I shot/directed/edited this vid. on an old hi 8 for about 800 quid with Douglas Hart (mary chain)....the mic. was broken on the cam so any lip sync. was by eye...great tune,great vid...Carl x
Respect to you sir. I remember when this video came on Def II on BBC2 out of nowhere...I scrambled quick to find a VHS tape and pressed play and record...it got much repeated viewing for years after. Still one of my favourite tracks of all time and the 'lo-fi' video suits it perfectly. RIP Alkaline.
Yeah - locked in my brain from being on BBC2, I may well still have it on VHS somewhere! Saw them perform live three times and the energy they gave was awesome 🔥 RIP Alkaline 😕
@@davehorlock512same here, I might still have the VHS tape somewhere in the vaults too. Absolutely gutted I never saw them live, one of my great regrets.
Sad to hear about the passing of one of the greatest MCs to do it from these shores and one of the main reasons the UK has a hip hop scene. RIP Alkaline
this to me was our equivelent to todays east london 'grime' scene....except a million times better.they never had no major recold label support,no major radio/mtv airplay or watered down r&b screaming teeny bopper fans....not to mention the internet....it was all underground,word of mouth hardcore.....i met alkerline a couple of times as well @ my mates old digs in walthemstow about 5-6 yrs ago....proper safe geezer!
@@matthewgale5045 Yeah I'm well knowledgeable with the whole graff thing too although don't bomb as much nowadays but still get up from time to time and always feel the desire to knock up an occasional trackside dub. That never quite leaves you along with your handstyle. I've been out in recent times truth sticker bombin though which is not too dissimilar to graff. Just another form of 'getting up' and getting a message out there and the same mindset with scoping out good spots that get attention and attract passers by vision.
...good man, you sound a decent chap etc, f'play, i was in to it all too from late 80s etc then got in to skating (boards) n raving n all that... Keep the faith... The underground will never die...
@@matthewgale5045 Yeah I used skate (board) up the South Bank long before it became 'official' and a protected landmark. I lived for skating in my mid to late teens and indulged in graff too and hip hop. I helped do a large write up and flashback to the late 80's/early 90's and included the Rave and Acid House explosion too in supporting their SOS (Save Our Skatepark) campaign a few years back and they ended up winning. They were originally gonna move it all down the river and build more crappy trendy bars,Maccy Dees and Nando's etc Good times though. I'm an old skool Raver too. Still dip into a Raindance or old skool dance festival from time to time but not sure what's happening right now with the whole jib jab passport bollocks. Apparently I've read 8/10 venues and clubs aren't gonna go along with it but whatever happens there will be some sort of resistance to all of this and I'd say there's a very good chance it'll spark off alot more underground Raves and parties once again which might not be such a bad thing. It'll be very interesting to see what could happen. Maybe it's the (no pun intended) the injection of life that the dance/rave scene needs once again. They (the media) are clearly trying to create a division and 2 tier society which I know isn't going to go down well with many whether they've taken the jabs or not. They will not divide us. ✌❤✊✊✊
The ragga chant - rap slaying the mic just really sorts it out for me. Rapping UK/London style at it's finest. London Posse and Gunshot are my favourite rap groups, period.
1:37 So I’m a rude bwoy, some of the people call me ragga, Roughneck scout with the buckee and dagger, stagger / 1:54 The way I run tings, na run tings, naa run me
Alkaline Mercury K-Sly Silver Bullet MCM and HuntKillBury Finn were some of the greatest emcees this lil island ever produced! Way ahead of their time and rival anything the yanks could do!! Looking forward to the new stuff K-Sly and Supreme have coming out soon! Put this island back on the hip hop map instead of some of this wack Benny Banks type shit polluting the airwaves with their wannabe gangster lyrics when they would shit themselves if they ever saw a gun!!
@@wandererkenshin7557 the UK back then was churning out some absolute classics and the skills some of the lads were showing was as good if not better than anything the yanks could produce. Westwood, max and Dave Jeff young shows were awash with glorious sounds with an English twang. Not as awesome now unfortunately but there maybe one or two MCs out there but none have the calibre of what we produced almost on a daily basis,
@@wandererkenshin7557 Hijack and Gunshot were by far the best imo but loved the Overlord X sounds and Krispy 3 always smashed it too. Also playing right now in my flat I've got The Criminal Minds blazing out, the lyricism and scratching on their stuff is immense. Wish it was as strong now as it was then!
