Best English Rapper Ever!!!

DDDDDeannnnn

Jamie T

Bobby Baccala

DDDDDeannnnn wrote: »

Jamie T

Jamie T is muck man, he had one decent song, "sheila" and then disappeared.

conor.hogan.2

Oh God, I should never have looked that up.

Bobby Baccala

It was all over MTV for a few months about 4 or 5 years ago, actually not bad by jamie t's standards.


But his standards aren't exactly high.

d'Oracle

No Roots Manuva = No Poll.

conor.hogan.2

MTV played music around 07/08?

danbrosnan

DDDDDeannnnn wrote: »

Jamie T

Lads you have brought a lot of memories back to me.... Jamie "fu*kin" t.....:D

danbrosnan

d'Oracle wrote: »

No Roots Manuva = No Poll.

Sorry!!!

ceegee

Poll lacks braintax and scroobius pip.

Id probably go for pip out of those 2, there is an arguement that hes more spoken word but i would define a lot of his performances as rapping (fixed, get better etc)

Braintax is my number 2 because who else could pull off a song about tea and biscuits?

LH Pathe

my favourite was Deeder Zaman but only with a conscious band pushing an agenda backing him up - its a mugs game for the most part but this guy excited me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfJd1DUdud0

Underground

danbrosnan wrote: »

Rakin and Krs-one were there at the start, if they were in our decade they would have sold millions... There just wasn't the audience in there time... Every rapper from the 90's and 00's would have them in there top ten but to be honest i would not have them in my top ten i have only listened to them a handful of time because of my age...

I really don't see what age has to do with it.
I'm 21, my favourite MC is Rakim. If the music was quality back when Rakim recorded it in the 80's/90's, it'll still be quality today.

conor.hogan.2

Underground wrote: »

I really don't see what age has to do with it.
I'm 21, my favourite MC is Rakim. If the music was quality back when Rakim recorded it in the 80's/90's, it'll still be quality today.

Yep, im 22, I don't get it either. Rakim alternate with 2pac for top spot with me.

Especially with the internet age has little to do with listening to artists "before your time"

danbrosnan

Jus my opinion lads don't mean its right....

danbrosnan

Pro Green on 4 votes.. my money is still on Mike Skinner but Wiley is running him for his money...

I bet Dizzie will end up in the top 3....

Bobby Baccala

Underground wrote: »

I really don't see what age has to do with it.
I'm 21, my favourite MC is Rakim. If the music was quality back when Rakim recorded it in the 80's/90's, it'll still be quality today.

I'm 16 and cube and rakim are in my top 5, funnily enough i don't listen to many of the people that were played on the radio while i was growing up.

Mr. Rager

P4DDY2K11 wrote: »

I'm 16 and cube and rakim are in my top 5, funnily enough i don't listen to many of the people that were played on the radio while i was growing up.

Almost sure you said you were 18 like a month or two ago?

Bobby Baccala

Mr. Rager wrote: »

Almost sure you said you were 18 like a month or two ago?

haha find the post man, don't remember that at all, don't think i ever said anything about my age on this forum before, no matter how many times hugh cream asked me what age i was.

conor.hogan.2

P4DDY2K11 wrote: »

no matter how many times hugh cream asked me what age i was.

Mr. Rager

P4DDY2K11 wrote: »

Mr. Rager wrote: »

Almost sure you said you were 18 like a month or two ago?

haha find the post man, don't remember that at all, don't think i ever said anything about my age on this forum before, no matter how many times hugh cream asked me what age i was.

Really? maybe you just said you were in LC...I'm actually only 16 too

LH Pathe

actually..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzCyC7_ii-8

danbrosnan

Mike Skinner has gone away with it again!!!

Boom_Bap

I really dont know who my favorite English rapper is. There are a few that I like/d such as Blade, Example, Mike Skinner, Da Brotherhood, Skinnyman and old skool Black Twang before he went bling.

I guess the one that I listen to most nowadays is Speech Debelle who is not in the poll.

danbrosnan

Boom_Bap wrote: »

I really dont know who my favorite English rapper is. There are a few that I like/d such as Blade, Example, Mike Skinner, Da Brotherhood, Skinnyman and old skool Black Twang before he went bling.

I guess the one that I listen to most nowadays is Speech Debelle who is not in the poll.

Havent listened to Speech Debelle at all.. Is he worth a listen???

Boom_Bap

danbrosnan wrote: »

Havent listened to Speech Debelle at all.. Is he worth a listen???

Yes, and it's a she!

