Flirta D: The Guy That Makes Noises

[@tomnoble965]

Flirta came down to my local skate jam last weekend and absolutely shut it down. It was so surreal to see such a legendary MC do his ting in my little Hertfordshire town

[@murkid3000]

1000% flirta d ting

[@Madbrad2000]

50 minute video on Flirta D, I'm in awe

[@AtroxBeats]

Init aha

[@K9Allegedly]

Alie

[@jms6652]

Can’t believe I just found this! My second watch in one week 😂

[@nabilhassan1]

The world needs more reverence for truly unique music. Don’t be in awe, just share that. No-one I’ve shared Flirta’s Sir Spyro Rinse freestyle with has said anything other than “damn” - it’s truly brilliant.

[@phobsdsr4326]

This man was a year below me in school, shutting down the playground like a lyrical G. What a legend!!

[@dd185]

St James?

[@phobsdsr4326]

@@dd185 NW9 GP 😎

[@dd185]

NORTH WHEEEZZZZY✌🏼

[@sholaaa_]

This is the best thing I've ever seen on KZbin

[@KoshaPalmer]

Can’t lie, this documentary was very well put together. Well done man, hope you go far in this ting

[@ewengilary7669]

Well, that was an unexpected pleasant ride on a completely unfamiliar topic I had never heard of before. Wouldn't have guessed I'll find myself spending an hour of my life like this. Thanks Very much appreciated

[@adamharrison7279]

@Glyn such as?

[@Madbrad2000]

@Glyn such as? I consider myself very familiar with grime and Flirta D and don't see anything wrong here.

[@jmoz]

UNEXPECTEDLY PLEASANT YA GET ME

[@ghostwilliams4419]

Watch: Flirta D - Warp Speed

[@SnapThority]

That is most of this guy's channel. Amazing docs on subjects I have never heard of, yet I ended up watching all of his videos.

[@onion420]

LEGENDARY, BEEN A BAD BOY SINCE SECONDARY

[@Robojo777]

oni SCHOOOOOOLLLLLLLLUH COOOOOOOOOLLLLLLUH COOLISH(yeah), MUM DIDNT RAISE NO FOOOOOOOOL THAT WOULD BE FOOLISH 👌🏽

[@redlightmax]

From debunking Dave Rubin to giving a primer on grime music - that's quite a range.👏🏻

[@KB-wd8eh]

Yeah, I'm such a fan of Timbah now

[@privatehuff]

one stop shopping for all your video essay needs ~!

[@AlbertSirup]

I agree, if he makes a video on jungle, all my niche interests are satisfied :)

[@emikochan13]

@@AlbertSirup i'm praying for that :D

[@hannahkingaby2981]

I pray Flirta D is given an opportunity to make commercial money, now that Grime is worldwide. D Double E has got the IKEA advert, I mean if the Swiss thought let's get some Grime on our Company to have wide appeal! The obvious for Flirta would be voice overs, cartoons, video games, animation, movies... Hollywood! Just hoping for the one who kept fully true to Grime, he will end up cashing in the most! 🙏🏽

[@phobsdsr4326]

He’s getting there and doing it the right way. On his own terms 💥🦾

[@SamanthaCZimmerman]

i've just recently begun digging into dril and grime music and this is such a deep, loving dive into a very specific niche that i now have a much more educated appreciation of. the genuine love with which you cover anything you discuss is so obvious and sets you apart from other creators. thank you for your work, i'm a huge fan.

[@Lakhany07]

Timbah is criminally underrated. Needs more subs for this quality.

[@special-t-419onurbandictio9]

Your documenty is big brother brings me way back, big up yourself

[@nabilhassan1]

Absolutely brilliant mate. I’ve watched this and your dubstep videos multiple times. You zeitgeist the hell out of the subject material. I’d love if you did a doc on early jungle/acid house and how that progressed into our modern urban styles with garage progressing into dark side, then into the styles you clearly love. Like a birds eye view thing. You have to talk through the rave culture if you truly want to paint the larger picture.

[@hca8174]

Possibly the best grime documentary I've ever seen. Will never take Flirta D's name in vain again.

[@louisattenborough2637]

I'm not even halfway through, and I just had to pause and comment on how well produced this video is! 11:26 - 11:36 is so fucking nice, keep going man.

