This is GRIME... Hip Hop's cousin. LET ME EXPLAIN: DJ Kool Herc brought that Jamaican soundsystem culture to The Bronx in the 70s, that mixed with American Funk/Disco and gave birth to Hip Hop. That soundsystem culture came to England from Jamaica with the 1940s 'Windrush Generation' and had its own parrallel evolutionary journey, through Jungle/DnB and House & Garage music and mixed with British culture. That's why Grime MCs tend to rhyme in different pockets of the beat than Hip Hop artists, still has some of that Carribean cadence, like Dancehall toasting. GRIME is often hype like Dancehall and Electronic Garage music, as you can hear. A GRIME SET consists of a DJ mixing through all kinds of electronic instrumentals, usually at 140 beats per minute but not exclusively. GRIME MCs take turns spitting their lyrics one after the other. As one MC spits the other listens out for the changing 'riddim' (instrumental) and decides on which one of his tons of lyrics will match. If an MC follows with a perfect lyric, perfect flow and catches the beat as it drops, it's like sticking a perfect landing in gymnastics, the crowd goes wild and that's the ONLY time in GRIME where the music is stopped. The DJ 'wheels' back the vinyl just like in Reggae Dancehall... ...for perfect examples of this 'culture' check out 'Big Narstie & Kano Shutdown the Big Narstie Show...' and 'Ghetts ft Chip - Can't Run Out of Bars...' and 'BehindTheBars 001 - [Ghetts x Rudekid]'
try not to make it out like its all from Jamaica and black countries... its fusion music. without all the electronic music and "white music" it wouldnt be possible. honestly im so sick of it. and you forgot about drum n bass, garage and the rest of them.
Sweetie, I'm a white, middle class, middle aged primary school teacher from middle England who lives in a god damn cottage with roses round the door and cats and EVEN I know the awesomness that is General Levy. And whilst I can't 'sing a long' exactly, Incredible is one of those songs which lives in a nation's cultural conciousness. I also workout to Rari Workout, doesn't everyone?
29:04 Is this like a famous tune? Like you would not believe... it pretty much defines the sound of Jungle. Utterly love this track. I've seen him play and watched thousands dancing and singing along... from 7 to 70, black or white, rich and poor... even ended up dancing and shouting 'Booyaka' and 'Lord a/mercy' with a couple of police officers who could help but join in.....
That last one was General Levy "Incredible" - commercialish tune that came out of the underground jungle scene in the mid-90s. Got a bit of mainstream play! I love the buzz they're having - they're having fun. :)
What's amazing is that, in the 90's, if a track got commercial play it often dropped out of circulation on the underground scene. Not Incredible. It never disappeared, NEVER lost the love and we jumped EVERY time it came on. CHOOOOOOOOON.
Does anyone else find it fucking insane that were all talking about levy and not dizzee or skepta😂like he said 1 tune last 20 years and it’s more like 30 years now and everyone still knows this shit. 1 take every time. Even better live. Guys a living legend
I think you got a good point about everyone backing each other up and the vibe that brings. I love these freestyle mash ups much more than the "rap battles" where everyone is angry and against each other. This is totally about coming together appreciating the music and supporting each other, love it.
So special to see General Levy see how many up coming stars he has influenced. I'm from Coventry UK and met him and Lee Scratch Perry and he is a true great visionary and massive part of Jungle and foundation of Grime.. True gent IRL and so humble and gentle, really touched me for him to see he will never be forgotten
'Incredible' was a huge thing over here back in the 90's - I grew up on Jungle/DnB music. Also the short guy in the back Dizzee Rascal is one of the OG's of grime. UK hip-hop/rap came up through reggae>dancehall>dub>jungle>dnb>dubstep>UK garage>grime>drill (way more sub-genres and offshoots than that though). Obviously there is a US influence, but the Jamaican thing has always been far more influential as Jamaica is a former UK colony, when they got independence in the 1940s they got the right to come and live and work here. So a lot of black people in the UK are descendants of Jamaicans and they brought the culture with them.
