So Solid Crew - 21 Seconds | HARLEM NEW YORKER (INTERNATIONAL FERG) REACTION 

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EVERYONE knows 21 seconds here. If you don’t and you’re 17+ your UK passport is revoked

bro this song was number 1 in the uk in 2001 when being at number 1 actually meant something. it was an absolute game changer

Each verse was 21 seconds.

Dude I cannot explain to you how huge this track and crew were! sold out shows until they started getting banned for violence at their concerts. Girl was called Lisa Mafia.This was the age of UK garage which is sort of a blend of house music,hip hop & soul. If u wanna check out some old school classics try. Mc Luck & DJ neat little bit of luck General levy incredible shanks and bigfoot sweet like chocolate

This genre called “Garage” it’s NOT grime or rap. Garage was out way before Grime.

Lets just say, when this came out 19 years ago it was the biggest urban hit the UK ever had, everyone and their grandmother new it. Made So Solid Crew into a house hold name and paved the way for another handful of radio hits just like this but prob not as well known or remembered: So Solid Crew - Broken Silence So Solid Crew - Haters So Solid Crew & Ms Dynamite - Envy So Solid Crew - Ride Wid Us So Solid Crew - Oh No (Sentimental Things) So Solid Crew - They Don't Know

This is the proper UK sound "Garage" where grime took most of it's influence from. You should check out So Solid Crew & Ms Dynamite - Envy

I was 19 when this dropped, it was HUGE 🙂 I used to work with Romeo in The Body Shop back in the day, a really nice guy.

Klashnekoff - its murda is a uk classic hip hop track

Back in the day 21 seconds had every girl from the ends singing lisa maffia's part 🤣😂🎵🔊🎵🔊

SO SOLID CREW WAS OUR WU TANG CLAN

If you haven't noticed they all had 21 seconds each to spit their verse

This is a UK classic 🇬🇧💯😎👌😎😎

I remember being a kid and my grandma genuinely bought my mum this single on CD 🤣🤣 I'm 25 now, never gets old... true classic

Before Wiley and Dizzie came on the scene, garage was the big underground sound in the U.K. dominated by london. It was born out of house hence the name garage. Originally it was mostly instrumental but as time went on more and more people started spitting on it. When garage MC's first started spitting on the beats it was usually about partying, gd vibes, stuff for the ladies. Music to dance to. As the scene grew and boomed obviously it got more mainstream attention. See tracks such as Wookie - Battle, Love Station - Teardrops, Wideboys - Sambuca, Heartless Crew - Heartless Anthem, Masters of the Ceremomy - Do you really like it, Future Underground Nation - It's the way, Somore - I refuse, Roy Davies Jr. - Gabrielle, Artful.Dodger - Thong Song Remix. So solid were one of the first crews spitting more real life, street bars reflecting the life alot of young men in the hood were really living. Obviously the government hated it and tried to silence them. They 100% set the bencmark for grime, bare mcs spitting 8 bar verses on one track. Grime came after, Wiley was spittung with Pay As You Cartel and then went off and started making beats at 140bpm putting the snare on the 3rd beat of each bar mostly, changing the swing and vibe of the beats. Where as garage had a snare/clap on the 2 and 4 with the hi hat and rim shot/ghost snare shuffle. Sadly grime took oved and garage went back underground but it's legacy is still strong. So Solid were the catalyst for it.

So solid crew - 21 seconds one of the biggest tracks ever in the UK

I think you might be the first to go this far back

The song title alludes to the approximate 21 seconds that each of the band members is given to perform their rap. 21 seconds is arrived at as the song's tempo is approximately 140BPM and each of the 11 so solid members rapper has 12 bars of 4 beats (48 beats at 140BPM, when worked out to the nearest integer, rounds to 21 seconds). It's so solid member Lisa Maffia's daughter laughing at the beginning of the track.

