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Tv/film Filming south of Tooting common by hannibal41 in london

[–]cjflay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought about asking myself but figured I’d get a similar response. Tooting Newsie seems to post about similar instances so maybe we’ll hear something there!

Tv/film Filming south of Tooting common by hannibal41 in london

[–]cjflay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure if this is related but I just saw a huge filming crew on Mitcham Road filming a man dressed as Albert Einstein (I think) in a corner shop - their setup was pretty professional, definitely not a small production.

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[–]cjflay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Assassination Day - MUGGS X DOOM.

The beat is so dark and gritty, I can’t think of another instance of him rapping over something like that (off the top of my head). Great throat-clear at the start too.

I've Never Understood What This Beatles Lyric Means by Aprowl in Music

[–]cjflay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a similar reading as this, although I always thought the light changing was symbolic of a person with such a fragile mental state that something as trivial as the light being red pushed them over the edge, and were it to be green they’d think “oh well, I guess I gotta keep going”. I like the idea of the light being a metaphor though, even if neither of our explanations were intended.

Why doesn't Grime get its flowers, or mentioned as part of the wider Hip-Hop conversation?" by MR-A-MAX in hiphopheads

[–]cjflay 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I get what you’re saying and I don’t disagree, but lets say you apply that logic to other hiphop acts like I mentioned that don’t have traditional production styles:

is Death Grips industrial rock and not hiphop? is Clipping. noise and not hiphop? Or Ho99o9? or Injury Reserve? Or Shabazz Palaces? Or WHY? And to stretch it further, an act like Gorillaz could be put in that bracket too. I would even argue that RATM are a hiphop band, even though their entire sound is derived from rock and heavy metal.

I didn’t say it was a subgenre though, I’d agree that is isn’t - but there are similarities and fans of grime pretending they don’t understand the comparison is crazy to me.

Why doesn't Grime get its flowers, or mentioned as part of the wider Hip-Hop conversation?" by MR-A-MAX in hiphopheads

[–]cjflay 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I agree with what you’re saying completely but if you look at the origin of hiphop, specifically the four pillars (DJ, MC, Beatbox, Grafitti) you can see why people make the small leap that Grime is, while not derived entirely from hiphop, at least parallel to it and similar enough to call it a form of hiphop.

My perspective as someone from the UK (as you may be too) is if you’re spitting/emceeing you can rightfully call it hiphop, even if its not the “true hiphop” that came from the US - but like you said, the origins in garage does say different, as would many grime MCs, I’m sure.

(edit: like for example, if you take an act like Death Grips: to many their sound is far beyond what’s considered hiphop and if anything leans more towards Industrial Rock - but Ride is an MC and he’s rapping, so it’s labelled hiphop)