The Death Of UK Drill…

[@winnersneverqult]

You know it’s real drill when you hear “SRB separation confirmed” “the amount of money I’m gonna be making will hurt your parents feelings.”

[@RM-ky9yx]

He does RNB beats aswell

[@winnersneverqult]

@ who, Carns Hill?

[@rismaya2310]

Don’t forget “Ay Ay Ay all of dat all of dat”

[@santossantos3964]

REAL SHT

[@paullawson8610]

Grime is on the comeback people want to hear proper bars

[@jacktaylor7690]

I'm actually gased af for grime to come back, been working with a few up n coming artists atm that are moving from drill to grime

[@dw9524]

Yh I wanna see UK Garage, 90s boom bap and jazz rap come back.

[@whysohandsome3376]

2016-2017 drill was untouchable!! It was like watching messi vs ronaldo el clasico days but now i hate drill music with rubbish Commercial beats and drill rappers

[@jordanlane6531]

Damn u commenting about drill 2016-17 and el clasico messi vs ronaldo brings back so many memories. Life was so simple back then😢

[@Do27gg]

For me it peaks from 2017-2021

[@Do27gg]

It’s not dead, just evolved into the mainstream which always kills it for the people who originally liked it. Grimes slowly coming back and so will drill, it’s just on its decline but music always comes and goes in a cycle

[@NrdStreetSaint]

UK music is literally coming full circle and it's acrually funny yo watch. 2016 may have been the begging of Drill - but real mandem remember that Afroswing Afrobeats was the main ticket seller. Now we're going BACK to Afroswing slowly. Amazing

[@Do27gg]

Yeah and drill will come back, people are just bored of the sound so stop listening and artists also stop making actual drill. Then when people miss drill artists will start making it again

[@V_besch14]

I live in New York, and even our "drill" artists are moving towards a more poppy, commercial sound that appeals to a larger audience.

[@Evemeister12]

I think this is the time for classical music to make its comeback. Nobody feels threatened by cellos and flutes.

[@juhadexcelsior]

Actual music coming back

[@LThaPunisha]

Let's get Strauss popping!

[@ForDaCulture679]

Tankz is on a run icl

[@sup3rcharge]

a generational run 💯💯

[@jackygreenhow9889]

Luffy

[@Menace2SocietyNDO]

Lol no he's not, this typa hating gimmick is only gonna last for a bit

[@seep-uq7hx]

@@Menace2SocietyNDO not hating analysing

[@Snowforest60]

Who?

[@omoco7437]

Afrobeat is overstepping drill, drill is boring and harmful for the youth

[@MrKingkz]

It was always gonna happen like it did to grime when its all about violence you can't have it at clubs and the girls don't wanna here it and most man don't wanna be where there is no girls hence the death of drill just like grime before it

[@tonyhenryvii9202]

afrobeats will peak,waiting the new thing,like all music over the years.

[@deception180]

No it's not

[@levig3576]

@@tonyhenryvii9202Afro beats is already in its peak from last last world wide😂, if your talking in the uk tho i dont see it happening at all

[@NizzyLD]

nah less known drill songs still go hard but mainstream uk music is so dead

[@Itzy_bigwan]

frr

[@jussjugg]

This guy is very interesting proper enjoy this consistent content

[@pakz_z]

Bro doesnt know who tankz really is

[@jussjugg]

@@pakz_zare you slow

[@JackCooper243]

I’ve been thinking about this for years now but I’ve narrowed it down to a few things some that I haven’t seen people mention before UK rap in general has become secularised for lack of a better word. Years ago UK rap was London Rap. Everybody in the country looked to London for music but now there’s scenes all over the country. People in Liverpool are choosing to look for and listen to Scouse artists instead of London artists. Same thing is happening in Manny and to a lesser extent Brum. The viewership is split. We’re seeing cases now where London artists who have been seen as ‘mainstream’ are getting less views than local rappers in other cities. The music also hasn’t evolved. Easiest way to compare is looking at UK Drill vs NY Drill. NY drill starting using UK beats then incorporated Jersey beats later down the line which helped modernise its sound and put NY rappers on. The production in UK tracks really hasn’t evolved much in the past few years and people are getting bored of the sound. What makes it worse is these rappers tryna tell us that we have to support them. Why should we support artists that make music we don’t wanna listen too? Another thing whether people wanna admit it or not the fact is that UK rap’s popularity is largely based on the White British population’s interest. Every mainstream UK rap song apart from maybe Body blew up because White British people embraced it. Now for some reason they are choosing not to consume new music. Maybe because of the secularisation of UK music that I just mentioned. One more thing. Rappers need to be cool. That’s part of the whole image and I don’t think people see the roadman image as cool anymore. UK rap doesn’t just need new rappers. It needs an entirely new face and sound.

