So Solid Crew - 21 Seconds | HARLEM NEW YORKER (INTERNATIONAL FERG) REACTION

[@internationalferg]

Everybody go show Luv to where you are from & everywhere. International Ferg Merch is here!! internationalfergstore.com/ Rep ya hood !!!!

[@kennibrammer6985]

Same with Lisa mafia if they don't know her they aren't from this world 🤣

[@ShakeOneOfficial]

Check this out from the u.k old school kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYKwmnZ4f5ysiK8si=e2kodZbUQdNNN1Lu

[@yslxo_]

EVERYONE knows 21 seconds here. If you don’t and you’re 17+ your UK passport is revoked

[@Jaunt1able]

Amen bruv 😂🙌🏻

[@elliottwhite417]

17 and known this my whole life. How could ya not know

[@nicolajengaenga8107]

I am literally 37 years old and can lip sync this whole thing. This should be on the ‘Life in the UK’ immigration exam ...

[@rachelbaker5991]

Ohhhh K

[@rihannan5634]

Yes 😂😂😂😂😂

[@alexdunhill8117]

bro this song was number 1 in the uk in 2001 when being at number 1 actually meant something. it was an absolute game changer

[@adamfairbrother40]

Paved the way for an entire culture-shift. Legends.

[@valeriekill6270]

Big tune

[@united46]

Dude I cannot explain to you how huge this track and crew were! sold out shows until they started getting banned for violence at their concerts. Girl was called Lisa Mafia.This was the age of UK garage which is sort of a blend of house music,hip hop & soul. If u wanna check out some old school classics try. Mc Luck & DJ neat little bit of luck General levy incredible shanks and bigfoot sweet like chocolate

[@girlsdrinkfeck]

maffia *

[@kieronimo1]

@@girlsdrinkfeck UK garage was born out of drum and bass..... It's the step beat...... It actually uses the amen break (that influenced early hip-hop)... And if you don't know about the amen break.... get to know. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHqlhmmiethjq5Y

[@girlsdrinkfeck]

@@kieronimo1?

[@kieronimo1]

@@girlsdrinkfeck Sorry dude. Not you . United 46.

[@BossPamire]

Ms dynamite and oxide and neutrino was there about that time and Daniel Beddingfield just came out with gotta get through this this was the time to be in U.K. man

[@South_Central_Southsea]

Each verse was 21 seconds.

[@BenzTube.]

This genre called “Garage” it’s NOT grime or rap. Garage was out way before Grime.

[@internationalferg]

💯💯

[@Qwertyrfvgy]

It's not grim but it is still rap, you can rap to garage, grime even dnb.

[@adamwalkeraw]

@@internationalferg he speaks the truth. It kinda went from house music in the early 90s to drum n base/jungle like goldie in the mid 90s,to garage like so solid in late 90s to grime in early 00s like roll deep etc.

[@chrisrowe7503]

Grime was the successor to Garage.

[@AlannahBMorin]

Yup! 👍🏾 Well explained 👌🏾

[@bronzewand]

This is the proper UK sound "Garage" where grime took most of it's influence from. You should check out So Solid Crew & Ms Dynamite - Envy

[@internationalferg]

I’m on it imma shout you as I do it

[@herdoe6144]

Wiley tala about that on Wot you call it

[@francissaunders7402]

Ms Dynamite being Akala's big sister. Enjoy.

[@djkarmafarmerfreespiritcol5854]

Yes bro. Envy is by far one of my favourite so solid tracks. My g

[@Rachw0101]

Love me some garage ❤❤❤

[@ArianBVRZ]

Lets just say, when this came out 19 years ago it was the biggest urban hit the UK ever had, everyone and their grandmother new it. Made So Solid Crew into a house hold name and paved the way for another handful of radio hits just like this but prob not as well known or remembered: So Solid Crew - Broken Silence So Solid Crew - Haters So Solid Crew & Ms Dynamite - Envy So Solid Crew - Ride Wid Us So Solid Crew - Oh No (Sentimental Things) So Solid Crew - They Don't Know

[@internationalferg]

Dopeeeee I’m going to check some out and I’m going to shout you out as I do it

[@empressfree6342]

Ride wid us was the school for me✊🏾

[@Laura-sg6ss]

Yes

[@boombaporiginal3359]

