Inside The UK's Most Dangerous Rap Collective - So Solid Crew

[@TheBadBunny87]

21 seconds still slaps hard

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Absolutely does

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Proper tune

[@Ryan_Nath]

They don't know, Envy, Ride wid us, Deeper still get played in my house and I can't leave out Oxide and Neutrino's No good 4 me, Only wana know u cus ur famous and Rap dis.

[@DreadyDreadlocks]

So solid crew was way ahead of the times. Such a privilege to be down with such a legendary crew!! Salute!!!

[@D.A.Y.O]

Yes Dready! All of you inspired me to make music... Love "All over" production till this day. I'm from the same ends so those days were a BIG DEAL seeing you man on TV and on road the next day. I think we both have productions on the same Lady Leshurr project 'Lyeah' mixtape. My track with her is called 'Do You Miss Me?'🔥

[@jameljemorjacks8710]

Big up yourself dready ! Salute you and your work. Thank you for the foundations 👊🏿

[@kwakamoto8767]

This was south londons creation

[@mcpow]

MEGAMAN - So Solid Crew was a moment you had to live through. They pretty much paved the way for everyone that followed.

[@Theimperialone-o2g]

True. I remember they were the london streets in 99 to about 2001 they were everywhere

[@thedeewolf]

Mate, well done ....I'm 41 now and I lived this, I have to say u've hit the nail on the head with this video brother.....

[@nannio]

Really appreciate this one... so solid really paved the way for urban trap...grime and even drill music right now in the UK. They carried the cross for the culture and should be celebrated. I was in uni at the time the first come on the scene. My God what an impact.... I also remember other crews like payg ... wonder what happened to them. Great vid

[@Wideout4]

As an American I discovered UKG looking for instrumentals online in 2002 at Virginia tech. I was hooked and the upbeat pacing and the distinct British accents it’s was Dope. 138 Trek was the download Shhh was crazy. I then later came across the movie bullet boy from that epic DVD Cover and It’s one of my favorite movies ever and Asher D became my favorite actor of that role

[@BIZZIB3ATZ]

You watched top boy

[@leonhenry4861]

138 trek was the shit……

[@Kid_Ellipsis]

I was around at that time spinning UKG out of Charlottesville and had friends at tech. Wish we’d have met back then bruh

[@kyleahmed6345]

138 trek una, forgot about that banger

[@TheOnlyCathyCat]

@@leonhenry4861 One of DJ Zinc's finest!

[@eltauroanansibtcyt6171]

I Swear is it just me or does Megaman look like EDDIE GRIFFIN in his prime 🤔🤯

[@TakeMeBackPirateRadio]

I rarely find documentaries on these topics that I enjoy watching. I have to big you up and say maximum props for the way this was made and how real perspectives were brought to the fore. This actually ties in with how and why 1Xtra was created by the establishment to control and corral underground music for themselves and breaking the local organic pirate radio movement in the process. Big up MEGAMAN real Gee and pioneer.

[@joley9098]

Also oxide and neutrino had a string of hits as well

[@MrKennnnnn]

Oxide… give me the melody…💃

[@jonblazeinc]

Good point should have mentioned oxide and neutrino

[@kevinumba6281]

They had a big song on the Lara Croft Soundtrack too

[@dombut1906]

if it wasn’t for them

[@Miss-an-thropic]

I'm a 56 year old grandmother and 21 Seconds remains in my top ten of my all time favourites. And I have a very eclectic taste in music.

[@dannydbrown90]

I love it! 😂❤️

[@onenation8707]

You missed out on Oxide and Neutrino they were in So Solid Crew and were the most successful when they went as a duo. I would also like to add before So Solid you had the Jungle/Drum & Bass Mc's who pioneered the Urban scene.

[@MrBADMAN2222]

MEGAMAN - Keep it up bro, I wanna see you double that sub count by the end of the year💪💪

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Yessss man, that’s the aim you know. Need to try to keep more consistent but life gets in the way. The “real” job and all that. But we move, let’s get those subs doubled 🙏

[@kris662]

I remember so solid back in the day and was shocked when I seen Ashley in get rich or die tryin. Well done to him for making a name for himself in acting because he is genuinely great at it

[@wookiewoowoo2]

MEGAMAN - I remember not being able to turn on the radio, go to a party, go to a club, even the corner shop without hearing 21 seconds it was literally everywhere. Yes, they had loads of other tunes, but it's hard to quantify the impact that one tune had on the UK at that time.

