Do we have any major rappers in Ireland?

agxmusic

Who have made it big worldwide or atleast USA.

Boom_Bap

Rob Kelly is doing quite well in the USA, MJEX played a few gigs in New York and played SXSW a few years ago.
There is also some other guy hosting a lot of hip hop nights in the USA at the moment....cant remmeber his name.

colin29

Billy Jam not a rapper or anything but a promoter of The Culture, check out his website here: http://www.hiphopslam.com/
He also appeared in the Scratch movie.

BLITZ_Molloy

Just Rob Kelly really. MJEX have dabbled.

I'd say a few of the Irish rappers could go down a storm over there but they'd have to move and tour like crazy.

conchubhar1

Rob kelly - dont know how he managed to get jay-z in a celtic scarf... epic pic.

Mjex are on their third album - they will make it big.

BLITZ_Molloy

MJEX have the best live show I've seen from musical point of view. Rubberbandits are fantastic as well but I'm not sure if their humor would travel that well.

Seaneh

Rob Kelly, his Album will be pretty big if you ask me, major following in the north east of the US and a good ammount of fanboys in Toronto.

Luno

I know of one fella who lives in the area I'm from who made a mixtape with Chamillionare but I'm not sure what else he has done think theres some of his music videos on Youtube

Seaneh

M&S* wrote: »

I know of one fella who lives in the area I'm from who made a mixtape with Chamillionare but I'm not sure what else he has done think theres some of his music videos on Youtube

whats the area?
are you from carrigaline?

Are you tallking about Assassin?

Assassin is a the GOAT.

BLITZ_Molloy

How did we forget The Assassin. He did indeed get a shoutout from Chamillionaire on his mixtape. He's making major moves.

Seaneh

his video for vibe should have won a vma!

Luno

Seaneh wrote: »

whats the area?
are you from carrigaline?

Are you tallking about Assassin?

Assassin is a the GOAT.

I'm from Crosshaven,
Yeah thats the fella haha he's not the most normal person seen him around here on several occasions with his mother Ahwell sure

agxmusic

M&S* wrote: »

I'm from Crosshaven,
Yeah thats the fella haha he's not the most normal person seen him around here on several occasions with his mother Ahwell sure

could i maybe get a link to his myspace or anything.

i doubt he is even close to the greatest alive. lmao. you really think the G.O.A.T would be unknown.

EMOH

Seaneh wrote: »

Are you tallking about Assassin?

Assassin is a the GOAT.

I'm the president of the United States of America.

BLITZ_Molloy

Hey, respecting your moms is hip hop. It's rap album 101 that you have a track about money, a track about ****ing biyatches, and then a sensitive track about loving your moms in between to show you're multifaceted.

Why would we share The Assassin's myspace with the likes of you? Your non believers.

Luno

BLITZ_Molloy wrote: »

Hey, respecting your moms is hip hop. It's rap album 101 that you have a track about money, a track about ****ing biyatches, and then a sensitive track about loving your moms in between to show you're multifaceted.

Why would we share The Assassin's myspace with the likes of you? Your non believers.

Hmm fine whatever, Fair play if you enjoy his stuff but him being an artist you need to be prepared for s**t being thrown at you and I have alot of it which I'm not going to go into detail of here.

EMOH

BLITZ_Molloy wrote: »

Hey, respecting your moms is hip hop. It's rap album 101 that you have a track about money, a track about ****ing biyatches, and then a sensitive track about loving your moms in between to show you're multifaceted.

Why would we share The Assassin's myspace with the likes of you? Your non believers.

Not ever, ever, would this "Assassin" be even close to having a title such as G.O.A.T

He's not even know by what? 80% of hiphop.

conchubhar1

we should have a vote on wether to post the myspace.

voting works yo.

Luno

conchubhar1 wrote: »

we should have a vote on wether to post the myspace.

voting works yo.