[@TheoConway]

sick doc, seen flirta live twice. first time was with spyro and flirta went in for like an hour and a half, big up to the legend

[@billybobberton1984]

@5:21 WTF That was incredible!!! 0•0 Okay so.. uh.. I'm from the US and im completely unfamiliar with Grime &.. UGH..! Just YES!! As a fan of Ride/Stephan I can't HELP but find myself enamoured with this kind of vocal delivery *instantaneously*! To think this type of thing existed back when we were listenin' to "ROLLOUT (My Business)", "You Don't Know" (Jigga), Pac & Biggie's last LPs (still) and "The Marshall Mathers LP" retroactively CRACKED my FOOKIN' SKULL. TLDR: Holy fuck, thanks for making this EDIT: Jeebus Rice, Flirta D is brilliant

[@Starkweather133]

I hope you're enjoying your grime journey!

[@antongggg]

Know this brother for many a year and seen the journey ... this doc makes me very happy. Big up floobz anywhere you deh 👑🙏🏿

[@special-t-419onurbandictio9]

If flirta d had a good producer who fully produced an album for me he'd be number one for me so so underrated

[@smdcuolive6700]

You know Flirta is on set when bare man in the background are straight beaming

[@DEADTEAMXXIII]

Man like Floobz 11:18 the edit goes so hard 🔥

[@esseonwe]

This is a cold idea and cold documentary. Please do more you will blow up in UK music& KZbin culture

[@KaceyRepublic]

Just watched this for a second time. Massive video Timbah, follow your passions and I'll watch anything you put out.

[@richardmeade2477]

Ok so this is the second vid I've watched in as many days. You make sic docs, and know good UK music. Earned yourself a sub. Keep making please.

[@TriegaDN]

This has been really interesting, I never heard of grime. It reminds me of when I did research for my own curiosity, on Detroit Techno, also because I have a strong emotional connection with Detroit and it's history. Underground rave scenes in the UK always seems pretty wild though, and I loved Jungle.

[@jayeff8096]

You hit the nail on the head man. I'd say the best comparison for how grime started is how juke morphed into footwork for the dancers by becoming darker and more syncopated.

[@idontwantahandlethough]

Likewise! I looked into it speciically because this docu was so well done! It's not particularly my kind of music (although I think I will be using it for working out, genre seems perfect for that), I still had a blast watching this. I guess that speaks to Timbah's talent; it's pretty difficult to keep somebody's attention for an hour (especially mine) while speaking about something they couldn't care less about! I love getting a glimpse into worlds and cultures I previously didn't even know existed, it's so interesting!

[@TheRealShedLife]

Man, I feel like I just got educated in something I didn't even know about. And I liked it. What a great presentation, captivating.

[@britishmolloy]

This video is crazy, appreciate the narrative and all the research. Brought back mad memories hanging out in NW, my late friend AJ had the Flirta adlibs down to a tee, R.I.P

[@amp4105]

12:40 that backwards part holy shit

[@jakeschiller1314]

Is that logan sama on the decks in that one? Trying to work out what set that is.

[@CoopZillaTron]

You are a don. The whole concept and flow of the production, I've not stopped smiling. Thank you!

[@cazld_]

Really sick documentary, you're a g for even putting all those flirta d clips in one place. Big up, subbed

[@abwab-g8n]

Timbah's videos are so well presented! I watch them with my family and we all learn about things we'd had no clue about

[@IAINTAVINIT]

mate this is so well done. i love the fact that you didn't keep it too narrow; seeing skeng and labels like keysound, bandulu, night slugs and hessle in this vid had me impressed.

[@TakeMeBackPirateRadio]

Big up for the forensic analysis!!! Respect to legendary Flirta D. Big up the Raw FM crew. From the days of SLK, Hype Squad and Special Delivery.

[@londonsounds6212]

What here as well lol

[@TakeMeBackPirateRadio]

@@londonsounds6212 LOL!! Big Up!! Flirta D is a legend!!

[@londonsounds6212]

@@TakeMeBackPirateRadio bloomin heck bro gonna bump into you in the kitchen next!

[@TakeMeBackPirateRadio]

@@londonsounds6212 hahahahahahahahahaha

[@NIN0ID]

crazy how I had no idea what grime is going in but was invested just a few minutes in. Timbah.On.Toast, you have a talent.