[@djsmokeyhazebbx206]

Oh no was huge too!

[@mikeb9600]

I take my hat off to so solid crew they changed up the music game in the early 2000s respect to them all

[@johnfry8286]

They changed pop music but no way they changed garage/grime. Shit was already in effect they just rode the wave, straight to top of the pops 😅

[@bennym5244]

No no no. They came about when garage was ending. Croydon let rip with the grime. So solid were finished before even starting.

[@johnfry8286]

@@bennym5244dubstep was named by the dude at Big Apple Croydon but grime wasn't made in Croydon. Loads of tracks could be argued as 1st grime tracks but Diz/wiley/Danny weed dropped the 1st proper grime tracks I remember buying. Other stuff was dark garage and that'd been brewing for years.

[@johnfry8286]

@@bennym5244 and when I say ride the wave I mean the garage wave. Was already darker mcs/clashes on pirate when creed and all the party mcs were still crushing it in the club's still. So solid didn't invent anything they just rode the garage wave and charted it with a darker edge.

[@chriswilloughby5295]

It's great how they all fit the verses into 21 seconds quite lyrical genius

[@Kollectivevendettarecords]

They just did 8 bar verses, Lethal Bizzle followed suit a few years later with Pow (Forward Riddim)

[@chriswilloughby5295]

@@Kollectivevendettarecords fuck knows mate don't know shit about bars and that

[@girllikeannie]

I didn't even know they did that

[@chriswilloughby5295]

@@girllikeannie yeah I got 21 seconds to say what I wanna say, and I got 21 seconds to chat this line in time

[@chriswilloughby5295]

@@girllikeannie same as if you like Ian brown and listen to the song F.E.A.R. every sentence he says if you take the first letter from each word it spells fear, quite good if you listen to it.

[@theinevitable590]

This was big mate, used to absolutely LOVE so solid crew, this was nostalgic in many senses and seeing how they faded away just breaks my heart, but definitely something that I can appreciate seeing what UK Grime/Garage has become today.. Thanks for this one bud - MEGAMAN

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Glad you enjoyed it mate, thank you!

[@Nainocard]

UK Grime/Garage? Bruv, UKG is the acronym for UK Garage, while Grime is just titled as Grime. That whole 'UK Grime' tag is there, because the UK Music industry got lazy with not separating UK Hip-Hop from Grime. Award shows like the MOBO's categorised UK Hip-Hop/Grime, which was the worst idea ever.

[@teresagrifffin7132]

Stepping back in time a real level no bullshit and hype done your home work x

[@Nainocard]

@@teresagrifffin7132 Me or E M lol?

[@UrbnBarz]

Totally love and respect what you're doing... One of the few who are looking at keeping some of the older heads in the spotlight. Can it really be 20+ years since So Solid burst onto the scene? Wow!

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Thank you man!! Appreciate you always coming back 🙏

[@UrbnBarz]

@@RIDEMusicYT I really love what you're doing and you have a lot of humour as well as passion.

[@aphelan8895]

the talent was something special. so many unique voices and producers is one crew. thanks to everyone involved in kicking down the doors which are now open for the likes of dave and stormz. respect

[@RIDEMusicYT]

100%, bags of talent

[@truevanpencil5403]

Tbh looking at the garage and pirate radio scene back then they actually did amazing with such limited talent, compared to other mcs. Their producers were key, far more so than any of their vocalists or mcs. They did well cos mega and his bro rolled deep in the streets and were no mugs when it came to business. They had the connects and knew how to get So Solid out there.

[@kawaiisis86]

Still love them. Bumped into Mega a few years ago in Croydon and I was still hype to see him. He was lovely too.

[@Tel_the_beard]

MEGAMAN - I grew up in Wandsworth and went to the same school with some of the members and younger siblings and cousins. Seeing these familiar faces on my screen was so sick. Funnily enough, they performed at the school and gave out vinyl copies and CDs of the 21 Seconds record but I had no clue about vinyl then so took a CD and flyer instead. That missed opportunity inspired years of DJing and record purchasing that I still do to this day.

