After years of putting in work, UK rappers (largely underneath the grime umbrella) such as Skepta and Stormzy have been enjoying worldwide success as the movement gains in popularity.
But with success often comes scrutiny and social media hasn’t been able to contain itself from getting a few laughs at the latest UK rapper explosion’s expense. (Most likely due to artists such as Giggs and Skepta’s inclusion on Drake’s buzzing More Life playlist.) Twitter user @HeFromLA posted a photo of a flintlock pistol captioned with “When a U.K rapper say he got the burner” and apparently scored with more than 13,000 retweets and 23,000 likes.
From there, several other Twitter users jumped on the wave.
Rapping just doesn’t work with that accent. Call it grime or whatever else, it’s garbage either way.
I’m from London and do not listen to drake or any grime mc’s, they call it grime because they can’t rap. That music developed from mc’s flowing over jungle/garage and turned into grime, oh and let me tell you London is still gutter nuff rappers have been eaten when they come over so don’t get confused,underground hip hop is still alive out here. Listen to some old skinny man he has been around for years, just keep your ears open we love that grimey hip hop over here hard beats and lyrics, Conway,roc Marci, Freddie Gibbs.
form that comment I can tell your a white boy, who doesn’t understand the culture skinny man!! grime is not rap don’t confuse the two. MC’s as they are called in the grime scene have bars for days. They have a different cadence and tone compared to a rapper which is heavily influenced by west indian/UK culture. As much as i love american hip hop the community has been show to be hostile to outsiders,even within the us there is hostility towards different sounds ie new york rappers hating the southern sound etc etc. Don’t make excuses for ignorance.
Your dumb so what do they do when they open they mouth? And what’s race gotta do wiv it we’re talking about beats and lyrics. so are grime artist not rapping on drakes song? So drake is rapping and giggs is mc’ing on the same track? Listen to Kano last good English rapper end of.
They’re chattin’ lyrics. They said so in the garage and jungle days. If you knew the culture you’d know what that meant and where that came from.
so does vybz cartel rap? what about pioneers of uk garage like mc neat and neutrino?! giggs is a not a grime MC nor is skinny man. the white boy comment was simply addressing the fact that you don’t really know what your talking about. Thank me later for the knowledge I’ve given you. an MC and a rapper are not the same.
No, he was saying listen to “SkinnyMan – Council Estate of Mind”, because it’s one of the strongest UK rap albums made. To be fair to all the Americans here, Grime is pretty shiete. It started strong over 10 years ago, then it made the transition to pop charts, then finally back to where it started. Out of all music, Grime is the only genre that tried to evolve but didn’t so it fell back onto its roots. All Grime is, is Hype beats.
“But with success often comes scrutiny”. I wonder if Giggs (no offense to the legendary soccer player, we discussin the rapper here) has any success at rappin. Some weeks ago i listened to some uk rap. The song i heard from this guy was called Whippin Excursion and he has used the same flow and content (there’s no content actually, just a bunch of words that rhyme) for his verses on More Life. I listened to Stormzy’s album in its entirety. His accent fucks the vibe up but i can tell he’s ahead of UK rap, he’s talented but he’s still not a great MC. I see the potential but no execution. Also Skepta had an honestly average verse. With success often comes scrutiny, but not everybody that ppl joke about is successful.
You were obviously takin the piss that he was a famous soccer player right?
Nah bitch i said that cuz many might not know this guy’s a rapper
Dumbass Americans back at it. ‘Eminem… not the sweet, the rapper’ and the world wonders why you voted in trump
Like Brits ain’t votin a bunch of retards and ain’t supportin’ Brexit. Tho I didn’t wanna talk like this bout British people, mad love to y’all, but I think y’all better stick to yo rock and pop music, you’ve got way more talented people there. Grime/UKRap might improve and become as big as many other hip hop movements but right now it doesn’t deserve it. America’s RETARD RAPPERS like Desiigner are better at doing what guys like Giggs and Skepta are doin.
Ok so I was listening and you had a point with Giggs with the flow and content. But then you went full retard with the comment about Stormzy, his accent fucks it up?!? That’s so ignorant, someone from a different county having a different accent lol get over it. Some of you Americans think your the only ones that rap. And look at the amount of shit mumble rappers you have. Clown
Lil Uzi vert, lil yachty, 21 savage, Soulja Boy, mc hammer, will smith, future, desiigner, Nicki Minaj, Pitbull, Flo Rida, Vanilla Ice, 2 chains, Waka Flocka, Gucci Mane and fucking birdman. And UK hip hop sucks? Not a single mc from the uk is as bad as these clowns. Keep your mumble rap. And giggs is trash, but look at that list.
Will Smith can outrap all of them first of all. Second, take 2 chainz off. Third, Birdman actually has a good album – Pricele$$ if you even bothered to stop being retarded for a day in your life. And he put on one of the most influential rappers of our time and has classic songs. The rest nobody really cares about. So why the hurt bro.
