Do you think a U.K rapper will ever make it big in the U.S

i think there are some good rappers about in the U.K who are better than alot of U.S rappers.

but will they ever make it big? if not why do u think this ?

No,.............

I highly doubt it. But if the hit is big enough just maybe. It seems almost impossible in rap. But opportunites will eventually have to open up. I just don't see it anytime soon.

Wasn't Slick Rick from the UK?

This guy is the best rapper ive heard in a LONG time

http://www.iamlost.com/features/slomo/

no way with those rediculous accents haha

Are you kiding me??? peep this!
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Nah, people are ignorant over here and the mass pop wont take a rapper from the UK seriously because they think UK is all about tea time and crumpets.

Do Black Eyed Peas count tho?

Do you think a U.K rapper will ever make it big in the U.S

i think there are some good rappers about in the U.K who are better than alot of U.S rappers.

but will they ever make it big? if not why do u think this ?

Interesting question..

I seriously doubt it.

Wasn't Slick Rick from the UK?

Yeah was born in Wimbledon but moved to US when he was 10 so he dont count lol.

heres a link for sum uk garage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjxvpRPNsSI&mode=related&search=

I reckon Sway can break into the US, that guys too sick!!!

his already done a few tracks, with Lupe, chamillonaire and Akon i believe, a freestyle with saigon/ Styles P and few other big names....

That accent won't be getting them anywhere.

That accent won't be getting them anywhere.

nothin wrong wid the accent m8 sounds better than them dirty south country foolz:banana:

I cant believe you put up a vid of East Connection and Roll Deep in a hip hop thread.

And the majority of rappers here spit with that old school flavour. American kids must have forgot how to rap or something cos all I hear now is these bull**** southern rappers.

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Just remember the US stopped producing real shti a long time ago. If any man on here is gonna talk **** about UK music come to the UK and do it.

Slick Rick actually rapped with an accent though. So it can be done.

all I have to say is if you want true UK talent look up S.A.S (Street's All Salute), they are the Dipset Euro Gang, look them up yo they got this mixtape thas HOT!, go to limewire and download the songs "So Free" Feat. Cam'ron, "Can You Feel Me" and "Hold Me".. they know how to use their accents, much like T.I. does, they bring a good twist to the game.. 100

all I have to say is if you want true UK talent look up S.A.S (Street's All Salute), they are the Dipset Euro Gang, look them up yo they got this mixtape thas HOT!, go to limewire and download the songs "So Free" Feat. Cam'ron, "Can You Feel Me" and "Hold Me".. they know how to use their accents, much like T.I. does, they bring a good twist to the game.. 100

S.A.S moved to New York though and rap with weird american accents though. They got catchy tunes but they're kind of hated over here.

all I have to say is if you want true UK talent look up S.A.S (Street's All Salute), they are the Dipset Euro Gang, look them up yo they got this mixtape thas HOT!, go to limewire and download the songs "So Free" Feat. Cam'ron, "Can You Feel Me" and "Hold Me".. they know how to use their accents, much like T.I. does, they bring a good twist to the game.. 100

there ok but theres better rappers about inthe U.K

Are you kiding me??? peep this!
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that **** is embarassingly bad...

that **** is embarassingly bad...

hahah i think it's a joke but you can't be sure

I wish Klashnekoff would break it here, he's got some sick rhymes.

no uk rapper will neva make it here they try to rap like americans but when they do that there voice dont match the beat so it sound fukin dumb n us ppl wont listen

no uk rapper will neva make it here they try to rap like americans but when they do that there voice dont match the beat so it sound fukin dumb n us ppl wont listen

wrong they dont try nd sound like americans u obviously have never listened to any good u.k rappers :tapedshut

LOL @ the yanks saying Mike Skinner is ****....Hes not rap anyway so that shouldnt have been upped but still.

Klashnekoff will never make it cos he talks about real issues and Sway is too **** to ever do anything constructive.



N-Dubz and Bashy. I have an eye for talent you see.

LOL @ the yanks saying Mike Skinner is ****....Hes not rap anyway so that shouldnt have been upped but still.

Klashnekoff will never make it cos he talks about real issues and Sway is too **** to ever do anything constructive.