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Ah that's sick man, what a nightmare you didn't take the record! Love that story.

[@djsmokeyhazebbx206]

Same. I was on there ends too. It's a small world. Really is smal. It was kinda bizzare seeing Kaish in my school, with is younger brother. Everyone kept tryna get close. But I was like alow it.

[@rhitewhino8471]

MEGAMAN. Keep grinding man, loving your dedication and attention to detail in presentation.

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Thank you, thanks for appreciating the graft man!

[@entrobangtv]

MEGAMAN - I used to mix 21 seconds back in the day.. Good Times, Great video. Much love.

[@jTTrades93]

MEGAMAN also brilliant video, brought back too many memories and could not agree with you more, with the stigma they received because they was misunderstood.

[@HyphenatedHistoryUK]

This was great, brought back a lot of memories of early secondary school for me! I really appreciated how you didn’t sensationalise, you kept it balanced and fair. 🙏🏾

[@moldyhalfling]

Excellent video, really enjoyed the attention to detail. So Solid Crew were ahead of their time and it was a privilege to be there at the time. They seem to have faced some of the same issues N.W.A had - in that the rest of the US didn't want to hear how these kids had to grow up and how violent their inner cities were. The British public didn't want to hear it either and our politicians most certainly didn't want the condition of our inner cities, and all the ways they had failed the people who lived there brought into the public eye. Again great job and you've gained a new subscriber!! 💚

[@yepok5120]

I see a lot of similarities with Onefour and this story too.

[@AkayThePoet]

21 seconds was produced on an Atari in a bedroom in Battersea. I seen the equipment, so basic but what a damn tune!!! The producer is also very humble didn't big himself up at all. 😊

[@truevanpencil5403]

Nearly ever classic jungle or dnb tune was also made on an Atari ST. They were amazing for sound back then

[@chrisswartz2629]

As an American that's discovered the UK rap scene, I appreciate you bro. I'll watch your video then go listen to artist's I haven't heard of. I've been saying this to my American friends, that the UK rap scene is blowing up from Stormzy to Dave to AJ Tracey. From the beats to the lingo it's insane that it's not bigger here. 🤔

[@ITheMystery-sc2kw]

UK drill is kind of big there

[@concretefoundation4195]

MEGAMAN. great vid dude. Hold tight young Asher in Grange Hill, trip down memory lane that.

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Thank you bro!

[@johnjenkins4788]

MEGAMAN - this brings back so many memories. So Solid are one of the most influential groups for UK music since the likes of Oasis.

[@muckybarry]

MEGAMAN great vid I’ve subscribed after this and the fact you have that signed pressing is very impressive on its own

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Thank you Charlie mate!

[@Silversunshine731]

MEGAMAN- So solid was apart of my teenage playlist, love how you made a video about the history of the group, love it!!!

[@Billcommaagain]

Big up MEGAMAN and the crew, 21 seconds will always go off in a rave

[@stemster972]

I get your point but it was the same in the 90s for British hiphop ,like hardnoise, gunshot, hijack,London posse, demon boyz ,cash crew (ghetto circumstances) the lyrics say it all

[@mrdacusthenavigator4989]

Bullet Boy was a classic film. I'm not from the UK but much respect to Asher D for his acting career.

[@Thunder_Light207]

So Solid Crew kicked the Llamas Ass, Banger! 🔥

[@darrentinonzii340]

Props from New Zealand!!! Please do one on Skinnyman!

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Other side of the world bro that’s crazy! Love to you man. 100% on the list, he’s a legend!

[@badbassnine]

Or one on klashnekoff

[@johnfry8286]

Yeah klash, Phil life, London posse, skinny, Rodley P, choong family, trim, casisdead, NAA, NASTY..so many proper lyrical talents to talk about from the UK. The whole Dappy/ SoSolid videos seem a waste imo when there's countless other acts that deserve the limelight more, that had real talent.

[@gmstarz9087]

madness hearing this as these were the ends i grew up in a few things missed but hey good viewing

[@rolirolster]

MEGAMAN - Weird that you didn't mention Swiss, he had a banging solo career and such a unique voice.