This was crazy big this track. Probably the first huge commercial hit in this genre. Opened alot of doors

This was one of the original anthems nice one for doing this another banger they had was envy with ms dynamite who is Akalas older sister

This song was SO huge in the UK 🇬🇧 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 I was at school when it came out & it got massive airplay on the radio - it became an anthem 🤍🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 iconic 😎

Hey first time on ur channel, thanks for covering this. But I don't think u realise how the afro Caribbean has blessed us in the UK. I'm Indian British but been blessed with a mixture of music. Hearing u as reminded me lol. Bless

It was a MASSIVE track in the UK. They all spat their verses in 21 seconds. That birds Lisa mafia. Still a big tune now 🇬🇧

The most important thing about this song is that it was Number One in the charts back when that mattered. That achievement is amazing, when you think back. They didn't have any kind of label hype, they got there off their own backs

This song was number 1 in the uk charts it was a big tune

Swiss wasn’t featured on this track unfortunately.... please listen to so solid - broken silence Swiss goes hard on this one ☝️

OMG, now that we're here you have to react to Oi by More Fire Crew. That song is a banger and is from this era.

They all flowed for 21 seconds

This track might've started it all for a lot of the late 80s babies.

Bullet Boy movie came out a few years after 21 Seconds. But Asher D was definitely an actor first because he was in a TV show as a yute in Grange Hill but his acting career really took off after Bullet Boy because he then ended up being in the movie Get Rich or Die Tryin alongside 50 Cent

The dude who spit first was Megaman. He was the brains behind so solid crew. You must check out heir track Envy ft Miss Dynamite ( Akalas sister) Asher D spits more on that track, but Miss dynamite IMO murders them all on it. Another guy who spit a verse was Harvey he has a RU-vid channel where he does interviews. He interviews Asher D in one of them and he explains where he came from, how his boys would give him grief of going to acting school etc, a decent watch

So solid crew were ahead of their time , tracks that are coming out now even can’t stand up to solids work 😀👍

The reason its called 21 Seconds is because in order for everyone to be able rap, and keep it within the time frame of being able to be played on radio. Each member had 21 seconds to rap

Absolute classic. The clubs used to be buzzing when this was on

I remember this being big when this came out. Although I heard they’re ‘oh no (sentimental things) before this came out. Going off the topic of garage and grime...... the uk had some hip hop groups in the 90’s.... ‘London Posse’ was one... if you ever wanna check out some of their stuff. They were very early 90’s though.... and had been together since the 80’s.

what you say about Wiley bring the new sound is true...but you had Garage and DnB(/Jungle) which was very UK sound, So Solid came out of that but when MC's came into it at that point US had huge influence. but you also at this point had the underground UK hip hop scene that was about to pop, and shortly after Grime with the whole London sound & Dub Step which was a south UK thing (mainly Bristol and London) The underground Hip hop Scene actually started very UK and proud, but the biggest influence on it was Wu tang. as far as MC's go It was really what came from Dancehall, DnB and Garage but with lyricism that was present in the UK underground hip hop scene that blended to make Grime. This was the first mega UK sound that was for UK MC's in such a big way. There was some US influence on that, but far less that the UK hip hop scene (which is also fire btw its not all just Grime, we spit over anything from grime hip hop dub to fucking DnB and Techno)

Yeahhh, you reacted to this. I didn't know if you'd catch up with these requests. Nice one!

Take yourself all the way back to Bristol in 1990. The album blue lines by Massive Attack came out that year. It was laced with chilled out hip hop vibes.

I was in year 6 when this came out. I can remember listening to it on the Pepsi chart website. 😂

OMG this song was so big in my school I was not old enough to rave but my cousins party to it. 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 thanks for listening

I’m watching from Argentina 🇦🇷 South America but I grew up in the UK. DJ luck and MC neat were huge at this time, too! 🤍🤍🤍

Yes, this song was MASSIVE. I remember cars shaking to this still hear it here and there.

Yeah man this was my teen years. This was all over everything at the time bro. Btw you just listened to garage.

Asher D we basically both since way back... his acting and rapping has always been very close. If you remember he actually was in "Get RIch Or Die Tryin" playing 'Antwon' the guy in 50 cent crew who gets put into a wheel chair.

you need to react to roll deep - the avenue. roll deep was wileys crew. that’s old school grime infused with a bit of hip hop

You should do a react video to "Heartless Crew - Heartless theme"

This was hit here in Britain played in every club

who remember what they was doing when this came out?

Memories...I was 21 when this song came out and I'm 44 now. This song still hits....

You missed out Kano in the influences to grime and musicality. He is always passed up, but he was the only one that put hooks, chorus etc in a grime song back then. He made grime viable rather than just MC-ing on a track.

