Central Cee - LA Leakers Freestyle (REACTION!)

[@InstrumentalsBeats]

The influence in London is largely African and Caribbean. "Akh" comes from Arabic. "Nyash" come from Nigerian pidgin English. "Wagwarn" comes from Jamaican patois. "Ends" comes from Jamaican patois. "Leng/Peng" comes from Jamaican patois. "Boydem" comes from Jamaican patois. "Gaff" comes from Cockney "Waps" is London originated "Cats" is London originated "Nank/ZK" is London originated "Boyed it" is London originated etc.

[@SumR4ndom]

i wish my man was able to read this comment before watching the video so he could show the proper respect lol

[@MrVideoblogger]

@@SumR4ndom So true. There are lot of Americans that think that the USA is the centre of the world!

[@trillykeemy]

Exactly! One of the only word that’s American influenced in this freestyle is “Jawn”… some of the slangs or sayings in London are African and Carribean influenced and some originated in London not America, my man said “swear on your life” came about because Americans use to say “swear to God”. loool wtf “swear on your life” is literally an English sentence, it’s not even a slang… English words and sentences are not from America, if anything Americans took it… ENGland…ENGlish… get it ?

[@SumR4ndom]

@@MrVideoblogger They are only the centre of controversy. Too much Ego.

[@JackT.B]

Facts

[@mn7653]

I disagree with the American influence on UK slang. It actually stems a lot from African and Jamaican culture that have that have a bigger influence on the UK urban culture. Of course some things may sound similar but the influence has very little to do with American culture and more with Caribbean, African and even South Asian culture which is more prominent in the UK. Like the 'shaking Nyash' part, nyash is a Nigerian word lol

[@markusschafer9572]

i mean the uks influence on american language on the other hand...

[@De-Leone1]

there’s alot of influence from the states for sure but you’re defo correct most of our culture and slang comee from Caribbean and Africa cause we’re we’re are all first to third generations in the UK so our family raised that culture into alot of us

[@tyriexavier6000]

I was about to say the same thing but you said it better and first other than that tho this was a great vid still

[@oluwatobiogundele218]

@@De-Leone1 there’s a lot of Africans and caribbeans in the uk. It’s not American influence it’s African and Caribbean influence.

[@christianharrison5982]

Exactly mate preach! Not to mention it’s the English language not American 😂

[@alwaysboogie3485]

It's dope because he started off by saying he is the "one to bridge the gap" and then starts translating slang for the US fans so they have a better understanding when listening to UK rap thus "bridging the gap of understanding" while still proving bars

[@JohnMiller-sy7qu]

Yes..he's very smart.

[@allgamesvideos5035]

Dude acted like he had write it out for us 😂

[@certone537]

well done

[@Master.Jedi.Kenobi]

I'm so glad Always Boogie is around to let the people know what isn't obvious, almost went over everyone's heads fr

[@Bestever-qt2kp]

No he’s trash

[@SirCoreyJ]

Central Cee’s nasty. His music is pretty good. 6 for 6, Loading, Day In The Life, Fraud, etc🔥🔥

[@Thatfik]

Also khabib. And central cee goes hard when he gets featured on songs, like bad habits remix, overseas ft young adz, and meant to be ft fredo

[@zxcvbnmmasdfghjkl]

I feel like this still underrated af, the delivery, cadence, and topic is so genius

[@So1asola]

Central cee is no where near the best rapper in the uk, but he sells. There’s something about his sound that the mainstream likes. He’s not the best but I respect how he’s managed to blow up

[@So1asola]

Also most slang is more derived from Jamaica and Nigeria/Somalia/Ghana with some American influence too

[@YoureBad42069]

It’s like how Youngboy NBA sells but he’s trash in my opinion.

[@rykerz105]

@@YoureBad42069 but to hella people it’s the opposite they grew up on him and connect with the music onna dif level

[@Handsomehandgun]

Whos the best?

[@oluwatobiogundele218]

@@Handsomehandgun depends what you want. Lyrically and cadence wise id put ghetts up there. Gangster rap would be Fredo Drill to me is PShitsquad, C1 7th, twoface and abracadabra This is all my personal opinion btw

[@mrg5212]

As a south Londoner I’ve never heard someone say Jawn. It must be a new slang that hasn’t hit my side of town.