[@jaymurei356]

I'm so glad you made this bro! Was just listening to him on grime originals for rinse FM on KZbin. He's a true legend, can't compare to none!

[@A9POLO]

I was waiting on someone to make this. Flirts is an enigma 😂

[@icetera6195]

My man, apparently I'm years late to your channel but you're hands down one of the best essayists around. I hope you make some more music stuff because I'm learning so much

[@Skzm69]

BiggUp for the doc and the channels at the end., 💥💥

[@craigc192]

That OPM edit was sick !

[@StillLaughinEnt]

Up the legend flirta and big up yourself I'm pushing this vid around 🙌🏾

[@123321playstation]

Flirta d is criminally underrated! I cant state the joy I felt when I saw this documentary in my recommend thank you so much for the effort you've putt in A personal cupla favourite flirta moment is off flirta d wheel of tunnel vision 2 and when he merked d double with the drive by bars

[@mihkelnoot8465]

Just dropping by to say that this is top-tier content and I love your work. Very niche, but right up my alley. More of this, please.

[@jawvees2585]

absolute top tier stuff mate🌋🗻

[@rodcas]

bro your documentary gave me chills up my spine, as I also found out about the UK Grime scene in early 2010s, and Flirta D was one of my few favorite artists, He also did sessions with Marcus Nasty mcing together with Shantie Mc in a set which has now been taken down, but his style could fit in with so many different genres! Amazing talent, and he will forever be remembered amongst the die hard grime fans! Thank you so much for this documentary, you did a terrific job producing this

[@bunonregs913]

another great one, The thing with that flirtz bar with wiley at 41 mins is after hearing i lost my shit...to a bunch of weird noises that dont make sense. If you arent into grime or to some adults its something they will never get. Something very weird us heads relate to and can trigger a mad emotional response.

[@Floflox]

Never listened to grime before, and loved your documentary. Great job

[@macnsteez3938]

36:40 so glad Kahn and Neek got a shoutout on this vid.. my favourite dubstep producers, along with most of Deep Medi. I didnt even know they made Grime! Thank youu

[@yolo-ed9dk]

Sam McKenzie bro dubstep and grime are very closely related. Skream - Midnight Request Line comes to mind. Cos its 140bpm theres a lot of sets that play dubstep with grime mcs over the top

[@macnsteez3938]

@@yolo-ed9dk im aware theyre similar but have always preferred dubstep. Grime is less consistent on the beat and maybe a bit too much vocal focus but that's purely my opinion (with a nod to the many producers who mix and match a bunch of different styles into their unbrella genre). I love a lot of garage and grime instrumentals but ive been less exposed to it than Deep Medi and Artikal etc.

[@gunzillaoblivion]

@@macnsteez3938 lot of grime mcs spit on dubstep and vice versa. Grime beats is dubstep sometimes

[@macnsteez3938]

@@gunzillaoblivion for sure. I wasnt really aware until i listened to Mala's boiler room mix, the sir spyro track he drops towards the end with Teddy Bruckshot spitting is so tough. Worked so well with the dubstep he was playing too

[@Robojo777]

Honestly one of my favourite videos on KZbin and still got 40 mins to go but this is very well put together and I’ve been listening to “dirty flirts” for around 15-16 years and counting. He is a one of a kind and can gas me up at any given moment. I don’t know what he’s on...

[@gdnygma490]

I subbed this channel because of Sam seeder and your deep look into Dave Rubin, next thing you are talking a rave I was at in 2003 damn

[@KB-wd8eh]

Honestly probably the best grime based doco I've ever seen. Keep it coming. Too good. Please do JME next

[@georgemoore2813]

Thankyou for this Timbah!

[@Jafr0]

Been getting really into video essays recently and finding out that Timbah makes videos (banging producer) and they're on real good topics is pretty fuckin great!

[@Jafr0]

He's wearing a fucking fine dining shirt in that rinse fm clip - I remixed a tune of his for that label!!

[@thatautomotiveguy]

Thank you for taking the time to put this together. Myself, I only got into the grime scene a few years back in around 2019 but I've already explored so much of the catalogue that certain slangs are becoming part of my daily life. Anyways, top tier video and I hope Flirta D gets his flowers from this video. Generally one of the most unique and charismatic guys to come from the grime scene. Not to mention his vocal techniques are mad. He is a grime artist and a beatboxer in one and I'm here for it 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@chodagreat7876]

This Documentary was so needed, the work you put in for this documentary and topic give you automatic goat status.