Whos myspace we talking about

AJ STYLES

irish people can't/shouldn't be allowed to rap, i don't even think there are any irish rappers even tho a few black kids in my year seem to think they is the next fiddy lol

Luno

AJ STYLES wrote: »

irish people can't/shouldn't be allowed to rap, i don't even think there are any irish rappers even tho a few black kids in my year seem to think they is the next fiddy lol

Anyone can rap its down to taste or whatever,
Some people like English rap or grime and can't stand American,
I am all for supporting Irish music and I feel we aren't given enough of a chance because if you do look there is some talent

AJ STYLES

i hate british, but you're right i love french rap so good point, i see what you mean.

Luno

French rap? Never heard any before

AJ STYLES

well even if you had very good leaving cert french you would find it difficult to understand, even some french people wouldn't even understand it.

Luno

AJ STYLES wrote: »

well even if you had very good leaving cert french you would find it difficult to understand, even some french people wouldn't even understand it.

Oh, guessing your french then still might be interested in hearing some

AJ STYLES

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdGHCwptEew&feature=related

Luno

AJ STYLES wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdGHCwptEew&feature=related

That's interesting . . wouldn't be my cup of tea

AJ STYLES

yeah i personally like it but they have more 'ghetto' stuff, all based on the strife of growing up in the ghettos of paris or marseille. you could basically just copy 'paris' for 'new york' a lot of them try to act so american as well which i find lame

Luno

AJ STYLES wrote: »

yeah i personally like it but they have more 'ghetto' stuff, all based on the strife of growing up in the ghettos of paris or marseille. you could basically just copy 'paris' for 'new york' a lot of them try to act so american as well which i find lame

Lame wannabe's thats where rap really falls down too many wannbe's

Seaneh

French rap? SMH!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H7OoKI5-yg

Anyone talking smack about Irish rap or Assassin in this thread is officially a retard, Sassy is the GOAT yo!

BLITZ_Molloy

Assassin isn't just a rapper. He's a novelist. He's an entrepreneur. He cooks great curry. That's why he's GOAT. Feck the haters.

There's a very wide variety of styles amongst the Irish rap community. Whatever you're into there's probably an Irish equivalent that you'd appreciate. If you're judging everybody on the basis of some 15 year old you saw on Youtube trying to be fiddy then you've just been lazy.

pikachucheeks

M&S* wrote: »

French rap? Never heard any before

Some of it's amazing

As for Irish rappers ... What about Spiral? :pac:

BLITZ_Molloy

Spiral is old hat. It's all about Jedward now. I've been in talks with them about ghostwriting some of the rhymes for their debut. It's still in the early stages though so keep that under your hat.

Luno

BLITZ_Molloy wrote: »

Assassin isn't just a rapper. He's a novelist. He's an entrepreneur. He cooks great curry. That's why he's GOAT. Feck the haters.

Well were not talking about a cook or anything here were talking about rap or am I in the wrong place?
Also have you any evidence that he does cook a great curry?

Seaneh

M&S* wrote: »

Well were not talking about a cook or anything here were talking about rap or am I in the wrong place?
Also have you any evidence that he does cook a great curry?

Hiphop is about so much more than just rap, its a way of life, food, style, everything is encompassed, Sassy is the gulliest by far, real recognise real yo!

EMOH

Seaneh wrote: »

Hiphop is about so much more than just rap, its a way of life, food, style, everything is encompassed, Sassy is the gulliest by far, real recognise real yo!

And this is why, boards.ie words will never be taking serious when it comes to HipHop.

southsiderosie

AJ STYLES wrote: »

yeah i personally like it but they have more 'ghetto' stuff, all based on the strife of growing up in the ghettos of paris or marseille. you could basically just copy 'paris' for 'new york' a lot of them try to act so american as well which i find lame

YES.

I don't like most non-US hip-hop because groups try too hard to sound like they came out of Brooklyn, not, say, Berlin...and these days, there isn't much coming out of Brooklyn. Plus a lot of the beats stink, or are unoriginal...and if the production sucks AND you don't understand the lyrics, then what's the point?

On the flip side, I think part of the reason reggaeton really took off outside of the Caribbean is because even if you don't speak Spanish, it's still good party music.