[@kevinmchale6637]

Swiss is by far the best by a mile. his latest album is on par with wretch 32 lyrically

[@donebydope3190]

Swiss if a factor but not commercially

[@leonloco5112]

swiss is giving a younger generation chance to see what it was like going to a garage rave with ukgbrunch

[@niibarnorsaba]

Swiss is a lyrical mastermind.

[@lukefitzgerald2671]

💯 Broken Silence tells the story so well….

[@mrp9597]

Bro! I’m currently watching you on the chase on ITV+1. You absolute legend!! 😂😂. Smashing it brother!

[@lukespencer4461]

MEGAMAN - loved every second of this!

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Thank you Luke mate!

[@Nino-su7jv]

I grew up around some of them. Back then was dif dif 🔥

[@fybianfyablo5852]

I didn’t realise Ashley Walters was in the music scene as part of Solid Crew before this video! Appreciate the content! Shoutout from Australia 🇦🇺. I’m a big fan of Top Boy though for sho! - MEGAMIND 🙌🏿

[@harveyforder7744]

MEGAMAN!! Great video glad you just popped up on my Home Screen 👍

[@RIDEMusicYT]

That's sick man, thank you for watching it as well bro!

[@tgs_tv]

MEGAMAN. I deserve to WIN this EPIC prize as I was the 1st to buy their album. Even skipped school that's how much I appreciated So Solids music. Funnily enough I never ever got to meet them or watch them perform live.

[@RIDEMusicYT]

That's actually sick man, shame you never got to see them live. Go see them now?

[@tgs_tv]

@@RIDEMusicYT yeah I would love to meet them in person especially MEGAMAN cause he is a huge inspiration to my business aspirations. The so solid website was pure genius.

[@Rosco_1]

@@RIDEMusicYTneutrino (mark) is my full cousin 💯😁had brilliant times down in London..Brixton wasn’t no joke though dangerous place but same as Scotland only a lil worse .. but had amazing times at the awards shoppingn clubbing in the best stores n clubs ..great documentary bro 🫡🤝

[@mickyengy3204]

Good to see a fellow Geordie with a good educational channel..... Subbed! keep the content coming mate unreal this channel! MEGAMAN

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Appreciate that Micky mate!

[@manlikebrookes4235]

MEGAMAN .. so solid paved the way for many and were a big inspiration to us all !

[@andrejesse7917]

MEGAMAN - ps great video all yours vids have been great, thanks for the time taken on these the Dizzie one is my current fav, thanks again mate

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Thank you Andre mate, means a lot bro! 👊

[@jackjones8287]

MEGAMAN - So Solid crew had a lot of talent but 30 members is far too much! Good video

[@bpbibbandit5960]

MEGAMAN - content getting better and better every video! Would love to see a piece on the growth of grime in Manchester. Going deep ( shifty/meany) stuff like that... Keep doing you bro. Killing it🤘

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Thank you bro, appreciate the support!

[@malant2719]

So solid were way ahead of their time, the media backlash and scrutiny they got would probably be brilliant PR for them in this day and age. In the early noughties there was nothing out there like them

[@deanstanley705]

MEGAMAN - Superb video as always. Nuff respect. Stay safe.

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Thank you man!

[@Cookiesedits3562]

It really is a shame so solid didnt get further in the music industry. They were very talented.

[@seanshepherd808]

MEGAMAN!!!! Top video Blu ! Enjoyed it x

[@equinox95]

Big video👍🏿.....The Morgan situation didn't happen exactly like that. The guy and his brother rushed Morgan and I heard threatened him with a gun, the guy was killed firing a gun at Morgan and that cost him his life. Morgan wasn't the monster mainstream media portrayed him as.

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Ah that’s crazy, don’t understand why they hit him with such a harsh sentence in that case. Seems like self defence in my eyes. In his shoes I’d of done the same I suppose. The media were fully on demonising So Solid back in the day it seems. And black music in general tbf. Really thinly veiled racist attitudes at those papers.

[@equinox95]

@@RIDEMusicYT Morgan was So Solid, they made an example out of him. The first time I saw guys get 30 years was him. I never heard of a sentence like that before. The Labour government changed the sentencing law involving guns and he was one of the first to get the new sentence. Before that there was a guy who done a similar thing and he only got 8 years?. I heard Morgan got a little bit of time off his sentence though.