Gucci Mane is hugely successful and influential as is Birdman
DAMN UK IS WACK SON!
Support to our brothers from overseas. Roll Deep, Kano, Lethal Bizzle, Wiley these were hard !
Shout out to French rap as well !
Let’s be together ! Unity !
American’s being American’s again. Thick as fuck. Most of them haven’t left the U.S.A/don’t have a passport.
Kano – Made in the Manor
UK AINT SHIT….fuck the opps bruh.wish i cud put this 40 on their heads
this shit had me dyin this morning that whipping foreigns is excellent lol
I that they mentioned Juelz getting kidnapped.
US most influential rapper in the last 10 years is a Trump supporter.
influential LMFAO. 20 Songwriters and 10 Producers helping but he is the 1 that is influential
I have the grime thing a chance, not my “cup of tea.” They are doing their thing though, I’m not mad at them. I think the real issue is just ignorence. I lived in London for several years. They may not have firearms as much as thugs in the US do, but thinking you won’t get stabbed or beaten to a pulp by hoods out there is a HUGE mistake. As of recent, the only Brit MC I have heard and enjoyed (there are others I would like I am sure), is Shotty Horrah’s work with Deadmau5. I recognize cats like Roots Manuva as a result MC, I just don’t like the sound. Dudes are on here acting like Slick Rick and MF Doom (both Brits) didn’t change the game and do big things. The accent argument is valid for some. People anywhere in the world who speak English are simply acvostomed to our “Yank” accents. It’s sad they won’t give something a chance just based on that. There is plenty of room for everyone to get in. Keep doing it big U.K. There are some Americans who support your music even if it isn’t exactly my style. Fools always going to hate. Much love from Los Angeles brothers!
Well Said
UK rappers probably drink their lean with tea and lemon had me dying, not gonna lie
First off their accent makes it even less comprehensive than jamaican patwa. But second, I think, most of them will beat your ass no matter how skinny they look, hence no need for ‘burners’, you’ll probably get stomped. Tough twitter talk from overseas, shit cant get wimpier than this lol
I will say the accent lets them sound nice as fuck on dubstep beats.
To the clown below who said Will Smith can outrap anyone from the UK… this is why everyone thinks America is full of retards. I don’t like their accents either which is why I don’t listen, but a few I can admit are dope, like Devlin and Kano
Ain’t no rappers in the UK carrying a burner. There were 8 deaths last year from gun shots in the UK. Knife crime is the real issue, which is way more hardcore than Gun crime. Ask immortal technique. That being said this is 2017 why are we bragging about killing each other and who carries the most guns still?
some of those tweets were hilarious….UK can’t front
The only uk mc we acknowledge is Wretch 32!!
I’m from the UK and those tweets are funny as hell
MAN. Some of those actually made me laugh out loud. It’s some hilarious ones in there for real.
What I took away from this after reading the comments is there are only 2-3 rappers that England actually says are good? How in the fuck you only have a couple good rappers then try to compare that to America which has 100’s its like your in some primitave rap era like it was here in 1985 when the genre was just starting. I dont see the difference. Everyone just mentioned the same 3 people over and over. I guess thats all you guys got. Btw Dizzee Rascal is better then all the people named below. Fyi
Grime is not Hip Hop and they are not rappers lol. Everybody on that island is a copy cat pussy. I had this cat in class say he listens to NEW Hip Hop (yacht homo thug etc) I told him once you have to say NEW then it’s not Hip Hop.
Bar for bar, U.K rappers destroy American ones. If you don’t think so, you are not listening properly or don’t understand what they are saying. Not everyone understands reggae either. It’s just not for you. To bash something that you don’t understand is very American LOL.
Peep the hypocrisy….We are talking about U.K. rappers not having many guns. Meanwhile this stems from hearing these U.K. artists on a Drake album. A drake album where he is singing soft shit on like 70% of the songs. Drake, the artist from Toronto, where there aren’t many guns either. Hollowman Giggs goes way harder than Drake and went to jail on gun charges years ago, but you fucking idiots are too ignorant to know this. I guess if people aren’t snitching on themselves it isn’t up to North American standards. Fuck out of here you fucking twitter clowns
We dont fuck with Aubrey in the states either. England can have Drake but we get Dizzee Rascal
I’m from Toronto and I’m not feeling Drake. Dude has a couple of songs but it’s not that hard to make a “hip hop” album if you are only rapping on less than %50 of the songs. And to top it off, dude has ghostwriters? The hardest song on here is probably the Giggs track “KMT” but mans are still talking shit. There aren’t as many guns in Canada as there are in the states but there are still guns. Is that something to be proud of? Our laws don’t really allow us to own them legally, mainly handguns, but we can have rifles and shit. Who gives a fuck. Come to Toronto on some shit and get your head flew, pretty sure its the same in the U.K. and the states regardless of the weapon. It’s sad because this is like a week after the Samuel L. Jackson comments about the Black British Actors….What a shame…. It’s like the wool is too thick, and the sheep are running rampant.
