American Reacts To Dizzee Rascal, BBK, Lethal Bizzle, Tempa T, Fekky, Footsie & General Levy 

The story is Dizzee was driving past and heard this on the radio then gate crashed. One of the best moments in British music

The last tune incredible was such a massive hit in the UK. Still get goosebumps when it comes on 😎

General Levi was doing this stuff before anyone in that room was born... That's why the respect and sing along...

This is GRIME... Hip Hop's cousin. LET ME EXPLAIN: DJ Kool Herc brought that Jamaican soundsystem culture to The Bronx in the 70s, that mixed with American Funk/Disco and gave birth to Hip Hop. That soundsystem culture came to England from Jamaica with the 1940s 'Windrush Generation' and had its own parrallel evolutionary journey, through Jungle/DnB and House & Garage music and mixed with British culture. That's why Grime MCs tend to rhyme in different pockets of the beat than Hip Hop artists, still has some of that Carribean cadence, like Dancehall toasting. GRIME is often hype like Dancehall and Electronic Garage music, as you can hear. A GRIME SET consists of a DJ mixing through all kinds of electronic instrumentals, usually at 140 beats per minute but not exclusively. GRIME MCs take turns spitting their lyrics one after the other. As one MC spits the other listens out for the changing 'riddim' (instrumental) and decides on which one of his tons of lyrics will match. If an MC follows with a perfect lyric, perfect flow and catches the beat as it drops, it's like sticking a perfect landing in gymnastics, the crowd goes wild and that's the ONLY time in GRIME where the music is stopped. The DJ 'wheels' back the vinyl just like in Reggae Dancehall... ...for perfect examples of this 'culture' check out 'Big Narstie & Kano Shutdown the Big Narstie Show...' and 'Ghetts ft Chip - Can't Run Out of Bars...' and 'BehindTheBars 001 - [Ghetts x Rudekid]'

I defy a brother NOT to have a BIG smile during the General Levy set 😂😂😂…..each and EVERYTIME 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

That last one was General Levy "Incredible" - commercialish tune that came out of the underground jungle scene in the mid-90s. Got a bit of mainstream play! I love the buzz they're having - they're having fun. :)

29:04 Is this like a famous tune? Like you would not believe... it pretty much defines the sound of Jungle. Utterly love this track. I've seen him play and watched thousands dancing and singing along... from 7 to 70, black or white, rich and poor... even ended up dancing and shouting 'Booyaka' and 'Lord a/mercy' with a couple of police officers who could help but join in.....

Sweetie, I'm a white, middle class, middle aged primary school teacher from middle England who lives in a god damn cottage with roses round the door and cats and EVEN I know the awesomness that is General Levy. And whilst I can't 'sing a long' exactly, Incredible is one of those songs which lives in a nation's cultural conciousness. I also workout to Rari Workout, doesn't everyone?

Dizzee on that rhythm and gash beat is legendary.

I think you got a good point about everyone backing each other up and the vibe that brings. I love these freestyle mash ups much more than the "rap battles" where everyone is angry and against each other. This is totally about coming together appreciating the music and supporting each other, love it.

The thing y'all just watched is like the Wu-Tang clan of Grime.

General Levy is Legendary in the UK. You Yanks missed the whole of the late 80’s. 90’s and 2000’s!

General levy doing his tune incredible Is like The start of all of these uk rappers Inspiration..to do music

General Levy is legend in his own right. But I feel most Americans would’ve heard the last song ‘Incredible’ which was featured on Ali G movie ‘In Da House’. I think it reached a wider audience when that came out to people who wasn’t into the Jungle, Grime and Drum ‘n’ Bass scene in the 90’s. Or, at theist thousand who hasn’t been born.

'Incredible' was a huge thing over here back in the 90's - I grew up on Jungle/DnB music. Also the short guy in the back Dizzee Rascal is one of the OG's of grime. UK hip-hop/rap came up through reggae>dancehall>dub>jungle>dnb>dubstep>UK garage>grime>drill (way more sub-genres and offshoots than that though). Obviously there is a US influence, but the Jamaican thing has always been far more influential as Jamaica is a former UK colony, when they got independence in the 1940s they got the right to come and live and work here. So a lot of black people in the UK are descendants of Jamaicans and they brought the culture with them.

