![]() Specifically, Bronx Drill Rap seems to come from the northernmost borough of New York City, although drill rap, in general, has other origins. 67 took the sound from Brixton streets to massive YouTube views to being blared out of every decent part in the country – if they don’t play 67’s ‘Let’s Lurk’ or Loski’s ‘Teddy Brukshot’ at some point, you shouldn’t be there. Josie Rhodes Cook Published: 10:13 ET, Updated: 10:26 ET, DRILL Rap is a unique type of music that’s taken off a bit in the last few years. This wouldn’t be a rap list without Pac, This bar speaks for itself and really has no backstory, Just Pac talking revenge. The genre’s fans now form a tight-knit community, and we’re not going anywhere. Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to gettin’ pussy 2Pac. And that’s simply because the sound they created was so catchy that it was universally loved by all rap fans. You could argue that without them there’d be no Harlem Spartans (the Kennington group who gave us Drake’s favourite driller Loski) or drill ambassadors Skengdo X AM. ![]() Having made UK drill popular, 67 inspired many other artists to adopt the genre. To UK rap fans, this was a new sound that was familiar enough to make them feel at home. Their take on drill boasted the speed and aggression of grime but with the 808s and pop appeal of trap. Lil Reece, Fredo Santana and King Louie didn’t attain the same status as Chief Keef.Ī couple of years later, though, south London’s 67 took over the genre, complementing the austere sounds with even more austere lyrics about the tragic violence they’ve witnessed over the years. Yet he had curiously few successors in the US the sound fizzled out across the pond. His dense lyrics, often focused on gang violence, were at stark odds with his minimalist sound. When Keef dropped ‘Don’t Like’ back in 2012 – at the tender age of 16 – fans went ballistic for rowdy 808s and zooming top-lines. ![]() UK drill, then, is now more influential than ever across the world – no wonder a new documentary featuring all off the scene’s key players including Kidavelly and Drillminister, Terms & Conditions: A UK Drill Story, is landing on YouTube this week.īut let’s back up a little. The late, great Pop Smoke borrowed the UK drill sound and gave it some New York verve and Brixton heroes Skengdo X AM recently released ‘EU Drillers’, a mixtape packed with drill artists from all over Europe. ![]() “As we’ve seen from the late, great Pop Smoke, UK-influenced drill has made its way back to America” And these days our capital’s rappers’ anti-establishment lyrics aren’t only influencing UK culture, but the entire international rap scene. But when you say ‘drill’ in 2020, you’re more likely referring to the sounds made famous by the UK. The subgenre is strongly influenced by trap music, another subgenre of hip-hop that emerged from the Atlanta, Georgia music scene that shares the drill sound’s propensity for dark, slow atmospheres and a lyrical focus on the dangers of. After all, he created the genre in the early 2010s. Drill music is a subgenre of hip-hop that originated in Chicago’s South Side area in the early 2010s. Yes, Chicago’s Chief Keef is still the king of drill. ![]()
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