Funky White people

[Beanz]

Some funky white people whatever that means for you from British Hip Hop

So a lot of UK crews from my generation started up as B Boys ( The Prodigy's Liam was in Cut to Kill) and there has always been scenes like Bhangra were British Asians and Black musicians reinterpret the musical heritage inherited from their parents through their own unique lens, focusing everything from reggae, rock, punk and folk music into a new form which to them is much more real and true to the heart of hip hop than the mainstream rubbish coming form across the pond. Of course their is good stuff stateside too and rubbish here, but UK artists tend to infuse stuff with humour and irony and be a bit more eclectic

And they are often very young, this means they spit with venom but refreshingly free of cynicism. When i started MC ing as a white/jewish/gypsy lad I was a bit of a rarity but nowadays there are loads of talented white MC's and I couldn't keep up

so



and this one about Bristol in the westcountry where I used to gig back in the trip hop days in the 1990's




typical humor




Jam Baxter - North Londoner relocated to Bristol






then you have Plan B who as a producer and MC burst onto the scene and carries on the tradition of social commentary that got him labelled a bit unfairly the British Eminem



Jehst and a cutting reflection on England today (lyrically astute and very clever)

"Look at the history books, peep the bloodshed,
Karma is coming, you'll see the streets run red.
RedRum! That's the way that the money's made,
The Church of England invested in the slave-trade.
Trace it back to the bank where you put your wage,
Built on the blood of slaves and stolen sugar cane."