Hiphop is about so much more than just rap, its a way of life, food, style, everything is encompassed, Sassy is the gulliest by far, real recognise real yo!

And, um, can someone tell me what counts as hip-hop food?

BLITZ_Molloy

EMOH wrote: »

And this is why, boards.ie words will never be taking serious when it comes to HipHop.

Everything on this forum is always deadly serious. You'd better watch your back on road. The Assassin will fresh you.

colin29

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUA9iFgO6rI

How cheesy is this video, fair play to him but I wouldn't buy his stuff.

Seaneh

colin29 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUA9iFgO6rI

How cheesy is this video, fair play to him but I wouldn't buy his stuff.

man, ****s just too real for all you phony thugs, sassy is rolling deep in the streets, proper G, like I said, real recognise real, ya'll dont know about this thug ****.

BLITZ_Molloy

He can rap on bar, he can rap off bar, all in the same verse. It's a deceptively complex style.

There's also an excellent chopped and screwed version.
http://www.datpiff.com/Vlad_The_Butcher_The_Assassin_Lights_Camera_Assas.m18021.html

Luno

Seaneh wrote: »

man, ****s just too real for all you phony thugs, sassy is rolling deep in the streets, proper G, like I said, real recognise real, ya'll dont know about this thug ****.

Proper g? yeah right!

MoyVilla9

Well if you consider "House of Pain" Irish then they would probably be the best and most successful.

Boom_Bap

MoyVilla9 wrote: »

Well if you consider "House of Pain" Irish then they would probably be the best and most successful.

But unfortunately they are nearly as american as apple pie, with a side order of pumpkin pie, decorated with those little stars and stripes flags, with the star spangled banner playing in the background.

Everlasts real name is Erik Schrody and born in New York.
DJ Lethals real name is Leor Dimant and he is Latvian
Danny Boys real name is Daniel O’Connor, born in New York.

Admitably Danny Boy is the closest to being Irish, but they are more Latvian than Irish because one of thier members is in fact Latvian.

MoyVilla9

Boom_Bap wrote: »

But unfortunately they are nearly as american as apple pie, with a side order of pumpkin pie, decorated with those little stars and stripes flags, with the star spangled banner playing in the background.

Everlasts real name is Erik Schrody and born in New York.
DJ Lethals real name is Leor Dimant and he is Latvian
Danny Boys real name is Daniel O’Connor, born in New York.

Admitably Danny Boy is the closest to being Irish, but they are more Latvian than Irish because one of thier members is in fact Latvian.

Maybe so, but they sure do (or did) play on their Irish-American roots:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9zl1z_house-of-pain-shamrocks-and-shenani_music

Boom_Bap

MoyVilla9 wrote: »

Maybe so, but they sure do (or did) play on their Irish-American roots:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9zl1z_house-of-pain-shamrocks-and-shenani_music

It was one of the biggest cons in hip hop, the used it as a gimmick to make themselves heard.
I dont want to be taken up the wrong way here, i love HOP, but they are not Irish. Most Americans when you meet them will tell you that they are irish....through deep ravels of ancestry, so HOP seen that oppertunity and played to that audience.
Marketing genius! In thier solo endeavours before they found thier Irish roots they got no acclaim. I doubt any of them would be issued an Irish passport

wax

This guy is from Kilkenny. http://www.myspace.com/bosscabo

Luno

wax wrote: »

This guy is from Kilkenny. http://www.myspace.com/bosscabo

Love the Michael Collins tat!

GiftofGab

wax wrote: »

This guy is from Kilkenny. http://www.myspace.com/bosscabo

Got talking to this guy in the student bar in UCD. He was actually a really nice laid back guy. One of the guys from the Outlawz signed him. Wasn't expecting to hear a Kilkenny accent.

all the stars

Rira

his track 25 o clock in the morning was on 'CSI NY'
Another Track was in the film 'Johnny Was' with Vinnie Jones in (i think)

His stuff is the shizz... :cool:

Cookie Jar

all the stars wrote: »

Rira

his track 25 o clock in the morning was on 'CSI NY'

Really? Love that song.