New old school working class English hip hop

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Classic boom-bap beat. Excellence.

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Contributed by Natalie Dressed!

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I don’t have a ton of exposure to UK hip hop - but I have some and there are some absolute bangers out there.

A lot of what I like has some great production by UK electronica and mix DJs.

This I found on a compilation somewhere and its freaking amazing.

This one took a minute to find on youtube. Listed as Baretta 1 feat. Eskimo on the Tekk-Banger’s ball compilation CD, it’s under Pete Namlook & DJ Criss by the same name.

And this one only partly counts because it is a US rapper (Jakk Frost), but production by Rob Overseer.

Anyway - this is all ancient history. I am sure there are more I have in my CD collection but this is off the top of my head. This song in the post is quite good, I like the flow and production, as well as the nod to the Wayans Brothers movie.

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I’m trying to work out what that purple car is. Is it a hot-rodded Hillman Hunter? If so, that’s amazing.

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Very excited to see Blackburn where I was born and raised finally getting a mention here!

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I’ve got Silver Bullet on cassette.

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NIce! I’ve been meaning to track down the whole CD someday, but it’s fairly uncommon in the US.

Have some Roots Manuva as well:

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My first reaction was ‘Vauxhall’. It has the look of one.

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Mayyybe. It’s giving me Rootes Group vibes, but the round headlights are throwing me off.

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