can't forget Gunshot - one of the most sadly missed crews in Hip-hop!
Bionic from London posse has some new tracks up on his MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/73db6868699
Overlord X, 3PM, Silver Bullet and I'd say even Cookie Crew deserve props too.
oh yeah... and if Ragga Twins are in there then Asher D & Daddy Freddy need a mention. The pioneers of Ragga Hip hop.
For me Krispy 3 have to be mentioned. Ace post by the way.
Cheers Kaptin and Marc, spot on with some artists I forgot and some that totally passed me by at the time.
You've got me thinking that I need to start on a second post on that period asap as well as checking out what the artists are up to these days (had no idea any of the London Posse and Krispy 3 were still recording).
Rodney P from London Posse has been real prolific over the past few years, his 'The Future' LP is definitely worth checking. He also had his own radio show on BBC 1Xtra with Daddy Skitz for a while.
Silver Bullet had a few D&B style tunes in the late 90s that were okay.
Overlord X joined a boyband who weren't actually too bad but it was still a bit painful.
Kamanchi Sly from Hijack and his brother DJ Pied Piper had a number one hit with 'Do You Really Like It' - a rather annoying garage tune.
Daddy Freddy moved to LA and went a bit s**t whilst Asher D had his name robbed by one of So Solid then just seemed to dissapear.
Alkaline from Gunshot was on a wicked Junior Disprol tune a few years back called 'Junq Waffle'- the track was produced by Evil Ed and also featured Jehst and Skeleton.
Ragga Twins became big D&B emcees, I think they're still going strong.
Mike J from Demon Boyz now goes under the name Million Dan. He dropped an album called Spektrum earlier this year which is heavy and rather oddly has 'Glimity Glamity' on there, maybe to try and prove that it still sounds fresh today.
Hope some of this helps your next one.
Can't forget Blade as well! Think he's retired still.
and oh yeah, Kelz from 3PM has a crew called Souljah Clique.
There was the Cash Crew, too. Though to be honest, they were pretty rubbish. They went to me my school and one of them used to beat me up so I was pleased to see one of their records in the discount bin recently!
For me, the best ragga / hip hop band from back then was the Syndecut. Love the Life you Live / Crack Business. Serious tunes!
Great post. On a related note, the song England is a Bitch probably owes something to this tune posted at Flea Market Funk:
http://fleamarketfunk.wordpress....lan-is-a-bitch/
Haven't heard the BRMII tune so I can't say for sure though.
I've always rated Money Mad - great track.
Don't know where it fits in, but the Depth Charge vs Silver Fox 12" (w. MC Alkaline from Gunshot) is also brilliant...
Many thanks to all of you for the suggestions - easily enough info there to make me go back and check out the artists I slept on at the time for the part 2.
Kaptin, cheers for the updates on how many of the artists are still recording. Damn, I never knew there was a Hijack link to that garage tune - I guess people have got to pay the bills. Would be well up for putting together a "Where are they now" post, let me know if you're interested in helping out on the details.
MrM, I hang my head in shame for forgetting about the Linton Kwesi Johnson tune, BMRII's tune is undoubtedly referencing it.
happy to help, lemme know when and what you're thinking...
whosthecaptain@hotmail.com
Great post junior thanks - love the witch hunt track. Hijack are the standouts for me, even with their dodgy accents! Doomsday of rap & Phantom of the opera are amongst my favourite tracks of all time.
Silver Bullet was the shit back in the day... "Bring Forth the Guillotene" and "20 Seconds to Comply" were really big (at least in London they were) in '89.
On the early tip, how about Derek B, "Bullet from a Gun"?
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