[@POOMPLEX2]

somewhat true but you're also forgetting people are getting older too, people will change the type of the music they listen to as they age, the young kids that could watch and listen to a drill song over and over again cant really do that now , now the new young kids are listening to something else

[@offtheradar8922]

the “trapper/gang member” persona is rinsed to death and has been for ~5 years. Once theres a new persona as kanye was in the 2000s then listeners will start tapping in hence one of the reasons the underground is performing well

[@AceTheDestroyer]

the uk doesnt have enough talent to produce a kanye west lmfao lay off the gas

[@offtheradar8922]

@@AceTheDestroyer Nobody said that lil bro read again

[@Adam-g-uk]

​@@POOMPLEX2 yep, drum and bass...

[@Davidtwizz]

Uk akademiks strikes again

[@loveyourscartel]

😂

[@OraEtBlavora]

why is he wearing a muzzle in his room?

[@Davidtwizz]

@ maybe just not comfortable with his face on the internet he has vids without it tho

[@OraEtBlavora]

@@Davidtwizz he's probably thinks he's looking like a tough roadman with that thing on his face

[@Davidtwizz]

@ ohh youre some white racist mb for replying

[@dadreamz]

Bro can't miss - loving the content bro

[@BGSG-dr2yo]

also the main music scene(linkup, GRM, mixtape madness) solely focusing on london until like last year was a recipe for disaster in the first place but thank god for JDZ and P110

[@kwazz_1208]

drill was way dead before that tion song dropped

[@MoneyMorgsFitness]

I f with you icl this consistency is serious 🔥

[@NAH48I]

Splash & Cash was the peak of drill. Harlem and 67 linking was like the avengers

[@taaltheeruptor526]

I think something needs to definitely be said about how drill music has a lack of playability because of the violent lyricism when it comes to radioplay. For those that don't know, radio stations don't allow explicit lyrics. Most UK genres that have come up in the past, specifically, jungle, acid house and garage managed to properly pop off because of their lack of violent lyricism, however comparing these genres to UKDrill often not such a good idea because of their lack of rapping etc. However, if you compare UKDrill to Grime, I believe the key difference and why, with the absence of Drill, grime is resurging right now is because big artists like JME, Dizzee Rascal and Skepta deliberately made songs with limited swearing FOR radioplay that could spread the genre. With the lyrical content of drill and its connection with gang culture, it's simply not viable for radio stations such as Radio 1, which attracts millions of listeners each week. This is unfortunate because UKDrill is an accurate representation of what life is like on the streets of the uk, and many talented rappers who I've met as a musician going to community projects to make music have unfortunately gone back to trapping and aren't even trying to use their talent anymore because there "isn't a market for that" You could argue that these rappers aren't good and should adapt, but I'd return your argument with if it was 2019 and not 2024 these artists would of been around at the right time, and would of got plays.

[@taaltheeruptor526]

Furthermore, I believe right now the state of UK rap music is in what I like to call "the genreless lull" with rappers knowing they can't take drill much further but also knowing that unless they hop on American style genres (lancey, Len, fimi) or fall back on older UK genres such as grime they aren't gonna get many streams. An example of this would be Unknown T, who's started rapping on hoodtrap beats and grime beats at cyphers (not saying this is bad, as I like his new direction). Basically what we need is a new genre of UK rap music to emerge and for other artists to hop on it after the pioneer. Once that happens rap will top the UK charts again, But until then rappers are unfortunately gonna struggle. If you see yourself as a talented UK rapper my number one piece of advice to you as a student of music would be: MAKE SOMETHING NEW!

