesn't even write his own lyrics right? Ice Cube/MC Ren wrote most of them Jedi Mind Tricks are pretty stupidly overrated in the underground as well. Eminem is far and away the best rapper to ever do it (it's a shame most people completely miss what he does well, especially 'hip hop headz' who are usually ****ing idiots), his first 3 albums are just insanely good. Nas, Talib Kweli, Big L, OutKast, The Roots are also up there.

In terms of UK scene, Akala is the standout MC at the moment (and for the last few years). Definitely the most intriguing. If it wasn't for Lowkey's Immortal Technique-esque (who is also terrible) conspiracy theories he'd be up there. His structures are a bit too 'obvious' for my liking as well. His passion and concepts are nice though.

I could honestly talk hip-hop all day.

 

Tinie back when I liked him.....

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