Before Wiley and Dizzie came on the scene, garage was the big underground sound in the U.K. dominated by london. It was born out of house hence the name garage. Originally it was mostly instrumental but as time went on more and more people started spitting on it. When garage MC's first started spitting on the beats it was usually about partying, gd vibes, stuff for the ladies. Music to dance to. As the scene grew and boomed obviously it got more mainstream attention. See tracks such as Wookie - Battle, Love Station - Teardrops, Wideboys - Sambuca, Heartless Crew - Heartless Anthem, Masters of the Ceremomy - Do you really like it, Future Underground Nation - It's the way, Somore - I refuse, Roy Davies Jr. - Gabrielle, Artful.Dodger - Thong Song Remix. So solid were one of the first crews spitting more real life, street bars reflecting the life alot of young men in the hood were really living. Obviously the government hated it and tried to silence them. They 100% set the bencmark for grime, bare mcs spitting 8 bar verses on one track. Grime came after, Wiley was spittung with Pay As You Cartel and then went off and started making beats at 140bpm putting the snare on the 3rd beat of each bar mostly, changing the swing and vibe of the beats. Where as garage had a snare/clap on the 2 and 4 with the hi hat and rim shot/ghost snare shuffle. Sadly grime took oved and garage went back underground but it's legacy is still strong. So Solid were the catalyst for it.

[@ammar6937]

Klashnekoff - its murda is a uk classic hip hop track

[@garethdiamond1048]

this is a bad boy

[@SnipeDailyTv]

Red rizzla tara

[@samrodger1775]

🔥

[@therealkingd4268]

To Ras bro not Tara like rasclart

[@a-aura]

Channel U days man, thats still one of my favourite tracks.

[@britishgass6947]

I think you might be the first to go this far back

[@internationalferg]

Dope trying to get this history out here to the states !!

[@laughingoutloud8612]

And I’m here for it!!!! 🙌🏻

[@Doyourthinginsilent]

Yesssss so far back. Now it's time for newham generals. Heartless crew etc. Roll deep

[@Nino-su7jv]

I was 19 when this dropped, it was HUGE 🙂 I used to work with Romeo in The Body Shop back in the day, a really nice guy.

[@londonsfinest-bx8gv]

Back in the day 21 seconds had every girl from the ends singing lisa maffia's part 🤣😂🎵🔊🎵🔊

[@MichaelSmith-bn6hm]

If you haven't noticed they all had 21 seconds each to spit their verse

[@richf_tropical_garden_projects]

This is a UK classic 🇬🇧💯😎👌😎😎

[@BossPamire]

So solid crew - 21 seconds one of the biggest tracks ever in the UK

[@JamesFromTheDurham]

This was crazy big this track. Probably the first huge commercial hit in this genre. Opened alot of doors

[@internationalferg]

Wordddd!!!

[@nakedrat5000]

If I remember correctly, Oxide and Neutrino (also part of So Solid Crew) hit first with Bound for the reload

[@kidkarbon4775]

The song title alludes to the approximate 21 seconds that each of the band members is given to perform their rap. 21 seconds is arrived at as the song's tempo is approximately 140BPM and each of the 11 so solid members rapper has 12 bars of 4 beats (48 beats at 140BPM, when worked out to the nearest integer, rounds to 21 seconds). It's so solid member Lisa Maffia's daughter laughing at the beginning of the track.

[@AlexRoseGames]

it's 137bpm so it's pretty much bang on 21 seconds, it's 21.02 seconds

[@boombaporiginal3359]

Incorrect the tempo is 137BPM. UK radio limit for a song is about 3 mins to 3.30, hence the term radio edit. They worked out how many members were gonna be on the track and divided that by the song limit and everyone got 21.9 seconds.

[@thestruggle8499]

I remember being a kid and my grandma genuinely bought my mum this single on CD 🤣🤣 I'm 25 now, never gets old... true classic

[@internationalferg]

Hahahahaha the good old days

[@c4ghts1]

SO SOLID CREW WAS OUR WU TANG CLAN

[@markymark4739]

This was one of the original anthems nice one for doing this another banger they had was envy with ms dynamite who is Akalas older sister

[@internationalferg]

Dopeee I’m on it imma shout you when I do it

[@soniavangar1628]

Hey first time on ur channel, thanks for covering this. But I don't think u realise how the afro Caribbean has blessed us in the UK. I'm Indian British but been blessed with a mixture of music. Hearing u as reminded me lol. Bless

[@nickhiggins9807]

This song was number 1 in the uk charts it was a big tune

[@internationalferg]

Dopeeee

[@pauljm78]

2001 long time ago

[@nickhiggins9807]

x77 yeah I was in the last year of high school, we played the cd in music class

[@TemptressTeelia]

It Was the first of garage crew to ever get to number one let alone top ten. Broke the doors wide open.

[@THiggins130388]

I had this single on vinyl when I was 13. That was 20 years ago.