[@Im-bo7gx]

You r not out here looool😂

[@abdihassan2452]

Yur off it 😂😂

[@Jr-42011]

Yhh jawn is philly

[@onemillionpercent]

that word started in America lmao, but it's mainly East Coast American and East Coast America has similar cultural ties to London/Toronto

[@trillykeemy]

I’m from the UK and Jawn is definitely an American slang that we now use in the UK, but some of the younger ones might not know this, coz they grew up into that slang and they might think it’s a UK slang… but I’m in my Late 20s and there was a time that Jawn wasn’t a thing in the Uk and I’d only hear it in American rap, but now it’s used in some parts of the UK, especially London. That’s about the only word used in this freestyle that’s American influenced, every other slang or words are literally African and Caribbean influenced… and some are just English words… “swear on your life” is an English sentence, I don’t see how Americans influenced us to speak English lol it doesn’t make sense.

[@Unholygamewinner]

Yeah they low key forget we’re all speaking ENGLISH😂 they lit come from us. Even have ur own slang but it’s always in English

[@jamstahjam]

Same I'm 29 I HATE the use of US slang in London. It makes sense for us to have carribeam and west African and Irish and MENA slang because we have those populations the American slang comes off bit of a beg to me😂. Luckily I'm getting too old anyway🥲

[@BlackMarq20]

“Swear on your life”, sure it’s a sentence but it’s also a common phrase that may be used in certain countries or regions. “Keep it 100”, “All the way up”, etc…

[@BlackMarq20]

@@Unholygamewinner A lot of the terms phrases are popularized from rap which is American genre of music and urban culture. Even the term low-key is a popular phrase from rap culture. Rap is American, of course there will be American influence and slang integrated into rap outside of the US.

[@Chaff]

@@BlackMarq20 There is influence from the US for sure from everywhere, but idk why people from the US wanna be noticed so bad on the influence they have in the UK. They act like it’s illegal to take some slang from them while they literally speak the same language and most americans can’t even understand UK rap so the similarities are slim.

[@teets.x]

loool “nyash” is actually a Nigerian slang term for ass - just another thing from Africa/the Caribbean that makes it into uk slang

[@youreatoilet]

Yeah like 90% of the slang in London has roots in Africa and Jamaican patois, like "wagwan" and "Ting" is Jamaican. Purely english slang is stuff like "Init"

[@samuelpinder1215]

@@youreatoilet gaff is from cockney

[@AlStringer]

UK hip hop is so cool cus it’s nothing like American rap. You need to learn all the slang in order to catch the bars. They’re proud of their culture and I love how unique it is.

[@shutupjoeshawn]

Cench is bridgin the gap for the Old heads too 😂🔥

[@jasondavis3598]

Been watching you guys for years, ungrateful will be the best song for you guys to listen to by central cee. He's actually talking about something and its not just a radio hit like a lot of his music

[@harisusman6096]

vouch

[@agent78quest17]

Central Cee is different, you guys should check out some of his songs from his mixtape "Wild West" I personally like "6 for 6" "Day in the Life" and "Gangbiz" a lot from that project

[@jordanhill5425]

tension the hardest song there no cap

[@mjpalumberi1]

@@jordanhill5425 swear on your life don’t gas

[@aidvnlee]

Nah lads, bare slang in the UK derives from the language spoken in England hundreds and hundreds of years ago before Chicago was even conceptualized, not to mention all the influences from the cross-culture with all of the Commonwealth, i.e., Jamaica, South Africa & Nigeria to name a few.

[@marleymarsss]

That’s true but a lot of ppl across the globe use aave, it’s some black american cultural type shit. I know y’all got your own shit but we gotta be real

[@unclenytz]

nyash is a nigerian word for “ ass “ but afrobeats influence has pushed it to the mainstream for everyone to use

[@daltonb8234]

That DJ Khaled bar is so underrated

[@zaippiaz]

Jawn was in Philly first. Most of our influences in the UK are from African or Caribbean influences but sometimes specific cities in America

[@Mike-LitorisSoBig]

Guess who was first in contact with Africa and the Caribbean, yes the UK. Please keep your ignorant mouth shut " it was us first" gtfoh with your 3rd grader energy Boi

[@samuelpinder1215]

Phillys a massive shithole so I can understand the outward migration and I guess east coast might bring some of em to london as it's not used elsewhere in the UK

[@onemillionpercent]

ya i think the UK and America influence each other

[@bowillieman]

Cc is a marketing genius. If nothing else the man is smart.

