His album, The defamation of Strickland Banks is one of the very few perfect albums in my opinion. It tells a story from start to finish meaning you never want to skip a track. Perfection.

@BeersBars

Жыл бұрын

That sounds awesome

@kevintwine2315

Жыл бұрын

A ridiculously good album, a masterpiece

@paulclegg8642

Жыл бұрын

The film by the same name as this sound is a must watch, the streets album a grand don't come for free Is genius too, tells a story same vibe

@katstephenson8493

Жыл бұрын

Definitely Strickland banks.☮️🇬🇧

@shaundowning8559

Жыл бұрын

Well said

Honestly... This track along with alot of Chase and Status, The Prodigy and Pendulum were all what I grew up on and I'm so glad people are finally going back to them and have massively shaped my music taste.

There was a massive riot in London in 2011 after the police shot dead Mark Duggan (Bandokay’s dad) shops were robbed and lit on fire. Also around this time a lot of people lost their flats in London to build the Olympic village so people were fed up with the government. This song came out around this time.

Unfortunately our government really don't care about poor kids, and this is the result. This album was in a class of its own. I'm nearly 50 now and have seen my country destroyed by dangerously under qualified people running government policy. Great reaction video, it's nice to see American reactions when they get a glimpse of the real Britain ✌️❤ From the uk

@simonbrown7455

10 ай бұрын

When I was a kid all poor kids got EMA. Schooling and healthcare is free. Its a bit harsh to say they don't care. It's society that is a problem. Poor people know that they can live poor on handouts from the governmnent. The Government has actually given people too much privilage and now British society has become lazy.

@jopo8281

10 ай бұрын

​@@simonbrown7455Nah, it's wealth inequality.

@SuperChrisDub

6 ай бұрын

I feel you Bro. I'm 53 and my opinion of our "dear leaders" is the same.

His film ill Manor which this comes from is truly superb, whilst being one of the most disturbing movies I've ever seen.

@MajinGemma

8 ай бұрын

The whole album associated is amazing!

This track is a legendary protest song. It's also the namesake for his film which is definitely worth a watch. Some of the footage in this video was taken from the London riots around that time. The guy who got egged is/was a politician. The 'hug a hoody' thing was a quote by a former prime minister who seemed to think the troubled youth just need a hug or some shit like that lol. The music you're hearing is a hiphop and drum and bass blend. DnB has been HUGE over here for the best part of 30 years. High BPM, filthy breaks and low basslines.

@DaveyHotrod

10 ай бұрын

Love DnB! I got into it at uni - we had NY Sushi on a weekend & Tuesday Club in the week, all boss lineups - my peak was Andy C & Marcus Intalex with Skibadee on the mic on a Tuesday night. Skibadee was in full rock star mode, climbing the amp stacks, stagediving etc. Ended with the house lights up with 1000 people skanking to Body Rock.... beautiful.x

@Lokkk350

10 ай бұрын

glad you pointed out it was filmed at same time as the London riots for some context

This is one of the best protest songs by anyone in recent years (UK-centric). We felt this, no matter which class or region you’re from, it spoke to everyone. Yes, that kid was in Top Boy. A couple of other well-known actors appeared too, inc Riz Ahmed. Lots of the footage was newsreel too.

Plan b was a actor film director and musician. He could do it all. He also directed a film called ill manors

His stage name is Plan b real Ben Drew he made a movie with the same name (ill manors) It’s a rap musical masterpiece in my opinion, highly recommend reacting to it

@BeersBars

Жыл бұрын

We have to check that out!!!

@Yugiinthehood

Жыл бұрын

​@@BeersBarsdid you ever watch it?

@BeersBars

Жыл бұрын

@@Yugiinthehood not yet

@kaistone2692

Ай бұрын

​@@BeersBarshave you watched it yet?!?! Hahaha

this was inspired by the 2011 riots. london burned for 3 days basically. the "give a hoodie a hug" was a reference to advice given to the public by the prime minister at the time.

Love the reactions, Plan B - Charmaine is a amazing song its a story that would make for a great breakdown

@brucehenderson7397

Жыл бұрын

Yes a must guys

@BeersBars

Жыл бұрын

Added to the list!!

As someone who grew up in the worst part of my city and got a good job and move to a wealthy part of my city, I have such weird feelings listening to this again after so many years. I have a son who will grow up in a very upper middle class life when I grew up seeing people get run down with machetes on my street frequently. A few people shot within a street or two of mine etc. In my new area they complain about the 8 year old kids 'making noise' outside. Crazy how shit changes.

