'Rock The Beat' (5.30) Music Of Life Records. Produced by Derek Boland and Simon Harris. Pure UK Rap Gold! Big up all the UK Hip Hop heads. Shouts to my Record Shops in 80s Hackney - Wired For Sound, Mr Music, Sgt Peppers etc The Radio Pirates LWR, Horizon Radio, JFM, Laser FM. The rap shows on Capital Radio, Radio London..you see.. Rap/ Hip Hop always lives on! 💯🎤🎵😁 RIP Derek B 🙏🏿 🇹🇹 🇬🇧 RIP Ty 🙏🏿 🇳🇬 🇬🇧
Bad Young Brother was one of the first rap songs I ever heard as a kid in the 80s. I thought it was amazing at the time and at 47 I still love hip hop.
A true pioneer in UK hip hop. Even the kids in my school that knew nothing about hip hop knew some lyrics to 'Good Groove'. I used to love 'Alright Now'. Also check that Troop trackie 👀 Blade, big up for putting these archive videos on your platform so that they continue to reach our optics and benefit the culture.
Sadly he didn't get the real respect he deserved. Probably down to his commercial releases. Brother had some tough tunes. Rock the beat a tough tune, bad young brother a tough tune along with the remixes. Bullet from a gun Lp had nuff classics. R.I.P.
@@vincentsilvester96 if you missed my point no wonder you can’t tell the difference between Reggae and Hip Hop. Keep trying eventually you’ll catch up.
@@I-SelfLordAndMaster i am fully aware. I never said Smiley is UK Hip Hop. I'm sure London Posse, Mell'O', Rebel MC, Demon Boyz etc would say part of their foundation.
OHHHHH DAMN!! I saw him in 1988/Offenbach, Germany when he opened for Public Enemy & Run DMC. I hadn’t heard of him before that night & I’ve never forgotten him since. Big Salute. Rest In Power.
Met him past his active rap days in Leytonstone. Respect & RIP to one of the key figures/pioneers of rap in the UK. His turf should look past the silly narrative of early UK/London MC's using the US style of rap expression needs to be put in perspective - no rap outfit - solo or group - thought to spit in their local accents, as it was so new and it was homage to the US MC's that influenced EVERYONE, early on. Yes, its been great that subsequent MCs worldwide found their local voices, but its simply key to note why the US MCs were mimicked - simply because they were doing something others wanted to do, but didn't cotton on to the fact that they could even though at the time they may not have sold - (uncharted territory), until about '89/'90 onward when the evolution began to occur. The US acts of the time respected him, knowing he was British, and was creating further reach for hip hop as a whole from this part of the world, along with other European heads - France, Germany etc. One the reasons the grime cats and rappers from 2000s onward have had significantly more rates of success than earlier artists, cos they harnessed the internet and made their reach sustained as time marched on and to the point of the documentary, there have been more successful blacks in wider society since the time of the documentary. . Shouts to Blade & the 05:21 crew for this lost TV documentary on Derek B.
👍🏾👌🏾big up urself man! You’re absolutely right! It was him and Kurt (the light skin brother)on the door turning away the numptys!😂 Showing those who know bear witness!🤛🏾
Unfortunately my parents generations were mostly cowards. Now Im at my parents age then and today i dont take any bs from no one. Im ready to go anytime.
he was constantly being hounded by the police for driving a Porsche apparently so ended up getting rid of it and i believe he stopped making music not long after. Last time I saw him was in a video shop in New Cross which was really random but we had a little chat and then not a peep till we heard his untimely passing. RIP
Hip Hop back then frowned on commercial success so Dereck B wasn't considered authentic really. The UK underground scene had it's notable names, Dereck B wasn't one of them. However in hindsight he serves as a focal point for the archive of the black street culture from that era and the black experience in general.
I enjoyed reading your comment. Sadly with commercial success he was put in the same bracket as the wee papa girl rappers and monie love ect. I'm guilty of that, sadly. But never forgot his or their tougher tunes and would remind people of them. For instance the track the wee papa girls did with the skinny boys. Some frowned on that but i liked it.
@@Yourtruthmightnotbemine Yo!! Chill. Not everyone had the privilege to experience what you and others did. Many of us only had the chance to witness his greatness by buying his music and watching his videos. Thankfully you and many others were around to see him at these venues and enjoy the buzz of the 80's. Going to covent garden etc and all these amazing clubs/gigs.
@@Yourtruthmightnotbemine The guys comment you replied to Is true to him and many others. So yes, he does know what he's talking about. . And I'm pretty sure he's well aware of Derek's history.
