London Posse - How's Life in London (1993)

[@stevec5885]

There's a whole history of hip-hop music in this country that is still ignored.

[@alexagaba284]

Simply ignored Totally unexplored Guarantee you won't be bored Take chance get on board..

[@gilespeterson6832]

Steve C That, Brazil, Italy, Argentina AND Japan

[@alexcantlow2920]

World wide man.

[@NOTwowitsphil]

Well let’s be honest kids these days in US ignore golden era rap so yeah doesn’t surprise me hip hop history from other countries is ignored

[@tinjarir]

Make a documentary about it. That'd be great to see. I'm an American head who's curious about it.

[@SilvaBlakk]

The Godfathers of UK Hip Hop need to be honoured and not forgotten...

[@Wally-H]

Loads of top UK crews around at that time bro, they all need to be remembered.

[@SilvaBlakk]

@@Wally-H yessir, I meant all of them not just London Posse...from MC Duke, Silver Bullet, Hijack to Jehst, Roots Manuva, Black Twang, 57th Dynasty, Moorish Delta 7...the list is endless...Derek B r.i.p...

[@Wally-H]

@@SilvaBlakk Ah, okay - also Caveman, Hardnoise, The Cookie Crew, MC Mell0, Demon Boyz - the list goes on.

[@SilvaBlakk]

@@Wally-H I see your Cookie Crew and raise you, Wee Papa Girl Rappers! Although I preferred Cookie Crew, "I gotta keep on" fiyahhh!! Demon Boyz, how could I have forgotten them!!...Stereo MCs...MC Mello, that's a serious blast from the past!!...damn I'm running out of names!! Did I say Silver Bullet already?...Sway...Kano before he went pop, "Ps & Qs" & "Typical Me" still on rotation...there was a time when UK Hip Hop represented lovely...I've been out of the loop for years...but still remember the glory days...MONIE LOVE!! hehehehe just popped into my head..."Ladies first" with Queen Latifah, "Monie in the middle", "its a shame"...👊🏿👊🏿 ***edit*** I did say Silver Bullet...Skinnyman!!

[@Supremecipher]

💯for now

[@tonytuffers]

What i really loved about these guys was their conscious effort to not sound like they were from New York or LA. They represented the true voice of black London.

[@arranboon1]

Hence why I find it hard to listen to other old school UK hip hop artists like Hijak and that. Their American sounding accents are so forced and awkward. I much prefer the beats over the vocals when it comes to acts like them.. But London Posse? Whole different kettle of fish, mate. Love the vocals and the beats..

[@ShotsMerkzAll]

These guys are copying New York flows though.

[@r3b22ber3]

slick rick brought this flow to new york from london, do your homework kid. Before slick rick aka londoner new yorkers were on some ''a hip hip hip hip hop to the hip hip hop and you dont stop the rock'' shit .. dont try it

[@longlivesteelo1780]

Ravdeep Singh yep, and slick rick was born in London

[@kieran296]

Yeah Long Live Steez from Newcastle, UK bro

[@kyleahmed6345]

I love the real british accent, and the fact these man actually show the Jamaican/Caribbean roots behind the uk slang, some of which we still using, and i werent even born when this was made, but fuck faking an accent big up London Posse mandem

[@enosger]

Ones west African

[@hawkeyemode3115]

Wym? West Africa had alot of ties to the UK

[@DuttyRockb]

@@enosger the slang isn’t though

[@doublemm06]

Its shocking how many people don't know that there was a UK hip hop scene. Even some groups in America envied our flavour.

[@doublemm06]

If you search old school UK hip hop mixes you should find some, I'm not good with the names I just grew up around a lot of the people of that era. Demon Boyz are defo one to look at, they are like the original pioneers. Blade is another one to look at. One of the members of demon boyz went solo after some time his name is Million Dan now and he's still doing tracks today.