I love the end......its like "show me your not from uk and not a junglist without showing my your not from the uk and not a junglist". That jungle is massive tune is literally an English institution and a foundation of our rave culture

Always puts a massive grin on my face, I remember when incredible came out, was massive!! But to see the massive recpect they all have for Dizzie when he walks in is great to see, and then to top it off General Levy comes on the mic, and you can tell that they all are just in awe of him…

Does anyone else find it fucking insane that were all talking about levy and not dizzee or skepta😂like he said 1 tune last 20 years and it’s more like 30 years now and everyone still knows this shit. 1 take every time. Even better live. Guys a living legend

Yus, the General is a big time name over here, that last tune was called Incredible by M Beat for which he provided the lyrics to back in 1994. He does a lot, not just with Jungle music, of which that tune is a brilliant example of, but he does Dancehall, Reggae, Grime etc.

Uk legends iconic moment, I used to rave back in the day when General levy first drop this track uk jungle & uk Grime was is an incredible time for British music.❤

General levy is and always will be #1, I'm a pro fighter and still use that track as my walkout, the guys in that room all grew up listening to him I fucking love this session

That last song brings back memories of 15 years ago being about 19 skanking to this, when you could smoke indoors and zoots flying everywhere was HYPE!!

Haha I love your reaction to Jammer (the guy who keeps getting cut off). He is an original grime producer....... its like playing football, except you've got to let the shit guy play because he bought the ball haha

I don’t think he quite appreciates how big all these people are in the Uk really! This was so hype! To have the General, dizzy, skepta, JME & Jamma in the same room!!!! Unreal

big up brother hands down one of the best reactions I've ever seen

When artists respect eachother it sounds better when they are just having fun

This is the first time in about 10 years i've heard the term 'tosspot'.

When this aired in the radio it was going off in the pub

Bro, over here The General is the Godfather if not one of. Grime and Drill would not exist without him. The respect he got in the room says it all, replay watch him react to the youngers backing and knowing he lyrics. @31:30 to 31:35

Who is genral levy? Really bro? Hes a legend in the jungle dnb scene

General Levi incredible big big tune and will always Will be big in the UK 🇬🇧

Bizzle was big in the early 00s grime scene POW!!!! Shame Americans have missed all this from drum n base / jungle /rave and 00s garage/ 2step / grime.

MistaJam is an underrated DJ scratchmaster, one of the few selectors who the BBC have really launched who can mash up the underground.

These are some proper classic grime instrumentals. Sadly, been taken over a lot by drill which just isn't as fun musically

You’re reaction has made my day, you gotta go down that old school Grime road now

This is a heavy tune. Every jungle rave played this tune. I remember seeing General Levy perform Incredible back in 2005. All of them rappers would have been raving to Incredible ❤

Best reaction video, hands down.

Uk Grime has been around for years are you telling me da yanks have just got wind of it now.....

I'm dead!! He knows the word bruv!! Lol big up dizzee!!

good reaction man remember when this came out it went off

You know especially when it’ll be a gooden, when Pulse X or Dilemma Drop. And then there’s the junglists tracks, the soundz of da underground.

Hardcore jungle drum and bass ,at the end. 🤪😝😜

I’ve been listening to Dizzee Rascal and Levy for 18 years I love this. If you’re American look up UK grime and jungle music xx

Great reaction you should definitely check tempa t next hype out!!! Temps goes hard! And is a U.K. classic

If it weren't for Dizzie and BBK, UK Grime wouldn't have took off at all.

LOVE THIS

makes me proud. Big up lads

the buff dude is Tempa T who obviously you've found out in the video as I'm typing this hah. His stuff is really influential for new EDM artists around California. I know a sound producer who makes music on the side and he goes to a lot of EDM connects around Cali and they're always bumping his shit. They can't enough of grime around there apparently

Love to the General

Totally agree with you about that guy killing the energy.

They ain’t saying much but the energy is absolutely incredible. Deliveries are solid.

22:58 the whole paragraph of bars there was unreal!

Great reaction defo need to check dizzee rascal fitb 🔥 dizzee rascal space 🔥 general levy incredible 🔥 dave psycho 🔥

General levy ran so everyone else in that could walk

That beat you said was 🔥🔥 It is called the (i spy) riddim....👍👍🇬🇧 (I spy) skepta....