I love the end......its like "show me your not from uk and not a junglist without showing my your not from the uk and not a junglist". That jungle is massive tune is literally an English institution and a foundation of our rave culture
General Levy is legend in his own right. But I feel most Americans would’ve heard the last song ‘Incredible’ which was featured on Ali G movie ‘In Da House’. I think it reached a wider audience when that came out to people who wasn’t into the Jungle, Grime and Drum ‘n’ Bass scene in the 90’s. Or, at theist thousand who hasn’t been born.
That last song brings back memories of 15 years ago being about 19 skanking to this, when you could smoke indoors and zoots flying everywhere was HYPE!!
Always puts a massive grin on my face, I remember when incredible came out, was massive!! But to see the massive recpect they all have for Dizzie when he walks in is great to see, and then to top it off General Levy comes on the mic, and you can tell that they all are just in awe of him…
I don’t think he quite appreciates how big all these people are in the Uk really! This was so hype! To have the General, dizzy, skepta, JME & Jamma in the same room!!!! Unreal
Yus, the General is a big time name over here, that last tune was called Incredible by M Beat for which he provided the lyrics to back in 1994. He does a lot, not just with Jungle music, of which that tune is a brilliant example of, but he does Dancehall, Reggae, Grime etc.
Haha I love your reaction to Jammer (the guy who keeps getting cut off). He is an original grime producer....... its like playing football, except you've got to let the shit guy play because he bought the ball haha
General levy is and always will be #1, I'm a pro fighter and still use that track as my walkout, the guys in that room all grew up listening to him I fucking love this session
Uk legends iconic moment, I used to rave back in the day when General levy first drop this track uk jungle & uk Grime was is an incredible time for British music.❤
Bizzle was big in the early 00s grime scene POW!!!! Shame Americans have missed all this from drum n base / jungle /rave and 00s garage/ 2step / grime.
Bro, over here The General is the Godfather if not one of. Grime and Drill would not exist without him. The respect he got in the room says it all, replay watch him react to the youngers backing and knowing he lyrics. @31:30 to 31:35
the buff dude is Tempa T who obviously you've found out in the video as I'm typing this hah. His stuff is really influential for new EDM artists around California. I know a sound producer who makes music on the side and he goes to a lot of EDM connects around Cali and they're always bumping his shit. They can't enough of grime around there apparently
I learned of grime here in Houston when Dizzee Rascal's "Fix Up, Look Sharp" dropped on the local rap radio station 97.9 The Box. But Houston is an huge city for rap, so it's no surprise.
This is a heavy tune. Every jungle rave played this tune. I remember seeing General Levy perform Incredible back in 2005. All of them rappers would have been raving to Incredible ❤
WTF, love your reaction and totally understand Americans wouldn’t know majority of the guys. Dizzy rascal,lethal b,skepta where pretty big a few years back. General levy tho at the end, mbeats ft general levy - incredible was a massive tune about 25 years ago and is a absolute classic over here.
Bro!!! You should react to UK garage... you'd love it im sure. Proper old school. At least listen to a modern version such as: AJ Tracey - Ladbroke Grove or AJ Tracey - Wifey Riddim. You'll get a feel for the type of beats and how they're massive over here at festivals/clubs etc
The last tune was general levy Incredible. Absolute legend of a tune. You should check out the sixty minute takeover with so solid crew, heartless crew, pay as you go cartel, general levy, sweet ire.
this is how it was in the early 2000s in London at a time when the internet was relatively new . All them Mc's in the video use to come up on pirate radio and use to clash with other Mc's and all you would hear was non stop pure bars with loads of energy. I was quite privilege to be growing up during the infancy of grime as most of the MC's lived quite local to me and as a youth back then the underground music scene was quite big. i'm 40 now but still bang out the oldskool radio sets now and again lol. I still reckon East London had the best MC's during the early era of grime . I still remember when Kano & Wiley had a clash in Jammer basement in Leytonstone. Shame camaera phones were not very common back then lol.
