Pete & Bas - Sindhu Sesh | Lyricist Reaction 

I'm no expert in this genre of music, but I am a middle-aged Englishman so I thought I would highlight some of the more specific cultural references. (I'll probably miss some.) * "I switch suits like I'm Mr. Benn" - Mr Benn was the name of a popular children's cartoon from 1971-2, where the main character (who always started off wearing a suit and bowler hat) goes to a fancy dress costume shop, tries on something, then has a magical adventure appropriate to that costume. * "Mess with the cake and I'll battenberg him" - Battenberg cakes are a delicious sweet treat, yellow and pink sponge wrapped in marzipan. They are most famously made by a brand called Mr Kipling, hence the next line from Pete. Also, 'Battenberg markings' are a high visibility checkerboard pattern on many emergency services vehicles in the UK, so Bas is basically saying he'll put him in an ambulance. * "Dipped like a rich tea biscuit" - This is a kind of biscuit, or cookie, that is extremely popular in the UK , especially for dipping into a cup of tea. You wait until it gets a bit soggy, then eat that bit. * "Big fat dollop of cash in my hand, chain hang like bollocks" - Big fat dollop is a term usually used for a quantity of a thick liquid like cream, or ice cream. Boilocks are balls. * "Look you pillock, talking trollop" - Pillock means dumbass. Trollop is an unflattering name for a woman of loose virtues. * "I was locked in an HMP" - This stands for Her Majesty's Prison, and means he was serving time. * I'm a diamond geez" - Short for diamond geezer, this means a good solid guy, a top notch dude. Connects with the implied 'diamond in the rough'. * "Del Boy, Peckham, they recognise me" - Del Boy is the main character of a huge sitcom in the UK called Only Fools and Horses, about a family of grifters based in Peckham in London. * "If he wanna get loud and he wanna get lairy" - Lairy is just a slang term for being loud and obnoxious.

When he was stuck on the first two verses, I knew he'd lose his mind with the rest of it. Great reaction

I'm so glad people are waking up to the fact that Pete and Bas aren't a novelty act. They're straight savages. How many of you out there think you're gonna be able to deliver bars as smooth and as hard as this when (and if) you reach their age? Most of us couldn't do this in our prime, no cap. Great reaction, thanks.

One thing that I love that P&B do is their songs BUILD. Like the first two verses are just solo. Then they do a few switch ups. By the end they're just trading bar for bar at top speed. It's fucking mental.

"I'll hurt them. 1 thing for sure and 2 things for certain" - is the most eloquent threat of kick in the nuts I've ever heard of.

Martin Luther King falls asleep to the sound of J Edgar Hoover. What a fucking bar that is.

My man almost started crying and quit. They K.O.'d the reviewer!

Bro.... the way you get our music is different.. mad respect

I've no idea who 91 shots is, only ever heard them make beats for Pete and Bas but their production is just constantly reaching new levels. Every beat i hear is madder and madder.

I swear this track gets better every time I listen to it. Bas with a Betty Crocker reference was dumb: "Breaking him down like steps on the back of the box of the Crocker, bet he (Betty) take that". And Pete was just next level.

Outstanding reaction as usual. I'm glad you mentioned 91 Shots. He doesn't get the credit he deserves. Pete and Bas are fire of course.

I lost it laughing when you mentioned how really all 3 of them are losing their minds. Every beat switchup seemed to also accelerate their flows and I was just floored every time lmao

Great reaction. I think Pete is making a reference to the idea that J. Edgar Hoover had Martin Luther King Jr killed.

I’m totally into Metal, but I am super addicted to Pete and Bas and I will always be fans of these guys. It’s just amazing and they truly are the best.

Dense. Efficient. You couldn't even get past the first two verses without noticing every layer of this cake. When you study masters at a craft it's mind blowing how much meaning and information they can pack into a space. Great analysis.

Bro, this is why I rushed to inform you about this. I knew your reaction was gonna be fire! Pete and Bas are running the whole damn show! Masters! 🐐🐐

yo Skoot can I share my thoughts here? I love your reactions; since you're a musician yourself you've got a lot of credibility here and you catch things that 90% reactors don't. So if you need 3 hours to dissect this type of masterpieces, then go for it - I'm definitely here with you on a ride and perhaps many others who appreciate these artists. I'd rather spend 3 hrs with you then 3 hrs with 30 reactors with shallow reactions and analysis. I just felt that this one you started rushing mid way fearing the video is getting too long, but naaah man you were going really deep at first. I understand maybe Mr. Worlwide type of song reactions can be shorter, but like Sindhu Sesh, Plugged In type of freestyles should be top quality all the way to the end - I think they deserve it and you do too. Anyways, hope this message helps and look forward to new ones with Pete & Bas alas this one was just Season One eh? :D let's goooo!