[@RizzLaIsaZoo]

+Harry Potter Blak twang

[@Sxm_8]

doublemm06 bullshit

[@r3b22ber3]

slick rick was from london, and all the greats in america look up to him

[@justentertainingtv9686]

doublemm06 grew up in the hood and this is the first time I'm seeing a video like this, quite shocked but inpressed

[@soulrunna]

England always was original! Big respect from Brazil.

[@stuarthall9385]

Bless bredda, pleasure to influence ya, nuff respeck ta Brazilian rap too

[@croydonable]

yeah nice one geez , London posse being the first and last crew to rap in a cockney accent

[@GranTurismoRaceReplays]

Before grime and drill music. We had London Posse creating a whole new way of delivering UK Hip Hop. We didnt have to copy the Americans because we already had a rich history in the UK, and these guys made me proud to be from London. It just worked, and it influenced so many other hip hop artists across the UK to embrace their Britishness.

[@dogseggs2000]

I am a 38 year old English man who grew up on 90's New York shit and im having my eyes opened here, bookmarked for sure.

[@dancingmoonlight39]

Classic British hip hop was so underground then

[@dizmop]

Now "Street " music is Pop music, they have more platforms to showcase it, we had Clubs and pirate Radio back in the day and if you crossed over you had Top of the Pops

[@omalone1169]

@Vee Cee this and then Hijack

[@danastraughter958]

Just sounds like a softer version of lords of the underground, no shade just not that big a deal especially the history of hiphop in america constantly was evolving everyome else was trying to copy

[@III_Ed_B_III]

@@danastraughter958 Not really. The beats changed slightly with the times, but this was more an extension of the material from the Gangster Chronicle album which stretches from 86 or so. And this lot dabbled a bit - if you look at releases like Style and Jump Around. It was original at the time in the UK, which had a weird scene - there were people making a few pop chart sell-out tunes with Yankee accents pushed by major labels, and then a lot of local very good and innovative material that was getting ignored. It took a long time to break the walls of the industry down in the UK; far longer than in the US.

[@nickohira1397]

This is why i love hiphop ❤️🇬🇧🇯🇲 So much better then drill 💀

[@KingJami3]

Why da spliff look large? Becah we put da whole bag in!

[@Gorguruga]

Possibly the greatest group ever from the UK and definitely one of the best groups worldwide in my opinion. London Posse had lyrics, beats, flows, concepts, style, swagger, originality, creativity and just all around mad flava.

[@southlondon86]

Black Twang was just as good.

[@Gorguruga]

I definitely rate Black Twang but not as highly as London Posse. Black Twang was a level below them, more comparable, skill-wise, with Gunshot, Jehst, Lewis Parker and so on. To me London Posse was above them all. And I mean the best London Posse tracks were better than the best tracks the others made. But they all had great skills.

[@MrMiniash]

Demon boyz 🔥

[@kingsrd1]

Potatoes yes demon Boyz I think better than London posse. This tune is a banga though

[@gowmitch069]

I remember seeing London posse in concert back in October 1988 Brixton Academy, killed it and they were the warm up, I haven't really heard this version as I've always listened to the ragga mix, it was wicked to hear how the lyrics are different, thats what you called Genius

[@bigbro8401]

The greatest UK group EVER! 20 years ahead of their time...

[@shmiqqy]

how were they ahead of their time hip hop isn't like this anymore

[@seams666]

Nah...Silver Bullet, Gunshot, Hardnoise, Killa Instinct and Hijack pissed all over them to be honest. None of them really got the recognition they truly deserved.

[@brdrcrsr08]

stephen seymour nah hijack were crap except for gunshot who?? Gutter snipes brotherhood and silent eclipse where it's at but London posse should've been bigger bionic should've never stopped ! His voice was THE London sound . Would've smashed it now still

[@junglist6124]

🤣🤣

[@kayflip2233]

lol, how were they ahead of their time? this came out in the 90s and they were rapping like 90s New York boom bap rappers.