[@qubenlink]

There was no return fire Morgan did not have a gun. #freecarlmorgan #wrongfulconviction

[@montyjalloh7882]

I know them and your spot on about Carl... But my lips stay silent out ere 😩😩😩😩

[@equinox95]

@@qubenlink Comment edited.

[@ad8dz932]

Lol u probably mention So Solid in like 50% of your vids bro 😄 could tell u had mad luv for em, quality talent👌 Great vid Johno 💯 always can see the graft u put in man 👊

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Mate I’ve rinsed that 21 Seconds music video so many times haha. Big fan 🙏 appreciate that mate, hard to keep it going with a 9-5 too so glad to see these comments 👊

[@ad8dz932]

@@RIDEMusicYT Sound mate, not the 1st time you've replied to a comment so respect 👊 fair fuks to u too bro for working fulltime on top of researching! Keep em coming man, cheers💯✌

[@Blandycoot]

MEGAMAN Great video, brought back some memories of when I was younger & what a crew. Spot on too about them being the first around the UK. Silly group they were, used to bash fuck out of their albums in high school

[@charliehj6988]

MEGAMAN - Keep up the vids bro, nobody else is really covering these topics with this much detail

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Thank you bro, appreciate that!

[@26Dexter]

this is an amazingly well put together video, thoroughly enjoyed it!

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Thank you bro! Put a lot of work into them but they could still be slicker, need to learn more premiere pro tricks 🙏

[@Captain_Rhodes]

So solid were significant because they were succesful, but they were not so original. There were many before them on the radio stations mentioned (Delight for example) and also on the drum and bass scene (skibadee and MC Det for example) and there was also a great and sadly forgotten UK hip hop scene at the time. I do think its sad what happened to them and the way the media treated them. I was never a big fan but they were significant in UK music history for breaking through. They didnt invent anything but they kicked down a door

[@northmob9206]

Another great deep dive, respect bro, your videos are too sick 👌

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Thank you G!

[@fearthemosthighandlive7]

MEGAMAN - thanks for taking your time to do this video.

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Thanks Theo man, appreciate you watching it!

[@dormantstorm3820]

"Megaman". Good work Keep it Up. It's realy appreciated. It's so Good that should pay. But aye only sixteen with no money. Have a nice day. Only hade 21 second to write this down.

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Hahaha T-T-T 21 Seconds

[@andrewelliott3724]

Megaman! Great video too, cheers

[@tammyharry5663]

Glad we finally got some recognition for So Solid just wish the video were called something else 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@-ucanthandledatruth01-12]

Typical really....its what guys that look like him do, even accidentally by being themselves they sabotage others of another group. He is simply doing business involving black power how he was taught to do and is the most beneficial model of business for him and those like him.

[@tammyharry5663]

@@-ucanthandledatruth01-12 I'm with you.. 👍🏽

[@Isaac-dv4te]

MEGAMAN - literally just found your channel and your content and storytelling is top tier

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Thank you Isaac mate, glad you enjoyed my monotone rambling!

[@jessie-maypellatt4102]

A video on Oxide and Neutrino would be great

[@curtisdean690]

Was thinking he would mention them and Swiss specially his tune cry!

[@jessie-maypellatt4102]

@@curtisdean690 I’m really surprised oxide and neutrino weren’t mentioned at all because you could see them in clips in the vid

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Oversight on my part not including them as individuals, I know they were probably some of the biggest guys to come out of the crew but on a personal level I knew next to nothing about them ngl. My bad fully 😪

[@andyo9279]

@@curtisdean690 Yes fam...that tune cry was sick iyah!

[@getstrongby4038]

This era of UK music was EMBARASSING

[@aaronanton3308]

Megaman - thanks, this was deep, keep it up, I subbed.

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Thanks for the sub bro!

[@YTT718]

Basically UKs version of NWA

[@brusko3740]

MEGAMAN yes love coverage like this keep them coming brother. Respect from NE34

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Thank you bro! NE to the world!

[@reggie933]

MEGAMAN keep up the good work, lovin the channel

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Thank you bro!