The ultimate non uk reactor for the UK scene. I'm a middle aged male from the UK. My love of rap started with grand master Mel and the sugar Hill gang back around 79/80. you have got me back into rap via the drill grime scene. Fumez daily duppy fitb, my private pleasure. None of my friends would understand!!! Keep it up dude, big fan, much respect.

One of the few people where I’m excited to see a 26 min reaction fr

These guys bars and rhythm schemes are better than any artist in the game right now. Class is in session, they definitely putting these youngsters on game.

“I don’t know, I don’t know, I quit”🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 This has to be the best reaction I’ve seen to this song. Great video!!

Man you killed me when you said ‘every word come with a plus 1’ LOOOL

“Ding a ling ding on a fruit machine spending the winnings on Gucci jeans” he’s talking about a slot machine, took me like 10 listens to realize that 😂

Im from the uk but when I watch you do these reactions you teach me about some of the lyrics. Respect to you bruva the best American reactor in the game in my eyes mate. You study it like a bible.

"Mess with the cake and I'll Battenburg him" Battenburg cake has a checkerboard pattern like the UK ambulances.

Exactly the reaction we needed. Thanks for the extensive breakdown

everyone misses that betty crocker bar from bas but it's sick

That Dinga Ling Ding Ding in a fruit machine line he's talking about playing slots

"Breakin em down like the steps on the back of a Crocker, Bet He (Betty) take that bait". He's methodically beating up a guy like how you read instructions on the back of a Betty Crocker box. "Various angles. Box. Rectangle, dashed in the ground all bruised and mangled" - He beat up a guy then threw him into a rectangular coffin/shallow grave "An another one of them gets dipped like a Rich Tea biscuit" - These are English biscuits (cookies) that are very thin so when you dip them in tea they melt away... "Mr Kipling" is a UK cake company, they make Battenburg cakes. "Knock down Ginger" relates to an 100+ year old name for knock and run - "knock knock Ginger." "but the mash bang's quicker" is a fun play on words with "bangers and mash" sausages and mashed potato which is quite a fast meal to make. Mash bang meaning a gun obviously. "Superkings and a bottle of bourbon" - Superkings are extra long cigarettes that used to be popular in the UK in the 70s/80s. "Let that rip when I'm whippin that German" - German car, Merc, possibly a reference to the Royal Family being German as he already used the word Battenburg which is a cake, but also the old german name for the British Royal Family. "Delboy, Peckham they recognise me" - Reference to the British TV show "Only Fools and Horses", main character is called Del Boy and concocts dodgy dealings in Peckham, London.

I just put together a playlist for reactions just for this vid! And I've been through about 20 reactions or so - yours takes the cake man. Finally someone who can see the technical skill in both the lines and the music and see the deeper meanings - of which I've read thousands about every word in the comments of each reaction vid. But seriously I echo what a few people have said here, you've got great music knowledge and it would be immense to see you breakdown this song in a bit more detail or if not, another one of theirs, seriously, it's really dope to see someone dissect the layers with such knowledge. Great vid man!

They getting drilly like the old days doing numerous bootings across Europe in the 40s 😂

Respect for the reaction, i just realised the complex Pete's opening was until now, the start from i Dream like Martin Luther, to Sleep with the fishes now he's tuna, i just realised now, and the, Bas, omg Bas, i just can't.

I already loved them, like many, rate them lyrically higher than so much talent out there and yet when they spat this out, so much tekkaz, so many switch ups BUT to top it all off they reference gundam. wow. They are hitting new heights.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="930">15:30</a> - You've got both hype and insight, fire reaction as always.

I saw some guy call them out for having “egg white” rhyme schemes. What an absolute joker 🃏

Watched so many reactions to this but can’t find a better reaction than this guy ! Fire 🔥

BRUH!!! I'm proud of you picking up all the Bas' bars! I thought you were going to catch the "Betty Crocker" line: "Box of the Crocker (BET HE) take that... WEIGHT..." So far, only ONE has caught it, but YOU have caught the MOST. Glad I subbed! I was hoping you would get to this one.

