AJ Tracey Opens Up British Racism, Why J-Cole Shouldn't Have Apologised, Kylian Mbappe & New Music
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
- You can’t tell the story of UK Rap without mentioning Dizzy Rascal, Wiley, Stormzy and our guest today, the microphone champ, AJ Tracey.
Born and raised in a street that would provide the name of his debut record’s smash hit, Ladbroke Grove, he’d go on to achieve five platinum singles and 2 billion Spotify plays.
And, he did it all as an independent artist in an industry monopolised by major labels.
00:00 - Intro & Hate Watching Arsenal
04:10 - England & Euro 2024
12:32 - Identity & Being British
18:01 - Two Types Of Racism
22:04 - British Politics & Masculinity
26:24 - Rishi Sunak & Ethnic Minorities
29:21 - Men's Mental Health & Society
32:07 - Grime, Corbyn & 2019 General Election
35:00 - The Burden Of Fame
40:00 - Problems With British Society
42:17 - Growing Up In 'The Ends'
47:09 - First Steps In Music
49:51 - How Has London Changed?
52:15 - Truth About The Music Industry
55:03 - Diss Tracks & J Cole Apology
58:42 - Staying Independent, New Music & Outro
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Very good in depth interview, AJ comes across intelligent and articulate.. It’s good to hear coming from a UK rapper/ artist.. 👏🏼💯
When you listen to really talented grime, or not still artists their control or the language is amazing. Really clever uses of the language - AJ is very much part of that group.
That’s because he is
God forbid he criticise labour right?
“WOrdS aRe mOrE pOwERFuL tHaN aCtiONs”
Haven’t watched it yet but think Cole did the right thing, it was clearly way bigger than a little rap beef, it was personal, for Kendrick especially, he had the backing of most of hip hop. This was between drake and Kendrick, J.Cole didn’t need to be involved and smartly bowed out.
I think I agree with you, I reckon this was probs recorded before we saw how deep the beef got though. It looked like Cole made a really bad mistake at first
Phenomenal interview. Ahh man, that went so quickly. Big up AJ. So articulate and thought provoking
Great convo, great chemistry. Big up AJ: Substance, Intelligence and Authenticity!!!
Unexpected, love your interviews and love AJ from the Lane 😀
Men would feel more comfortable in not reaching the highest levels of success but still feeling successful as a man - so good.
❤LAD BROOK GROVE WILL ALWAYS BE MY FAVOURITE SONG❤AJ TRACEY IS AMAZING❤
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Big up AJ T from MTP
Aj is well spoken confident and a all round likeable guy
AJ's proper sound, I like his music and don't even agree with all his political views but one of a few U.K artists I've seen grow as an individual, many from London seem to still have the same mindset. He also put on west London massively in my generation.
Listening to this guy...as a 48 year old Brit...gives me a little bit of optimism. Intelligent and likeable. Have a sub.
gotta love AJ T
Bro, you forgot the plantain on your Anglo/Caribbean roast!
Big up AJ Tracey, great guy man.
God damn this guy is intelligent 🤯🤯
Growing up in central London makes you astonishingly privileged, the opportunities are incomparable to almost anywhere in England let alone the world. You don't get that sense from this interview. Would love more gratitude and less grievance in society, unfortunately the former requires humility and intelligence
London is a city of culture history and many resources. That area in London is one of extremes, but yes it's centrally located & a stones throw from so many highlights in the city.
💯 sick of these privileged cry babies who have become millionaires but still spit this rasism poison London is majority black what are they actually crying about
Ladbroke grove is not central London. He comes from the ghetto neighbourhood within west london. No privileges
@@user-em4dx6sg7y all rappers are from the ghetto absolute rubbish all coming out about all these fake American gangsters all fags p Diddy and all them lot fake hard men like this chap on the interview
@@user-em4dx6sg7y Ladbroke Grove is in Zone 2 it's a stone throw from the West End & near South Kensington and Knights Bridge etc. You can try and call it a "ghetto" but we who know London are aware that all areas in London have mixed housing, mixture of residents with different income brackets.
Haven't listened to AJ since secondary school, but i agreed with most things he said here besides the J cole thing. but yeah Big up to AJ, i hope he's doing well for himself
Couldn’t agree more on the political views more and as for the rest of the interview very raw and was a great watch wicked chemistry
I really like his unintentional racism and intentional racism but he talked about very good way of looking at it I’m gunna adopt this approach from now on
I get thag dissing is part of the hip hop culture but nothing wrong in being real and apologising when you feel you got it wrong. That's real life rather than thinking your fellow artists in the genre are always your competition.