N-Dubz and Bashy. I have an eye for talent you see.

haha.. your saying Sway is ****, yet N-Dubz has a chance...

N-Dubz is a joke!!!!

MF Doom is a limey.

**** off!

I still think Akala is one of the most talented rappers in the world, but his style isn't catchy enough for the fatties to fall for him.

N-Dubz do have a chance. If you cant see that you either do not understand the industry and the commercial value that N-Dubz have or you're just in love with Sway.


And Akala has sick lyrics but his voice is just awkward. UK artists should stick to garage/grime.

They actually rap in the UK?

they do try to rap like americans why u think they sound ass

They wouldnt make it here because UK ppl are already hard to understand.Sounds like they're mumbling.

N-Dubz do have a chance. If you cant see that you either do not understand the industry and the commercial value that N-Dubz have or you're just in love with Sway.


And Akala has sick lyrics but his voice is just awkward. UK artists should stick to garage/grime.

hahaha... oh please, i never said N-Dubz dont have a chance, maybe they get lucky, but you cannot **** with Sway, he'll eat N-Dubz alive, im not in love with Sway, so just calm down, yeah. but N-Dubz can carry on doing their gay singing lovey dovey songs, Sway is from the streets and his raw, N-Dubz cannot **** with him lyrically, can N-Dubz even be classified as rapper(s) as stated in the thread..

P.S. that woman doing that ah ha ah ha, is annoying as ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IYf42qKm5s

hahaha... oh please, i never said N-Dubz dont have a chance, maybe they get lucky, but you cannot **** with Sway, he'll eat N-Dubz alive, im not in love with Sway, so just calm down, yeah. but N-Dubz can carry on doing their gay singing lovey dovey songs, Sway is from the streets and his raw, N-Dubz cannot **** with him lyrically, can N-Dubz even be classified as rapper(s) as stated in the thread..

P.S. that woman doing that ah ha ah ha, is annoying as ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sway is ****ing mightily ****.

No because British rap doesn't suit the American mainstream. It's like Wu Tang trying to come out with a '94 sounding album. Like Redman boasting about Muddy Waters II. **** will not sit well with the American mainstream anymore. They've moved on. Britain didn't.


The accent isn't a problem at all, that's just significant to thoose who haven't actually listent to a British artist. Slick Rick retained his accent and swagger and that's what he won over his fans with and innovated rap.

Grime and UKHH will never break the mainstream in the UK, just like real Jungle never and Garage never did. It stands no chance in the American mainstream. Ignoring the debate of hip hop being 'dead', they're taking it in a whole different direction with Jazz, Crunk and now even Techno.

British rap is going back to what American rap was in 94'. It's grimey, under produced and raw.

UK hip hop is ****ing piss poor. But we have some decent talented artists.


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Sway is ****ing mightily ****.

Fair enough, thats your opinion!!!

I reckon N-Dubz are a bunch of clowns!!!!

Sway is disgustingly sick, but Ndubz probably would appeal more to the US.

Grammy-winning, double-platinum selling Young MC was born in London, England

http://www.nndb.com/people/719/000026641/512591_youngmc_200x200.jpg

Born in London to Jamaican immigrants, Marvin Young was relocated to the New York Borough of Queens at the age of three, where he spent the remainder of his childhood and the majority of his teen years. After graduating from high school, Young moved to the opposite coast at the age of 18 to study economics at the University of Southern California. It was here that he made contact with Matt ***e and Michael Ross, co-founders of the hip-hop label Delicious Vinyl; with his Bachelor's in economics completed, the aspiring musician successfully auditioned for the label over the phone, rapping his song My Name Is Young. Shortly afterwards Young was in the studio, recording the single I Let 'Em Know (built around a sample from the Ohio Players track Skin Tight) under the name Young MC. By 1989 Young had already secured his place in music history by penning the song Wild Thing for fellow party-rapper Tone-Loc, which brought about the first appearance of a black hip-hop artist at the top of the mainstream charts (the honky hip-hop of the Beastie Boys having made the same breakthrough three years earlier).