[@prodpsycho0999]

Seen central rise from the very start he's been on a true artists journey through life

[@TheFileThirteenPodcast]

Central Cee "Obsessed with you" is what brought him to the US mainstream

[@LK-px6eo]

Uk slang isn’t influenced by us slang especially in rapping, we didn’t alter ur slang at all

[@allgamesvideos5035]

That is cap

[@allgamesvideos5035]

Even your style is influenced by the states

[@LK-px6eo]

@@allgamesvideos5035 our slang is influenced by African countries and Jamaica

[@allgamesvideos5035]

the way you say the slang is influenced by those countries but the root of the slang is from the states

[@username4261]

@@allgamesvideos5035No. it goes back to the wind rush generation, nothing to do with you guys. We USE American slang like much of the internet, but British slang is African/Caribbean influenced

[@devinsmart1547]

“We don’t trap out abandon building shots get hit out of vacant flats”😂😂😂

[@ulysesnunez]

Do more central CEE!!!!!

[@STH3]

Over the moon you guys are doing UK, especially Cench!

[@thamomentum]

The old saying is valid. Rap never died. It just went underground or to the UK. Now go listen to Akala, Lowkey and that group. They've been doing this for years.

[@samuelpinder1215]

We hate mumble rap in britain. We listen to American rap but it tends to be older like em or 2pac (rip legend) but also people like post malone and drake where there isnt a lot of autotune

[@Trapi77-z9b]

Very solid. I no longer need to explain UK slang to anyone anymore lol.

[@Reece___]

Central Cees' daily duppy

[@TVSOUNDSYSTEM]

💯

[@Klipsonyoutube]

Loading, 6 for 6 and Day in the life probably his best songs so far

[@R3RATED]

Coast contra scenarios freestyle is a must!!!!!!!

[@johnbloda347]

UK slang is more so from the Carribean lingo

[@rafaelmartinez-tz5jw]

Dave actually produced a song in his new album called " end of the beginning" proves how much respect he's got in the uk scene

[@sjshgbneudnkr7035]

Dave?

[@rafaelmartinez-tz5jw]

@@sjshgbneudnkr7035 yeah dave did. He produces music some of his own too

[@DreJTV]

Thanks for that gem, Didn’t know Dave produced that beat, that’s my favorite song/beat on the album. & Dave is an incredible artist, much love & respect from California 🤞🏾

[@rafaelmartinez-tz5jw]

@@DreJTV np if you ever wonder if he worked on the best or made it himself, he producer tag is Santan. That's why people sometimes call him Santan dave

[@thaniavelarde2926]

central cee’s daily duppy, end of the beginning, tension, day in the life, ruby, lil bro, ungrateful, cold shoulder 😆🔥🤷🏻‍♀️

[@wtfulookinat]

Yeah jawns was definitely you lots ting that we embraced

[@itsmezephyrus]

He is just too genius and talented godamn

[@Unholygamewinner]

Been watching you guys for years to see you react to one of our biggest rappers means the world! 💗

[@Untiliwinitall]

As someone from Philly I can confirm, jawn is part of the daily vocabulary

[@samuelpinder1215]

Jawn is only used in london as well. A lot of these are used all over the country but I've never heard jawn up north

[@mtatom3]

@@samuelpinder1215because it’s a Philly think NY say joint

[@samuelpinder1215]

@@mtatom3 isnt a joint weed tho

[@mtatom3]

@@samuelpinder1215 yeah but that’s old school talk

[@samuelpinder1215]

@@mtatom3 not in england, it's still used here. Along with other words

[@berjo]

The window shopper sample went over everyone’s head 🧐

[@bilalnajjar903]

dude I was going through comments on videos to see if someone else noticed it... this is the first comment.

[@HANASANAChannel]

50 got beats that hypnotize fr

[@niilecreary4042]

You guys should check out some more of Central Cee: Day in the life Ungrateful Cold Shoulder Loading

[@EscoffierBelle]

This would go HARDD on a drill beat 🔥Good thing I put it on one already :)

[@michaelhall6112]

Been Waiting On This !!!

