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Is there a place for Irish hip hop?

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  • #32
    [Deleted User]
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    liah wrote: »
    I'd argue German actually works pretty well with rap/hiphop (there's a massive scene for it over here):

    Then again, I just really like this video :pac:

    There is also a very big French hip hop scene but I think most of this is built on the african immigrant population and their descendants and is obviously centered around paris.


  • #33
    Happyman42
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,066 ✭✭✭✭Happyman42


    The Rubberbandits like the X-Factory have only proved; that nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of Joe Public.:rolleyes:


  • #34
    Carl Sagan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 856 ✭✭✭Carl Sagan


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHk9SCQ2bik



    "A SONG FROM ME NEW MIXTAPE (STR8: DE MIXTAPE)"

    Love the chorus :pac:


  • #35
    Remmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭Remmy


    Carl Sagan wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHk9SCQ2bik



    "A SONG FROM ME NEW MIXTAPE (STR8: DE MIXTAPE)"

    Love the chorus :pac:

    That sounds alot like damien dempsey


  • #36
    Dennis the Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,358 ✭✭✭Dennis the Stone


    Tom O'C was pretty good.


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  • #37
    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,948 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    Moved from AH.


  • #38
    seanybiker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    Course there is a place for hip hop /rap in Ireland. why shouldnt there be. not everyone likes it but some people do.
    Some of the battles on DFI do be great.
    Ould Redzer battling against Sensa in England was priceless.
    Its the same as anything, if ya dont like it dont bleeding look at it.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87ZezEdxrVQ


  • #39
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,284 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Anyone remember Scary Eire?


  • #40
    seanybiker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Anyone remember Scary Eire?


    howld yer wisht.


  • #41
    THall04
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 266 ✭✭THall04


    MC Dubh at his best........

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOqJrWuGCGk

    Not quite at his best...probably the most cringeworthy video on youtube....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfk7B8t1R4E&feature=fvw


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  • #42
    Nolanger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,556 ✭✭✭Nolanger


    Infomatics' album is good. But Spiral's is not!


  • #43
    boidey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 161 ✭✭boidey


    Havn't seen myself but he is meant to be a good live act

    http://soundcloud.com/wile-man


  • #44
    Nolanger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,556 ✭✭✭Nolanger


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Anyone remember Scary Eire?
    Yep, they got booed at a U2 support gig?


  • #45
    teekayd25
    Closed Accounts Posts: 252 ✭✭teekayd25


    +1 on Messiah J and the Expert, Bloodrush was a great tune, and made it onto a film soundtrack.

    So did this song, another one of Irish hip-hop's better moments, IMO

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaoilp_XJl0


  • #46
    teekayd25
    Closed Accounts Posts: 252 ✭✭teekayd25


    By the way, I trust everyone's aware of Tralee's version of the Rubberbandits? :D

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf0TrQczmKY


  • #47
    seanybiker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    THall04 wrote: »
    MC Dubh at his best........

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOqJrWuGCGk

    Not quite at his best...probably the most cringeworthy video on youtube....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfk7B8t1R4E&feature=fvw


    He only lives a few minutes away from me. He's actually sound but yeah he should have stayed at home that day lol


  • #48
    seachto7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,863 ✭✭✭seachto7


    teekayd25 wrote: »
    By the way, I trust everyone's aware of Tralee's version of the Rubberbandits? :D

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf0TrQczmKY

    Terrible stuff. A bad knock off of the Rubberbandits, sorry.....


  • #49
    partyndbs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,048 ✭✭✭partyndbs


    4 years in blackrock then i went to clongoes im smokin pot but its not as if my mom knows

    irsh rap is terrible i dont care how sum pov in ballymun grew up...ur life is dull and boring...why wud i want to hear your music lol


  • #50
    seachto7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,863 ✭✭✭seachto7


    These guys aren't bad. When it's done well...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ2cv75G9i0&feature=related

    Saw these guys live too, and they were a "band", as in they played instruments as well as rapping. Kind of like the Roots or BEastie Boys.