Wow, you guys went there, down the rabbit hole. The track "She Said" is what shot him to huge fame. He has unbelievable vocals. He is doing movies more now. Harry Brown, brilliant film and of course the Ill Manors. I would like to introduce you to a couple of youngsters called Rizzle Kicks. More upbeat and great little rappers. They are called Rizzle Kicks. Their biggest hit, "Down with the Trumpets"

@BeersBars

Жыл бұрын

Added to the list!!! Always open to new music :)

@anthonyfawcett1851

Жыл бұрын

Ben drew also known as plan b is probably the closest you’ll get with working closest to working class

FYI The album is essentially a soundtrack to the film (of the same name) that Plan B wrote and Directed and which I highly recommend. It is not an easy watch though, its one of those movies that will leave a bitter taste in the month but was very well done and shows a portrait of the much darker side to London that most people do not get to see or are not aware of.

The Tories proposed "hug a hoodie", the idea being you could solve anti social behaviour issues by walking up to gang members and giving them a hug. I wish I was joking.

I think back in 2010, David Cameron. (Our U.K. prime minister back then) started a campaign which was all in the news papers. Which was give a hoodie a hug. Basically give a youth who looks dangerous a hug. That’s where that lyric comes from.

The film Ill Manors is probably the most accurate representation of British culture and the lower class here in the cities, it captured its time perfectly and doesnt sugar coat any sort of street life it shows the nasty side of being road which back then was refferred to as being a chav (council housed and violent)

This guys great, this whole album was just the soundtrack to his movie with the same title. Worth a watch for sure

The talking about riots is referencing the riots that started in Tottenham and spread through London and then other U.K in 2011. This song is from the soundtrack of a movie with the same name which he also wrote and directed. He kinda withdrew from music, acting and directing after 2012 though to spend time with his family and deal with his own issues but his mixtapes and album from before are worth listening too

The beginning part where he is playing air violin is a reference to the legend/myth of Roman emperor Nero playing the fiddle on the wall to avoid a siege, he knew he would lose so he played the fiddle as a bluff, the attacking army couldn’t believe someone would do that without being sure of winning so they left. So he is pretending to play the fiddle on top of a car park or something knowing the rich will still keep fucking over their communities but showing confidence anyway

Check out ‘the streets’. Their album a grand don’t come for free tells a story from start to finish. It’s genius.

@aikighost

Жыл бұрын

Or the classic Original Pirate Material :)

Plan b is so talented, he sings,acts and creates across different styles of music He was also mentioned in the Ren ' Hi Ren' track... Remember he said.... ' Eminem did it...on guitar...Plan B did it' I'll be sending more Plan B requests 😊

@jlucie

Жыл бұрын

Ah! I was wondering if Plan B had been on Ren's playlist, just had to open my ears!😅

@BeersBars

Жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥

His 3rd verse on his early track called kids is still one of the craziest verses I’ve heard to date!

This is from a film sountrack, the film is called ill manors and is well worth a watch. The entire album this song is from is interwoven throughout the film, its a masterpiece.

@UIMcocodog

10 ай бұрын

worth pointing out that although the tracks from a film ost, a lot of the riot shots are real. the 2011 london riots stemmed from the death of mark duggan by police shooting.

Loved this, haven't heard this in a minute! Would love more Plan B

The hugging a hoodie was about the British PM at the time, David Cameron. He said lets hug a hoodie and Labour said he was soft of crime. Plan B is an amazing artist. Been listening to him since his first cd Who Needs Actions When You Have Words. He always goes his own route and never follows the crowd.

@XKenny77

10 ай бұрын

Aye, it's a shame they missed off the rhyme at the end of it though. "Whose idea was that? Stupid cunt," is just such an amazing line. 😄

I know it’s long ago now but I’ve noticed no one has ever reacted to one of my favourite Plan B songs with Labyrinth called Playing with Fire, it’s really good, about young kids being recruited by gangs in the ends

Ill Manors is a film and this is one of the songs from the film. He did the soundtrack and directed it too....

i remember when david cameron said 'hug a hoodie' lmao.

Plan B - Suzanne True story about a serial killer in London dubbed The Camden Ripper in the early 2000s. It’s a messed up song so be prepared

@andysimmons2077

Жыл бұрын

It's dark but definitely worth a listen, the storytelling is 🔥

Plan B - who needs actions ... the live version I think you guys will like, but he has some really great music, recluse. End credits. Status too long (pendulum remix) worth going down a rabbit hole with him.

At 7.21 exactly the guy with the cap looking directly at the camera is Riz Ahmed who played Carlton Drake in Venom.

I used to love this tune when it first came out. Bit more info for ya. This was from his album ill manors, which was the soundtrack to the film of the same name which was directed by Plan B. Was an alright movie, drugs, gangsters all that stuff. Some of the footage from this video was real life from the riots in 2011. Police shot a black man in London, that kicked off riots in the deprived areas of London that went on for days. And then people in other poor areas across the country thought "yeah we're fed up with the police as well, let's riot". By a week later after the man got shot, riots were going on in city's up and down the country.

