20 British Rappers You Should Know

posted by on November 26, 2012 in Features
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Foreign Beggars

Genre: UK Hip-Hop/Grime/Dubstep

Foreign Beggars is a grime/UK hip-hop group who have recently very successfully incorporated dubstep production into their songs. Comprised of two MCs known individually Orifice Vulgatron and Metropolis, producer Dag Nabbit as well as DJ Nonames, the group started off combining social commentary with a sense of fun, but have successfully crossed the bridge between hip-hop and dance music, and The Uprising, their latest album, was released on Mau5trap, Deadmau5’s label. Almost all of their current musical efforts feature collaborations outside of the group allowing them to reach a much wider audience than UK hip-hop heads. Listen to their older stuff ("Reelfire") for sharp lyricism and their newer work ("Contact" with Noisia) if you are a dubstep junkie.

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  • http://prophetnofortuneteller.com/ Haikucoup

    Did someone mention Rizzle Kicks and Wretch 32? Jokers!!

    Great list of current rappers, if it were a list of old and new, inventors and innovators of the UK sound pre-grime then Roots Manuva, Braintax, Tricky, Rodney P, Skinnyman, Lewis Parker, Klashnekoff, Dirty Diggerz and TaskForce would all need to be included, Braintax, Tricky and Diggerz representative of the regions outside of London.

    Shocked that Jehst didn’t appear here as ‘Dragon of an Ordinary Family’ was one of the best if not the best UK hip-hop album of last year.

  • Davy

    how you got all these artist who half aren’t even real rappers and you could not put S.A.S or Euro Gang on the list. wow those guys are the best from the UK hands down. this list sucks.

  • Dan

    I’m actually not that big of a Kano fan Constant (good film btw) actually what I’m saying is, that if you compile a list of people and you are talking about “currently rapping” then you have to include people who have released recently if you include those who haven’t, if you are talking about sales then you have to include people who have sold well (for UK hip-hop) if you include people who haven’t sold sh!t, if you are talking about hip-hop heavyweights then you have to talk about people who have managed to get a label deal (ESPECIALLY anyone who got one pre 2010) if you include people who’ve only release mixtapes so far, if you are talking about “rappers you should know about” then by definition you have to include ones who are crossing genres (not just muscially but artistically – because let’s be honest Wiley may have a certain prominence in the underground scene but for a mainstream name his presence is still pretty underground) if you are including ones who will never be more than a one layer artist (and that’s not a diss to any of the names included).
    For me, this is a good list, and whilst I agree with the statement about 140 Grime St. (though if you consider the Top Boy route he’s taken, it’s hardly suprising his music fell off a bit when he’s switched up to acting – and I actually though quite a few tracks of Jack Bauer were decent, and considering Kano isn’t a producer, what beats he’s spitting over seems pretty irrelevant to me) the fact of the matter is, when you consider the names that HAVE made this list due to talent, presence, prominance or how big their name is, to not include Kano is, as I said, a ‘mistake’. And, that is all I said.

  • adam

    D Double E, best MC in the whole world, not just UK.

    “Armed to the teef, ready for the beef
    if ya really wanna see ya bredrin get deceased.
    Draw for tha piece from underneath the fleece,
    turn his headpiece into a 3-piece.
    Your ni**as on the road, they dont want a piece,
    dont really wanna go through all the grief.
    You cant get touched? Is that your belief?
    My mandem specialise in beef.
    Which bredrins gonna back your beef,
    when four different man they got a piece to ya cheek.
    For what you believe in, you got a cheek,
    and because of that, man will make you look WEAK.
    Inside or outside on the street,
    you dont wanna **** with the wrong brers this week,
    you’ll be left with a lump on ya head like a Sikh,
    and you’ll be good food for mandem to eat”.

  • adam

    more Double…

    “Think you’re a big boy, coz you got a beard.
    Bullets will make your face look weird.
    Draw for the mash, quickly disappeared.
    Left you there coz I never cared.
    Into the car, slam it into the gears.
    For what I’ve just done, could get years.
    Heart is cold and I got no fears.
    Shed no tears.
    No MC compares.
    I’ve been badding up MCs for years.
    From way back when they used to wear flares.
    Bout that time you opened your ears.
    Im gonna climb to the top like stairs.
    Think youre a big boy coz you go gym.
    Bullets will cave your whole face in….”

    Come on, this is NOTHING for Double, this is MINOR. You’re telling me there’s someone better. PLEASE…Anyone who knows, knows what I’m talking about.

    If you don’t know, GET to know…

  • adam

    “Head get mangled, then dangled,
    to the side, just like I wear my Kangol.
    Nowadays I’m on arms, just like a bangle.
    Try test me, get manhandled.”

    “When my bullets hit ya chest,
    you’re gonna have to rely on the NHS.
    Think MCing is a game of chess?
    How you gonna play chess, with no chest?
    I suggest that you take a rest.
    Don’t wanna get mixed up in mess.
    I’ll turn your shirt into a string vest.
    Even bullet-proof vest cant test.”

    Or, recently…

    “Oh gosh, oh golly.
    I’m not a wasteman, I’m not a wally.
    Man can’t push me around like trolley,
    I’ll kick off his head with a Pele volley.
    Watch him spin around just like dolley.
    Man can’t suck me, I’m not a LOLLY.
    Man cant reign on me, I got a BROLLY.
    And I got the game IN THE POCKET, like POLLY.”

    Jhhhhhheeesus!!!

    Double needs to be known WORLDWIDE. He needs to be NUMBER ONE. These people just don’t know. He’s the most respected grime artist of all time, but that ain’t enough. People need to know EVERYWHERE. He’s too good for us to let him slip under the radar like this.

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  • D-A

    I’ll just pretend you didn’t leave out: Kano, Chip, Scorcher and WRETCH 32, you let out Wretch?? Weak.

  • D-A

    If you want good UK Hip-Hop download Wretchercise (2012) http://rapidgator.net/file/32954927/Wretch32-Wretchercise.zip.html

  • D-A

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_2gooyT7Zw
    Devlin – Off With Their Heads (Feat. Wretch 32) If you want bars, click the link!!

  • Feelix

    The absence of Flowdan and Killa P is inadmissible

  • VADER

    Wretch 32 isnt on there?…..thats a piss take!!!

  • Manolo Garnix

    Decent list. But where is KANO? Where is Wretch 32?

  • al

    No Kashmere? really?

  • http://www.keeponrepeat.com C3POH

    Definitely left out Phaze One, Super Dertie, Skout, DJ Motive and the rest of the Piff Gang crew. Some of the best hip-hip coming from the UK

  • punchiepunk

    I love reading the comments more than the people named on the list. I get a real sense of underground from the actual people that listen to the music instead of just listing what is popular.

  • jeff

    new generals are from north London

  • Hye Fidelity

    How is Plan B not included here?

  • Star

    No skepta?! WTF

  • NGD

    DVNNY SETH isnt on here? Come on…

  • modi.

    where’s skepta at?! JME!? they pretty much run it.

  • khal

    i think the idea is that those are MCs people know, so no need to mention, as opposed to guys you may not be up on.

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