The music quiz activity - UK drill rappers

The music quiz

1. Take a sheet of paper and fold it into 8 sections by folding it three times 2. Write in three of the squares your favourite music artists 3. Discuss between the group, the favorite music artists that the group have written. Now add any new ones to the empy boxes but ONLY from the other sheets - no new ones.

Now look at the artists on the following slides 1.  Add them to your sheet if you have any empty spaces 2. Number the artists in rank from 1 to 8 on your sheet 3. Write why you have made these choices 4. discuss your decisions and make up another group sheet with the greatest music artists of 2020

New music artists from 2020

UK DRILL SCENE 2020

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Caption: : It may not be the nations favorite but it is up and coming and attracts big names like Stormzy and Drake

Jimmy, the white-masked rapper from Homerton, made his mark last year participating in fellow East Londoner KO’s Tim Westwood Crib Session and delivering a Next Up? freestyle that showed his ability to oscillate between sleek trap and the archetypal, macabre UK drill sound. Jimmy possesses a novelistic detail to his stories of grinding and sticking to the dogma of the streets -- and along with the rest of the Homerton collective is set to push the transgressive genre of drill to unseen heights, both sonically and thematically, in 2020.

Jimmy

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Fizzler

Woolwich’s Fizzler first turned heads with his Next Up? freestyle, which grew to become something of an underrated gem in the drill community. Shortly after, he banked on those shards of promises with a debut EP, WET IT SZN, full of candid metaphors and laser-sharp flows. With his consistency, undeniable chemistry with drill production mainstay Ghosty, and a Chip-like ability to never run out of bars, Fizzler shows no signs of slowing down.

A rising member of pioneering Brixton crew 150 (whose founding members include Grizzy, Stickz, and Mdargg), M24’s videos are peppered with recognisable faces from the UK drill scene -- and he has the rapping credentials to justify the attention too. In 2019 he secured his position as one to watch in the ever-changing UK drill scene, and has shown the potential to crossover into the mainstream. With his gravelly delivery and pinpoint flow, M24 is among the best when it comes to crafting luxury-suite drill. M24 shows there’s nothing wrong with switching things up while still respecting the formula that’s made drill so hard to ignore in the first place.

M24

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Two of the most prominent young members of the OFB crew, Bandokay & Double Lz made 2019 their year -- and are set to repeat the feat in 2020. The two young apprentices have found their footing in everything from Afroswing tracks with Yxng Bane to the murky environments of Headie One’s raps. An impressive debut mixtape, Frontstreet, offered a broader showcase of their talents. Meanwhile singles like Ambush, Once In A While and Mazza continue to rack up views by the million with ease.

Bandokay & Double Lz

808Melo is the producer behind Headie One’s Know Better (the beat for which Stormzy also vocalled in his latest spat with Wiley), but is perhaps best known for being breakout Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke’s first-choice producer. Hailing from Ilford, 808Melo has been paramount in the transatlantic exchange of American rappers adopting UK drill’s ghoulish sonic palette to craft their own street stories. Having already worked with the likes of Sheff G and Lil Tjay, 808Melo kicked off the new year off with a production credit on Travis Scott’s new JackBoys project, and his growing influence is proving that it’s possible for UK sounds to penetrate the usually-ambivalent US rap audience.

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808Melo

Resources needed for this activity

THis activity needs few resources to complete. Only a sheet of paper for each learner and a pen. Extension / stretch and challenge: repeat the exercise with a selection of classic artists or actors.   Source materials  cited https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/best-uk-drill-artists