Its very clever. Every Artist sing for 21 seconds .Amazing tune 👌

I was 16 when this dropped was aload of us used to fly around town on our peds remember some guy had speakers on his ped banging this now I'm 35 damm time flies

UK garage is where the UK grime scene came from with other influences thay has made the uk rap! Check out more fire crew oi

I ain't really into rap but everyone was singing this including me at school

This song was huge at the time. So solid crew and garage was what grime wants to be.

Oh damn.. this dropped when I went on my first holiday abroad with the boys and remember seeing them other there in Ibiza.. it was 2001 and I was 17... memories right there 😂😂😂

Swiss was a younger when this came out, his first feature was Broken Silence on their second album.

Man when this dropped in the UK this was number 1 and it was played everywhere man. Couldn't escape it. Fucking loved it. Was about 13 years old when this dropped.

So Solid Crew paved the way for grime acts like Dizzee Rascal, Wylie, Stormzy, Gracious K etc.

Swiss was about 14 at the time. His first track was Broken Silence on the second So Solid album.

The first real uk rappers were groups like London possee, and hijack who was signed by Ice T. These two groups came out in the middle to late 80's and were obviously deeply influenced by New York rappers of that time such as KRS1, and Public Enemy. The London Posse and Hijack paved the way for groups like So Solid Crew. When speaking of UK female rappers you have to talk about the orginators of UK female rap Monie Love and the Cookie crew, both of which were picked up or collaborated with Queen Latifha again, in the middle to late 80's.

And all kids where buying them white contact lenses haha

rah... i was 3 when this came out lol but i’ve remembered it so vividly throughout the past two decades, because it is a BIG tune and forever will be

I know this is an old video, but So Solid was where all them started basically. 21 Seconds really popped off in a popular more mainstream way. It's really a little more of a pop vibe, and it shows in the music video. Their first big single was 'Oh No' and check out Broken Silence by them as well. Asha D went on to an acting career. Romeo had a little solo R&B career. Lisa Mafia, i think she did a few songs at the time i think? Nothing special. Mostly So Solid Crew war part of that first wave of a real UK sound that came out of the Garage music scene and paved the way for UK Grime and then UK Drill. So Solid Crew are from South London developed the genreinto Grime which found it's stride in East London with Wiley, Dizzee Rascal, Roll Deep Crew, etc. Most of them ended up with some criminal charges, weapons offences and stuff, and their shows were banned because of gang clashes. But yeah 21 seconds is a funny song because it doesn't reflect that vibe at all. I was just a school kid just vibing to older sisters cassette tape recordings of radio stations. 😂😂

Garage is yesterday ting but I was there luvin it bruv

Solid was the most commercial/recognisable UK Garage group but between ‘99 to ‘01 UK Garage was at its peak!! I was 18 and used to dance all night to these songs!! You’ve got to look up DJ Luck and MC Neat, DJ Pied Piper and the Masters of the Ceremonies, Shola Ama -Imagine, sweet female attitude. Such good tunes!!!

Almost 20 years ago. I can't believe it was that long ago! This was a huge hit that time. I recall it like it was yesterday. Everyone knows the chorus in Britain.

Unfortunately Swiss weren't really an MC back then he was more of a producer which he produced some tracks for So Solid Crew's debut album They Don't Know but he did feature on Lisa Maffia song All Over. And Lisa Maffia is the woman in this video. The first guy was Megaman who is the founder of So Solid Crew.

This is about 18-20 years old. Saw it live at amadeus in Rochester when it came out 🤣

Shout out to Mega who brought up all of his crew buy showcasing their talent and what inner city kids had to offer. When this song hit the UK had seen nothing like it, this was black people truly getting their own voice and style, without being watered down, doing things our way, the black UK way, they only way we knew how! So solid bust down that door for black UK Music and Wiley gave us our Grime sound.

The first guy, Megaman, is the guy who kidnapped Juelz Santana back in the day over beef with Camron 🤣

So solid crew had a lot of members like alottt

This was played everywhere when i was teen im 34 now and my kids are still listening to it

This song was big, looong time ago but in US not known probably, mad

This song was MASSIVE in the UK MASSIVE BIG LOVED THIS SONG SOOOOO MUCH FIRST OF ITS KIND

Yeah this is the sound back to the origin! New intro is dope. Bit long though, specially for someone like me who watches all your vids. Salute

Most of this genre (Garage) was played in clubs but there were a few that made it commercially in the charts. The Girl is Lisa Mafia. This was a banger in the 00's.

this was/is an absolute classic here in the UK. It's very manfufactured to reflect the UK garage love at the time. It's not my bag but I still know all the lyrics lol.... I'd suggest listening to Wookie. Or searching for Pure Garage CD box sets for a good introduction to the late 90's/early 00's garage scene. volume 3 (the purple one) is what I'd suggest lol

This was a club banger back in day, I’d also say to check out: 57th dynasty / moorish delta 7 / out da ville / roots Manuva / Ty / skinny man / PDC / s.a.s / Rodney p

The singer is Lisa Maffia, her solo album was really good. Oddly, that's not a stage name, her Mum is called Shirley Maffia.