[@roughygee]

This was a great documentary. Flirta is definitely an underrated legend...ah yeah

[@deadbeef2482]

Omg, amazing work Timbah; your love for grime shines through 🖤

[@MordioMusic]

Man your editing is my pleasure after work!

[@fanta3853]

How did you give me chills for the long awaited return of a man I had never heard of an hour ago?

[@ampersandyyy]

I took too long to watch this, I’ve been loving these sounds for a bit (especially Slowthai) and even enjoyed your content on James and other bad characters. I saw this video on your channel and always looked over it. This got me hyped and I was invested from start to finish. Love your content bro

[@LuciferianUK]

From a grime mc, this is a very sick documentary.

[@JakeLDS]

Flirta once told me that part of what inspired his sound was the chopped up vocals in Todd Edwards early garage productions.

[@pablohirola]

Brought back a lot of memories. Grew up with and around some greats including man like flirtz. Good stuff my g.

[@elijahskilliam1964]

this is sick man, props

[@butAtest]

Exceptional. Thank you.

[@cornsail]

I wasn't too familiar with grime, but this was really interesting. The love you bring to it reminds me of how hard I fell in love with late 90s progressive trance and house music some decade+ after its golden age (even though it's a completely different genre). There's little better than discovering an amazing music scene and diving in deep.

[@CPFCPlumber]

This is wicked bro💥

[@stretchweider]

Nice video - Flirta D is to grime what ODB was to hip hop. Bringing a really out there style to the beat

[@nescius2]

nothing ages as gracefully as abbrvs. thanks for being clear and saving me effort to search.

[@electro_fisher]

incredible video, as always Timbah, didn't know I'd be getting emotional over an artist/genre I knew next to nothing about

[@Audiojunkk]

Mad hahah another great doc. Never thought would see one about dirty flirtz but very glad there is one! Big up!

[@x-g1]

Amazing documetary bro only one thing I noticed was Napper and Shizzle were never SLK members they were from a crew called East Connection.

[@originalnutzie4409]

flirta d is a legend... kano vs flirta d was a madness

[@justporter1935]

Heyo, thanks for this, I liked this a lot. I, as others, came to your channel via your political vids thanks to *the algorithm*, but also I'm a big grime and dub step fan so these music ones have been a real treat. I also heard you got a shout out on the Decoding the Gurus podcast a while back so that piqued my interest in returning to your channel I did want to note that when you mentioned Australia, that maybe it was an Alex Jones tune/video that you spliced in but that's actually Scotty Hinds that's rhyming in the clip. So, I don't know if that matters but I'm just a "well, actually" type of person so I do apologise for that. Shout out to Fraksha for absolutely holding down the entire scene in Oz. I was heaps pumped to hear you invoke the mighty Trim, since I'm a massively cringe stan of his. He's a bit of an enigma and I'm eternally curious about his various beefs and alliances so if it would interest you to make a video about him and his history it would serve me, personally, a very great deal. In closing I would like to observe tradition by noting how underrated Ghetts is, an opinion seemingly invalidated by the sheer volume of persons incessantly expressing it in youtube comments. Righto, carry on then. Thanks again.

[@pasebeats6634]

Its crazy how many of these vocal clips i used to have recorded on tape and bringing them to school on my walkman. Mcs at their best. And flirta D Way too underrated, glad to see him back

[@Fosifar]

Amazing work Timbah.

[@TravelGxng]

It was a pleasure to do a set with Flirta back in the day! Legendary business!