[@TheAlkebulanTrust]

Bullet Boy movie came out a few years after 21 Seconds. But Asher D was definitely an actor first because he was in a TV show as a yute in Grange Hill but his acting career really took off after Bullet Boy because he then ended up being in the movie Get Rich or Die Tryin alongside 50 Cent

[@Mr_Flangey_gaming]

It was a MASSIVE track in the UK. They all spat their verses in 21 seconds. That birds Lisa mafia. Still a big tune now 🇬🇧

[@rickyrixOK]

Swiss wasn’t featured on this track unfortunately.... please listen to so solid - broken silence Swiss goes hard on this one ☝️

[@jamieanderson3475]

Damn Broken Silence has pure heart to it , forgot about that track for a minute

[@zacharycorr900]

Swizz - Cry, was a deep track too!

[@deeeeeeezzzzaaaa]

OMG, now that we're here you have to react to Oi by More Fire Crew. That song is a banger and is from this era.

[@issacwatson-roach8730]

For real 😤🔥🔥

[@TheIkaraCult]

The most important thing about this song is that it was Number One in the charts back when that mattered. That achievement is amazing, when you think back. They didn't have any kind of label hype, they got there off their own backs

[@yslxo_]

They all flowed for 21 seconds

[@s2mey382]

This track might've started it all for a lot of the late 80s babies.

[@deadlymantis4210]

The dude who spit first was Megaman. He was the brains behind so solid crew. You must check out heir track Envy ft Miss Dynamite ( Akalas sister) Asher D spits more on that track, but Miss dynamite IMO murders them all on it. Another guy who spit a verse was Harvey he has a KZbin channel where he does interviews. He interviews Asher D in one of them and he explains where he came from, how his boys would give him grief of going to acting school etc, a decent watch

[@internationalferg]

who remember what they was doing when this came out?

[@ammar6937]

I was in jail bro lol

[@leodelaney6865]

2001 - almost 20 years ago!!!! Mans feeling his age now, lol

[@Ali920a]

School boy ha

[@bronzewand]

Year 6 primary school those were the days

[@ArianBVRZ]

I was in High School grade 9 bumping this everyday for weeks hahahaa

[@bochaquemada7787]

This song was SO huge in the UK 🇬🇧 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 I was at school when it came out & it got massive airplay on the radio - it became an anthem 🤍🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 iconic 😎

[@boreilly82]

LOVED this when I was running around the bars and clubs in Croydon, UK. UK garage music was amazing for like 4 or 5 years and this song was probably the biggest banger

[@dominichawkes4611]

Absolute classic. The clubs used to be buzzing when this was on

[@charlottekerlew8669]

The first guy, Megaman, is the guy who kidnapped Juelz Santana back in the day over beef with Camron 🤣

[@TheAlkebulanTrust]

Unfortunately Swiss weren't really an MC back then he was more of a producer which he produced some tracks for So Solid Crew's debut album They Don't Know but he did feature on Lisa Maffia song All Over. And Lisa Maffia is the woman in this video. The first guy was Megaman who is the founder of So Solid Crew.

[@tlrbrotlrbro1036]

This guys while uk music knowledge based off topboy!😂😂fucking hilarious!! This guy literally knows fuck all pahahah

[@TheComedyColosseum]

I was in year 6 when this came out. I can remember listening to it on the Pepsi chart website. 😂

[@christomo1076]

I remember this being big when this came out. Although I heard they’re ‘oh no (sentimental things) before this came out. Going off the topic of garage and grime...... the uk had some hip hop groups in the 90’s.... ‘London Posse’ was one... if you ever wanna check out some of their stuff. They were very early 90’s though.... and had been together since the 80’s.

[@peternewby417]

So solid crew were ahead of their time , tracks that are coming out now even can’t stand up to solids work 😀👍

[@grahamchick1540]

Take yourself all the way back to Bristol in 1990. The album blue lines by Massive Attack came out that year. It was laced with chilled out hip hop vibes.

[@peterrjacobs3953]

Yeahhh, you reacted to this. I didn't know if you'd catch up with these requests. Nice one!

[@internationalferg]

Word I try to get to it brother send me some more

[@shazzzabanazz4789]

This was hit here in Britain played in every club

[@1000Bats]

Yes, this song was MASSIVE. I remember cars shaking to this still hear it here and there.

[@bradm8469]

I was 16 when this dropped was aload of us used to fly around town on our peds remember some guy had speakers on his ped banging this now I'm 35 damm time flies

[@tabb5818]

Yeah man this was my teen years. This was all over everything at the time bro. Btw you just listened to garage.