@CSimpsonDrAmaqueen: what? you did this crap? Sorry just a joke - i love it. still givin`props for this great track and also the Video. Love these beats - paahm - kill all the weak stuff out there. Aigh, damn these times with these beats are gone
I shot/directed/edited this vid. on an old hi 8 for about 800 quid with Douglas Hart (mary chain)....the mic. was broken on the cam so any lip sync. was by eye...great tune,great vid...Carl x
Respect to you sir. I remember when this video came on Def II on BBC2 out of nowhere...I scrambled quick to find a VHS tape and pressed play and record...it got much repeated viewing for years after. Still one of my favourite tracks of all time and the 'lo-fi' video suits it perfectly. RIP Alkaline.
@@daihaze ah cheers mate, nice 1.
That's so cool man. Absolutely loved gunshot in my youth and still listen to them to this day. Respect sir 👌🔥
It certainly works well with the rawness of the audio, you did a great job
You sir are part of hip hop history. I tore my VHS apart watching this back in the days
One of my favourite tracks of all time since the day I first saw the video on Def II. RIP Alkaline!
I saw it on Def 2 as well! ‘90? Amazing tune.
@@DarrenLiverpool Yeah must have been '90. The fact we're still talking about it now says a lot! Certainly is an amazing tune.
Yeah - locked in my brain from being on BBC2, I may well still have it on VHS somewhere! Saw them perform live three times and the energy they gave was awesome 🔥
RIP Alkaline 😕
@@davehorlock512same here, I might still have the VHS tape somewhere in the vaults too. Absolutely gutted I never saw them live, one of my great regrets.
They were great live - I was lucky enough to catch them three times. The first was actually the first gig I'd ever been to!
Sad to hear about the passing of one of the greatest MCs to do it from these shores and one of the main reasons the UK has a hip hop scene. RIP Alkaline
great feedback.... cheers...!..it was Snub tv...i used to camera for them..best music prog on tv in its day,still pisses over many present ones..
this to me was our equivelent to todays east london 'grime' scene....except a million times better.they never had no major recold label support,no major radio/mtv airplay or watered down r&b screaming teeny bopper fans....not to mention the internet....it was all underground,word of mouth hardcore.....i met alkerline a couple of times as well @ my mates old digs in walthemstow about 5-6 yrs ago....proper safe geezer!
+ UK graf scene... Yes to all you put...
@@matthewgale5045 Yeah I'm well knowledgeable with the whole graff thing too although don't bomb as much nowadays but still get up from time to time and always feel the desire to knock up an occasional trackside dub. That never quite leaves you along with your handstyle. I've been out in recent times truth sticker bombin though which is not too dissimilar to graff. Just another form of 'getting up' and getting a message out there and the same mindset with scoping out good spots that get attention and attract passers by vision.
...good man, you sound a decent chap etc, f'play, i was in to it all too from late 80s etc then got in to skating (boards) n raving n all that... Keep the faith... The underground will never die...
@@matthewgale5045 Yeah I used skate (board) up the South Bank long before it became 'official' and a protected landmark. I lived for skating in my mid to late teens and indulged in graff too and hip hop. I helped do a large write up and flashback to the late 80's/early 90's and included the Rave and Acid House explosion too in supporting their SOS (Save Our Skatepark) campaign a few years back and they ended up winning. They were originally gonna move it all down the river and build more crappy trendy bars,Maccy Dees and Nando's etc Good times though. I'm an old skool Raver too. Still dip into a Raindance or old skool dance festival from time to time but not sure what's happening right now with the whole jib jab passport bollocks. Apparently I've read 8/10 venues and clubs aren't gonna go along with it but whatever happens there will be some sort of resistance to all of this and I'd say there's a very good chance it'll spark off alot more underground Raves and parties once again which might not be such a bad thing. It'll be very interesting to see what could happen. Maybe it's the (no pun intended) the injection of life that the dance/rave scene needs once again. They (the media) are clearly trying to create a division and 2 tier society which I know isn't going to go down well with many whether they've taken the jabs or not. They will not divide us. ✌❤✊✊✊
This is just HARD!!! Raw, ruff, uncut... One love Gunshot!