[@TheCNSR]

Gives me serious Wu Tang vibes 👌🏾🔥 Makes me wonder where they are now

[@tbziz]

Fr. But how do u never fail to comment on any old school london music vid 😂

[@theone77443]

Rodney P and Bionic still about

[@TheTut8]

Classic

[@jamiemccallum9055]

This album came out before Wu-Tang

[@terrra_2024]

@@tbziz lol what, it's nothing like Wu Tang, not the rapping or the production, and I'm a MASSIVE fan of both.

[@mattfm101]

I swear this could come out today and it would still sound fresh

[@jfc4798]

The London Posse reunion show at the Jazz Cafe last night was immense. Easily the best show of the last 10 years if not more. Bionics reaction to the whole thing was Very emotional and they both killed it. They still have a few more dates so if there is still tickets and you didn't reach last night then i would say go if you have any passing interest in the history of UK Hip Hop

[@Jjsjsh]

What’s crazy if I had listened to this in 1993 when I was 14. I wouldn’t have rated this cos of the English accent even tho am British but now in 2021 . I so appreciate this

[@Anekix]

It amazes me how UK Rap totally took over UK Hip Hop and those originally in the UK Rap scene were rapping like Americans. London Posse were way ahead of their time and now UK Drill is a global movement.

[@lurkster1974]

I don't even know what drill is, but I get the impression it's moody af. I'd rather drop fu schnickens, dell the funky homosapien, q-tip, fun gear.

[@nickohira1397]

Yh drills are trash

[@Anekix]

@@lurkster1974 U.K. Drill is just evil Hip-Hop and everybody thought that Gangster Rap was bad smh.

[@dscb007]

Slick Rick, Tony Rotten, Klashnekoff, Ty, Jehst, Plan B, Rodney P, Skinneyman, Ragga Twins, The Nextmen, Scratch Perverts.

[@kieran296]

David Bond MF DOOM, Ocean Wisdom, Dabbla, The Four Owls, Griminal, Ed Scissortongue, Leaf Dog, Jam Baxter etc.. too ahha

[@tripleaaa4409]

Mrs Hewitt I think he was born there but mostly brought up in the US.

[@WRA1TH.]

Silver bullet, highjack, Demon boys, messiah

[@SuperRustyBoy]

Roots Manuva, Mark B and Blade, Phi-Life Cypher.

[@sahulianhooligan7046]

Karl Hinds, Seanie T

[@therealzdeal5630]

I remember 1st seeing this on MTV back in 93 back then everthing to the with rap was coming from the USA Looking back i never thought it would have envoled to what we have now....... 2003 dizzee rascal breaks into the sence 14 years later look what we have now....

[@memoseminzie3017]

Still bangs from then till 2024.. so original

[@sstargamin917]

how am i just finding out about this now?

[@RevorgRecords]

Timeless uk hip hop! people are still just discovering and appreciating it.

[@terminatorkid1997]

I was born in 97' and to think these guys are old enough to be are dads already...

[@uncomnselecta9698]

Oli S so r u lol

[@sassysasquatch1374]

+selecta uncomnizm 19?

[@uncomnselecta9698]

Yeah kids be careful you'll be able to start making babies at your teens but don't take my word for it take a trip down your local council estate or Google it! Put a glove on your stick if you don't wanna start your own posse!!

[@savagethepunisher]

Ldn 97 you are two years older then me

[@theone77443]

@Buenas Intenciones means: wear a condom if you don’t wanna become a dad at an early age

[@TheEKUL89]

waaay ahead of their time..repping wit the original rude boi accent..didnt try an imitate the yanks like sooo many people did at the time...yes. inspired.

[@progressivelife841]

No fake American accents, really reppin London and UK

[@Loveisthekeyys]

These roots be drippin within my British heritage deep

[@britishuk_yrg577]

Always wanted to know how British rap was back in the day

[@Wally-H]

Search for 'Britcore' on KZbin and prepare to be amazed.