@danic9304

Жыл бұрын

That was a wild year

Plan B has some bangers. Very talented. He does multiple genres

CasIsDead has a sick track on this beat, 'Cheese Slice'

@123456twat

Жыл бұрын

CasIsDead need to be reacted to on here.

The hoody bar was from when uk prime minister David Cameron said you should give people in hoodies a hug rather than be scared of them 😂😂😂

This footage is legit footage and was from the riots in London. Also I'm new to your channel but I'm appreciating your aptitude towards UK music

I asked for this 😂😂 brilliant 👏👌

Love Plan B ! Great reaction guys 👌🔥🔥

This song music is actually from german rapper Peter Fox - Alles neu and the music heavily samples the 4th movement of Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th Symphony from around WW2 ;)

i’ll manors is also his own movie, where he raps all the way threw the story like the rap man reactions you did.

Yesh plan b is a legend out here in the U.K. known for his music and his acting, this is actually for a film ‘Ill manors’ also to do with the london riots of which some of the footage was used. Definitely check out more of his stuff movies too

Dont matter how, where or when, you absolutely must watch the movie linked to that album before u die (yes its that special) 'ILL MANORS' (2012) which he also wrote & directed. The ILL MANORS album was a 🔥 soundtrack n vital for the movie to help tell the story of certain characters n in part the reason why the movie is double🔥. Anyways defo have a butchers at the Trailer n was incredibly made on a budget of £100k 😮

@jesclifford88

5 ай бұрын

He was great in harry brown too 👌🏼

That was a crazy time in London I was there amongst the big marching that turned into V for Vendetta masks smashing up burning and shooting up the place. Was insanity.❤

The film this is off is pretty sick, basically an urban musical with some really dark stories interwoven into one

One of my faves (& underrated imo) is “No more eating for you now”

It's depressing that 13 years later this is still just as relevant

You like UK grime so I recommend something that was a prequal to UK grime, The Prodigy - few acknowledge the influence of their dirty beats and dark songs. Check out Firestarter and Breath, and I can't even mention the title of the other one I'd recommend.

I was one of 3 grips on this vid ...big up up ❤

It's Jungle/DnB elements you're hearing in there. A lot of UK stuff has some if that running through it. Even MCs. D Double E for example used to be a DnB MC.

Manor is where you live. This is from the film he made of the same name- he narrates the whole film through his music

Song: Another brick in the wall Released: 1979 Album: The Wall Artist: Pink Floyd

This is the Plan B referenced by Ren in Hi Ren. Check out Sick 2 Def, Plan B rapping over an acoustic guitar. Love the reactions lads 🔥💯

This came out around the time of the British riots so that explains alot of the politics of the album.

🫡 Plan B is one of the greatest talents! I have been banging the album ‘before all hell breaks loose’ a lot the past few months. So much diversity to his skill set. Here for anything Plan B 🍻 💯

This was a song made through Conservative changes, closing youth centres, rich/poor divide creating social issues... then look at the date and today the problems are actually worse, that was the start of the Conservative dictatorship we have.

@SotonSam

4 ай бұрын

Eff the Tories

This album is the soundtrack to the film 'ill manors' if you watch the film the music makes more sence

Plan B Cast a light ft Jose Gonzales Deep track, hits hard in the feels if you lost anyone to cancer, even if you havnt We need more Plan B, hes pretty much vanished now

The german rapper released this beat 2008, Peter Fox - Alles neu.. 😅

When he talks about "Borris robbing them blind" he's talking about Borris Johnson who was the London Mayor at the time. This is the same Borris Johnson who went on the be Prime Minister during the Covid Pandemic - the same guy Dave called a "real racist" in his Black Live at the Brits performance

@Shagyamum

5 ай бұрын

Dave and Boris are both bellends

He made a film that coincides with the ill manors album, the film gives more meaning behind the album and vice-versa. Worth a watch and a listen.

Can't see anyone talking about Ben Drew Aka Plan B doing the film ill manors, it's a testament to life in the UK & also has a soundtrack that plays in sync with the film 😊

I know I'm a year late, but I need to tell you guys that this music was originally from a german rap song called "Alle neu" ("Everything new") by Peter Fox which, even though it is in German, definitely deserves to be heard by every reactor out there. It is honestly better than this song, Peter Fox's flow is DIRTY!

Ill Manors the movie is a masterpiece!! Especially if you guys been enjoying top boy etc.

The beat is really good to and he sampled alles neu by peter fox which is also something worth listening too.

Dave -question time definitely worth a listen if you enjoyed this or check out some of the uk drill scene.