[@tye9]

The reason its called 21 Seconds is because in order for everyone to be able rap, and keep it within the time frame of being able to be played on radio. Each member had 21 seconds to rap

[@Jayfelms]

This song was huge at the time. So solid crew and garage was what grime wants to be.

[@SonnyL]

The reason the song’s called 21 seconds is that everybody on the track has 21 seconds to spit

[@Trudon]

Cheers michael owen

[@D2907D]

@@Trudon 🤣🤣🤣

[@dicassobeats]

Asher D we basically both since way back... his acting and rapping has always been very close. If you remember he actually was in "Get RIch Or Die Tryin" playing 'Antwon' the guy in 50 cent crew who gets put into a wheel chair.

[@nataliesmith-ti7oe]

Memories...I was 21 when this song came out and I'm 44 now. This song still hits....

[@bait1s]

you need to react to roll deep - the avenue. roll deep was wileys crew. that’s old school grime infused with a bit of hip hop

[@daiwilliams6232]

Love roll deep! Soo many great acts coming out of that

[@jacksmith4460]

what you say about Wiley bring the new sound is true...but you had Garage and DnB(/Jungle) which was very UK sound, So Solid came out of that but when MC's came into it at that point US had huge influence. but you also at this point had the underground UK hip hop scene that was about to pop, and shortly after Grime with the whole London sound & Dub Step which was a south UK thing (mainly Bristol and London) The underground Hip hop Scene actually started very UK and proud, but the biggest influence on it was Wu tang. as far as MC's go It was really what came from Dancehall, DnB and Garage but with lyricism that was present in the UK underground hip hop scene that blended to make Grime. This was the first mega UK sound that was for UK MC's in such a big way. There was some US influence on that, but far less that the UK hip hop scene (which is also fire btw its not all just Grime, we spit over anything from grime hip hop dub to fucking DnB and Techno)

[@jacksmith4460]

here is a hidden UK hip hop gem trust me this track is fire. SE FIRE Peace kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2mngKl6j6ubkJI

[@Joetex666]

I ain't really into rap but everyone was singing this including me at school

[@internationalferg]

Dopeeee dope that’s what’s up what area are you from out there

[@Joetex666]

@@internationalferg Lincolnshire in England it's like the country side. The girl in the video is called Lisa maffia she had a popular solo song after this if I remember right.

[@tomthatcher9585]

This is about 18-20 years old. Saw it live at amadeus in Rochester when it came out 🤣

[@DaveyHotrod]

Swiss was a younger when this came out, his first feature was Broken Silence on their second album.

[@DaveyHotrod]

Swiss was about 14 at the time. His first track was Broken Silence on the second So Solid album.

[@TemptressTeelia]

You missed out Kano in the influences to grime and musicality. He is always passed up, but he was the only one that put hooks, chorus etc in a grime song back then. He made grime viable rather than just MC-ing on a track.

[@alexfrancis4479]

UK garage is where the UK grime scene came from with other influences thay has made the uk rap! Check out more fire crew oi

[@artisticskillz01]

Man when this dropped in the UK this was number 1 and it was played everywhere man. Couldn't escape it. Fucking loved it. Was about 13 years old when this dropped.

[@drkdragn28]

You should do a react video to "Heartless Crew - Heartless theme"

[@arsenalmanic]

Almost 20 years ago. I can't believe it was that long ago! This was a huge hit that time. I recall it like it was yesterday. Everyone knows the chorus in Britain.

[@rihannan5634]

OMG this song was so big in my school I was not old enough to rave but my cousins party to it. 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 thanks for listening

[@davepykett4427]

Oh damn.. this dropped when I went on my first holiday abroad with the boys and remember seeing them other there in Ibiza.. it was 2001 and I was 17... memories right there 😂😂😂

[@jade-pt4nr]

rah... i was 3 when this came out lol but i’ve remembered it so vividly throughout the past two decades, because it is a BIG tune and forever will be

[@UndisputedChamp834]

This song was big, looong time ago but in US not known probably, mad

[@empmartia7897]

So solid crew had a lot of members like alottt

[@davinamissick6780]

Its very clever. Every Artist sing for 21 seconds .Amazing tune 👌

[@mummywilford]

This was played everywhere when i was teen im 34 now and my kids are still listening to it

[@Worldofwoodsuffolk]

This song was MASSIVE in the UK MASSIVE BIG LOVED THIS SONG SOOOOO MUCH FIRST OF ITS KIND

[@lorraine96smith56]

The first real uk rappers were groups like London possee, and hijack who was signed by Ice T. These two groups came out in the middle to late 80's and were obviously deeply influenced by New York rappers of that time such as KRS1, and Public Enemy. The London Posse and Hijack paved the way for groups like So Solid Crew. When speaking of UK female rappers you have to talk about the orginators of UK female rap Monie Love and the Cookie crew, both of which were picked up or collaborated with Queen Latifha again, in the middle to late 80's.