As soon as I saw 26 minute run length I knew this was gonna be great. When I heard the wordplay and the flow switches on this one I was waiting for your reaction.

Great reaction, man. Noticed so much including all those sick beat changes. Props!

These guys are insane and smashing it, they don't get respect because they're old white boys( I'm guilty of that , when I first saw them) I thought they were dubbed and a kind a joke, turns out they write there own lyrics and insane at how good they are, one of thems a retired taxi driver , only been doing this 4 years, respect. They are so clever with lyrics and tunes. They re emerging artists who should be banging over the world, insane talent. I love em man ! They are boss level

Bas is so technically advanced, I realized that it goes over most peoples heads. And cause Pete is crazy nice, has stories, and super dynamic, they don’t even process what Bas just did. His metaphors, doubles/triples, rides the beat hard, layered bars. Bas is crazy nice.

Perfect! Mate your set to blow.. no request no nuttin.. keep going champ

The Betty Crocker reference in the first Bas bar, man I wish you grabbed it but I can forgive since the shit is so LAYERED (like cake ahhhh). It's such a visual, you take your opponent and just simplify defeating him down to "pour mix" "add butter" "stir" "bake at 400" and he's done. Or you're just breaking the opponent down literally the way the steps are broken down on the box. Either way it works. And that sets up the "bet he take that... bait" like he's just layin out the clues but you can't trace him, pins in a haystack. Then we have Weight, or wait? On the beat pause. He tells the listener to wait but actually he was setting up for the moving weight bar. And we're moving weight in and outside the gym to get ripped. But we're moving weight inside the gym to get ripped muscular, and outside the gym we're moving fuckin drugs and the customers are getting ripped. I don't think I'm reading too much in any of it. Like you say Bas leaves no stone unturned.

Man I agree with you saying this is a 3 man show. 91 shots deserves the spotlight too

"This may be the most disgusting thing I've heard all year" Smoke detector with low/no battery: "Am I a joke to you?" Seriously tho, epic breakdown of an epic banger. Good shit brother! Subbed for sure.

I might be reaching here but when Pete says “Connected back home like a Wi-Fi router. Cats jump in like Puma.” Is he referring to a Cat6 cable? It’s essentially an Ethernet cord which of course is connected to a router. If so that’s insane 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Possibly the best one yet from the old Dons, great reaction I was waiting for you to pick this one up! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I knew you'd appreciate this on the right levels. masterful reaction mate.

I literally waited for your reaction to this.. i am NOT disappointed.. best reaction to this EVER! I'm so glad you ended up doing this... just simply amazing work on your behalf.

Man YT should have you guys get multiple likes from multiple watches man, it's so much fun I want to hit the like every time I watch this man, and 7 days straight I watch this reaction at least 2 times a day.

Respect for diving into the bars, I've seen a LOT of reactors not pick up on the fact that every thing they say is doubles

Weight - (barbells, Drugs) Angles - Rectangles (Coffin)

This session is 💯🔥👏❤️🙌☝️, Pete and Bas is killing this crazy beat. 😎💪💯🔥

Best reaction and breakdown I've seen yet

aye yoooo they went MAD FUCKIN CRAZY i cant bro i was owkey really dying inside bro it was like a bomb building up inside me lmaoo great reaction bro i love how you break down each bar fr you catch what other people just skoot by

Never underestimate cockney rhyming slang.

Notification gang! I've been looking forward to this bro!

I swear this the most underrated channel on RU-vid, bizarro Iman shumpert high af hits some plane of breakdown no one else getting to…

The only thing i like watching more than Pete and Bas is you reacting to em!

Bruh sipping a Guinness n blazing a spliff with the ugly face... 🔥 reaction as always🤘🏾

Another great reaction. Youre quickly becoming one of my favorite reaction channels. Keep it up, love the vibe.

Quality break down, picked up so much that others had missed

Amazing reaction! Love your enthusiasm for them!

The depth of the layers of the bars in this song is insane. Just within the first four bars....."mashed off the so it's Uber, connected back home like a Wi-Fi router, cats jumping like a puma" He's drunk, so he calls an Uber, it brings (connects) him back home, and his mates (cats) jump in with him. Layers of double entedres!!!