The last tune was general levy Incredible. Absolute legend of a tune. You should check out the sixty minute takeover with so solid crew, heartless crew, pay as you go cartel, general levy, sweet ire.

General Levi, incredible, is possibly one of the biggest tracks in hothead uk ever 🤙

The way he's making those sound effects that's that definitely the Ragga twins doll of him seeing style of MC

I heard uk apache when i placed the antenna of my radio in the right location of my room to pick up pirate radio. Hold tight the man dem.

funniest reaction video ever, im subscribing right now but need more grime reactions 😎👌

How can you NOT skank out to that last tune. Incredible !

I love living in a country where this kind of stuff is played most nights. lol

WTF, love your reaction and totally understand Americans wouldn’t know majority of the guys. Dizzy rascal,lethal b,skepta where pretty big a few years back. General levy tho at the end, mbeats ft general levy - incredible was a massive tune about 25 years ago and is a absolute classic over here.

True UK legends

We love the way you yanks get bang into the lyrics... we don't look at the words for too long, but you guys proper break it down, which is cool!

I always love seein JME tear up a Mic. big fan from the big southern colony Jungle will always be massive

“JME This nigga is excellent!” I felt that 👊🏾😂

This was live on radio i remember listening hahah

The greatest uk mc was called stevie hyper d, but he passed away in 1998.

Yo I only found this but my god . This is classic

I just seen the part when you said did they switch up the music that's actually old school Raga jungle

I’m American I make beats I’m trying to learn how to make grime beats they go really hard I got mad respect for da uk rappers

Dizzee Rascal - Space

Bro!!! You should react to UK garage... you'd love it im sure. Proper old school. At least listen to a modern version such as: AJ Tracey - Ladbroke Grove or AJ Tracey - Wifey Riddim. You'll get a feel for the type of beats and how they're massive over here at festivals/clubs etc

It might not sound that decent on your computer but back about 10-15 years ago and then I clubs dish it was something else to watch I can't even explain it I've never seen anybody in my life perform like these dudes do they give a better show than most popular rock stars or singers oh shit is name was General yeah he's an old-school OG dude he's like a pioneer of that style of music if you have any questions or want any suggestion for really good videos if you haven't found any let me know like I said I know a lot about these styles of music and these people I have a vinyl collection of over two to three thousand vinyls and I used to go to these clubs every Friday and Saturday night

Shout out to chase and status for the Running track and for bringing grime forward to the mainstream and for bringing back jungle to the world. Still touring, still amazing, still progressive and improvising. London bars tops the best mini-mix since the scene started.

Rhythm and gash is the name of that beat

I forgot the name, but the beat described as CRAZY! Was oldschool for sure definitely the best

@10:58 Skepta comes in and you call him stupid, LOL. That's like calling Biggie stupid. Skepta is JME's older brother.

this is one of the funniest reaction to grime ive ever scene ahhaahah

Incredible was a massive tune in the Uk a d also an awesome scene in the Ali g movie

Hahaaha this beat is hat we used to clash to after school back in the day. Real grime beats

Bro, saying what as this beat. That's grime my guy 😎

Americans should learn from this… great vibe…

Fire.. Simple

What's that outro song? Sounds afx like

They have all grew up listening to general levy he’s the original jungle MC.

I'm 47 my kids are 28,24,23 and they all know the words to original nutter..

Exactly they needed a break! Footsie is a og

Yeah these are grime beats bro. If you want more like this check out P Money Mistajam Freestyle or Ghetts Behind Bars

I miss grime so much that energy shame it's no longer a thing but I guess just like all music everything evolves into the future

The one who u said hyped them up is jme’s bro skepta

The beat was asking about is called spaceship

Incredible is the best tune ever ❤

You just experienced the energy of grime

big up the UK massive !!!

Bro famous tune is not the word haha, even the soccer mums bout this in the U.K

BIG CLASSIC / LEGENDARY GENERAL LEVY / RAGGA HIP HOP DANCEHALL / FAST STYLE / NUMBER ONE / ALL BIG UP MASSIVE / OLD SCHOOL REPRESENT / FUCK NEW SKOOL

People talk shit about the BBC but it does some great stuff when it comes to music.

Lethal Bizzle is the guy in the middle (bars) 😂