Where are all the UK socially conscious hip-hop/rap artists??

ImranAdan

7

I know there are many different artists in the UK who are socially conscious but WHERE ARE THEY?!?! :mad:

I listen to a lot US ones but I wana listen to some talent from the UK. I’d be glad to hear out some suggestions :yep:

and please non of that grime and pop bullsh*t :biggrin:

Reply 1

jigsawismyhero

explain socially concious becuase i am dumb?

You heard Giggs ?
UMMMMMM

Reply 2

ImranAdan

OP

7

jigsawismyhero

explain socially concious becuase i am dumb?

You heard Giggs ?
UMMMMMM

Music that concentrates on social issues, u know politics, religion, education, culture, economics etc like in America they have artists like Immortal Technique, Dead Prez, Mos Def etc I’m looking for the UK equivalent.

Giggs is hard though but naa he’s on too much hype haha JHEEZE!!

Reply 3

jigsawismyhero

Ah I see well I dont really listen to UK hip hop, Giggs is the only artist I like and thats because he quite similar to jeezy and other american artists rather than his british peers if you get what I mean

Reply 4

amongsttheweeds

18

ImranAdan

Music that concentrates on social issues, u know politics, religion, education, culture, economics etc like in America they have artists like Immortal Technique, Dead Prez, Mos Def etc I’m looking for the UK equivalent.

Giggs is hard though but naa he’s on too much hype haha JHEEZE!!

Lowkey?

Lowkey & Immortal Technique - Voices of the Voiceless
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi5ZUVP62Iw

Reply 5

username350927

14

ImranAdan

Music that concentrates on social issues, u know politics, religion, education, culture, economics etc like in America they have artists like Immortal Technique, Dead Prez, Mos Def etc I’m looking for the UK equivalent.

Giggs is hard though but naa he’s on too much hype haha JHEEZE!!

lowkey is the only one I can think of

Reply 6

amongsttheweeds

18

And on occasion Akala, Klashnekoff and Sway.

Reply 7

White Noise

4

I'snt most UK Hip hop grime anyway?

here's a song for you

Devlin - Community Outcast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L4iH89tjAM

doesn't really compare to Immortal technique, Jedi Mind tricks in my opinion though

Reply 8

KumakoXsd

13

I like Immortal Technique. Tupac was also a pretty good rapper in that department.

The socially aware rappers and I know they're out there, are usually with independent labels and sorts like that so to obtain their stuff and to hear it may be harder then let's say, Chipmunk's stuff. All those big record companies don't want their starts focusing on what's REALLY going on. But they're out there... they are but you have to find them.

Reply 9

HumorousGent.

16

Dizzee Rascal is the only one left, the rest have been shot or stabbed.

Reply 10

amongsttheweeds

18

HumorousGent.

Dizzee Rascal is the only one left, the rest have been shot or stabbed.

Dizzee Rascal is the complete opposite nowadays, most of his older stuff is better.

Reply 11

The Epicurean

17

I was gonna say something like Klash but he's already been mentioned.

Luk Skyz?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTZzkB-QHhM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuSkqOy-3-Y

Reply 12

ImranAdan

OP

7

addylad

Dizzee Rascal is the complete opposite nowadays, most of his older stuff is better.

Thats SOO TRUE!! Dizzee is main stream and it's a shame all his popular lyrics are about partying and having money :shifty:

nothing wrong with doing that once in a while but not everytime..

Reply 13

amongsttheweeds

18

ImranAdan

Thats SOO TRUE!! Dizzee is main stream and it's a shame all his popular lyrics are about partying and having money :shifty:

nothing wrong with doing that once in a while but not everytime..

Agreed, thankfully his underground stuff makes him half-decent. :biggrin:

ummmm chipmunk? : |

OP

lukejoshjedi

ummmm chipmunk? : |

LOL!! It's funny how Chipmuk and Immortal Technique are mentioned in the same thread :biggrin:

Reply 16

Tha_Black_Shinobi

17

There aren't that many tbh. Most o them tend to be too righteous and self indulgent and unlike people like Lowkey and all his middle class ans would like to think they dont relate to people living in the hood as much as someone like Giggs or P Money would. There are rappers that have socially conscious songs or aspects like Kano, Devlin and Wretch 32 but their not all about being concious like Immortal Technique is.

Reply 17

PurpleMonkeyDishwasher

Roots Manuva?

White Noise

I'snt most UK Hip hop grime anyway?

here's a song for you

Devlin - Community Outcast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L4iH89tjAM

doesn't really compare to Immortal technique, Jedi Mind tricks in my opinion though

No, listen to some Grime instrumentals and compare them to a HH instrumental.

You'll recognise the difference.

Don't listen to UK HH much, Sway and Giggs are the only acts really. Wretch 32 is Hip-Hop too mostly these days too!

Reply 19

CatatonicStupor

15

I'm going to look like a right numpty when I say this in a thread filled with real rap artists, but....

What about Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip? I know they're really quite 'pop' and don't fit the traditional rapping stereotype about how hard it is to survive here; it's two white blokes from Essex throwing out poetry. Still, it's socially conscious at times; Thou Shalt Not Kill was quite self-aware; Letter from God to Man is probably the one track I've totally forgotten about these last few years, but, it's probably amongst the best pieces of blunt religious poetry to hit the music biz...ever?

Where they went though? No clue. They were at my Uni last year, DJ'ing, but I've not heard anything new by them.

Where are all the UK socially conscious hip-hop/rap artists??

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