[@logosfocus]

glory to God ☝ eden will be restored 🗻

[@stevenburrell7092]

MEGAMAN. Thank you great video So Solid way ahead of the game.👍🏾

[@joley9098]

producer / rapper Swiss had an underground hit with Cry and he’s the founder of Black Pound Day. Producer Dready went to the America and was signed to Busta Rhymes at one point

[@newprofilesowhat1339]

Remember seeing Dready in the Lisa Maffia video and realising I'd been buying Rizzla from him in the Shell garage where I live in Brum not long before.....🤣

[@djwalkerfemaledj]

Good interview man

[@Bodyandmindsports]

so solid was demonised but it's hard not to see with lyrics like, "worship the devil , red is my best colour "

[@alexeibates7826]

Sick bro keep up the good videos 90s uk boi here this stuff is gold 🇬🇧

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Thank you man, appreciate that! I was born ‘95 so I was too young to really take all this in, so I love going back and trying to imagine what it was all like back in the day

[@acorntoicon]

I love your videos man. Really interesting and informative, nice work 🤟🏼

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Thank you man!

[@benharman7009]

MEGAMAN - Just stumbled across your channel and so glad I do. Quality content, delivery and editing 👌

[@leonleon2276]

What’s his channel called?

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Cheers Ben man! Still trying to up the editing levels and improve each time, lots of work still to do. Thanks for supporting mate!

[@RIDEMusicYT]

RIDE Music

[@bigstefan]

yes mate. first album is a fuckin classic too, full of bangers. The Sex Pistols of their generation lol.

[@matthewjames5090]

MEGAMAN - great video, mate. Subscribed

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Appreciate that Matthew mate!

[@50yachts97]

20 + years on and they're still trying to vilify them, it's disgusting. I was a young teenager when they wrote articles about them being criminals and shout them down, they were out for good. Just from bad places created by conditions.

[@monetthomas]

MEGAMAN - Excellent vid 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@jakebaw8039]

They changed the game of the whole of the UK there sound was one of a kind at the time and still stands the test of time this was kind of like the start of grime and the end of garage 💯

[@tehlumpster]

MEGAMAN - as a 90s baby, so solid crew was deffo a group I loved and wished stayed around. Good video bro

[@jonwebb9261]

MEGAMAN - They’re honestly the UK wu tang. Huge collective of a real street group pioneering in music and the usual media treatment!

[@sarahjgibb]

This shed more light then I EVER knew In years! 👏 ❤

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Thanks for watching!

[@marcusbrown1009]

This doesn’t make any sense and I hope I’m not the only one that is seeing it. In the video this guys highlights how the media used to essentially blamed So Solids music for crime in south London but over two decades later the description in his video is “most dangerous group..”. Surely he is trying to draw the same distinction between SS and Crime? I appreciate they weren’t angels but this seem like a bit of contradiction?

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Hey man. I get what you’re saying, I think I was trying to weight up both. Like, they did get blamed unfairly for some stuff - like the Birmingham shooting - but they did do some mad stuff too. Like Carl Morgan did murder someone, that’s just fact. Aside from the Carl Morgan and Skat D things, I think So Solid were just normal folks caught in bad situations. In terms of the title, I’m playing the KZbin game man - but… Carl Morgan did shoot someone still. So… idk Does that make any sense? 😂

[@gmain1977]

I get what you saying , but when a black man or a group of black men come together and say things it is deemed dangerous if there is any violence , Football games have thousands of white fans fighting but the teams do not get bad press and get labelled

[@-ucanthandledatruth01-12]

​@@gmain1977That form of SUPERIOR logic goes against his natural programming lol. He will malfunction against that intelligence. Can you not tell by his reply he is at a loss and can only play the "low ball"? He even apologises but can change. Type in "racism and narcissism" by Richard Grannon. Its innate behaviour and typical

[@DanDouglasMedia]

MEGAMAN - Great work. This was like walking down memory lane. Would be great to see a spin of video for Oxide Nutrino

[@andrewperry9801]

Garage faded out and grime faded in, where Dizzee Rascal rose to be bigger than So Solid ever were.They could have switched to grime, but were not motivated to. They quickly became dated.

