UK HIPHOP
 

where to begin? recs anybody.

Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip
Polar Bear
The 6ft 2 Inch Pianist

Though maybe they're more spoken word..

I don't know, 95% of UK Hip Hop is shit. I know there's a gay version of Public Enemy going around somewhere, I saw them a couple years ago, but don't remember their name.

Patriot Games by Gunshot is a brilliant album, like Fear Of A Black Planet-era PE (I think it has a few Napalm Death samples on there). Originals are very expensive but it can hopefully be downloaded ok.

I liked quite a few British hiphop albums when I was into it, Spoken Word by 57th Dynasty, Millennium Metaphors by Phi Life Cypher, etc.

roots manuva
rodney p
london posse
gamma
toastie taylor
ty
black twang
mark b & blade
flea pit
braintax
lewis parker
skinny man
aspects
task force
new flesh (aka new flesh for old)

The Streets
http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udGTdbPJqXc

Dizzee Rascal

Tricky. Braintax came on at a party once and I dug it so probably him as well.