Man left his mark....UK rap doesn't get rougher than this !! Salute Gunshot crew.....
I have quoted these lyrics to scam callers on my phone many times.
"when will this subliminal criminal ever be caught, street gladiator always ready for an onslaught"
Bad boy in a goose , City slicker, the gun entices his happy finger for the trigger !
Britcore rulezzzz forever!
This is MUSIC.
That.. Is.. Amazing! Alkaline, mercury, q rock, white child rix and Barry blue!!!
Still nothing compares to this hard as hell
CCHHHOOOOOONNNNNN!!!!! UK Hip Hop. Then. Now. Forever... Gunshot.
Gunshot, the subliminal criminal, don't do minimal. The best.
The ragga chant - rap slaying the mic just really sorts it out for me.
Rapping UK/London style at it's finest. London Posse and Gunshot are my favourite rap groups, period.
Proper British hip-hop. When British hip-hop had real edge and originality. Not like now.
We have drill rap and UK Grime.😂😂😂
Classic tune! Bring back the hardcore!
This brings back some oooold memories:))
j adore le britcore gunshot big upppppppppppppppppppppppppp
This was the best tune by my favourite hip hop group. They put so much effort to just one tune. Is the third rapper Barry Blue ?
Curoc + Alkaline + Mercury
I watched this on snub tv or rapido
great memories
Def II? I forgot about Snub TV.
@@daihaze it was Snub TV, who i used to work for, we were sub contracted to Janet SP's Def 2
@@doktora3587 Thanks for the info. The memory is a bit foggy but I do now remember Snub TV. Great days!
1:37 So I’m a rude bwoy, some of the people call me ragga,
Roughneck scout with the buckee and dagger, stagger / 1:54 The way I run tings, na run tings, naa run me
that bassline though
Well dope and fly WORD 😎
Classic hardcore
much love...
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
MORE HARDCORE UK..... BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!
they awakened me back then
Alkaline Mercury K-Sly Silver Bullet MCM and HuntKillBury Finn were some of the greatest emcees this lil island ever produced! Way ahead of their time and rival anything the yanks could do!! Looking forward to the new stuff K-Sly and Supreme have coming out soon! Put this island back on the hip hop map instead of some of this wack Benny Banks type shit polluting the airwaves with their wannabe gangster lyrics when they would shit themselves if they ever saw a gun!!
Overlord X,Rodney P,Blade,MC Mello and Lewis Parker were also amazing.
@@wandererkenshin7557 the UK back then was churning out some absolute classics and the skills some of the lads were showing was as good if not better than anything the yanks could produce. Westwood, max and Dave Jeff young shows were awash with glorious sounds with an English twang. Not as awesome now unfortunately but there maybe one or two MCs out there but none have the calibre of what we produced almost on a daily basis,
@@TheTRZA1973 Totally agree with you bro I still listen to Britcore in 2023 Gunshot & Killa Instinct were my favourites.
@@wandererkenshin7557 Hijack and Gunshot were by far the best imo but loved the Overlord X sounds and Krispy 3 always smashed it too. Also playing right now in my flat I've got The Criminal Minds blazing out, the lyricism and scratching on their stuff is immense. Wish it was as strong now as it was then!
@@TheTRZA1973 Loved Krispy 3 but was not a fan of Hijack was also a massive Blade fan back in Early 1990's and Lewis Parker was amazing.
fucking awesome. punk rock hip-hop. dark & disturbing, just the way I like it.
@CSimpsonDrAmaqueen:
what? you did this crap?
Sorry just a joke - i love it. still givin`props for this great track and also the Video.
Love these beats - paahm - kill all the weak stuff out there.
Aigh, damn these times with these beats are gone
Gunshot eat NWA for breakfast.
crime story!
gunshot still makes a video
I heard today that MC Duke has passed away 1 month ago, what is going on?
Great fuckin good job son... I watched your vid as a young teen and loved dat shit!
hard as fuuuuuuck!
B & D plz contact Toot toot
or DEF 2
lol
This is a straight public enemy rip off
Absolutely nothing like PE haha.
Nope...it isn't. Both are two of my favourite groups of all time from when they first dropped. No ripping off done anywhere.
This is a Britcore classic.
RIP Alkaline.