American Rapper First Time Hearing Smiley Culture Cockney Translation (Reaction)

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@Mark-cv9cd Жыл бұрын

Smiley Culture (RIP) was first generation born in the UK to Caribbean/West Indian parents who were invited to live and work in the UK like many others from the West Indies in 50s & 60s (UK needed workers after the WW2). He used to "toast" (rhyming over reggae dub plates) on various reggae sound system in early 80s. I remember feeling so proud when this record came out and he appeared on tv... at a time when there was so much negative stereotyping of black people on tv and in the papers. As a teenager I remember school friends (of all races) loving this. Cockney wasn't taught in schools but living as a minority in the UK you naturally pick up the culture around you.... and this was almost like a translation for speakers of Jamaican patois. But what I saw seem to happen was that white British kids (or at least ones in London) started using Jamaican slang more. The fact that the record charted seemed to spread both Jamaican patois and cockney😂. We had fun with that in tge 80s at school and college... and still do in my working life😂 Smiley was also a south Londoner..... but east London is just a few miles away. He used the names 'Terry' and 'Arthur' as they were cockney characters from a British tv show in the 70s/80s called 'Minder'. And he used 'Del boy' who was a character who used a lot of Lobdon slang from another popular tv show called 'Only Fools and Horses' .

@funkr77 2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff. I was born in East London from a Carribbean descent and this was played everywhere. To be classed as a real Cockney you have to be born in the sound of Bow Bells what is a ancient London church. East London has always been classed as the poor area of London going back to the 16th century but somehow we always overcome. What I also realised time ago was East London has a massive slang culture known as Cockney rhyming slang that was used to talk about Crime and no one knew what you was on about. Grime took that too a whole new level taking both traditional cockney slang that we grew up with with modern drug slang and our own cultural references from back home. Loving your journey Bro. Peace

@richardmaguire9536 Жыл бұрын

Smiley was a good man, taken too early by who I call the"old Bill" and he called Babylon. RIP Smiley. London is proud to remember you bruv.

@mananzi9907 2 жыл бұрын

Killed in a police raid smh smiley culture was cool asf

@YB-zp6tm 2 жыл бұрын

Police done him dirty and then try say he stabbed and killed himself.. fuckery man RIP Smiley

@Jurnalist_ 2 жыл бұрын

Right what man stabs him self in the chest 🤬

@karmannghiaman1041 2 жыл бұрын

Saxon Sound System is like a mini Motown of UK music, Smiley Culture, Tippa Irie and the original speed rapper, Papa Levi, add to that list, Maxi Priest and that's some array of talent.

@TheGuangoJohn Жыл бұрын

Papa Levi - Mi God Mi King

@creativequeen8371 Жыл бұрын

@TheGuangoJohn Yes!

@chipsthedog1 2 жыл бұрын

Never clicked so fast, hope you do police officer too

@Jurnalist_ 2 жыл бұрын

No problem. Gotta hold the og down innit

@buddabing07 Жыл бұрын

iron is cockney slang iron hoof = poof

@octaviussludberry9016 2 жыл бұрын

I'm white, 54 years old, from near Liverpool, UK. I first heard this on The Tube, a UK musc show broadcast on Friday evenings in the 80s. I was already a fan of Reggae, heard this. Blew my piss.

@spruce381 Жыл бұрын

Love your reaction -

@JoeBeard-th4wi 9 ай бұрын

It’s informer man not old farmer man😂

@spruce381 Жыл бұрын

Cockney is white London working class. Totally not posh. Smiley was 2nd generation Jamaican, who kept their accent. Most working class, black and white folk in London nor will have a mixed accent, highly Jamaican influenced. Not south Asians,

@ecotts 9 ай бұрын

The Police killed him in his yard.

@alanvizor 5 ай бұрын

Check out all dem UK bubbers more smile hole heap of culture for you and me and I bin listening from the beginning

@saffronhunter1783 2 жыл бұрын

Try devlin Community outcast from his ep tales from the krypt

@oom133 2 жыл бұрын

This was definatley one of starters

@sinsmiley796 2 жыл бұрын

Love smiley

@stevecalvert5212 8 ай бұрын

Check out General Saint and Clint Eastwood. Shame And Scandal etc

@buddabing07 Жыл бұрын

if u want to hear another OG check out Tippa Irie song called All time

@McBesty-wb8cm 8 ай бұрын

If you were young enough when this came out you would've heard a mixture of the 2, so most, the reference of Auther & Del boy were popular series at that time they are wheeler dealers, basically ppl trying to sell over priced c**p, which half the time don't work properly. 1 of smiley cultures best tune was Police officer x

@DjRickeyRicardo 9 ай бұрын

American ppl don’t even no these mcs they have to be educated lol these are one of the Orginal rapper rip smiley culture killed by drity Babylon/police

@Jurnalist_ 9 ай бұрын

Crazy this American not only knows about him but I’m doing the work to showcase and educate. 😎

@DjRickeyRicardo 9 ай бұрын

@@Jurnalist_ bless up you should do work a another influencial rapper named General echo he was Jamaica number 1 DJ in thee 70s and early 80s he was mysterious killed by police his death is unexplained bless up 🙏

@Jurnalist_ 9 ай бұрын

@@DjRickeyRicardo coming up