It might not sound that decent on your computer but back about 10-15 years ago and then I clubs dish it was something else to watch I can't even explain it I've never seen anybody in my life perform like these dudes do they give a better show than most popular rock stars or singers oh shit is name was General yeah he's an old-school OG dude he's like a pioneer of that style of music if you have any questions or want any suggestion for really good videos if you haven't found any let me know like I said I know a lot about these styles of music and these people I have a vinyl collection of over two to three thousand vinyls and I used to go to these clubs every Friday and Saturday night
Shout out to chase and status for the Running track and for bringing grime forward to the mainstream and for bringing back jungle to the world. Still touring, still amazing, still progressive and improvising. London bars tops the best mini-mix since the scene started.
The story is Dizzee was driving past and heard this on the radio then gate crashed. One of the best moments in British music
This fr? Crazy if so, was Fekky just with him too?
Shut up you melt this wasn’t by accident!!😂😂😂yeah general levy just happened to be there an dizzee thought he’d pop in😂😂
@@georgeprice8929 No. not real. It did happen but was in a different place a different time and different person. Other than that it is true
I have had a long time love for Dizzie, he brings an energy thats hard to match
NO WAY! IM ON MY DADS ACCOUNT BUT I NEVER KNEW DAT!!!!!!!
This is GRIME... Hip Hop's cousin.
LET ME EXPLAIN: DJ Kool Herc brought that Jamaican soundsystem culture to The Bronx in the 70s, that mixed with American Funk/Disco and gave birth to Hip Hop. That soundsystem culture came to England from Jamaica with the 1940s 'Windrush Generation' and had its own parrallel evolutionary journey, through Jungle/DnB and House & Garage music and mixed with British culture. That's why Grime MCs tend to rhyme in different pockets of the beat than Hip Hop artists, still has some of that Carribean cadence, like Dancehall toasting. GRIME is often hype like Dancehall and Electronic Garage music, as you can hear.
A GRIME SET consists of a DJ mixing through all kinds of electronic instrumentals, usually at 140 beats per minute but not exclusively. GRIME MCs take turns spitting their lyrics one after the other. As one MC spits the other listens out for the changing 'riddim' (instrumental) and decides on which one of his tons of lyrics will match. If an MC follows with a perfect lyric, perfect flow and catches the beat as it drops, it's like sticking a perfect landing in gymnastics, the crowd goes wild and that's the ONLY time in GRIME where the music is stopped. The DJ 'wheels' back the vinyl just like in Reggae Dancehall...
...for perfect examples of this 'culture' check out 'Big Narstie & Kano Shutdown the Big Narstie Show...' and 'Ghetts ft Chip - Can't Run Out of Bars...' and 'BehindTheBars 001 - [Ghetts x Rudekid]'
wow thanks so much for the knowledge homie!!
This comment needs more likes.
Also deffo need to Do Ghetts Behind The Bars!
Respect from 0121! 🤘🏼
grime isnt hip hops cousin its its own thing it start from garage and drum and bass
Bruv; actual real talk
try not to make it out like its all from Jamaica and black countries... its fusion music. without all the electronic music and "white music" it wouldnt be possible.
honestly im so sick of it.
and you forgot about drum n bass, garage and the rest of them.
General Levi was doing this stuff before anyone in that room was born... That's why the respect and sing along...
The last tune incredible was such a massive hit in the UK. Still get goosebumps when it comes on 😎
Song as old as me! Levy a god
Live-o
Yes! To give Americans the a comparable situation; it is like Aretha Franklin suddenly steps into a soul rehearsal.
I was 24 when this came out! 51 now and still get fucking goose bumps!
Original Nutta
Sweetie, I'm a white, middle class, middle aged primary school teacher from middle England who lives in a god damn cottage with roses round the door and cats and EVEN I know the awesomness that is General Levy. And whilst I can't 'sing a long' exactly, Incredible is one of those songs which lives in a nation's cultural conciousness.
I also workout to Rari Workout, doesn't everyone?
💯😂
I love this! You are amazing
ur wifey material honestly
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💥💥💥🥳🥳🥳
you monster SIR 🤣🔥
Dizzee on that rhythm and gash beat is legendary.
29:04 Is this like a famous tune?
Like you would not believe... it pretty much defines the sound of Jungle. Utterly love this track.