@@bboybreaks6487 so because this guy your defending ….he was at the blunt point ….,and not the cutting edge his truth is relevant?🤨 Mate Derrick b was a top dj before all these big house n drum and bass dj’s. He charted in the uk top ten because he’s music went mainstream from the underground! You must’ve been born after 2000 to say that shit to me and expect me to accept it!bloody millennials talking crap !The wag club was the absolute pinnacle nite club for the underground! The most popular and savvy venue in London at that time. The door policy absolutely rigid! No squares strictly underground trendy music savvy people! Derick b was the resident dj he was playing the tunes. These were the days of rare groove and sampling old breaks James brown Roy Ayers man don’t play with us people who truly know music!! Ok he got commercial success but he built it up from the underground and that’s a fact!your analogy is comparable to because youve never personally heard a track before it was never a masterpiece? GTFOOH
Derek B and Tim Simenon from bomb the base were W.A.G resident DJS. Me and my friends used to go out clubbing every weekend to the WAG in wardour st,(if you could get past kurt the massive mixed race doorman !!)😂where derek b was the resident dj on the main floor on Friday and Saturday nights. Wag nites were always jam packed full 2 capacity 2 floors of rare groove and soul classics…., people dancing till the sweat poured off them and no Agg or posers just everyone there to dance!!!some of the best days of my life! ultra trendy music savvy party people in thier baggy ripped jeans and dock Martins and green bomber jackets!!!! 🤣🤣🤣shout out to all my people you know who you are!! Ain’t nobody can tell you that we never lived life to the max!!
I went there whenever I could but never got to see Derek B DJ'ing there unfortunately. I only went a few times between '83 & '86 if I remember correctly, and only when I had the money, but the one I remember well was when Fat Boys performed there in May 1985 and Yanki B and Jeffrey Daniels was there too, and if memory serves correct, Yanki got into a beatbox battle with Buff. I kept my ticket stub for years but then burnt everything when I got fed up with the industry and just wanted out
@@0521Official bro we we’re the original ravers!!electric ballroom on Fri nites then it moved to the great western hotel then we wagged it at the wag every weekend for about two years, then came African centre and soul 2 soul , Camden pallace then the loft and then came Fri nites at the mud club. Then house music was born and the warehouse scene then everyone and I mean everyone started raving!
great times :) but I never really got into the whole ave thing. I always went to those places on a mission to watch and learn so only really went when I felt I was gonna do more than just party :) @@Yourtruthmightnotbemine
Super respect to this video and this comment. I was there and everywhere else on all the dancefloors during this time. I preferred Derek as a DJ more than. Rapper. He was grear at WAG and on Kiss but I also think his best live DJ days was at Bentley's in Canning Town if memory serves correct. Will never forget the brother. ❤
RIP Derek B. A UK legend who kicked down the barriers and open the doors for many of us UK artist to come through. I still play his music on my sets.
'Rock The Beat' (5.30) Music Of Life Records. Produced by Derek Boland and Simon Harris.
Pure UK Rap Gold! Big up all the UK Hip Hop heads. Shouts to my Record Shops in 80s Hackney - Wired For Sound, Mr Music, Sgt Peppers etc The Radio Pirates LWR, Horizon Radio, JFM, Laser FM. The rap shows on Capital Radio, Radio London..you see.. Rap/ Hip Hop always lives on! 💯🎤🎵😁
RIP Derek B 🙏🏿 🇹🇹 🇬🇧
RIP Ty 🙏🏿 🇳🇬 🇬🇧
Bad Young Brother was one of the first rap songs I ever heard as a kid in the 80s. I thought it was amazing at the time and at 47 I still love hip hop.
A true pioneer in UK hip hop. Even the kids in my school that knew nothing about hip hop knew some lyrics to 'Good Groove'. I used to love 'Alright Now'. Also check that Troop trackie 👀
Blade, big up for putting these archive videos on your platform so that they continue to reach our optics and benefit the culture.
Derek’s mum stands out as an amazing woman!!
absolutely wonderful
Takes me back to first listening to UK hip hop, SL Troopers, Gunshot and the countless others.
Thank you Derek bad boy B from all of us from the concrete jungle. You are a pioneer and icon of British music 👊🏼🙌🏼 never forgotten 🎶
We need more archive videos......R.I.P 🙏🏿🤲🏿.
Argh yeah, Derek B is a bad young brother, R.I.P bigman, one of my first Hip Hop hero's....
wow! I saw him live in '88 with overlord x and wee papa's supporting! 👑
Sadly he didn't get the real respect he deserved. Probably down to his commercial releases. Brother had some tough tunes. Rock the beat a tough tune, bad young brother a tough tune along with the remixes. Bullet from a gun Lp had nuff classics. R.I.P.