The movie ill manors is sick . And all his soundtracks through his film aslwel deffo worth watching in your own time

React to plan b - Suzanne. It’s a story about a prostitute that’s murdered. I got shivers down my spine listening to it. You don’t wanna miss this one

Across all the music not the Film; he is ‘the narrator’

2:22 It is indeed the kid from Top Boy season 1 - good spot ;)

The guy that got smashed with the egg was a politician named John Prescott, guess man in the crowd didn't know he studied boxing as a youth 😂 Jab was swift.

I cannot belive i forgot about this album.. sick album

You should check out his film, 'Ill Manors', a more gritty and realistic dipiction of English street life than top boy.

You need to watch the movie I’ll manors and then listen to the album after!! Films hard hitting about London life but an absolute masterclass by plan B. Keep up the good work guys love you channel ❤

Yes he is the lil kid from top boy

You understandably missed some of the references, like the stabs at UK politicians saying inane or dangerous, things. "Hug a hoodie was one such inane comment made by a soon to be Prime Minister, who had no intention of ever doing such a thing. More likely to kick a hoodie, then have him arrested for scuffing his shoe. He was trying, ineptly, to show that he was a 'caring conservative'. Of course, once in power he slashed public services, making a lot more 'hoodies'. No surprise as he was born into privilege and attended Eton, the most exclusive and expensive private school in the country, attended by royalty and the top aristocracy. At university he was part of an exclusive club of rich boys, where part of the initiation was having to burn a £50 note, right in the face of a homeless person...

Hes done a song with devlin you could check that out at some point also you need to react to more fire in the booths and look in to famous bristish mcs more like professor green, example, devlin and more kano. (Kano "the ends" is a good song and kano "E.T" ft wretch 32) (game over ft devlin, chipmunk, pro green, example ect) and all there fire in the booths are amazing youd love them.

Mans an artist this was 🔥

Yes! OH hell yes! Love this song.

Pink floyd is what you were looking for

You should definitely listen to The Defamation Of Strickland Banks. There are some absolutely amazing songs on there. It's like Stevie Wonder grew up in south London listening to The Clash and The Streets. You can also go back to his first album which is mostly just him and a guitar. Kidz is fantastic, and Sick 2 Def, Dead And Buried and Charmaine are all pretty amazing too.

Use should definitely check out Plan B’s full Ill Manors album! “Drug dealer” is one of my favourites and I never see anyone on KZread reacting to it?

This has a "riot feel" because it was a response to the London riots in the summer of 2011. The lyric about theres someone in a hood give him a hug is reference to our ex pm david camerons stance on anti social behavior being solved by showing more love to the perpetrators rather than policies to address their situation, it was dubbed "hug a hoodie". The guy getting egged is politician ex bnp leader nick griffin who retaliated by punching the guy. You guys are right in what you've read in the comments there is a big class divide in the uk.

@andysimmons2077

Жыл бұрын

It's John Prescott getting egged. He was Deputy Prime Minister at the time. Essentially Vice President to you guys.

@simonbailey2766

Жыл бұрын

Ah yes my bad

Plan b - stay too long and end credits

Hes a rapper/soul singer .. ill mannors is mostly rap but his other albums are a mix of soul and rap

Plan b charmaine, part of modern British urban history

Seen a couple of your UK music reaction vids, you guys "get it" so well. Subbed, much love from the UK 🇬🇧 ❤️. PS you should check out Plan Bs collab with Chase and Status 'End Credits'.

@BeersBars

10 ай бұрын

👍 welcome to the Buzz Fam ✌️🍻

The movie he made with the same title is really good

Defo needs to check out Plan B - Charmaine literally was a staple every kid born before 2000 knew the words, also Plan B - She said or Prayin they show some of his versatility

If your going back in time you need to do Cas Is Dead - Charlotte it's the UK equivalent of Dance With The Devil by immortal Tech

In hackney east london we are in poverty ....just 60 meters across the road we have gated rich communitys ....its a serious divide.....its hard and stressfull looking at the rich when the uk goverment dont give F about the poor....hence plan Bs expression with music ...it is not tea and crumpets we have more guns in london than a jhon wick movie❤

Love this!!!!

Ill manors is a movie he wrote and directed and the album is a narration of the movie..Plan B is creative AF

You should check out the film Ill manors, nice insight to the gritty underworld

If you like Top Boy you'll like the film Plan B produced also called Ill Manors - the whole album supports the film. Similar vibes to Adulthood and Kidulthood

Watch the movie ill manners, Kiddlehood aswell bros gritty London street life

Watch the sweeney plan b and ray winston. Plan b produces this film also. Professor green - jungle Maverick sabre is worth a listen. So much talent over! Great to see you guys embracing it

Gotta do mr drug dealer too, songs are from the film ill manors it’s a good film

This album was made for a short story. Listen to the album and Watch the film he produced. I'll manors.

Should check out some of The Streets early music videos from there first 2 albums. Start with something like let’s push things forward or turn the page - enjoy