Come on man i just subsribed but ya gotta love 21 seconds love from england

Zulu nation, Whoini , fearless four were all over her in the uk in the early 80s. Our scene stared then, London Posse, Hijack, Son of Noise, Katch 22 all had Albums in the 80s This is way new in comparison and shit for that matter. I mean listen to the lyrics.Check Out London Posse hows life in London from 1993 or Son of Noise Negative forces from 1992 or Hijack the badman is robbing from 1988 signed to ice T' label.

Not just american hip hop but bashment, jamaican dancehall..a lot of jamaicans in London and these guys very likely had jamaican parents/grandparents... influenced garage, ska which in turn influenced british rock...the caribbean influence is often overlooked when it comes to pop(ular) music

This song was pre-grime. Was number one in the country for weeks and weeks. Huge crossover. Foundational British crew. The quick emceeing is from Jamaican roasting and jungle culture, rather than hip hop. All verses 21 seconds. All are from south london. The lady is Lisa mafia. Asher D was an emcee before actor. Was important as it established a UK sound, instead of copying US. Their shows sadly used to get banned due to violence. Thank you for reviewing.

Big song brings back the good old days

Asher D aka Ashley Walters was a child actor in the children's drama show Grange Hill.

one of most memorable tracks from Garage. The only songs I played more at the time was Original Nuttah and Bound 4 Da Reload

The reason the song’s called 21 seconds is that everybody on the track has 21 seconds to spit

So Solid Crew changed the game for the uk. There was 100's of so solid crew members. Some other tracks of theirs to check out: - they don't know - rid wid us - oh no - haters - broken silence

I learnt the words when I was like 6 and realised each verse really is 21 seconds 😂❤banger

This song was HUGE back in the day! This and "Ride Wid Us"!

This was HUGE back in the day. Heartless Crew probably the first UK Garage crew to break mainstream but So Solid really set the bar after them.

At the time they was huge in the game still rated now.

I jamed to this in 2001 wen it was out luv it

The whole club vibe to this word4word

I'm so glad UK garage is making a comeback to knock grime back underground were it fuckin belongs good to see Americans like UKG

Swiss isn't in this song. The reason they sound weird is because they created a scene out of a different one. Before it was house and garage which had mc's which had very basic lycis but just to hype up the crowd and for then to sing along. This was massive in London and the UK. Much of the music was actually produced in the US. Then young people went to these events and wanted to get involved but the older heads who ran the events (djs and mcs) didn't want young guts getting involved and taking over. However they couldn't stop the sound. So solid created their own radio station and laid a blueprint. Wiley was also there around the same time in a crew called Pay as u Go. Then there was Heartless Crew who were the best djs and mcs who were authentic to the original sound but brought singing and Jamaican influence and more. They were so big they began to headline events as the promoters couldn't say no. So solid got really big, got signed and made a lot of money. Later the sound again changed to a darker sound. There was a split of two sounds. One dark and for mcs, one for dancing and vibes. Wiley went with grime and another sound called Dunster formed more or dancing like drum and bass. Then there were street kids who rapped and didn't like grime which was authentic in sound to the UK but they weren't authentic in the sense they were really about the street life. So then comes Mashtown (hackney) who were really talking about what they were doing. They had a real war with North Star who were from Tottenham where lots of people were killed. So now we have some grime but not as much, mostly we have rap in many forms. Real rappers and ones who are just creating an image to make money. Just like the US. That's the basic history. Need any more info I'll be happy to help.

Asher D aka Ashely Walters was a young actor first he was in TV show Young Indiana Jones Chronicals and Grange Hill, then became a rapper then back to acting. A lot of the brit rappers where actors first like Stormzy......

I love this song . We use to listen to this song non stop 💃💃