[@JKEYSONVINYL]

He ain’t verified he’s some middle class kid who made his money resellling supreme

[@goldy7051]

Wrong. Most of our slang is influenced by Jamaica 🇯🇲 NY drill is basically UK drill beats. Our beats are different and rap style is different. FYI Cool Herc was Jamaican!

[@Believer3_]

More then just Jamaica, MLE (multi-cultural London English) usually words from Africa, Asia and Caribbean

[@goldy7051]

@@Believer3_ I'm a Jamaican decendent, grew up in a pre dominate carribean neighbourhood, Hackney. At least 90% of urban slang is JA influenced.

[@hamsa2903]

Loading central cee is fire

[@bengreen9620]

I'd Love to see more Central Cee reactions, 6 for 6 is a good one to start with

[@TLK_Chosen]

Please react to Fredo - Daily Duppy freestyle

[@fan1st]

Thank God you lot didn't pause this crazy. Sometimes it's nice to just vibe.

[@duvindrajames96]

check out the track from 23 with his little brother. it’s a dave like constructed piece of art. and you also get 2 sides

[@duvindrajames96]

wasn’t expecting this but i’m happy you guys are tapping into 🇬🇧 music more

[@sarumaru-kz5fr]

Nyash is how it said in Nigeria 🤟🏽 so alot of the ppl in ends say nyash

[@Handsomehandgun]

Central Cee is Simply a Genius

[@a-aura]

Shout out to L.I.V always showing luv the UK

[@nlbyeti5870]

React to central cee daily duppy

[@pete801]

Trinidad, Jamaica, Dominica, Nigeria..... We all in London

[@dave.8]

When people say UK steal style from the US...I remind them what language Americans speak. 🤣

[@DeeMulaah]

the style still originated in the US lol Biggest example is Drill

[@kareemlawson878]

He knows what he’s doing

[@benyaron6531]

please do more of central cee you should check loading, ungrateful and tons more

[@mam9475]

People from Philly say Ahk and Jawn and in D.C. they say Ahk as well. The slang in America differs by city/state.

[@jasonwhite8537]

First off Central Cee is cool I like the way he's representing the city. However hes far far from the best. The real real reason why its been so difficult to break the states historically for U.K artist has nothing to do with our accents or our sound, its actually marketing, patriotism and a little xenophobia. Let me explain; what many of you don't understand but the labels do very well is how much American hip hop is exported across the world and what it does for the US economy. So why would they want a rival product to threaten that? Remember the US is the world television and if they endorsed something on mass it would make it easy for the UK product. Another is the UK artist will not embrace the label as easy as the US one as they have more value for their product, reason being they have had to create an acceptance for their product on their home turf meaning it will be alot more difficult to control from the labels end. The reason accent isn't an issue as far as marketing is because if you hear something long enough you will just end up liking and consuming it. And lastly the Xenophobia comes from some of the brothers on that side believe that our accent is synonymous with being white and it automatically makes us loose creditability, (perfectly displayed by the hater on the right) if you think that's a joke look how they clowned 21 savage, irony behind this is London is one of the most dangerous cities in the world.

[@richtee5932]

From the UK. This kid is the truth.

[@noodlerolo2504]

Love you guys always showing Avelino love 🔥🐐

[@andrewmasih]

Jaan/Jawn It can mean “life” and also “loved one”, “darling”, etc. in both Hindi and Urdu. People use it to express their loved one's importance and how much they love them.

[@mattdaniells7234]

Said it already but you guys would love little simz- introvert, literally right up both of your streets

[@Iturralde686]

I like the fax that he came to US representing his UK shit.

[@dgoody84]

Jawn is 100% absolutely without a doubt Philly 💯

[@samuelvalencia1177]

Y’all shouting out the free thinkers, u guys should do reactions on the TFM(the free minded) team. If y’all can react to Larry june smoothies in 1991

[@88spencer]

We been say Jawn in Philly FOREVER and I’m 54

[@EbbenezerGeezer]

Yeah, our language isn’t American influenced. Our culture is, for sure. However we’re also largely influenced by African and Caribbean culture. Our language anyway, the way we speak. But largely, mostly british in the way most do things I feel.

[@andybaxter4442]

Hey, I just got into Central Cee over the last few months! He's good, super witty bars.

