(PART TWO) So Ever Since The Days Of Slick Rick, Never Has There Been A Dominate British Force On An International Scale But Why Is That. Our UK Rappers Have The Bars, The Accent Which Is Different, The Slang Words, The Word Play On Point And Not To Mention The Talent To Be Just As Good As Their US Counterparts. Well In This Video We Talk About Who Does Have What It Takes To Be That Big International UK Rapper? And Who Is Really Doing It Big On This Side Of The Atlantic…. Who Really Has What It Takes? And Who Is Dominating The Game In The UK….. Lets See.
(PART ONE) So Ever Since The Days Of Slick Rick, Never Has There Been A Dominate British Force On An International Scale But Why Is That. Our UK Rappers Have The Bars, The Accent Which Is Different, The Slang Words, The Word Play On Point And Not To Mention The Talent To Be Just As Good As Their US Counterparts. Well In This Video We Talk About Who Does Have What It Takes To Be That Big International UK Rapper? And Who Is Really Doing It Big On This Side Of The Atlantic…. Who Really Has What It Takes? And Who Is Dominating The Game In The UK….. Lets See.
With an album to promote it was only right that Nas returns to London, This time he return to Hackney, East London for BBC 1Xtra‘s Weekender. Watch his set below and don’t forget ‘Life Is Good’ will be dropping July 17th.
Also catch Jay-Z And Kanye West Performance plus Nicki Minaj, Trey Songz and Chip
Watch @Rihanna Headline the BBC 1 Xtra Weekender here in London, Hackney, One day after her mentor Jay-Z headlined on Saturday. Rihanna sung a string of hits and even debuting the first live performance of ‘Talk That Talk’ with none other than Jay-Z himself. Watch The Video after the jump!
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Also catchJay-Z And Kanye WestPerformance plus Nicki Minaj, Trey Songz andChip Not forgetting Nas’ Performance
UK’s own @OfficialChip performed last night during BBC 1 Xtra’s Hackney Weekender festival with a crowd of over 50, 000 where Chip performed ‘Champion’ his hit song which features Chris Brown. Trey Songz was also in attendance performing ‘Heart Attack’ as well as ‘Can’t Be Friends’. Nicki Minaj was also in town where she performed her controversal cross over hit ‘Star Ships’ and a small medley from her latest album. Check out the performances below and also don’t miss Headliner Jay-Z‘s set with fellow rapper Kanye West!
Over the years Hip Hop has changed with a new sound and new faces. Throughout the last few years we have seen the likes of Big Sean, Drake, Nicki Minaj, J. Cole and many others take the mantle from their successors Like Nas, Jay-Z and Lil’ Kim Who in turn took their learnings from The Notourious B.I.G, Tupac, N.W.A, Rakim, Salt & Pepa, KRS1 and many more from the late 80s to early 90s. Well 2012 has seen a surge in fresh new talent ready to take the hip hop world by storm.
Australian IT girl Iggy Azalea who is now a member of T.I‘s ‘Hustle Gang’ on Grand Hustle, Also Chip formally known as Chipmunk who shot to fame here in London under the latter name as a ‘Grime’ MC and has now seen much success Since becoming more commercial over the years. Chip is also a member along side Iggy Azalea on T.I‘s Hustle Gang movement. Azealia Banks a Harlem rapper who is currently signed to Interscope Records and has recently released a brand new EP entitled ‘1991’ causing a stir currently in the game with many twitter beefs and verbal altercations with the likes of T.I and Lil’ Kim many feel Azealia needs to walk before she can run in this game. Two other names causing a huge buzz in hip hop right now is A$ap Rocky and Kendrick Lamar. Rocky who is also from Harlem and recently signed an unprecedented $3M deal with Sony saw his career take off since the release of ‘Purple Swag’ and ‘Goodie’. Lamar on the other hand is from Compton, signed to Aftermath Records and being guided by mentor Dr. Dre Many have also compared Kendrick to some of the old school members of the West such as Tupac.
In this episode of our #ShishaWednesday’s Debate, we debate the issue on whether or not this new generation of hip hop has what it takes to make it and survive in the game…. Watch the video after the jump, comment, rate, subscribe and be sure to Say Somethin’
T.I and his Grand Hustle artist Iggy Azalea chop it up in the studio, talking about their new team ‘Hustle Gang’ which includes UK own Chip formally Chipmunk. Check out the chemistry between the to as they cook up some new heat with Iggy’s EP dropping shortly this month.