Can't forget Powe Move too ...
@@JayNubi Clas(sick) tune. Yo! Derek B in the house. Derek B has one of the hottest records in new York.
Word!
Blessed Respect all time.
Got this on VHS somewhere. R.I.P Derek B.
RIP Derek and Smiley Culture, pioneeers and foundation for UK Hip Hop.
Smiley was a reggae artist mate get it right.
@@I-SelfLordAndMaster yeah you're completely right mate, not a Hip Hop artist. Your point is??
@@vincentsilvester96 if you missed my point no wonder you can’t tell the difference between Reggae and Hip Hop. Keep trying eventually you’ll catch up.
@@I-SelfLordAndMaster i am fully aware. I never said Smiley is UK Hip Hop. I'm sure London Posse, Mell'O', Rebel MC, Demon Boyz etc would say part of their foundation.
Big thx for posting up. RIP Derek B!
Brilliant piece of work
OHHHHH DAMN!! I saw him in 1988/Offenbach, Germany when he opened for Public Enemy & Run DMC. I hadn’t heard of him before that night & I’ve never forgotten him since. Big Salute. Rest In Power.
I forgot this Brother.. Shame on me..
R.i.P & peace on his SouL
A.M.E.N
One of the real pioneers, I still have his stuff somewhere legendary, RIP Derek you were way ahead of your time brother!🙂🙏✌️
I listened to him when I was about ten. I was lucky enough to meet him when I was 25 he was djing by then.
RIP Bad young brother 👊🏻
Many thanks, Blade for posting this.
2 big things like basketballs and down below was like Niagra falls.
Some lines you'll never forget.
😂😂😂😂
Thanks for the upload.
WORD!!!❤
Uk hip hop pioneer
Met him past his active rap days in Leytonstone.
Respect & RIP to one of the key figures/pioneers of rap in the UK.
His turf should look past the silly narrative of early UK/London MC's using the US style of rap expression needs to be put in perspective - no rap outfit - solo or group - thought to spit in their local accents, as it was so new and it was homage to the US MC's that influenced EVERYONE, early on.
Yes, its been great that subsequent MCs worldwide found their local voices, but its simply key to note why the US MCs were mimicked - simply because they were doing something others wanted to do, but didn't cotton on to the fact that they could even though at the time they may not have sold - (uncharted territory), until about '89/'90 onward when the evolution began to occur.
The US acts of the time respected him, knowing he was British, and was creating further reach for hip hop as a whole from this part of the world, along with other European heads - France, Germany etc.
One the reasons the grime cats and rappers from 2000s onward have had significantly more rates of success than earlier artists, cos they harnessed the internet and made their reach sustained as time marched on and to the point of the documentary, there have been more successful blacks in wider society since the time of the documentary. .
Shouts to Blade & the 05:21 crew for this lost TV documentary on Derek B.
"Eventually The Student Becomes The Teacher"~@Blazetv
Winston at the door, never gave im any agg...👊😎✌️
👍🏾👌🏾big up urself man! You’re absolutely right! It was him and Kurt (the light skin brother)on the door turning away the numptys!😂
Showing those who know bear witness!🤛🏾
Still got his vinyl
among many of my ticket stubbs i have the Run DMC with Public enemy and derek B framed on my wall
Wow that's some keepsake.
I was at the public enemy Hammersmith odeon dates yeaaaah boyyy! That was unforgettable 😂the whole place went crazy when they rapped my Oldsmobile !😂
Unfortunately my parents generations were mostly cowards.
Now Im at my parents age then and today i dont take any bs from no one. Im ready to go anytime.
OG UK MC💪🏾
R.I.P Dereck!
RED PORCHE 🚘
RIP DEREK B 🙏🏾 🕊
Tx: 11 July 1988
I swear that's Sipho on dancing stage with him at the end.
yeah it is. He's also in the tour bus with another friend of mine, DOC from Catford sides
@0521Official RIP to Sipho as well.
We were all a bunch of young kids finding our way those times...
yes we were and we found our way but maybe lost it again somewhere down the line, who knows @@paulitoLdn
Yep, sure was Sipho🙏🏽
@@4ourPillars Yo, Son of Noise in the House, Come on G, still spin your vinyl to this day, mad respect....
🙏
This is snapshot of the UK in the 80s...Has the world really changed?....
Black 501s Versace leather jacket Yo B show em how you do it!!
😁👍
Everything he claims is TRUE.
