History Music / MrBTheGentlemanRhymer

[[quoteright:200:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Mr_B_The_Gentleman_Rhymer-1-200-200-85-nocrop1_6070.jpg]]Mr. B The Gentleman

Rhymer (real name Jim Burke) is a parodist who is one of the pioneers of Chap Hop — HipHop delivered in a Received Pronunciation accent. Mr. B raps, or "rhymes", about high society, pipe smoking and UsefulNotes/{{cricket}} while playing the banjolele. His appearance is that of a dapper chap from the 1920's, complete with period mustache and pipe. He has become quite popular in the SteamPunk community with his parody of Music/{{NWA}}'s ''Music/StraightOuttaCompton'' called "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj7J7vXCf5w Straight Out Of Surrey]]."

[[quoteright:200:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Mr_B_The_Gentleman_Rhymer-1-200-200-85-nocrop1_6070.jpg]]Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer (real name Jim Burke) is a parodist who is one of the pioneers of Chap Hop — HipHop delivered in a Received Pronunciation accent. Mr. B raps, or "rhymes", about high society, pipe smoking and UsefulNotes/{{cricket}} while playing the banjolele. His appearance is that of a dapper chap from the 1920's, complete with period mustache and pipe. He has become quite popular in the SteamPunk community with his parody of Music/{{NWA}}'s ''Music/StraightOuttaCompton'' called "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj7J7vXCf5w Straight Out Of Surrey]]."

* DistinguishedGentlemansPipe: A straight stem classic pipe in contrast to Music/ProfessorElemental's more [[Literature/SherlockHolmes Sherlockian]] calabash style one.

* BreakupBreakout: Mr B (under his real name of Jim Burke) is the rapper for OneHitWonder Music/BritPop band Music/CollapsedLung who had one huge hit with "Eat My Goal" before going on hiatus for several years. Mr B carved out a niche in the nascent Chap-Hop genre to considerable success while the band was on hold. Recently the band reformed for performances in TheNewTens. It's pretty jarring for fans who know Burke under his Mr B persona to see him wearing a tracksuit and rapping in a working class accent about football, especially as he has to keep his dapper moustache and wears the same glasses.

* BreakupBreakout: Mr B (under his real name of Jim Burke) is the rapper for OneHitWonder Music/BritPop band Music/CollapsedLung who had one huge hit with "Eat My Goal" before going on hiatus for several years. Mr B carved out a niche in the nascent Chap-Hop genre to considerable success while the band was on hold. Recently the band reformed for performances in the NewTens. It's pretty jarring for fans who know Burke under his Mr B persona to see him wearing a tracksuit and rapping in a working class accent about football, especially as he has to keep his dapper moustache and wears the same glasses.

->''"If he wants to make claims about gentlemen rhymers, he'd better start behaving like a gentleman. He could have a proper shave, for a start."''

* DistinguishedGentlemansPipe
* HipHop

* QuintessentialBritishGentleman
* SharpDressedMan
* SmokingIsCool: Pipe Smoking Is Cool, to be precise.

* StiffUpperLip

* BritishAccents: Mr. B rhymes in the Received Pronunciation.

[[quoteright:200:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Mr_B_The_Gentleman_Rhymer-1-200-200-85-nocrop1_6070.jpg]]Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer (real name Jim Burke) is a parodist who is one of the pioneers of Chap Hop — HipHop delivered in a Received Pronunciation accent. Mr. B raps, or "rhymes", about high society, pipe smoking and {{cricket}} while playing the banjolele. His appearance is that of a dapper chap from the 1920's, complete with period mustache and pipe. He has become quite popular in the SteamPunk community with his parody of Music/{{NWA}}'s ''Music/StraightOuttaCompton'' called "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj7J7vXCf5w Straight Out Of Surrey]]."

* IAmVeryBritish
* [[NiceHat Nice Hats]]: Mr. B always sports a nice hat, be it a newsboy cap, bowler, boater or trilby.
* [[SmokingIsCool Pipe Smoking Is Cool]]

He was a wizard with a cricket bat,\\

* ArchEnemy: Was in a feud (of sorts) with fellow chap-hop artist ProfessorElemental, which gained them both [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-music-videos-that-justify-existence-internet_p2/ international recognition]]. They have since guest-starred in each other's videos and recorded "The Duel" together for Elemental's latest album "Father Of Invention", which begins as a [[BattleRapping Rap Battle]] and ends with them praising each other.

!!!Tropes he displays:

* RapFeud: Was in a feud (of sorts) with fellow chap-hop artist ProfessorElemental, which gained them both [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-music-videos-that-justify-existence-internet_p2/ international recognition]]. They have since guest-starred in each other's videos and recorded "The Duel" together for Elemental's latest album "Father Of Invention", which begins as a RapBattle and ends with them praising each other.

** "Whatever Happened To Timothy?" is a TakeThat at [[TheBBC Radio 1]] DJ Tim Westwood, mocking him for his PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy persona.

[[TakeThat Not the three companies who decide what you hear and see.]]

** "Hip-hop Was To Blame After All" is a TakeThat to the Hip-hop music industry.
-->\\
*** It starts out sounding like an indictment of hip-hop in general...

-->*** It starts out sounding like an indictment of hip-hop in general...

Hip-hop decided to homogenize itself\\

*** It starts out sounding like an indictment of hip-hop in general...
-->Hip-hop decided to homogenize itself\\

Would be the sort of thing that America would need.\\
Hip-hop worshiped the cult of Me\\
Hip-hop chose to ignore Chuck D.

[[quoteright:200:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Mr_B_The_Gentleman_Rhymer-1-200-200-85-nocrop1_6070.jpg]]Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer (real name Jim Burke) is a parodist who is one of the pioneers of Chap Hop — HipHop delivered in a Received Pronunciation accent. Mr. B raps, or "rhymes", about high society, pipe smoking and {{cricket}} while playing the banjolele. His appearance is that of a dapper chap from the 1920's, complete with period mustache and pipe. He has become quite popular in the SteamPunk community with his parody of Music/{{NWA}}'s "Straight outta Compton" called "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj7J7vXCf5w Straight Out Of Surrey]]."

* UpperClassWit

* TakeThat: "Whatever Happened To Timothy?" is a TakeThat at [[TheBBC Radio 1]] DJ Tim Westwood, mocking him for his PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy persona.
-->Whatever happened to Timothy?
-->I was at [[BoardingSchool prep]] with him, you see.
-->He was a wizard with a cricket bat,
-->But he never used to talk like that.

* SpotOfTea: In the video for his song, "Mr. B's World Cup Song," Mr. B escapes some kidnappers by enticing them into having a cup of tea with him (and later a game or cricket).

[[quoteright:200:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Mr_B_The_Gentleman_Rhymer-1-200-200-85-nocrop1_6070.jpg]]Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer (real name Jim Burke) is a parodist who is one of the pioneers of ChapHop — HipHop delivered in a Received Pronunciation accent. Mr. B raps, or "rhymes", about high society, pipe smoking and {{cricket}} while playing the banjolele. His appearance is that of a dapper chap from the 1920's, complete with period mustache and pipe. He has become quite popular in the SteamPunk community with his parody of Music/{{NWA}}'s "Straight outta Compton" called "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj7J7vXCf5w Straight Out Of Surrey]]."

He is currently in a RapFeud with "chap-hop" artist ProfessorElemental.

* RapFeud: Currently in a feud with fellow chap-hop artist ProfessorElemental, which has gained them both international recognition.