[@Assassin70700]

UK Drill's death is overdue but the question now is what does it evolve into? I think something a bit more up-tempo and "happy" but would be interesting to get your thoughts It has followed the same formula as all that came before it. Grime (2003 - 2015) had the same rise and fall. As did UK Garage (1995 - 2003). The moment where it gets the mainstream spotlight consistently is where it peaks. It will never reach that peak again. Drill isn't even as diverse a genre as the other two and the only reason it has been relevant for so long was because of how social media evolved during 2016-2024

[@kwazz_1208]

the problem with drill is that it started in the streets, and police started trying to supress it so people started making drill into a comercial genre. The problem with that is new comercialised genres die quickly and thats what happened to drill

[@Assassin70700]

@kwazz_1208 you could also make the same argument to an extent for Grime. I imagine that with the same amount of social media presence back during them days, you would have also had the scene somewhat locked off as well. Again, not to the same extent as is the case for UK Drill, for quite a few reasons. You are also right about the timeline of UK Drill, although I think you can apply the same trend to any trend that has come and gone. Unfortunately, money and the mainstream will eventually ruin anything it touches and there will always be those that do decide to go down that route. I don't blame them though. A five, six or maybe even seven figure fee, your tune being played on platforms like Capital FM and the tune charting, amongst many other things are too good to resist for them

[@Adamag745]

There needs to be a better representation of inner city culture like diverse music, bring back afro swing, uk dancehall, uk R&B, real rap etc etc

[@Assassin70700]

@@Adamag745 I definitely agree. It needs to be the people that do this and not industry. We desperately need something new in the UK. The key though is for it not to be a beg of something that is happening elsewhere. Remember when they tried to make UK Rap a thing, but noone outside of the UK took it seriously because people thought that the music sounded like a bad knock-off of US Rap? It needs to be something that you can say definitively that it was created in the UK, because them times did not paint us in a good light

[@Adam-g-uk]

Jungle drum and bass has outlived all of them, the original road man music from the 90s and going strong 31 years later...

[@df-bigmeech3186]

Crazy . That illegal tune was a throwback

[@Kkayy020]

I feel like Digga kept it alive but since he’s been gone it doesn’t feel the same anymore

[@leecallam-target182]

Drill promotes violence. No one wants to listen to violence all day. Drill is dying with 1 generation. Big labels are not interested.

[@Menace2SocietyNDO]

Cap violent music will always be appealing you man are just not tapped in.

[@loveyourscartel]

​@@Menace2SocietyNDO This

[@EmKBeatz808]

They were interested in Pop Smoke

[@thafire897]

@@EmKBeatz808 All his songs were not about violence, get your facts right.

[@EmKBeatz808]

@thafire897 oh sorry I must've missed the multiple times he was talking about sending his opps to heaven like are you sure you have listen to him?

[@TheTruth-x4t]

all forms of UK rap is on a huge decline😢

[@kwazz_1208]

uk rap is finished for the foreseeable future

[@JM_GLOBALGAINSGROUP]

It's not just UK rap, music as a whole is on a decline

[@Gvnglvndpharaoh]

Nah grime is on a rebirth birth atm chip is bring it back and dj ag

[@Rs9z.]

@@GvnglvndpharaohLowe dat🤣

[@hk.24s]

The underground/alternative scene is doing just fine. It’s just the UK won’t fully accept it

[@SB-gy9mt]

tankzzzzzz with the bloodcleet consistency

[@forknife2475]

You should do a UK drill tier list

[@144chosen]

Yaaaay finally 🎉. Time for more experimental music. Lancey, len, fimi etc

[@NAH48I]

67 R6 is the GOAT of the drill sound

[@YaBoiKudo]

Consistency + Quality is needed for this genre to blow.

[@AdamYT24]

Let’s not forget that multiple drill artists went to jail (I can think of 10 easily off the top of my head) and so the scene had to move on in a way.

[@khumokwezimashapa2245]

Exactly.