[@v-smooth9827]

Finally some Central Cee!!

[@UKmarlee]

America was colonised by Britain! 😂 you got our slang!😂😊

[@mysoul_wisdom]

UK translation :) He said shaking ya's as in shaking you's. Not really English but shaking you down... You get it. - America is a sub nation of England FACTS! Hip-hop was apart of your creative urban revolution, ours was grime.... Drill is just a flow to teach the steps 🙂

[@4t284]

Idk who started jawn but in uk my dad has been saying jawn since early 2000s

[@danishmalik7102]

We call her Jann, from the Pakistani word Jaan, jaan means love in Urdu. As Uk is filled with pakistanis annd Indians etc.

[@NabzMC]

Slightly missed the point. He’s trying to crossover and bridge the gap between the UK & US by teaching US listeners some UK slang. But shout out to LIV always appreciate your takes on UK artists

[@asasalo12]

This is greatness! Damn I'm early boyas!

[@impd]

Central Cee Khabib is his best song real motivational stuff

[@JP-hs4ts]

Please do Fredo daily duppy, got best bars plus he’s most authentic in UK

[@Unholygamewinner]

HONESTLY cold shoulder by Central Cee. You guys will love that one.

[@joseulloa8697]

Central Cee is goated. Best out of the UK right now.

[@letsgooo7237]

It didnt came from US to UK or viceversa. It came from Africa to US and from Africa to UK. Both have big african cultures

[@dallykaur2646]

Jaan in punjabi (indian) means life... Something Indians do say to their loved one There's loads of Indians in England, like me 😁

[@mrbrooks1213]

Devlin fire in the Booth, 3 🔥🔥🔥🔥 must watch

[@Henrydota2]

Hopefully after this you guys get into the UK

[@brandonl.4892]

Sir, you say that like they haven’t given Dave, Akala, Stormzy, Avelino, Etc. They show love

[@youreatoilet]

@@brandonl.4892 Plus all the rock music they react to that is English, like Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath etc. they deffo show the UK love

[@tavlar9729]

I don’t get how you think it’s American slang were we get our slang from… don’t you remember that language you are speaking? It’s English Americans think we copied them with everything 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@allgamesvideos5035]

Bro wtf 😂 they’re talking about slang not some proper English 💀💀

[@kylehardy2235]

Most of the slang comes from Jamaican patois, not the US lol

[@skyboi6789]

Central Cee - Loading is his best song and most viewed

[@lelegeo7204]

i love that you didn’t keep pausing it he’s verified 🇬🇧

[@UKmarlee]

Uk got u boys on this one!😂

[@yaselballate6050]

You guys need to react to "Eurovision" won't regret it

[@jacksmith4460]

Uk slang is mostly Carribean mixed with old skool english stuff, US has only a small influence

[@dombut1906]

Bridge the gap is my local cafe in bush

[@Carter10116]

Jaan is Hindi from India it means my love.

[@Martz-vv2yj]

Our slang doesn’t have American roots, it’s London Carribean African and Arabic. Americans always think they the centre of Everyting

[@Luke-vk9eo]

Most of the slang cench is using is native to London only (and some major cities around it). The slang comes from the London dialect known as MLE (multicultural london english) which comes from heavy immigrant influence, from countries in the Caribbean, west Africa, Middle East etc, and is mixed in with cockney English. That's why there's words from Jamaican patois (wagwan, mandem, bare) , pidgin englishs in West Africa (nyash) and arabic (akh, dunya) as well as words like gaff (cockney English). But there's tons of MLE originals like leng, butters, peak, rambo, zks, clapped, wap, long, dead, wet, tapped etc. "Jawn" most likely comes from Philly AAVE tho

[@kurtbradley2075]

Helllll yeahhhhhh! Loved it!

[@sheldonlloyd5484]

My guy George thinking America invented slang 😂

[@89gt5.0]

Megadeth. Good Mourning Black Friday

[@alkabalka2225]

Central cee - khabib

[@ramyozi]

I recommend 6 For 6. The song and music video are really good

[@mikkellyster9483]

Central See is nice, but Fredo! If u want somebody verified, with street bars. Check he's indepence day freestyle, daily duppy Freestyle or Biggest mistake. U want regret

[@LR-hw4px]

He does a sick American accent I honestly never knew wretch started a reaction channel