The Riot Thread

[Corrigan]

lowkey has lyrics and concepts but the actual music, ie instrumentals have been poor recently imo. You need a good balance of music and message, lately he hasntOld lowkey (ie key to the game times)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

[Black Ant]

lol @ Lewispos*goes to read pow 2011 thread*

[Guest Awesome Kong]

tbh none of those guys bring anythin to the table .. talib kweli common and nas are exceptionally generic in terms of subjec matter...nas in particular was talkin absolute garbage compared to marley on his latest albumlowkey brings reality to the table being rooted in middle eastern conflict from iraq to beirutdave - what im saying is he appeals to muslims/arabs /asians because he raps about things which they identify withyou are none of those things hence why perhaps you dont get why he is highly rated by myself and others like meyou see lowkey at these rallys etc hes a passionate guywhat does gigggs stand forshootin negros sellin drugs and doin sweet fck all ... dnt get me wrong its good for what it is...i lookat the person behind the music sometimes though and theres nothin there..i seee akala on newnight doing book reviews...

Gonna have to pos you still./Never understood the hype for Giggs. Only Giggs with black DNA who I rate is Ryan Giggs.

[Francis Coquelin]

Greeks don't f*ck about

[Guest faze]

jheeze they were not ramping with them firebombs,whos the dude getting lashed up at the end?

[Mr. Martinez]

russia today loves it

[Afroman]

lol @ the primal rage double hand gorilla swings @ the end. That guy got it.

[Yardie 2.0]

Thats how its ment to be done.im sure if the student riots were like this they would have never raised the fees.Loool i joke

[Grafter]

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSHAF35287320101213Dec 13 (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Ministry has summoned the British ambassador to Tehran on Monday to protest against the "violent and inhumane" policing of student protests in London, the semi-official Fars news agency reported."The violent and inhumane handling by British police of peaceful student demonstrations and also the ambassador's interference in Iran's state matters were the reasons for his summoning by the ministry," Fars reported.Simon Gass accused Iranian authorities of depriving the nation of "their fundamental freedoms" on the embassy's website on Dec. 9

[Yuri]

akala dont deserve ratings imo.ok hes got some real talk etc but most these guys used tht avenue cos they basic rappers/have no chance of bussin commercial.i pos the sentiment if anything

c/sHe's sh*t, and if he wasn't Ms. Dynamite's brother he'd be working in Nando's, if he isn't currently.

LOL dnt really like conscious uk rap its dead - comes across like thier trying to hard to be deep

C/S

you lt are chattin shitbut tbh i dnt really blame you foro not getting itakala is a very intellligent young man...as is lowkeyand you guys are probably white/black and poor and ignorantboth make quality music and deserve more acclaim... but probably appeal to those of a political mindset or just genrally a greater intelligencewhen u compare to giggs its embarrasing... but obviously people listen to music more for the beat and swagger rather than insightful lyrics

dunno if i agree with thiseven intelligent people don't always want to listen to "deep" music, especially when it's pretentious and basic like akala'sthose of a political mindset probably watch question time and newsnight and read the economist to get their opinions, not listen to akala rapping and thinking he's so deep that people can't understand him because he got the word colonialism to rhyme with something

[Michel Kane]

It depends on why you listen to music thoughI don't listen to tunes to hear some guy rapping seriously about social state of affairs, because I don't like it. I don't mind if other heads want to listen to it, but don't go on like you have a higher understanding because of it, cuz you don't.

[Francis Coquelin]

puts sh*t into perspective

[Michel Kane]

It depends on why you listen to music thoughI don't listen to tunes to hear some guy rapping seriously about social state of affairs, because I don't like it. I don't mind if other heads want to listen to it, but don't go on like you have a higher understanding because of it, cuz you don't.

na cos no matter wot ur reasons for it akala and dem still arent skilled.//case

Well, if certain fans are listening to FOR subject matter, their skill doesn't matter to the fan does it? Akala is stilll good to them.Like, look at Dave & his love for Gucci Mane, Waka, etc. If you see what I mean.

[Guest Rorschach]

Greeks don't f*ck about

Bro from when they smash plates on a normal ting, what do you thinks gonna happen when they're mad?

[Mr. Martinez]

you can't say he's not talented......you just can't

[Afroman]

puts sh*t into perspective

some serious stuff.

[Guest TimeBomb]

thats a real riot.if anyone here tried throw a petrol bomb their face would be all over the papers and tv for the next week.

[Yuri]

thats a real riot.if anyone here tried throw a petrol bomb their face would be all over the papers and tv for the next week.

Bro you know that there were quite major riots for like a week in the UK this summer?http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jul/14/belfast-police-violence-ardoynePolice shot at, water canons deployed etc etcThat Greece stuff looks very serious though

[Skenghis Khan]

he means mainland tho obv.belfast was pretty much a war zone a couple of decades ago.

[Flojo]

you can't say he's not talented......you just can't

He's good with words but he's a poor rapper technically.

[Grafter]

c/s akala being pretentiousits what makes me dislike him

[Guest Lemons]

I put on all my jewels and laugh at Akala.

[BLACK VICTIM]

i rate akala obv he comes across pretentious and condescending but that is simply because we are not idiots and we know most of what he chats is sense i think he tryna reach non awakened people but whatever init

[Vertigo]

I'd rather he be 'pretentious' than another dumb coon.But yeah there are those of us by 'us' i mean black people who thirst for knowledge and know these things. But unfortunately there are a mass of us who worship nothing but material things and for whom knowledge and betterment is seen as 'dumb'.

[Natty]

his flow is shitsimple as