Geezer
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Tika Toc
Skibadee
You got to love MC lyrics. Check this one; "Enter With da Streetfighter, Ryu, Ken inside da arena, Haruken with the Fire, Hurricane kick you Require, Bison, Honda, Blanka enter Rudeboy Vega,
Supa SNES or SEGA gonna get down with my Selecta".
This one is courtesy of MC legend, Skibadee, a veteran of the hardcore, pirate radio and now drum and bass scenes and clearly a console geek. Like all MCs, Skibadee is a proper geezer from London who lays down incomprehensible and if you can spot them, frankly ridiculous lyrics. His skills are thinking on your feet, speed and balls of steel, rather than vocal genius.
In 2006 he ventured off piste to record a jumping UK hip hop record. For some reason hip hop never sounds right in a UK accent, but Tika Toc nails what a UK hip hop record should be; Street, shouty and drum and bass influenced. Its rudeboy, incomprehensible, heavy on sampling and underground, but most importantly – damn good fun.
Author: Charlie on May 8, 2008
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Author: Graeme
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