The popularity of Wild Thing and its follow-up single Funky Cold Medina set the stage for the interest surrounding Young MC's own debut effort Stone Cold Rhymin', released later in '89. The album's Grammy-winning first single Bust A Move would become one of hip-hop's most enduring tracks, and launched the rapper into the mainstream top 10; the second single Principal's Office also made a respectable showing by breaking the top 40. This promising beginning was quick to turn sour, however, and by the start of the 90s Young and the Delicious Vinyl executives had fallen out: the rapper claiming excessive creative interference from the label, and the label suing him for breach of contract after he severed their relationship. He soon landed a deal with Capitol Records, but neither of the two albums (Brainstorm, 1991; What's The Flavor, 1993) nor their singles (That's The Way Love Goes, Special Package, both 1991; What's The Flavor, 1993) issued through this new arrangement managed even remotely to re-create the success of Bust A Move. By this time, the hip-hop scene had moved away from Young's style of upbeat, party-oriented muisc and was focused instead on the new trend of hardcore gangsta rap.

Despite this change in fortunes, Young continued to pursue his music career, sporadically releasing new albums on a series of different independent labels. In 1997 he issued the ironically-titled full-length Return Of The 1 Hit Wonder and the singles On & Poppin and Coast 2 Coast on Overall Records; some of the album's tracks deliberately moved into new territory (the MC being backed by the punk band Rubberneck on Mr. Right Now), but public reception remained lukewarm. A move to the Young Man Moving label preceeded the release of 2000's Ain't Goin' Out Like That, followed by Engage The Enzyme and its single Feel The Love on Stimulus Records in 2002. That same year, a single consisting of Bust A Move remixes was issued by Universal.

Young MC - I Come Off

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Young MC - Principal's Office

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Young MC - That's the Way Love Goes

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Young MC - Stress Test

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Young MC - Bust a Move

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most U.K rapper suck
but some are kool

Akala might, he's real nice.

UK hip hop aint going anywhere




Grime on the other hand :boxing:

UK hip hop aint going anywhere




Grime on the other hand :boxing:

Never really been able to get into grime.

I'd just rather listen to American Hip-Hop.

Its about finding the right artists. I'd say about 75% of the stuff that comes out is ****. Thats an improvement cos it used to be like 95% lol.


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Just a few names

I Think Kano, Klashnikoff, And Skinny Man Are Sick And Easy As Good As Whats In The U.s At The Min

I Think Kano, Klashnikoff, And Skinny Man Are Sick And Easy As Good As Whats In The U.s At The Min

I've jus started listening to Klashnikoff these last few days.

He's ok, nothing special.

I've jus started listening to Klashnikoff these last few days.

He's ok, nothing special.

LOL well hes no big pun is he

LOL well hes no big pun is he

You got that right :fing02:

I prefer gangsta ****

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the underground stuff here is really good and has a mix of some uk rapping and american beats and is really good! listen to rising son, professor green, lethal destruction etc. the americans would really warm to the style but its yet to break our mainstream yet so the chances of it breaking america anytime soon is very slim!

Blade was as good as anything in the US.

Gunshot, Hardnoise and HiJack were quality stuff - just people in the UK didn't get into the stuff as good as it was.

they do try to rap like americans why u think they sound ass

They wouldnt make it here because UK ppl are already hard to understand.Sounds like they're mumbling.

And you Yanks speak their language - ****in idiots. They spoke the language your ancestors took it to America. Study-up you jokers.

Dizzee Rascal broke the US he sold 100,000 records over there, so what the **** you all talking about.

If you think all UK rappers force an American accent in there voice, you obviously do that have a clue about good UK hip hop. All rappers who do that from here are known as fakes.

Doc Brown, Jehst, Klsahnekoff, Kyza, Yungun, Verb T are a few of many UK rappers I can name who have sick talent, **** the yanks they cant relate to are ****, like they can't relate to most of are boxers because there up there own arse's.

Luc Skyz's new tune is big - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuSkqOy-3-Y

There's this one dude that I'm feeling his flow:


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Im from the UK and i have no UK rappers albums in my collection. I dont plan on buying any either.

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old but still sick

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skinny man is nice 2

Do you think a U.K rapper will ever make it big in the U.S

i think there are some good rappers about in the U.K who are better than alot of U.S rappers.

but will they ever make it big? if not why do u think this ?

hell to da NO! nobody likes their accent..it dosent sound good to americans on a beat..