[@stevebrooks8875]

Most of this genre (Garage) was played in clubs but there were a few that made it commercially in the charts. The Girl is Lisa Mafia. This was a banger in the 00's.

[@ArianBVRZ]

Yeah this is the sound back to the origin! New intro is dope. Bit long though, specially for someone like me who watches all your vids. Salute

[@internationalferg]

Hahahahaha man it was 15 seconds lol

[@nicolasgoossens]

This song was HUGE back in the day! This and "Ride Wid Us"!

[@jacobissac]

Jungle started Garage

[@katn9572]

Solid was the most commercial/recognisable UK Garage group but between ‘99 to ‘01 UK Garage was at its peak!! I was 18 and used to dance all night to these songs!! You’ve got to look up DJ Luck and MC Neat, DJ Pied Piper and the Masters of the Ceremonies, Shola Ama -Imagine, sweet female attitude. Such good tunes!!!

[@DaveyHotrod]

The singer is Lisa Maffia, her solo album was really good. Oddly, that's not a stage name, her Mum is called Shirley Maffia.

[@Classicbeauty857]

Shout out to Mega who brought up all of his crew buy showcasing their talent and what inner city kids had to offer. When this song hit the UK had seen nothing like it, this was black people truly getting their own voice and style, without being watered down, doing things our way, the black UK way, they only way we knew how! So solid bust down that door for black UK Music and Wiley gave us our Grime sound.

[@dannotdanny]

This was HUGE back in the day. Heartless Crew probably the first UK Garage crew to break mainstream but So Solid really set the bar after them.

[@DaveyHotrod]

Asher D aka Ashley Walters was a child actor in the children's drama show Grange Hill.

[@maximumfeelin6582]

Garage is yesterday ting but I was there luvin it bruv

[@HPmaraurders]

I'm so glad UK garage is making a comeback to knock grime back underground were it fuckin belongs good to see Americans like UKG

[@thatguymike256]

Ashley started acting from under 10 years old in a old childrens show called Grange hill

[@CM-1723]

And all kids where buying them white contact lenses haha

[@dinartesoares13]

So Solid Crew changed the game for the uk. There was 100's of so solid crew members. Some other tracks of theirs to check out: - they don't know - rid wid us - oh no - haters - broken silence

[@bochaquemada7787]

I’m watching from Argentina 🇦🇷 South America but I grew up in the UK. DJ luck and MC neat were huge at this time, too! 🤍🤍🤍

[@rossturrell6758]

Come on man i just subsribed but ya gotta love 21 seconds love from england

[@rossturrell6758]

Lisa mafia is the girls name

[@littlegreenman1000]

At the time they was huge in the game still rated now.

[@Miss-an-thropic]

Let's take a moment to appreciate how good the video is too.

[@zaidkarim6318]

This and giggs - talkin the hardest British anthems

[@ScreamqueenarmyBlogspot666]

The group is called "So Solid Crew", the song is called "21 seconds" & was their first and only UK Number 1

[@jacobissac]

No not heavy influence by Amercia , they was influnce by Jungle Music and Jamaican music

[@BigShaggger828]

One of the biggest uk anthems

[@ciaraellis9504]

this was/is an absolute classic here in the UK. It's very manfufactured to reflect the UK garage love at the time. It's not my bag but I still know all the lyrics lol.... I'd suggest listening to Wookie. Or searching for Pure Garage CD box sets for a good introduction to the late 90's/early 00's garage scene. volume 3 (the purple one) is what I'd suggest lol

[@jay278822]

Asher D was an actor first in a program called grange hill about a school.

[@Krafty02]

Yeah this track was huge in New Zealand hard i remeber pumping it it was mean as.

[@simonhopkins7049]

I jamed to this in 2001 wen it was out luv it

[@blingo4life]

This song was pre-grime. Was number one in the country for weeks and weeks. Huge crossover. Foundational British crew. The quick emceeing is from Jamaican roasting and jungle culture, rather than hip hop. All verses 21 seconds. All are from south london. The lady is Lisa mafia. Asher D was an emcee before actor. Was important as it established a UK sound, instead of copying US. Their shows sadly used to get banned due to violence. Thank you for reviewing.

[@herdoe6144]

one of most memorable tracks from Garage. The only songs I played more at the time was Original Nuttah and Bound 4 Da Reload