Yeah with the UK, you basically have to listen to BBC 1Xtra to hear the underground stuff, or get on the local scenes which are pretty separate from each other. Roots Manuva, Ty, The Nextmen, Phi-Life Cypher, and Blade are good contemporary examples.
But most of what I like from here is our light-hearted and clever stuff- Dirty Diggers, Ty, Elemental
, Aspects, DJ Format.
First time I heard Afu-Ra was on a track by Brit producers Funky Fresh Few, it was about Tekken, which got my attention at the time.
...is out to lunch.I just listened to "The 4th Branch", by Immortal Technique.
Is he always this Anvilicious, or do I need to listen to more?
You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!Slam? Oh wait...
I know: Selgot! Selgot music!
edited 6th May '10 8:10:26 AM by RawPower
'''YOU SEE THIS DOG I'M PETTING? THAT WAS COURAGE WOLF.Cute, isn't he?As in Slam Poetry. Much more prevalent in france than elsewhere apparently. It's like Rap, only slower and with less emphasis on rhyme and less HAM.
Apart from Selgot, what about Kaff?
edited 6th May '10 8:12:17 AM by RawPower
'''YOU SEE THIS DOG I'M PETTING? THAT WAS COURAGE WOLF.Cute, isn't he?Why do they add "poetry" at the end, though? Just call it Slam!
'''YOU SEE THIS DOG I'M PETTING? THAT WAS COURAGE WOLF.Cute, isn't he?You asked for alternate names to Rap music. And Slam is intimately liked to Rap. Many Slammers are also Rappers.
'''YOU SEE THIS DOG I'M PETTING? THAT WAS COURAGE WOLF.Cute, isn't he?That is an odd question.
Well, since they say it came from the late Cowboy referring to someone's dance moves.. I'd guess it would've been named for something else from the early Brooklyn scene otherwise. Or, since it borrowed a fair bit from Jamaican soundsystems, something to do with toasting, perhaps. Maybe just Toast. Hm, toast.
On another note, I'm finally listening to Abdominal's 2007 LP. His lung capacity knows no bounds.
...is out to lunch.I require information on the following acts:
- Grand Buffet
- Mickey Avalon
- MURS

Atmosphere's fanbase is about as annoying as they come. But that shouldn't stop you from liking the group themselves.
Currently checking Afu-Ra.
I spread my wings and I learn how to fly....