The M.F Doom that lives in England is just a “doombot” he has all over the world. The real Doom is in Pakistan with BinLaden and Sadaam
MF doom, Slick Rick and Cannibus were born in England lol
Canibus was born in jamaica check yo facts fool
I’m from the UK and I dont see why we need to be offended by these tweets. These are funny as fuck and any level headed person understands that there’s crime worldwide. Its bad over here like its bad in the states, its nothing to brag about, its not good at all whats happening.
Ain’t nobody mentioning the underground scene check out 2KOLDERZ on YouTube he has the voice flow multisylables and humour makes these new rappers sound corny af
Go check 2KOLDERZ-DEMONS INSIDE he makes both of the Americans sound shit !! Real underground south London hiphop come back and tell me he didn’t fuck them up your a liar if u say he didn’t my man is underated as hell trust me
If you think UK hiphop is corny just listen to M9 or Cyrus Melachi!! Also Endemic is the sickest producer out!! Google “Eagles” by Endemic and listen to how hard that beat is! Also check out “Three Kings” on Endemic’s first album! Dope!
Hip Hop in general is awesome but this new shit they try to call rap or hip hop is not that. On another note, I heard this Welsh rapper called tinyskitz on YouTube few years back and he was spitting FIRE with crazy flow. Any UK people know him? Is he famous in the U.K?
Exactly. Triple darkness run shit in the UK in my opinion. I don’t even listen to grime & I’m from the UK
I got a list here’s the order of the list that it’s in, it goes…. mic righteous, Chester p, task force, akala, lowkey, English Frank, wretch 32, rhyme asylum, Kano, logic (UK), big narsty! UK hip-hop (grime specifically) frigging dope! And I’m from Canada! Give it a chance!
Boy In Da Corner Is A Classic Album by Dizzie Rascal Who Basically Pioneered Grime by Producing His Own Beats Outta Neccesity At the Age of 18 in 2003. He Also Got Stabbed 5 Times and Didnt Wanna Publicize It Cuz He Wasnt Trying To Be 50 Cent. Funny Things Is, The Same Way Yall Talking Bout Grime Was How Southern HipHop Was Once Talked About New Yorkers Like Myself. And They Runnin Sh*t Now. Elitism is a Mug my Geez.
UK rappers and the American rappers of today are unskilled and wack as fuck, homie. We got no respect for you clowns.
Man forget what everyone else is talking about, U.K. grime is dope and it’s funny how “the accent” is the biggest excuse Americans use as to why they don’t feel U.K. Grime. Bullshit! Half of ya”ll motherfuckers can’t even wrap your mind around the bars MC’s like King Crook are spitting and he’s American. The other half, vibe out to shit you can’t even understand, because the motherfucker on the mic is mumbling over a beat, but as long as the beat is nice it’s “fire”. The dialect has nothing to do with it, ya’ll are just slow!
But drake runs the American rap scene. Yet he’s from Canada. You lost your culture to retarded mumble rappers from the south, and year after year it keeps getting worse. Newyork rappers refuse to evolve and aside from Kendrick, the west coast is struggling. American rap is dead and has been for ages.
Oh blimey Drake doesnt run a thing ol chap I reckon your incorrect good sir. Good day to you
Amen Sir,May I quote you on Twitter? @gmail.com
mate nobody with class gives a fuck about your hip hop and rap culture..it is from the ghetto anyway anybody can have her..plus…Drake got his style from american hip hop..WE gave you the bloody language to use in the first place gun nuts LOL
At least use our language correctly you buffoon
We are actually get hated on. Thank you. We finally made it. Just the beginning. Toodaloo Bish!
thats typical american to think the uk is only white anglo saxons.
wouldn’t know about anything outside their own boarders.
specially wouldn’t know of anything decent considering theyre to fat, sloppy and lazy to do research.
only UK guys I really know are SAS(?) heard them on Roc Marci joint, them dudes is NICE
typical americans LOL….who get their information about other countries from movies…british rappers sound wack but at least they speak english
tut. Doctor doctor please can you help me see im sick an jus wanna be healthy .str8 from the gutta only thing I know is bread an butta . fuk a gun fite I’m a wind pipe cutter . fools watch this. On you tube Manchester gang crime wave 09.03.2017 you know something we don’t or do these boys look like there not fucking about gun or no fucking gun man’s getting hurt if he fucks up simple.
Peace and respect you entitled to your opinion lol but let’s be real we don’t give a fuck really an it’s always bin that way reason we don’t have guns like u guys I’ll be real here is cos they don’t trust us if we had guns as part of our law shit be crazy out here telling you lots of people and be dead an gone an the country wudnt be wat it is trust me government will never let you have guns cos they know wat we are like simple.
Just listening to immortal technique dance with the devil.. Now he a real mo fo….serious. listen