[@sebjfigg908]

Sick documentary can’t get enough of grime docs there’s still so many untold stories

[@TheSkatingreptile]

39:08 fun fact. That vid is where the "Are you fucking mad?" sample in Kahn & Neek's remix of Hi5Ghost's Kung Fu Kick comes from. Awesome video as well. I came into Grime from Murlo and Dark0 around 2014. The MCs I really liked were from Slewdem/RSGz/Cemetery Warriors so I never gave Flirta too much of a chance aside from sets and a collab with Scrufizzer. Think I'll change that now. Edit: and you fit Rocks in there? That's an easy sub

[@iamqueencandace]

This is a great way to pay respect to a Grime GOAT... give him his flowers while he's still here... FLIRTA IS IN MY TOP 3 MCs 🤪😆🙌🏾

[@JakeLDS]

I"ve known flirta for many years now and when I first met him I was already a fan. He's not only a completely unique MC but a really genuinely nice guy. Listen to his tunes and sets from radio is great and always blow my mind but if you ever get lucky enough to hear him MC in person in a rave he will blow your mind. You just get sucked in and so gassed. Usually in a rave people can't follow deep lyrics anyway so that's not important but all the mad noises just captures people instantly. You don't have to hear every word of it for it to make sense, it's just an energy.

[@haminacan]

All of your content is so interesting. Loved watching this guy make noises and people going crazy over them. Great stuff.

[@ivyemoji2274]

never heard of Flirta D before this but I respect the man and the sound he brought forwards

[@DJMARINKOx]

first you got me into dubstep, now i'm going on a quest to learn more about grime

[@qt2hype945]

13:31:.....That noise is literally the sample (Lose My Breath by Destiny’s Child) Mondie used for the North Weezy instrumental, too hard, big up Firta!!!! This is a big documentary!!! #LegendaryBeenABadBoyFromSecondarySchoooollerr

[@slaugmromni6743]

Never heard of Flirta D before watching this video. The dude is just flat-out DOPE.

[@fairnenough]

ive been following grime for years now and i'm so happy to see this in my feed. i followed you for political content but this is sick. love to see the diversity of content

[@BrasilGrimeShow]

43:42 big up 😤 Nós te ama Flirta D.

[@djammo8621]

Great documentary. Nice bit of nostalgia and brilliant analysis of someone who doesn’t get as much attention as others

[@nimrodrool]

Perfectly done, I've been into grime for 9 years and feel ashamed I never heard of flirta d

[@SCRUFIZZER]

FLIRTA D ONE OF THE GREATEST

[@jt795847]

This was the best grime dom I've ever seen

[@jt795847]

Doc**

[@CrustyLoxx]

Don't forget the influence of Jamaican reggae dancehall on grime mc's. General Levy ofcourse was originally a dancehall artist before getting commercial success with jungle hits. But other artists come to mind that were creative with delivery and use of voice and rhythmic style like Pompidou with his synthesizer/rockstone voice, Daddy Freddy using as many syllables between words, before him fast chat dj's like Peter Metro, Tippa Irie, Smiley Culture & more, or the weird screechy noises of Major Mackeral, and I can't find the right example now but I'm sure that hundred male reggae artists did a female line in their lyrics in tunes in the 80's. In general the use of eccentric noises or trademark slurs, that grime mc's have to let you know it's them, really comes from reggae dancehall. The context was quite similar that you had a session with a whole bunch of mc's and you had to fight for the mic and stick out (pompidou even refers to this in his lyrics, that he had to change his style, cause an other mc pirate him style). I guess I could go on for some time, and you could trace this back way more in to the Soundsystem culture and talking over records in Jamaica starting in the 50's/60's. I should make a video about it ;-) Anyway, thanks for the vid, enjoyed it a bunch!

[@thomaasfist6494]

I still bump that incredible track. It never gets old

[@ironslic3]

Your a legend for this upload

[@chandansojitra7122]

This is AMAZING! Simply brilliant! He is an underrated performer and artist.

[@gabeslist]

Brilliant vid.

[@earloflonsdale9639]

Damn, this documentary is epic 👌 should have way more views. I grew up on grime been on it since 2003, i'm 27 now. You brought out all the clips, tracks and explanations that mattered ✌️✌️ incredible journalism

[@loma-uu5mg]

that "bar" at 41:48 is also on a live skit on one of Wiley's tunnel vision mixtapes. Great video btw.

[@wavegen7758]

Being from Canada and very late to the grime game. I am so happy seeing people still digging Flirta D

[@Cloudsurfer69]

holy shit dude you cant half tell a story... your videos are such an inspiration. also, that outro track was straight FIRE haha. the vocal sample there at the end was honest to god epic. thanks for all your videos and sharing them with us!

[@naqdensjam]

vocal turntablist!!! awesome flow!!