UK Rappers With Yank Accents

[DiabloRedStar]

What you people think about this? are you feeling it or you think its dumb?

personally i think its the dumbest thing i've ever heard, and the london rappers who put on the african or jamican accent when they sing even tho they were born and raised hackney.

you wouldnt hear an up comming US rapper putting on a $$$$ney accent now would you?

same with this group Tripple KKK, everyone of dem puts on a US accent, and it still sounds shiit, they need to get real

[tc2cool]

i think its dumb man coz u gotta keep reppin UK innit

[screech]

i wiv u on dat. can u tell me why the Mo Fires "oi" ozzie b sounded half decent, then goes all ragga on us on "forward"???

[ninjaspice]

you wouldnt hear an up comming US rapper putting on a $$$$ney accent now would you?

maybe not up and coming. but slick rick and dana dane both put on mockney accents.

i tell you what is dumb though. deliberately mispelling to seem more street.

[The_Executive]

yea the yankee accents does not do any artists any favours, if they are gonna rep UK, they need to do it properly, and sum artists are bait with the accents as well....

[Nizzle]

Lady Sovereign is one of em.

[maximum]

u also get ppl who are half way between english and american like S.A.S

[PipeItUp]

basically if you put on a fake accent your sh.it , no way around it. if you aint from america and you put on an american assent your dry.

so all you mc's who sound american your sh.it.
i don't even like heads ywho dress american wiv them stupid american flat caps and basketball vests, come on keep it british.

lady sovereign sounds british , not american, i don't rate her , but she definatly sounds british.

[holy_smokes]

u also get ppl who are half way between english and american like S.A.S

S.A.S have been in america a long time now so thats why it might have had an affect on there accents

[HardKnocks]

answer this question what if they were from another country and they just moved to the UK....what will you say then

[HardKnocks]

yeh....thats the reason why hiphop lovers from the uk press S.A.S alot and they like the other rappers from the US i think its all because of what you are sayin bout being fake and changin the accent of the rapper

[holy_smokes]

SAS get better promotion from US record labels and they got a more Americanised style to their raps.

[maximum]

but i swear dizzee's been in america for ages now and he doesnt have a slight american accent. Hav u heard the S.A.S diss to marcus nasty wen hes talkin at the start and he has a normal english acent and then wen he starts rappin he goes into his half english half american. Its not that its changed its just so that he can sell more coz america aint ready for the full on english acent yet

[Exzes]

LOL, Dizzee has been in America for a year max....Mega and May lived on Staten Island for far longer, so it was inevitable that they would pick up bits of the accent.

And if you listen to Streets All Salute, you'll see that they're far from faking the accent.

If anything, the production side of SAS is the Americanised side, whereas the rapping is English. The subject matter is another thing though...

[maximum]

if u read the post properly , i said when he talks he sounds english and wen he raps den he sounds american.

[Exzes]

if u read the post properly , i said when he talks he sounds english and wen he raps den he sounds american.

Yes, and if you read MY post properly, I say they rap ENGLISH, but the PRODUCTION, IE the beats, are AMERICAN.