[@Ghanade3333]

I love the depth of his videos, just subbed

[@ChosenWun180]

You need to remember the generation that grew up on authentic drill back in 012 to 019 are reaching the ages of 24 and up now. We have matured out of that stage. We don’t want to be listening to a man rap about killing and shooting constantly. That shit is tired And if you are going to rap about it make it sound good. Rappers like digga can rap crud and still stay relevant he knows how to make it sound good. These drill artists today are just garbage

[@Menace2SocietyNDO]

It isnt garbage at all, you sheep that keep repeating this phrase just listen to the mainstream artists and are surprised when the songs are wack

[@dadreamz]

You and Bouncer are changing the game for the UK 🫡

[@Oderraboi]

best channel right now i can’t lie

[@YoungRiaz]

Sk 47 changing into real rap and showing his face and removing his deathstroke mask

[@Jimmybingoes]

It died when russ made that remix for body

[@GggfQer]

What the biggest drill song?

[@Do27gg]

That’s probs the peak

[@GggfQer]

@@Do27gg yh u had active gang around that time body dropped looked like drill was going on top

[@Do27gg]

@@GggfQer tick tock probs ruined it, wayyy too many sample beats

[@dablaccseaproductions5279]

It might just be because you’re looking at the drill artists that have blown off Drill already, they understand that its a volatile sub-genre that puts a lot of attention on them from police. 3x3 for example dropped quite a few bangers this year consistently and getting decent views, just not millions for each drop. UK Drill isn’t exactly dead, its just in a new era no cap.

[@sskengineering8474]

You got that like bro!!! Vids are on point.

[@afroidris]

I think lancey foux is the only example of a uk artist to have a bigger audience overseas than back home, then again he never been a drill artist.

[@bbybxnmi]

This is perfect conditions for the alternative artists (that Azz hates so much) to potentially make some noise hmmm💭

[@belekidze]

love the content bro

[@ColdessRecords]

Richi about to revive the UK drill scene.. IYKYK.

[@amateurmallard]

It seems like there's a clear difference between the US and the UK when it comes to the marketability of violent music. Plenty of Chicago/NY drill artists have been able to make insane amounts of money and cement their place in global hip-hop off of shit that is just as if not more violent than the UK.

[@jamalkherry5296]

When Michael Dappah parodied it this genre was put on a shelf life. Now if someone asks me to think of what drill sounds like I think "the ting goes bap bap bap" and the rest of it.

[@Lightskinakhi]

11:38 cench killed drill

[@loveyourscartel]

🤔

[@dryames4319]

110%. Russ was like the opening to more opportunities and commercialisation, but cench on the other hand is that opening shutting forever.

[@Lightskinakhi]

Cench is drill going full circle. He’s part of the culture but in tandem commercial enough that 8-10 year olds can play his music without swearing. Understand that no one is competition to him the best raw talent in drill is Digga and Cench blows his talent out of the water through brand and marketing. You can’t compete with a finished product like him.

[@kobudprod]

UK Drill is dying? Yeah it is!!! But some artists like Dopesmoke, C1, 36, Twin S, we can see some new sounds of UK Drill and I believe that, if we all try, we can revive it with a new sound, but still heavy and dark like the og era y know

[@ramz7448]

Guys like brucka ,lil prezi and SAD bandz are good aswell

[@kobudprod]

@@ramz7448 fr bro yeah

[@DrillMedia2024]

And also Lucii

[@kobudprod]

@@DrillMedia2024 Yeah bro one of my favs no doubt, but his last releases he's been kinda getting out of drill bro, I personally don't like it haha

[@PK1UP-d1u]

The reason why I agree with the title is because there is an over saturation of artists that all sound the same and I don’t just mean in drill, people need to figure out what the new sound in rap is and I’m trying to spread it

[@OfficialLoudSoundz]

noooo. im from America and i been a fan of uk drill for years, i been making beats also, i plan on bringing back original drill, it sounds better and it feels better, more authentic. og drill died over here too. but we can def bring it back, other mfs bring back old sounds all the time. lets bring it back. if you a rapper or just love beats, i have a bunch of old uk drill type beats on my channel if ur interested.

