UK Music Critic/Journalist | 28 LDN 🇳🇬🇯🇲🏳️‍🌈| @ukundergroundrap @OfficialBTLUK | Breaking EVEN Podcast host

London, England
Joined September 2013
EdRants retweeted
KidsTakeOver announced that their last UK artist interview has been postponed for reasons they can’t control 💔 They said it is a big & important interview that will be worth the wait
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i dont like how yt people use memes to say nigga
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Yeah and his name is Young Adz
Don't men make pussy rap also? Just from a different perspective?
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Don’t even joke lad
British people will look you dead in the eyes and ask if u want a digestive biscuit
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shh riddim movie out right this second. feat the members @fuckboydem @DP_1up @400unna @JBIZ_4 go see what the barbies are saying💁🏾‍♀️
thank you for loving me👑💜 #cyb da winning team spin ‘A GOOD AND LONG TIME’🔂 shh riddim video coming @ 4PM .
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Fried off what tho bcs that defo plays a part in my answer
best artist to bump when ur fried?
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A beautiful display of lightskin r&b singer behaviour. He’s destined for greatness I love it, the hopeless romantic fuckboy is back baby (I just typed up some bullshit fr, Mr Nippa that song with Kaytranada is so good omg)
Outside @BisolaOtun window like:
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EdRants retweeted
‘No Intro’ by Lancey Foux released 8 years ago today!
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Yup! It’s hard for you to wanna vote for us when we’re publicly backstabbing each other. It’s just ugly. We gotta get a handle on it somehow. Good to hear ur honest opinions of us like this tho.
Replying to @Ed_Rants
I think ultimately the crux of the issue is that it's hard to see people who contradict/undermine their allies and friends publicly as decent people - and it's really hard to vote for someone I don't think is a good person even if I share their political ideas.
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EdRants retweeted
Grime + Rock = ??????
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Imagine Bam Bam as new bigwig in the scene to rally excitement, partner that with backing it’s new talent (e.g. Suggz), adopting some outliers (e.g. M1caspa) and the veterans (e.g. Y Tef) leading? This could be a resurgence of UK Road/Real Rap if the cards are played right!
‘Crime Rate 2’ by Little Torment (ft Ratlin & Bam Bam) ended the week with 398 sales in the UK 📈 A very interesting collaboration, particularly because it marks the long-awaited musical return of Bam Bam, an artist UK Rap listeners have been asking about for years. The fact that Little Torment managed to bring Bam Bam back onto a record alongside Ratlin is something worth appreciating.
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However, this will HEAVILY rely on some kind of musical innovation coming out of from the sub-genre which is desperately needed bcs sonically it’s been stagnant for about a decade. When other sub-genres in the UK (e.g Grime) stayed fresh with new sounds they fell behind.
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How did this never occur to me before? Huh. When you think about it yh they had a bit of shine in Afroswing and Trapwave but seemed short lived on brief thought? It’s almost like they got typecast by UK Rap audiences and can’t get out, anyone got any theories?
As a brown guy in UK rap you'll not be rated on trap beats and need to make Asian sample tunes and will almost always have to cater to that niche. Why is this??
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Kwengface is one of the few guys that can still cut through making more traditional UK Drill. The respect he has from the scene, fans and commentators alike, is a big reason why and he’s earned that respect over a decade. Legacy stamped and will never rub off I reckon.
KWENGFACE PUT BACK ON THE BALLY AND DROPPED A F*CKING BANGER OMD 😭🔥🔥 11 years in the game and he’s still smoking his age mates, this is colddd
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This is the one that will cut through from him this year me thinks. He’s been in that “the music isn’t the problem but somethings not connecting like it did before” predicament this year. Happens sometimes to the best of artists but I think this will get him out of it.
BANDIT OUT NOW PROD. WRAITH9
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PLEASE CAN WE GET REGULARLY UPDATED CORE GUIDELINE DOCS FOR ALL MEMBERS THAT WILL BE ENGAGING THE PUBLIC ON MAINSTREAM MEDIA SO WE CAN HAVE CONSISTENT COMMS ON OUR STANCES AFTER WE’D VOTED ON/AGREED ON THEM INTERNALLY? 🧵
'Is that a really good use of his time?' 'Raising money for a cancer charity?' The Green Party's @floschechter brands Andy Burnham going on Gogglebox as 'ridiculous'.
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We’ve started recognise this state of play and I love how many both the public facing leadership or entry level members (like myself) are adopting a “take no prisoners” attitude, but we got so used to adversarial we force it when census politics on some issues is jst natural.
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Upon writing this thread i realised this is what 16 yr old me thought I would be doing myself at this age instead of tweeting about what others should do. I always had the instincts for it, but I got jaded and felt guilty about one thing: I live for political chess. I love it.
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