"He mess with the cake and I'll Battenberg (a type of cake, so he's saying "bake") him". Most would have just gone with "mess with the cake and I'll bake him" but Bas had to take it a new level. More I hear these guys the more I love them. Your reactions are the best I've found so far, thanks for the vid - made me smile.

Love the breakdown by you. Also great energy! And this track is just immense...my jaw was basically on the floor the first time I heard it.

Pete's bars about sleepin start with him saying he's dreamin like Martin Luther, links up with it at the end saying "black or white we can be brothers"

Battenberg is a type of cake that is checkerboard pattern on the inside cause you put up different flavored cakes and pieces them together. Also that's the slang for Ambulances in the UK, cause they have a checkboard pattern on them. So that one lines is a double in that he will cut a man up and send him off in an ambulance

I been dying trying to find your channel! And was trying to see more Pete and bas reactions. Man never stop keep going glad to have found your page again! Subscribed

Love your break downs and reactions man. Keep it up brother!

Much love and blessings to Pete and Bas.❤

Only just jumped on to your reactions, for me, the best Pete and bas response. I’m late to the Pete and bas party, they are amazing, Big respect

I’ve watched a lot of reactions tot his..bro this one my favorite…subbed

"That might have been the most disgusting thing i've heard this year" 😂🤣😂

The funnest reaction so far ! I watched this about five times already !

I appreciate you in this review. I felt you were amazingly genuine and i felt i could easily drink a beer with you. Keep up the good work.

Looked up the Battenburg reference…it’s a cake and a pattern on ambulances in the UK 😮

Not just dream like martin luther, nightmare like frederick kruger, SLEEP with the fishes like tuna. Dream, Nightmare, Sleep. You got triple layers with polar opposites and a commonality to end the scheme on. These two old guys are writing lyrics at a higher level than the majority of mainstream rappers.

Old video bro, but you're the best in the game for in-depth bar reviews man. Love from the UK 👍

that was a great breakdown. Liked and subscribed

One of the best reactions! Nice break down of the bars.

The "ding-a-ling-ding" line is referring to a slots machine. "ding-a-ling-ding on the fruit machine, spend those winnings on gucci jeans"

Breaking it down with you was fun, love the passion. You've earned a new sub. Appreciate the content, brother.

You ain’t like most reaction channels my boy. I’m lovin your style. Definitely coming back

This is why I love watching reaction videos, couple minutes in and I already learned some shit

how this dude only 15k…fr only found this channel today cuz i found about pete bas today too… but why yt wasn’t showing me THIS man’s videos shit fye

"on the back of the box of the crock-er, bet he take that, bait" .. crocker bet he .. crocker betty ... betty crocker....I'm can't handle it man they're too good

This is my favorite reaction to this because it was just about one-for-one my exact reaction to hearing this for the first time

Best review on this bro. Enjoyed this and you appreciating the lyrics and acknowledging them. Yes maybe they have clear help with the lyrics and the scenes likely take longer to record considering there age. But full props to pete ane bas can't take nothing from them.

Your reaction was mine. I never heard of them but I am a super fan now! Shouts to all reaction hosts!

The double meaning of ripped and R.I.P.D got me 😳

I caught this late but it's my favorite reaction I've ever seen to this song. You broke everything down, sure it's long but you broke down so much stuff I didn't catch myself

Been subbed, glad you're growing

I have come back to this reaction almost as much as the song itself. You are definitely the best out there when it comes to actually appreciating what you listen to, break down the best and keep us engaged. Simply class all over this vid. I appreciate everything you do man! :) For the future i'd love to see you react to PureoJuice. He has a 100% original take on a sub genre of hiphop and it is as mindblowing as pete & bas, just so different

I never comment but I love how you break it down. Stay blessed it looks great on you.

This reaction needs to be stickied on the front page of RU-vid.

You're the only reactor I've seen that has actually caught all the schemes. Most people just see two old lads rapping and just bop to the beat. Respect to you for that. An intellectual breakdown.

Best reactor on RU-vid...I keep coming back to your videos man!

The amount of times the beat completely changes up on this track would absolutely embarass most people trying to rap over it but Pete and Bas fucking glide AND they make it seem effortless.

“Old school but I still bust shots - I’m a Luger.” 😧 the Luger, a classic world war II German pistol that’s antique but will still fuck up as much as any modern weapon only slightly slower. Like not Mach 5, but definitely supersonic 🤣