I've seen him play and watched thousands dancing and singing along... from 7 to 70, black or white, rich and poor... even ended up dancing and shouting 'Booyaka' and 'Lord a/mercy' with a couple of police officers who could help but join in.....
The power of General Levy and MBeat when they bring de dance ❤ How can you NOT join in?! Impossible.
I defy a brother NOT to have a BIG smile during the General Levy set 😂😂😂…..each and EVERYTIME 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Never gets old bring back to my jungle days So nostalgic ❤
General levy doing his tune incredible
Is like
The start of all of these uk rappers
Inspiration..to do music
That last one was General Levy "Incredible" - commercialish tune that came out of the underground jungle scene in the mid-90s. Got a bit of mainstream play! I love the buzz they're having - they're having fun. :)
That jungle song is el clásico 💯💯 I would have loved to be a part of it in the 90s
Got a "bit" of mainstream play?! It's still ome of the most played and best jungle/grime hits that has ever come out the scene
@@DEATHSxNEMASIS that is, I understand, due to the fact that jungle is massive
@@sprucemaroosenice
What's amazing is that, in the 90's, if a track got commercial play it often dropped out of circulation on the underground scene. Not Incredible. It never disappeared, NEVER lost the love and we jumped EVERY time it came on.
CHOOOOOOOOON.
The thing y'all just watched is like the Wu-Tang clan of Grime.
Does anyone else find it fucking insane that were all talking about levy and not dizzee or skepta😂like he said 1 tune last 20 years and it’s more like 30 years now and everyone still knows this shit. 1 take every time. Even better live. Guys a living legend
General Levy is Legendary in the UK. You Yanks missed the whole of the late 80’s. 90’s and 2000’s!
I think you got a good point about everyone backing each other up and the vibe that brings. I love these freestyle mash ups much more than the "rap battles" where everyone is angry and against each other. This is totally about coming together appreciating the music and supporting each other, love it.
So special to see General Levy see how many up coming stars he has influenced. I'm from Coventry UK and met him and Lee Scratch Perry and he is a true great visionary and massive part of Jungle and foundation of Grime.. True gent IRL and so humble and gentle, really touched me for him to see he will never be forgotten
'Incredible' was a huge thing over here back in the 90's - I grew up on Jungle/DnB music. Also the short guy in the back Dizzee Rascal is one of the OG's of grime. UK hip-hop/rap came up through reggae>dancehall>dub>jungle>dnb>dubstep>UK garage>grime>drill (way more sub-genres and offshoots than that though). Obviously there is a US influence, but the Jamaican thing has always been far more influential as Jamaica is a former UK colony, when they got independence in the 1940s they got the right to come and live and work here. So a lot of black people in the UK are descendants of Jamaicans and they brought the culture with them.
US influence. Naahhh!
I love the end......its like "show me your not from uk and not a junglist without showing my your not from the uk and not a junglist".
That jungle is massive tune is literally an English institution and a foundation of our rave culture
General Levy is legend in his own right. But I feel most Americans would’ve heard the last song ‘Incredible’ which was featured on Ali G movie ‘In Da House’. I think it reached a wider audience when that came out to people who wasn’t into the Jungle, Grime and Drum ‘n’ Bass scene in the 90’s. Or, at theist thousand who hasn’t been born.
That last song brings back memories of 15 years ago being about 19 skanking to this, when you could smoke indoors and zoots flying everywhere was HYPE!!
Always puts a massive grin on my face, I remember when incredible came out, was massive!! But to see the massive recpect they all have for Dizzie when he walks in is great to see, and then to top it off General Levy comes on the mic, and you can tell that they all are just in awe of him…
This is the first time in about 10 years i've heard the term 'tosspot'.
I don’t think he quite appreciates how big all these people are in the Uk really! This was so hype!
To have the General, dizzy, skepta, JME & Jamma in the same room!!!! Unreal
Yus, the General is a big time name over here, that last tune was called Incredible by M Beat for which he provided the lyrics to back in 1994. He does a lot, not just with Jungle music, of which that tune is a brilliant example of, but he does Dancehall, Reggae, Grime etc.
