Let’s go back to America to find Ohio’s own, Slim Jesus. However, Sleekz and Inch’s witty and gritty verses told you the truth about living in Croydon. Now, two MOBO awards and a change of name later, you cannot forget how the group introduced themselves.īest bit: Some going hard with clever metaphors, you could decide which one is your favourite. Section Boyz, ‘No Rules’ (2014)īefore gaining fame with staple rap tracks such as ‘Lock Arff’ and ‘Trapping Ain’t Dead’, this south London collective started off with a slew of drill tracks. Tracks such as ‘Skengman’ gaining them popularity in the streets, but the addition of a new member, LD, turned out to be their secret ingredient.īest bit: LD was one of the first driller in the UK to express his real hardships, and not just how dangerous he could be: “I don’t rap cause I’m tryna get a deal / I’m still out here tryna eat a meal”. With friends telling the group that they sounded just like Keef and his Glory Boys, 67 tried out their sedated flows.
Now renowned as the UK’s founders of drill, 67 were the faces of the new sound.
67 (LD), ‘Live Corn’ (2014)Įmerging around the same time as 150, there was a small group called 67. ‘Look Like You’ is another one of those pioneering tracks for London’s transition from ‘road rap’ to drill, even if the only version you remember is the afrobeat remix.īest bit: The collective moment you have in a rave when that first line comes on: “Trap, trap in a bando / I don’t wanna look like you”. Grizzy and M Dargg, ‘Look Like You’ (2013)īut Stickz wasn’t the only one of his mates to fall in love with the Chicago sound, as his friends Grizzy and M Dargg picked up a pen to these rapid beats. While peers such as Sneakbo made typical UK rap, he stood out amongst the crowd.īest bit: Nowadays everyone wants to be the King or Queen of whatever, but Stcikz was ahead of his time: “They like the way that I’m sounding / King of Brixton, they want crown it”. Hailing from south London, Stickz offered unapologetically British rhymes, which were unheard of. Stickz, ‘Let’s Get It’ (2013)Īrguably one of the first UK drill songs ever, 150’s Stickz gives you cocky disses over Chicago’s blaring instrumentals. Coincidence?īest bit: The clever metaphors Giggs delivers are mind-bending if you think too hard: “Man’s blessed, I be fucking with saints / Where’s your apostles at?”. This song arrived in a confusing, genreless era of UK rap, but things began to change after this. Many UK rappers were in love with Chief Keef’s minimal style, which Atlanta’s Waka pulled off expertly, and also looked up to London’s Giggs as the godfather of ‘road rap’. Giggs & Waka Flocka, ‘Lemme Get Dat’ (2012)īoth are arguably rap pioneers, and you could speculate that this collaboration was the start of drill’s crossover to the UK. Best bit: This lazy bad-boy track was good for its hook: “What’s up with all these fuck ni****s / They fake as fuck, man, I can’t trust n****s”.
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