    People don't seem to have a problem with French language rap, such as MC Solaar, or UK rap such as Roots Manuva? Is it because people can't take white Irish people rapping, or is just ok if they are black, be they American, UK, or French? Or should they come from big cities in order to have the "street cred"?

    I mean, people don't have a problem with Irish rock or metal bands, some of which is very American sounding. (The Answer being one rock band..) As long as people use their own accents and are honest about what they are singing about, then I don't see a problem with it.
    I suppose rap is very urban American, which maybe why it gets ridiculed outside the USA.


  • #51
    ricero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,348 ✭✭✭✭ricero


    no its so cringe worthy irish rap should be put down. why do they style themselves on american rappers straight out of compton ha its like lads ur pale boggers from munster stop this ****. then you have the dublin scanger rappers the likes of redzer pure bollox i dont wana hear about your da on the dole and your mates doing gear its boring. at least the brits have good rappers ;)


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  • #52
    ricero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,348 ✭✭✭✭ricero


    seachto7 wrote: »
    These guys aren't bad. When it's done well...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ2cv75G9i0&feature=related

    Saw these guys live too, and they were a "band", as in they played instruments as well as rapping. Kind of like the Roots or BEastie Boys.

    People don't seem to have a problem with French language rap, such as MC Solaar, or UK rap such as Roots Manuva? Is it because people can't take white Irish people rapping, or is just ok if they are black, be they American, UK, or French? Or should they come from big cities in order to have the "street cred"?

    I mean, people don't have a problem with Irish rock or metal bands, some of which is very American sounding. (The Answer being one rock band..) As long as people use their own accents and are honest about what they are singing about, then I don't see a problem with it.
    I suppose rap is very urban American, which maybe why it gets ridiculed outside the USA.

    epic fail


  • #53
    Nolanger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,556 ✭✭✭Nolanger


    UK rap was a joke until they came up with grime. That's what Irish rappers need to do. Stop copying the Yanks and invent a new style?


  • #54
    seachto7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,863 ✭✭✭seachto7


    ricero wrote: »
    epic fail

    Irish "rap" is no worse than that Beady Eye sh*te you were drooling over on another thread!!:):)


  • #55
    HalloweenJack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,478 ✭✭✭HalloweenJack


    liah wrote: »
    Did Republic of Loose not already do this whole 'paving the way for Irish hiphop' thing? :confused:
    They're not hip-hop, they just have a small hip-hop influence but overall they're more rock than anything (even that's a loose fit for them). Also, I recall a lot of fuss about Collie when he first came out as he was the most identifiable Irish rapper.

    FWIW, I think this is the best Irish rap song I've heard:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ngRJq2lNmk


    IMO, what makes a good rapper is being able to convincingly convey a clear message. There's loads of rappers, not just Irish ones, who can't do that.


  • #56
    DB10
    Site Banned Posts: 2,719 ✭✭✭DB10


    Everlast is a fairly big name tbh, but he ain't styled completely Irish so it works.


  • #57
    ricero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,348 ✭✭✭✭ricero


    seachto7 wrote: »
    Irish "rap" is no worse than that Beady Eye sh*te you were drooling over on another thread!!:):)

    I'm sure it is I say eminem and jay z are ****ing themselves :rolleyes:


  • #58
    seachto7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,863 ✭✭✭seachto7


    I think a Beady Eye and Vanilla Ice collaboration would be great :)


  • #59
    ricero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,348 ✭✭✭✭ricero


    seachto7 wrote: »
    I think a Beady Eye and Vanilla Ice collaboration would be great :)

    liam gallagher wouldnt be seen near that puff


  • #60
    teekayd25
    Closed Accounts Posts: 252 ✭✭teekayd25


    Republic of Loose overall would probably be funk-rock, but they have been mentioned by some of the newer Irish hip-hop acts as having been an influence.

    Liking this track at the mo; I think the frontman grew up in the states but the backing group are Irish.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3mi_Kl55Ao


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  • #61
    all the stars
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,062 ✭✭✭all the stars


    Decent Hip Hop is scarce, but it is out there.
    Scaryeire, RiRa, Specifik......

    Check out Specifik. No american accent, no bitches & hoes..
    Conscious Hip Hop.

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl2obLvqUaM


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