[@Kid_Ellipsis]

When Dizzee showed up the whole sound flipped on its head. I was so into it all at the time and he just broke it in the best way

[@gamesknrtdrinkz]

MEGAMAN Good video on So Solid crew brought back good memories and like 👍🏾

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Thank you man! Glad I could get some nostalgia going! 👊

[@johnfry8286]

So solid flopped out cos they didn't have the skill to evolve. They sounded gangster compared to MC creed and the garage mcs but soon as grime started so solid were done. They had 30 members and none of em could actually drop fire bars 😅 All style, no substance. Dizzee stab incident, Walters getting clowned on so hard at an open mic, there were so many examples of em getting hate from the scene. Quality stays around. So solid didn't have the levels. This whole so solid changed the game just isn't true. They charted. They didn't invent darker garage but rode the wave. Instead of having the bars to stay underground they went pop. Soon as dark garage got pushed out by time So Solid was Romeo doneeee 😅

[@R8teen18]

Swiss had fire bars and still does, he was on another level to the rest of So Solid

[@hrh20]

This is true, just look at envy with ms dynamite, she outbarred and spun every single member on their own tune

[@hrh20]

Even asher vs dizzee, the disparity was too large they could not keep up at raves or clashes

[@richardsingh5827]

Good work, the music reminds me of fun times living in London

[@kieronimo1]

I didn't rate them at the time. The UK already had a thriving underground rap scene. A good few of these MCs were absolute poets who understood rhyme-writing and the English language deeply. They used powerful metaphor, multisyllable rhyming, clever punch lines, puns, wordplay, assonance, alliteration, juxtaposition, clever rhyme schemes, story telling, psychology, references to mythology, theology, literature and political history etc etc etc. So Solid's early stuff was not that. Yeah, some of their later stuff was much better, and everyone has to start somewhere. It's just that the music industry didn't let you in unless you filled the negative preconceptions of prejudice Britain. It's almost as though they didn't want self educated and super smart non-white rappers to be role models (look how they've now treated Lowkey and Akala). I just think it's sad that we already had great MCs but they weren't as sensationalist and marketable to impressionable and rebellious middle class kids. Swiss is the best MC to come out of So Solid (and he didn't join until 2004). As it happens, what So Solid did has paved the way for a lot of other artists, but (like I said) I didn't rate them at the time (but perhaps I was already a little too old to look past the industry hype machine).

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Fully agree with a lot of what you’re saying here. It’s criminal how the U.K. has treated the likes of Akala and Lowkey. Diamond artists like them fully deserve more respect and recognition but they’ll never get it from the mainstream. Just the way it is I suppose. They’re still getting through to the people that matter 🤷‍♂️

[@gmain1977]

Vert true , UK industry is very prejudice towards black people. You need to take a look at how media and Britain acted towards Eminem

[@logosfocus]

why have conscious rap, when there's drill/murder and gang warfare to vibe with 🎱

[@logosfocus]

everything aint skin colour bruh 💤

[@kieronimo1]

@@logosfocus Brains over game, bruh.

[@mannidee9922]

MEGAMAN - sick video as always bro 👊

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Thank you bro!

[@mcdonaghlad3544]

MEGAMAN another quality upload my Guy

[@dieyounger1657]

MEGAMAN - Great video once again man

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Thank you man!

[@DLIN666]

MEGAMAN. Only found your channel last week, great content pal 👌🏻👌🏻

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Thank you bro, glad you like it!

UK rap had always existed in the UK underground, but I think it was garage and then grime that appealed to a wider audience. You need to do a video about the UK underground rap scene and it's history... People like phi life cypher, London posse, taskforce, skinnyman and the list goes on. The UK hip hop and rap scene of the 90s and early 2000 was monumental.

[@peterwest4965]

Demon Boyz too and London Posse when I was a Youth were the rap groups from the UK I used to listen too

[@Dazzzzzzzzzzzzz]

What amazing insight and review into them. I learned that I didn’t know. Thank you. MEGAMAN

[@RIDEMusicYT]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rianperle258]

MEGAMAN Great video! My very first acting job was a walk on role in the Rap Dis video - Oxide & Neutrino / So Solid Crew back in 2001.