[@badbs3600]

russ an tion dont make uk drill, i call that pop uk drill , uk drill , is like 67 an 150 thats drill ,when ur dissing a opp an saying who u score against , uk drill isn't fun dancing music , thats just a turn up song we shouldn't call that uk drill

[@brandonsmith8681]

It’s on a drill beat tho

[@badbs3600]

@@brandonsmith8681 i dont care uk drill is suppose to be gang music, not the type of beat , thats like saying a white artist from France rapping on a dancehall beat is dancehall , its not dancehall , cause for it to be dancehall it has to have a person speaking with a Jamaican accent on it , uk drill is the same thing u gota be speaking about opps an scoring points an killing ,for it to be uk drill , uk drill is gang music , its not fun music

[@brandonsmith8681]

@ if it’s on a drill beat its drill you ain’t gotta specify it’s Uk drill your point is irrelevant and anyone can make dance hall music it’s just commonly known to be in that accent that’s like saying bashment and Reggie music is only allowed to be performed by black people 🤣🤣🤣🤣u weird don

[@badbs3600]

@@brandonsmith8681 so if im talkin about flowers an how nice the weather on drill beat is thats drill music ?

[@jesterbeats2898]

​@@badbs3600lemme tell you something music has to evolve whether you like it or not happy drill is like you said drill can we say samething about who I smoke by NoCap who still dissed his opps but on a happy sample with his region's type of music yes but it's still true the gang culture so it doesn't matter if the genre turns happy and commercially viable the gang culture of drill will always be behind it no matter what

[@VQ_DROSE]

7:34 you’re definitely right bro, I’m American and I discovered drill during the 2020 lockdown.

[@cee1one615]

Tankz is the KZbinr rn no cap

[@VQ_DROSE]

Everyone you mentioned is signed to a major label. Makes sense the labels want them to make more commercial friendly music even if that’s not what made them famous. I’m not from the UK but I’ve heard about the strict guidelines you guys have over there. Like the laws that got digga d and 1011 caught up years back forcing them to censor their music and change their group name. And I’m glad that you mentioned Loski, he’s a prime example of why labels want their rappers to stay away from crazy lyrics.

[@MikeNMash]

We're not bad vibes i liked and subbed !!

[@magicmika1906]

Early! Also defo continue posting every day your doing numbers g

[@GggfQer]

Ngl i think you did give drill recognition along with other songs that London scammer was popping when it came out

[@KBTheMillennial]

Speaking of Bandokay, I do actually like his M.A.R.K album

[@danielnelson3136]

Yeah, not only was it too much exposure, but also due to 2 gangs that were beefing a bit too much knifing, which the UK police then decides to step in and heavily regulate and dictate UK Grime/Drill. That to me is also a contributing factor here, because after that crackdown post UK drill artists had to be more careful with sneak disses and subs to gangs, which forced them to go into other hip hop genres and borrow more heavily from R&B type melodies.

[@RomanTurtak-y6i]

Drill is going down 📉

[@yungmentalproblems]

This guys a good KZbinr ngl

[@From614th]

This is a very good video

[@spectrebeats0007]

How did someone like Tankz, with a song like "London Scammer" and "Scammer and Trappers", go from making drill to becoming a normal KZbinr?

[@arthur_goodnessache]

That's music fellas.Get busy,best advice..However that pertains to you,get it.

[@nellex147]

Congrats on 120k

[@djohn1017]

2017 was our last hope

[@BLACKSTA361]

I feel like We Won was supposed to come out after England won the Euros Thats why theyvee got fabrizio on there as well plus the football kits and all that England lost the final tho. prolly had it all already recorded and filmed and were thinking about still releasing the song or not and then just did it anyway. Which imo was a mistake

[@144chosen]

Music evolves at the end of the day. We’ll see where the uk takes us next

[@asadjibril]

ps hitsquad going crazy rn

[@HSKNN16]

I think drill went dead when songs like Body went mainstream. When a song becomes a radio hit on repeat it sort of becomes boring. As a former visual artist, i can say that most UK drill is the same. When i was editing, you can notice that there's nothing new coming in terms of the sound, what's being said etc i feel like drill is always about the same thing just said on a different beat. This is why people are moving away from it

[@afrojamm]

Well the original Homerton B was never released when Unknown T changed it that was already the beginning of the end. Compare Homerton B (commercialised version) compared to Bop with Smoke. From 2019 when y. OFB got popular drill had already turned kinda pop sounding. Even until a couple years ago there were still songs with that original sound but most were exclusives but never released. The other thing is during the same period Afroswing was very, very popular and Drill actually had to wait for that to die out to go fully mainstream. Afroswing didn't last very long and reached it's zenith in 2018.