Haha I love your reaction to Jammer (the guy who keeps getting cut off). He is an original grime producer....... its like playing football, except you've got to let the shit guy play because he bought the ball haha
General levy is and always will be #1, I'm a pro fighter and still use that track as my walkout, the guys in that room all grew up listening to him I fucking love this session
Uk legends iconic moment, I used to rave back in the day when General levy first drop this track uk jungle & uk Grime was is an incredible time for British music.❤
When this aired in the radio it was going off in the pub
Bizzle was big in the early 00s grime scene POW!!!!
Shame Americans have missed all this from drum n base / jungle /rave and 00s garage/ 2step / grime.
When artists respect eachother it sounds better when they are just having fun
Who is genral levy? Really bro? Hes a legend in the jungle dnb scene
Bro, over here The General is the Godfather if not one of. Grime and Drill would not exist without him. The respect he got in the room says it all, replay watch him react to the youngers backing and knowing he lyrics. @31:30 to 31:35
These are some proper classic grime instrumentals. Sadly, been taken over a lot by drill which just isn't as fun musically
big up brother hands down one of the best reactions I've ever seen
Hardcore jungle drum and bass ,at the end. 🤪😝😜
I'm dead!! He knows the word bruv!! Lol big up dizzee!!
MistaJam is an underrated DJ scratchmaster, one of the few selectors who the BBC have really launched who can mash up the underground.
General Levi incredible big big tune and will always Will be big in the UK 🇬🇧
It’s a hit??
@@Joenojosephmusic can't even imagine
22:58 the whole paragraph of bars there was unreal!
the buff dude is Tempa T who obviously you've found out in the video as I'm typing this hah. His stuff is really influential for new EDM artists around California. I know a sound producer who makes music on the side and he goes to a lot of EDM connects around Cali and they're always bumping his shit. They can't enough of grime around there apparently
Curious, would like to know what kinda artists and check out the influence. Got any recommendations?
You’re reaction has made my day, you gotta go down that old school Grime road now
You know especially when it’ll be a gooden, when Pulse X or Dilemma Drop. And then there’s the junglists tracks, the soundz of da underground.
I’ve been listening to Dizzee Rascal and Levy for 18 years I love this. If you’re American look up UK grime and jungle music xx
Best reaction video, hands down.
That beat you said was 🔥🔥
It is called the (i spy) riddim....👍👍🇬🇧
(I spy) skepta....
good reaction man remember when this came out it went off
If it weren't for Dizzie and BBK, UK Grime wouldn't have took off at all.
Great reaction defo need to check dizzee rascal fitb 🔥 dizzee rascal space 🔥 general levy incredible 🔥 dave psycho 🔥
Totally agree with you about that guy killing the energy.
Uk Grime has been around for years are you telling me da yanks have just got wind of it now.....
I learned of grime here in Houston when Dizzee Rascal's "Fix Up, Look Sharp" dropped on the local rap radio station 97.9 The Box. But Houston is an huge city for rap, so it's no surprise.
LOVE THIS
I love living in a country where this kind of stuff is played most nights. lol
How can you NOT skank out to that last tune. Incredible
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The way he's making those sound effects that's that definitely the Ragga twins doll of him seeing style of MC
This is a heavy tune. Every jungle rave played this tune. I remember seeing General Levy perform Incredible back in 2005. All of them rappers would have been raving to Incredible ❤
They ain’t saying much but the energy is absolutely incredible. Deliveries are solid.
WTF, love your reaction and totally understand Americans wouldn’t know majority of the guys. Dizzy rascal,lethal b,skepta where pretty big a few years back. General levy tho at the end, mbeats ft general levy - incredible was a massive tune about 25 years ago and is a absolute classic over here.
I heard uk apache when i placed the antenna of my radio in the right location of my room to pick up pirate radio. Hold tight the man dem.
Great reaction you should definitely check tempa t next hype out!!! Temps goes hard! And is a U.K. classic
Oooo followed by him doing highest hype with C&S
makes me proud. Big up lads
I’m American I make beats I’m trying to learn how to make grime beats they go really hard I got mad respect for da uk rappers
funniest reaction video ever, im subscribing right now but need more grime reactions 😎👌
The greatest uk mc was called stevie hyper d, but he passed away in 1998.