She won the mecury music prize for her first album, and her second album is pretty good too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfDxv0qQokI

Camac Hibs

Theres too many but Skinnyman and The Brotherhood are up there (both of them). Elementalz is still my top english album

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4riSx7_vb2Y

But if I had to pick one emcee it would be Braintax

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VS36zW2Zgs

Dizzee is phenomenal on Boy in The Corner. If he had continued along that road he would be topping it.

danbrosnan

I agree dizzie is one serious mc!!!!!

danbrosnan

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Yes, and it's a she!

She won the mecury music prize for her first album, and her second album is pretty good too

Heard her on one of the music channels the last night, she quite a talent alright, lets see what the world does to her over the next couple of years!!!!

By the way is Boom Bap the expert??? and who did you vote for??:D

Boom_Bap

danbrosnan wrote: »

By the way is Boom Bap the expert???

No, I am not. But very good friends with him since we were young lads.

conor.hogan.2

Boom_Bap:D wrote: »

No, I am not. But very good friends with him since were young lads.

Jason Todd

Has to be Akala for me.

Top 3 imo:

1. Akala
2. Wiley
3. Scroobius Pip

Could listen to those 3 all day

Chiggidy check this out, crazy sh!t

danbrosnan

Jason Todd wrote: »

Has to be Akala for me.

Top 3 imo:

1. Akala
2. Wiley
3. Scroobius Pip

Could listen to those 3 all day

Chiggidy check this out, crazy sh!t

Very well said to be honest it was a close second with me with akala... Akala and Kano my favorite artists... and i am a huge huge akala fan after listening to his fire in the booth i feel guilty cause i should have given him my number 1, i mean nobody can touch him really... he has done it himself in every way possible out of every person to have ever lived in the world that i would like to meet it would have to be akala... a true genius...

CraigSmith

It's between Skinner and example (old stuff) really, two quality rappers in there rap phase.

Can't believe pro green actually got votes :rolleyes:

FishBowel

No vote for Sketpa? Doin' it again is a good album.

danbrosnan

Ya i agree, can't understand how skepta got no vote...

FishBowel

He has a song called Throw it in the bin which probably explains what happened to his CD

danbrosnan

CraigSmith wrote: »

It's between Skinner and example (old stuff) really, two quality rappers in there rap phase.

Can't believe pro green actually got votes :rolleyes:

Dont agree listened to all his stuff, while on holiday last week and even though he has a lot of ****, some really good tracks... He has gone completely commercial but you gotta even you want to make money, can't blame him for that tbh...

Shapey Fiend

I think you can blame him for it if the tunes are awful. I love pop rap when it's executed properly but himself and Professor Green have put out a string of unimaginative commercial pap in the last two years.

DrumSteve

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odbfKeIdh-s

Blade ****in nails it on this one.

tossy

DrumSteve wrote: »

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

Blade ****in nails it on this one.

That's more like it,proper UK rap

VisualStats

Dizzie Rascal is the best for me.

Rud

Dappy ha ha ha ha ha good one.I always liked Wiley and TY but Mike Skinner is the best to me

Bobby Baccala

Dappy is a cretin.

Talib Fiasco

Roots Manuva is clearly the best MC from the UK if you're not including Slick Rick and DOOM.

Witness the Fitness!!!!

pragmatic1

TheComeUp wrote: »

Roots Manuva is clearly the best MC from the UK if you're not including Slick Rick and DOOM.

Witness the Fitness!!!!

Yeah roots manuva is deadly. Wiley has flow for days though and he's a top producer.

danbrosnan

Thanks for all the votes lads...


The streets won again even with all there flaws...


Just goes to show the best isn't always the most popular...

Role

Why the **** wasn't delvin even mentioned on that poll. Not saying he would of won but he should of been recognised. Delvin fire in the booth sums my point up

Shapey Fiend

Because saying he's the best UK rapper of the last 10 years would be hard to argue.

I haven't listened to a lot of him lately but I always got the impression he was good on grime beats but incapable of flowing or finding nice patterns on hip hop ones (which all his mainstream stuff has been). Maybe he's improved since I don't know.

HighClass

Jehst is the right answer. Hands down the best UK rapper of all time. Skinnyman is up there as well but he only put out one project, albeit that one project was the classic Council Estate Of Mind, he doesn't have enough material to be the best.

Jehst
Skinny
Chester P
Roots Manuva
Lee Scott
Klashnekoff
Verb T
Trellion
Melanin 9

They're some of best of the past 10 years for me. The you have people like Dizzee, Wiley, Kano, Skepta etc but grime and UK rap are two separate things all together imo.

Muirshin Durkin

Cyrus Malachi deserves a shout.

beano345

Lewis Parker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssmXOR-RQoI