[@neptronix]

How the hell did i not ever hear this in the USA, what a banger!!!

[@KindnessInvokingNetwork]

yo.. im 25 years old and this is the first time ive heard this. Rah... as a music producer i been slacking so hard

[@noelshane6546]

W happen to the London posse. Bring dem back. 😎

[@olliewalton361]

It’s mad that close to 30 years on you still get videos made like this. These man were ahead of their time 🇬🇧

[@almansouri100]

Ollie Walton this was the blueprint for all Channel U videos circa 2004

[@Tirga]

these man were mashin work

[@johncoffey724]

Was here for this in 1993! Still here for this in 2024!!! 💥💥💥

[@jugjonze6143]

Jamie XX's Boiler Room set sent me here!

[@kayci618]

Listened to this back in 1996 when I was in year 11! Still rocks hard! Nostalgia

[@tonydalston3009]

Love this - it sounds better even after all these years - it’s a London thing-I guess

[@kehindeoyegunle8920]

English HIPHOP Pioneers along wit' Demon Boyz,Derek B Cookie Crew,Smiley Culture, Gunshot & Hijack,Silver Bullet & Blade. Deserve their flowers 💐 💕 💓 Bless gave us inna UK 🇬🇧 An identity jus like NWA - Srg8 outta Compton. Peace ✌️ ☮️ 🏳️‍

[@officialsimonharris]

So amazingly good . . . London Posse were the real deal . . .

[@lilmanjaydaflex2689]

Nuff Tings Still Gwan. Still love My -Cheese&Onion! !Just West of LDN And teaching my Smooth Bwoy bout Recognition! !All Manz from the Day -Bless-Big Up-Dem Follow it Up . Respect All Crew!. SALUTE! :-);-)

[@porchy92]

Hhaha shout out to salt and vinegar to

[@josephmcgonigle880]

Big up anyone who still bangs this!

[@lainealexander5927]

Uk hip hop rules!

[@aarohavukainen6573]

Luckily my father taught me what music to listen to, old school is just not music it’s much more

[@mattwoods6844]

Love the first 11 seconds. That pan of the camera to LP is awesome!

[@fensterirl]

"why the spliff so large?, because I put the whole bag in" classic

[@iammrberserker6068]

great rap coming out of the uk in 93/94,,,awesome times...where did they go? who knows but they need to come back...no stabbings back in those times

[@theupstatenewyorkguy2350]

dang I remember watch this wow

[@Foreverarti]

How am I just learning about this in 2023. can’t lie the RTM PODCAST PUT ME ON

[@keironhiggspoet]

the dynamic duo of Rodney P and Bionic. love the patois with the English accent raps. mint

[@racqueljuilliemillano541]

Still so fabulous and awesome 💯✊🏿😎❤️✊🏿😎💯🖤😍💛💚❤️🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤💯💯💯💥✊🏿❤️

[@samhain66]

Brilliant, great upload ! back when Uk Hip hop was first finding its own voice with London Posse, Overlord X, Demon Boys, Gunshot, Blade, The mighty Hijack and even the late Derek B, great days !

[@cjsliceskinzmudgrub9275]

Dope shit haha reminds me of when i was 14 .Now imake my own music best wishes to everyone who reads this i know people say its wrong but its serious shit .Everyone of you have the potential to do whatever you dream to do..Nothing is impossible just gotta put your mind to it and do it its hard i know but we have to think for ourselves thats excatly what the so called government does not want. Peace to you all

[@prodbyrobak3150]

Gna remember u when i make it

[@frodorobins8898]

Sounds as fresh today as ever

[@StevenHeapRecipes]

That time, that vibe, remainder 1st x heard, even better now

[@JPayne95]

This went so fucking hard man wtf

[@memyself4ever1]

Faze one, Cookie Crew, Monie Love, Wee Papa Girls, Derek B. were the few British Mcs I was familiar with. This is hot though. It's better than what the fuck they play today.