RIP Derek
Just saw a young Trevor Nelson.
He was in a few documentaries back in the day and even to the more present time
He's definitely a legend in the UK music scene. A pioneer 💯 @@0521Official
Spectical((Derek)Commix
What happened to Derek in the 90s?
he was constantly being hounded by the police for driving a Porsche apparently so ended up getting rid of it and i believe he stopped making music not long after. Last time I saw him was in a video shop in New Cross which was really random but we had a little chat and then not a peep till we heard his untimely passing. RIP
TMK - From approximately 1994-1999 Derek was headline house music DJ at London's number 1 nightclub night.
when did he die /???/
Hip Hop back then frowned on commercial success so Dereck B wasn't considered authentic really. The UK underground scene had it's notable names, Dereck B wasn't one of them. However in hindsight he serves as a focal point for the archive of the black street culture from that era and the black experience in general.
I enjoyed reading your comment. Sadly with commercial success he was put in the same bracket as the wee papa girl rappers and monie love ect. I'm guilty of that, sadly. But never forgot his or their tougher tunes and would remind people of them. For instance the track the wee papa girls did with the skinny boys. Some frowned on that but i liked it.
@@Yourtruthmightnotbemine Yo!! Chill. Not everyone had the privilege to experience what you and others did. Many of us only had the chance to witness his greatness by buying his music and watching his videos. Thankfully you and many others were around to see him at these venues and enjoy the buzz of the 80's. Going to covent garden etc and all these amazing clubs/gigs.
@@Yourtruthmightnotbemine The guys comment you replied to Is true to him and many others. So yes, he does know what he's talking about.
.
And I'm pretty sure he's well aware of Derek's history.
@@bboybreaks6487 so because this guy your defending ….he was at the blunt point ….,and not the cutting edge his truth is relevant?🤨 Mate Derrick b was a top dj before all these big house n drum and bass dj’s. He charted in the uk top ten because he’s music went mainstream from the underground! You must’ve been born after 2000 to say that shit to me and expect me to accept it!bloody millennials talking crap !The wag club was the absolute pinnacle nite club for the underground! The most popular and savvy venue in London at that time. The door policy absolutely rigid! No squares strictly underground trendy music savvy people! Derick b was the resident dj he was playing the tunes.
These were the days of rare groove and sampling old breaks James brown Roy Ayers man don’t play with us people who truly know music!!
Ok he got commercial success but he built it up from the underground and that’s a fact!your analogy is comparable to because youve never personally heard a track before it was never a masterpiece? GTFOOH
@@Yourtruthmightnotbemine Born 1971 and why so angry? 😂
The term west indian is incorrect, wrong & ignorant
Derek B and Tim Simenon from bomb the base were W.A.G resident DJS.
Me and my friends used to go out clubbing every weekend to the WAG in wardour st,(if you could get past kurt the massive mixed race doorman !!)😂where derek b was the resident dj on the main floor on Friday and Saturday nights. Wag nites were always jam packed full 2 capacity 2 floors of rare groove and soul classics…., people dancing till the sweat poured off them and no Agg or posers just everyone there to dance!!!some of the best days of my life! ultra trendy music savvy party people in thier baggy ripped jeans and dock Martins and green bomber jackets!!!! 🤣🤣🤣shout out to all my people you know who you are!! Ain’t nobody can tell you that we never lived life to the max!!
I went there whenever I could but never got to see Derek B DJ'ing there unfortunately. I only went a few times between '83 & '86 if I remember correctly, and only when I had the money, but the one I remember well was when Fat Boys performed there in May 1985 and Yanki B and Jeffrey Daniels was there too, and if memory serves correct, Yanki got into a beatbox battle with Buff. I kept my ticket stub for years but then burnt everything when I got fed up with the industry and just wanted out
@@0521Official bro we we’re the original ravers!!electric ballroom on Fri nites then it moved to the great western hotel then we wagged it at the wag every weekend for about two years, then came African centre and soul 2 soul , Camden pallace then the loft and then came Fri nites at the mud club. Then house music was born and the warehouse scene then everyone and I mean everyone started raving!
great times :) but I never really got into the whole ave thing. I always went to those places on a mission to watch and learn so only really went when I felt I was gonna do more than just party :) @@Yourtruthmightnotbemine
Super respect to this video and this comment. I was there and everywhere else on all the dancefloors during this time.
I preferred Derek as a DJ more than. Rapper. He was grear at WAG and on Kiss but I also think his best live DJ days was at Bentley's in Canning Town if memory serves correct. Will never forget the brother. ❤