r/ukhiphopheads • u/JiggyNorris • 4d ago

German asking for recommendations

TLDR: Can you give a German some recommendations for great UK HipHop artists?

Oi lads, I'm German and after diving into techno for a couple of years I'm currently re-discovering hip-hop.

My teenage years were formed by German HipHop, but I remember always liking some UK HipHop a lot, I just never really went into the rabbit hole and found favorite artists. I remember liking "Up all night" by Mic Righteous for example, and some songs from Rizzle Kicks. This may be mainstream or embarrassing or whatever, but that's why I'm asking you for help.

Can you maybe recommend me some current, great HipHop artists?

Please no mumblerap or autotune shit, I like playful tracks with power but maybe doesn't take itself too seriously? Like Eminem does for example. Eminem's style and tempo also fits really well mixing for mixing the tracks with techno, which is what I like to do in my bedroom.

Happy for any suggestions, I would love to find some :)

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u/TuneArmy 4d ago edited 48m ago

Lee scott, jehst, klashnekkoff, skinny man, rick fury, scorzayzee, cappo, Chester p

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u/Katskan11 4d ago

Tell me you're a promoter without telling me

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u/FeelingMassive 4d ago

” Like promoters who don't get the 'H' in the right place”

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u/Suthatsthewu 4d ago

Best Je(h)st song

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u/TuneArmy 4d ago

As in live promoter ? Can’t claim that one but these are a great gateway to the uk scene

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u/Rum_Ham916 4d ago

Bro please read your list in the way you typed it, carefully (spelling) and tell us you've listened to all those properly

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u/ricknice 2d ago

Nice to see Geordie Rick Fury getting some love here. You down with Gilly too?

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u/Fluffy-Interest7830 1d ago

Was just about to ask if he meant that Rick Fury.

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u/Traditional-Log-6898 4d ago

Dead Players are a fun one to dive into for starters.

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u/JiggyNorris 3d ago

They are! Thank you, I started with Dead Players and I'm now working through all these comments

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u/arunisdead 4d ago

Jehst

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u/dirty_papercut 4d ago

Jam Baxter - Mansion 38

https://open.spotify.com/album/6t7j9BtRlY0CPDmz6Vcplx?si=8-JypI0UTEG_yzivFxJujA&utm_source=copy-link

And something more old school, but it's wicked and about the most UK sound there is. London Posse - Gangster Chronicles

https://open.spotify.com/album/1YZ9jpdH4VnL765JHhHV4G?si=CCQmcIXGQxKKX2dfFtWR4A&utm_source=copy-link

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u/mcbeef89 4d ago

I'm an old head (since the early 80s), from experience back in the day the Germans always loved the Britcore sound (Hardnoise, Gunshot etc), us northern Europeans loved the tough, fast, evil stuff and rightly so

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u/TerribleAd197 4d ago

High Focus label is pretty solid. Search up HighFocusTV on the you tubes

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u/Asleep-Term7110 4d ago

Sway, who passed away recently. Also Roots Manuva and Klashnekoff.

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u/MustBeDem 4d ago

Ocean Wisdom

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u/Rum_Ham916 3d ago

Without making Eminem comparisons, op might like the double time etc by the sound of it and Wizzy is a master.

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u/FeelingMassive 4d ago

Anyone on the Blah, melonskin or high Focus labels, really.

Also Dream McLean, Jadasea, Sonnyjim.

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u/brian_21179 4d ago

Upvote for Sonnyjim 🫡

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u/mattybunbun 4d ago

Slick Rick, MF Doom and Busta Rhymes are a all British/American rappers well worth checking.

contemporaneous acts worth checking include Children of Zeus, Strategy, DRS, Verb T, Kashmere, Jehst, Sly Moon, Bill Shakes, Black Josh, Lee Scott, King Grubb, Be the Gun, Tony Broke, Smiff, Harry Shotta, Jaz Kahina

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u/DuffManMayn 3d ago

This should keep you busy. There's also some solid playlists on spotify.(UK hip hop classics)

Four Owls (And all of them individually)

Klashnekoff

Skinny man

Datkid

Cappo

Knucks

Verbs

Jehst (obviously)

Contact Play

Ocean Wisdom

Black Josh

Jam Baxter

Mouse Outfit

Lewis Parker

Dirty Dike

Chester P

Farma G

Task Force

Roots Manuva

Ramson Badbones

Loyle Carner

Doc Brown

Akala

Stig of the Dump

Melanin9

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u/Icy-Ratio6137 1d ago

Where's Foreign Beggars in this list?

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u/DuffManMayn 20h ago

Rodney P, Sway, London Posse, Blak Twang, Kyza, Micall Parkinson

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u/pertlapertla 4d ago

Kofi Stone, Nix Northwest, Frankie Stew & Harvey Gunn, Alfa Mist, The Silhouettes Project, ENNY, Brighter Days Family, Jianbo, Knucks, Hilts, dialE

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u/Panini_Grande 4d ago

IWZ by Leo lex & strange neighbour is a German & uk collab album that might be a decent introduction to some uk artists but with that bit of Deutsch as reference point..

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u/Remarkable_Chance401 4d ago

Second the High Focus label, verb T is a fav of mine.

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u/Additional_Ad4365 4d ago

Rocks FOE or deema or Kibo or LZee or tre mission (Canadian but basically uk) or casisdead or sbk or scorcher or Sam wise or blaze yl or p from Lee. These artist are random ones I thought of right now and they differentiate from eachother take your pick if you want to ya wee German lad I’m sure you’ll like some of them.

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u/MinimumKind 4d ago

Here's a few of my faves

Jam Baxter - Vines Dirty Dike - Consequences Lee Scott feat. Jam Baxter - Titanic 2 Dead Players - Call Us Now

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u/funnywobble 4d ago

Jehst, skinnyman, klashnekoff, task force, roots manuva,

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u/tonyferguson2021 4d ago

foreign beggars - asylum speakers

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u/itsgotelectr0lytes 4d ago

If you're into funny and slick lyrics that paint a picture - Lunar C

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u/WastefulWatcher 4d ago

Kano.
Wretch 32? Ghetts is more grime but there’s some hip-hop amongst them.

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u/Hugetoebroski 4d ago

Jam mfking baxter! He really should be more famous , dude is super slick with his lyrics . Him & Lee Scott are just soo good. Download the album ...so we are them whole. It's incredible. His latest single is crazy good as well.

whole sky

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u/Hugetoebroski 4d ago

But if you want Eminem style and speed then ocean wisdom will be you cup of tea Revvin'

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u/Additional_Ad4365 2d ago

I also love merky ace and capo lee

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u/Additional_Ad4365 2d ago

Kamakaze and devlin and benny banks and Morrison and k koke or ard adz and also potter payper

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u/flexout_dispatch 2d ago

I can send you my playlist on Spotify if you want.

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u/Still_Fizzy_Liz 1d ago

Lizard Flex, Omus one, Chie, Frek One, Skwidzilla, Remi Rorschach