[@DJVadim77]

always loved this tune..

[@nard897]

Loved this tune. Mtv raps after school

[@Prod_by_Svengali]

A pack of Cheese & Onion!

[@RileyFreeman_]

How did I scroll past this comment just as he said it 😂😂😂🤒

[@springbok2354]

Hear me now hear me now.

[@cjhepburn7406]

What about Worcester Sauce? Lol!

[@shahbazc2283]

even the casual listener can't help but be swayed by these thumpin' beats

[@kierand9410]

Rockin'

[@racqueljuilliemillano541]

Brilliant classic hip hop from London Posse 💥🥰🌶❤️💥🥰🌶🥰💥❤️💥💥💥💥

[@JohnyStanke]

I wish they appeared in Only Fools and Horses somehow hahahaha

[@bingbong1964]

that wudda made for an episode

[@LXRDUNKNXWN]

JohnyStanke or the Desmond's

[@Wally-H]

They could have taken on the O'Driscoll brothers

[@Wally-H]

Only room for one Rodders in that series lol

[@cov9290]

Jolly boys outing episode would be perfect for them

[@fastbuck4142]

takes me back still bang this 2018

[@redart2330]

the stuff of legend for london hip hop....

[@catgotwasted2]

They never called that style 'grime' in HipHop Connections when I was a nipper and was listening to London Posse, Hijack, Gunshot and Silver Bullet, Demon Boyz etc. It was all coming out of the Babylon for the most part but it was a healthy scene and this stuff still got the power and energy that is so lacking in these x-factor times.

[@elraxomcgoutfoot9625]

Dope. Good quality video for the 90's. Big ups from New Zealand.

[@xavierrandall]

I REMEMBER THIS. IT WAS ON A RELEASE PROJECT CALLED PLANET HIPHOP BACK IN THE EARLY 90s

[@MissVanSam]

One of my favourit 90's hiphop tracks

[@Risdam1]

I remember this the first time on Yo! MTV Raps. Respect from Hollandia

[@j8709]

I was just watching Dave and then Stormzy on the Brits 2020, wondering where it’s all gone wrong with UK hip-hop and thought of these guys. THIS is the REAL shit!!! Wicked video too. They just don’t make ‘em like this anymore. I’d love to see Rodney P kill Stormzy or Dave in an MC battle!!

[@jfc4798]

London Posse are back on a UK Tour this May. Gonna be show of the year.

[@cjfrench5401]

Honestly the 90’s NYC influence is sick

[@RaymondHarvey-ol7om]

Grew up with the demon boyz, Mike J & Demon D, you can’t beat the 80s & 90s for hip-hop, scarface was my personal favourite, an absolute legend on the hip-hop scene 🙏

[@croydonable]

Love London Posse , after Demon Boyz they were the next crew to keep it real, nice hearing that inner London Cockney/ragga accent , unfortunately long gone now

[@lexluther1303]

still got there album tape gangster chronicles 👊🏼💥

[@annasmith3723]

Oh my god I found it!! Heard this on a mix by Jamie xx ages ago

[@carltheblue.2531]

Class! loved these.. Proper underground, they smashed it big style.

[@springbok2354]

The Chinese girls they ask me, how’s life in London? And in New York the talk is always, how’s life in London? And all my hunnies in Harare ask me, how’s life in a London? And what you tell em? I tell em as a ute I always used to stun em.

[@Evolutionaryfreed]

Amazing uk hip hop, not Americanised just pure British, respect to London posse

[@pairovtitsanafanny]

The nazi "kismyas" below has commented, "How can they call themselves London posse when none of them are white" It doesn't matter what colour you are. Just ask the white "Americans" or the white "Australians" The fact of the matter is, these guys have London accents, were born in London, have probably had kids in London. Therefore have the British born right to call themselves London Posse.