[@Spinna720]

Afroswing era was elite icl, didn't last that long (2016-2019) but yh, peak

[@jordinmusic2588]

im 7 minutes in and just noticed you the london scammer😂

[@DupstepH3R0]

Similar thing happened with grime, guys like Mist and AJ Tracey ditched grime for more commercial stuff

[@wackyadz06]

Grime had been around for 20 years by that point. What you on about?

[@leevv5745]

Although drill has its place, I've been converted by Pete & Bas, which feels like drill evolved.

[@q2anti]

Drill is drill, it's a type of music but there are types of drill too. Classic UK drill was long gone before We Won. It needs to diversify beyond what it was to show more is possible.

[@sms-yk1jo]

Facts 38 x alz are too talented i can’t lie, they can buss again No Diddy

[@MikeMadeIt_]

We need LA Beats back

[@drewreynolds1649]

Can’t lie is this generation off rappers who just rap anything with no talent all the same

[@foobrazy]

ur vids are mad quiet can u boost in editing pls

[@DEADTEAMXXIII]

Fine for me

[@GggfQer]

Raw authentic drill imo could never go mainstream anyway with the lyrics being said and alot of drill songs get tooken down and people that mainly listen to drill aswell are between teens to mid 20s

[@ryanjamesbaldock5370]

SL - Tropical will always be a banger to me 😂

[@kevnev342]

A music genre predicated of celebrating gang and random murder, selling drugs, robbery and gangs antagonising each other. And we think that this is normal. Really just think for a moment......

[@SisterSarayah]

My new playslist doesn’t have not one drill song

[@wrappeddbd]

what do you think about DoRoad? He's doing authentic drill while also sounding commercial while also doing numbers

[@abudumbuya2996]

Already liked it mate

[@frozenwalkway]

An abra cadabra run would be to me. He daid hes got stuff coming

[@Srp_-_f]

Yanko E1 etc. still make good stuff. It’s sad to see Digga D and Unknown T getting commercialised

[@MatthewHacon]

I know what to call this, call it frill. Fake+drill=frill. What'd you think? 🤔

[@aus-reviews8462]

rap is dying in general, its been the most popular genre for the past 10 - 15 years and this phase is almost over, every genre has its golden era and hip hop is on its way out

[@0svvan0]

mainstream attepts at drill never work with me. shit is meant to be underground.

[@MisyeDiVre]

There is a genre of music that the UK really needs to retake ownership over, and that is proper dubstep. (A.k.a deep dubstep or 140) You really need to set the record straight on that genre of underground music or else you won’t ever get the recognition you deserve. To do that though, you would have to embrace that music, its history, and its impact on UK music, and give those pioneers their flowers, which are long overdue. That’s just my opinion. XXX had blown up on that Mala sample, and none of you even celebrate Mala.

[@WIAProductionsofficial]

Hip hop generes comes and goes really fast, it's catchy for 7 months then it dies

[@chungnon0453]

Suspect AGB keeping drill alive from the cells, support dis guy 💯💯💯💯💯

[@importals]

Drill in a country where firearms are scarce, what do they drill with, forks and knives?

[@tombboy1]

Drill got totally hijacked by the mainstream music industry…

[@Davidtwizz]

I don’t like central cee but he’s the one that really broke into America fr

[@MR12AMAZING]

I never considered Central as drill

[@jamesscott3022]

A genre will never last if you can not dance to women with it 🤷🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️💃🏾

[@MrAce832]

Thank God 🙏🏾

[@zeknight4352]

You could’ve mentioned booter b or any of the 6th man since they been exceeding from the gritty drill

[@XavierJAlexander]

Digga D energy has its basis production wise in drill aesthetics, it’s just a lot more soulful. I feel like a lot of guys into uk rap aren’t actually into music they don’t understand the history of music and don’t actually get how music works. It’s just a hustle.

[@rickyvintagetv7725]

Facts the uk culture starts with you g.

[@renaiisance]

drill is literally the worst genre ive ever heard. i wouldnt even call it music.