I agree with you , it Indicates a level of growth / maturity (saying that I like the way AJ spoke on the point - not my personal viewpoint but it had merit)
big up AJ
It would have been interesting for Ollie to have linked the conversation more to the rap background - for example “ok you want to see the juiced Olympics, but how do you feel about rap being competitive with ghost writers?”.
Elephant & Castle
David🫣
No way does AJs nan live in Buxton 😂
She is old and white? Maybe has links there.
AJ got the final he wanted - coming back to this when Real Madrid lift the trophy
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words are actions
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Fun Fair
38:05 well done for having that restraint to not beat people up!! 👏👏👏
man said Mourinho and front foot football, nah bro
Grown men dissecting rap ‘beefs’
Spurs fan saying our club have a weak mentality!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤡 I love him as an artist though 👊🏾
15:56 did he seriously just say people like you?!
He’s a white gimp who sucks off minorities. I’d deport him and Tracey.
I didn’t even kno AJ Tracey had ADHD, kind of makes sense now how he always seems very chatty and how he can rap and flow soo fast😂, he’s a proper role model though, spreads good messages
Yo Aj, if you're reading this, wheres the 30-40 snaps a day? 😂
when did this victim mentality become the norm?
Exactly
I would say around 2017
He's a middle class Londoner the whole country is run for his benefit
another trini, my grandad was from port of spain on my mums side
. I disagree with him on the J.Cole stuff though ... why?
there was some woke stuff going on behind the scenes with the whole Drake situation if you listen to the woke black Americans
they see Drake as the death of authentic hip-hop
the leftist(woke) community and conscious rap are definitely linked, they came from the same theory
so cole had to back down because the black American community has been trying to find a way to get rid of Drake for a while
there were some real hip-hop politics going on behind the scenes with the Drake stuff
some people say Q-tip called up Cole and asked him to back down
they have wanted Drake for a while
you have to remember hip-hop wasn't formed out of gang culture
gang culture formed around hip-hop
hip - hop was originally the voice of black America and that's why the message by Grandmaster Flash sounds so different from the
NWA era of hip-hop
which is the start of hip - hop you know
but ... wait... your 30
you don't remember De La Soul and Rebirth of Slick - cool like that
come on bro
like every rapper isn't gang banger
thats the code of the streets
that's not the code of rap, if you go against the culture you speak for
you gotta retract that
an that's why what Tom Mcdonals does is blasphemy, it's frickin tragic because he is using the tool of the oppressed to oppress
Mic Reckless
Judging by a few things said here, maybe AJ should concentrate on educating himself rather than trying to educate others.
Gotta agree about the Lib Dems though - not strong enough when it mattered.
What exactly are your points of contention Andy?
Love hate watching Arsenal ❤
Being able to apologise is part of being a grown man.
Ibr.. not the right person to talk on racism 😂😂😂 looollllll we had Akala on here for a reason🥱🥱🥱
Spursy
I like Hindus, they actually like and think positively about the British.
I've never heard of him. Might listen and I see J.Cole and think of the West Ham and Chelsea and England Number 10.
Coming from the guy that completely swerved mic righteous don’t go on about cole when you came up off grime and couldn’t respond cos you know you’d of got bodied.
Aj needs to understand Rushi can’t read half the country
Mr road man can’t handle micro aggression? 😂
why should racism be ok?
@@jmttc2489 why should road men be ok?
@@persona8991 don't even know what that means. The point is being a roadman has nothing to do with being black
@@jmttc2489 you're saying nothing
@@persona8991 bc ur too stupid to understand
I’m sorry but who’s saying there’s absolutely nothing wrong with England and there is nothing to criticise? 😂 Yeah those working class nationalists love the Tory party and waiting 10 hours in A&E 🤦♂️ If we’re going to generalise let’s at least be accurate
Maggie
Sw47lu
This guy votes Tory
“I will never vote Conservative in my life - they are just wankers” - AJ Tracey 2021
I don’t know who this man is to say that he should not have apologize. He should have he should have. Have you seen the raft? I’d apologize too. I apologize for him for even saying that shit because Kendrick don’t know him.
Middle class londoner thinks he's oppressed hahaha
They dont see you as English/British broski 😄🤷♂️
Loool you clocked
only outside of the big cities. and none of the counties outside of the big cities are that relevant
Well he has got English blood but yeah predominantly you wouodnt claim him as engoish
@@YesSir-ms3uk firstly British is a nationality made up of mixed ethnicities. hardly anyone in Britain is is full celtic and most of the full celtics are in scotland. not england.
does everyone skip primary school history? cos we literally learn about all the invasions of britian in school yet you all speak like you dont know you have mixed ethnicity.
this is how genetics works.
@@averyintelligence a Nigerian kid isn’t English it’s an ethnicity bro
This guy is washed, went mainstream and fell of big time
Obsessed with colour