A legend. I remember stomping in his memory.
I always love seein JME tear up a Mic. big fan from the big southern colony
Jungle will always be massive
This was live on radio i remember listening hahah
Bro!!! You should react to UK garage... you'd love it im sure. Proper old school. At least listen to a modern version such as: AJ Tracey - Ladbroke Grove or AJ Tracey - Wifey Riddim. You'll get a feel for the type of beats and how they're massive over here at festivals/clubs etc
some classics:
Try me Out
Friendly Pressure
Give You Love (Real Love)
Love to the General
I just seen the part when you said did they switch up the music that's actually old school Raga jungle
We love the way you yanks get bang into the lyrics... we don't look at the words for too long, but you guys proper break it down, which is cool!
True UK legends
Yo I only found this but my god . This is classic
The last tune was general levy Incredible. Absolute legend of a tune. You should check out the sixty minute takeover with so solid crew, heartless crew, pay as you go cartel, general levy, sweet ire.
General levy ran so everyone else in that could walk
amazing
Americans should learn from this… great vibe…
Incredible was a massive tune in the Uk a d also an awesome scene in the Ali g movie
this is how it was in the early 2000s in London at a time when the internet was relatively new . All them Mc's in the video use to come up on pirate radio and use to clash with other Mc's and all you would hear was non stop pure bars with loads of energy. I was quite privilege to be growing up during the infancy of grime as most of the MC's lived quite local to me and as a youth back then the underground music scene was quite big. i'm 40 now but still bang out the oldskool radio sets now and again lol. I still reckon East London had the best MC's during the early era of grime . I still remember when Kano & Wiley had a clash in Jammer basement in Leytonstone. Shame camaera phones were not very common back then lol.
“JME This nigga is excellent!” I felt that 👊🏾😂
Rhythm and gash is the name of that beat
Dizzee Rascal - Space
It might not sound that decent on your computer but back about 10-15 years ago and then I clubs dish it was something else to watch I can't even explain it I've never seen anybody in my life perform like these dudes do they give a better show than most popular rock stars or singers oh shit is name was General yeah he's an old-school OG dude he's like a pioneer of that style of music if you have any questions or want any suggestion for really good videos if you haven't found any let me know like I said I know a lot about these styles of music and these people I have a vinyl collection of over two to three thousand vinyls and I used to go to these clubs every Friday and Saturday night
Hahaaha this beat is hat we used to clash to after school back in the day. Real grime beats
@10:58 Skepta comes in and you call him stupid, LOL. That's like calling Biggie stupid. Skepta is JME's older brother.
Shout out to chase and status for the Running track and for bringing grime forward to the mainstream and for bringing back jungle to the world. Still touring, still amazing, still progressive and improvising. London bars tops the best mini-mix since the scene started.
Bro famous tune is not the word haha, even the soccer mums bout this in the U.K
What's that outro song? Sounds afx like
Fire.. Simple
The beat @ 16:00 is rythm and gash- Wiley
You just experienced the energy of grime
Bro, saying what as this beat. That's grime my guy 😎
this is one of the funniest reaction to grime ive ever scene ahhaahah
People talk shit about the BBC but it does some great stuff when it comes to music.
Yeah these are grime beats bro. If you want more like this check out P Money Mistajam Freestyle or Ghetts Behind Bars
BIG CLASSIC / LEGENDARY GENERAL LEVY / RAGGA HIP HOP DANCEHALL / FAST STYLE / NUMBER ONE / ALL BIG UP MASSIVE / OLD SCHOOL REPRESENT / FUCK NEW SKOOL
I forgot the name, but the beat described as CRAZY! Was oldschool for sure definitely the best
P jme
Exactly they needed a break! Footsie is a og
The beat was asking about is called spaceship
big up the UK massive !!!
I miss grime so much that energy shame it's no longer a thing but I guess just like all music everything evolves into the future
I'm 47 my kids are 28,24,23 and they all know the words to original nutter..
That's parenting done right ✅️
General Levi, incredible, is possibly one of the biggest tracks in hothead uk ever 🤙