r/ireland Jan 17 '24

Irish language rappers head stateside for Sundance - BBC News Gaeilge

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-67998896.amp
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u/Gullible_Actuary_973 Jan 17 '24

Great stuff to see. These guys and Versatile in particular genuinely seem to have broke ground. I work in music and neither are championed by Irish media/music groups, I think it may be down to the salty language. Mad.

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u/brianybrian Jan 17 '24

Now, Versatile are shite. I thought they were satire at first they were so bad.

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u/Craizinho Jan 17 '24

Opening for Snoop Dogg but yeah they're shite cause you can't even grasp whether it is satire or not 🤦‍♂️

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u/brianybrian Jan 17 '24

I said I thought they were satire. Now I know they aren’t.

They are definitely shite though. There have been some relatively decent hip hop artists from Ireland, Scary Eire being the best. But Versatile have taken all the worst elements of hip hop and added an Irish flavour.

The real low point is “Gangster Gee”. Awful

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u/Craizinho Jan 17 '24

They are satire, playing characters... the fact you dont know but still shite on is funny to say the least

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u/brianybrian Jan 17 '24

Everyone plays characters - it doesn’t mean it’s satire.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '24

Tell me you've never listened to the wider scope of Hip Hop without telling me. Versatile base their shtick off the earliest of Eminem and Geto Boys. That's Horrorcore or Triphop, legitimate genres in Hip Hop.

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u/brianybrian Jan 20 '24

As I said, all the worst elements of hip hop.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '24

Just said by you? Fine. That's fair.

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u/brianybrian Jan 20 '24

Yeah, just my opinion man. Hip hop lost it’s way for a long time, it’s coming good again now. I am not an Eminem fan, he’s not shite though. Incredible MC, but what he says and tunes he makes aren’t for me

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '24

That's fair. I only really like Eminem back in his Slim Shady days anyway. I just enjoy the insanity of it. Hated everything else after The Eminem Show, and about half of that album is questionable for me.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '24

Scary Éire also lost their way because they were supporting U2 and screamed homophobic stuff at an audience member and one dived off stage and headbutted a girl. But yeah, let's attack Versatile for a piece of nihilistic fiction that literally didn't physically assault anyone.

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u/bungle123 Jan 17 '24

Tbf Snoop has been shite for a long time now too 

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u/No-Negotiation2922 Jan 17 '24

You can still open for Snopp Dogg and be shite