[@pairovtitsanafanny]

36Rza. That kismyas is a nazi. He doesn't care if these guys speak with broad London accents and are born here etc. The fact that they're brown makes them an outsider to him. But do we care? Do we long for his approval? Do we require his blessing? Do we fuck. Fuck him, and fuck Nick Griffin.

[@pairovtitsanafanny]

Well fuck em then! Racism shouldn't be tolerated from any angle. We should just be accepted on content of character rather than colour of skin. As the great Martin Luther king said...

[@KingJami3]

They didn't even call themselves the London Posse. They were touring in America (I think supporting Public Enemy but I could be wrong) where people were calling them the London Posse and the name stuck.

[@gamblemadman]

kismyas Well if they fucked off to Essex and Kent then they aint real Londoners anymore are they.

[@bl00dhoney]

@SunzOffski I think you'll find they're all SOUTH Londoners. Thank you!!

[@joemckevitt9319]

2021 still here

[@TheWeazel80]

Yep!

[@Huffy72]

epic uk hip hop

[@jackyoung5950]

If it wasn't for guys like this most of the uk grime, garage, hip hop and jungle scene wouldn't be alive 🇬🇧

[@MrMichaelConstantine]

The fact of the matter is that these guys are unfortunately forgotten, and in all honesty UK rap wasnt that big in 90's. the uk grime, garage, hip hop and jungle scene, especially Jungle stemmed from reggae, dub, acid house, techno, hardcore and more. London posse were great but not as influencial as we would like to believe.

[@jackyoung5950]

Thats true!

[@gloverdragon6854]

noooooooooooooooooooooooooo, not true at all, not true...nooooooooo this rap has no bearing on grime at aaaalllllllllll if anything this is what grime wanted to get away from. You tell a grime kid or an eski beat listener that rap and grime are the same and that is a major offence to them.

[@jackyoung5950]

+Glover dragon yea I know mate, it's like saying garage is the same as grime or jungle is the same and dnb

[@gloverdragon6854]

jckyng Exactly! i've heard of london posse before but honestly this is the first time i've listened to one of their tracks...the only good thing i personally have to say is that i'm glad that they didn't rap in fake american accents...but the negatives for me is that even though they didn't do that, their persona still felt american, like fake american...they didn't offer anything unique, imo. I was 3 at the time when this came out but had i been a teenager at the time i definitely would not have had this in my music collection, I would have rather listened to something american because to me this sounds like an attempt to be american so whats the point in having the fake when you can listen to the real. This is why my music listening is more formed around the garage/grime sides of music because i relate better to it culturally and I don't want american music i want home grown london british music...if that makes sense? this is what we in the garage world wanted to get away from...it's corny

[@leeballinger8222]

Rushing the Counter! superkings no long ting 😂😂 class group class video!

[@MosNeagu1975]

back in 1993 I watched this on VHS..:) good music!

[@bludangell]

Had to revisit this badboy. True UK Hip Hop!

[@fultonstreetfreestyle]

yoooo this is liiit🤯✨

[@AliGroup-n8n]

I like that trumpet noise that you make at the start 0:38

[@djspark4803]

What a fucking tune man 👌❤! Timeless..

[@conradmurray9160]

This is bad ass

[@followtheboat]

London Posse, Demon Boyz and Asher D/Daddy Freddy. The holy trinity of UK hip hop.

[@5kout]

🥶 remember this from school days max lx and Davy J kiss fm!!!

[@jorgevasconcelosmadetomove]

this is gold

[@AJ-oj3tm]

Ya tiene un rato que escuché esta rola y apenas la voy encontrando otra vez💪

[@allanallan2171]

Thanks Idris

[@bunglebonce]

Nice reference to the TV Series Banacek at about 0:50 .Banacek was an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network from 1972 to 1974.

[@joshtj44]

First time hearing of this. I like it.

[@thestevieb73]

Love this trak. Mad props to Rodney P and tha London Posse! Origins of UK Hip Hop!

[@danrachael8367]

quarter of a million views!