@@BeersBars when he says he falls asleep to the sound of a hoover, he's referring the tommy machine gun that was nicknamed "Hoover" because J Edgar Hoover made them famous. They have crazy double and triple entendres all over this!!
That MLK/Hoover line and scheme has multiple layers. It's rumored J Edgar Hoover had MLK killed (fall asleep to the sound of the Hoover) Also, (sleep with fishes now he's tuna) can also mean Hoover Dam. Some of my favorite bars from this banger.
7:00 - "Mess with the cake I'll Battenburg him". Battenburg is a kind of cake made by slicing out square sections and rearranging the pieces to give a checkerboard pattern. In the UK ambulances have a checkerboard pattern, so to "Battenburg" someone is to put them in the ambulance. "Kipling" is a brand of cakes too, as well as a reference to the author.
"Mess with the cake an il bat an burg em", means mess with the money and he will get out the baseball bat and Balaclava but also battenberg is also a cake that has been sliced up creating a chequered pattern
The line about "Dream like Martin Luther" and "Fall asleep to the sound of the Hoover" is more than just about a vacuum cleaner. Martin Luther King was a target of then FBI director J. Edgar Hoover back in the day. Pete and Bas are awesome. Y'all also missed the Betty Crocker bar...lol. Interesting how y'all got so many of the words they were saying wrong...they were actually on the screen...lol. Funny how so many people doubt them being able to write (with help from their grandkids on the modern slang) and deliver...but they just got it.
@@bajer6974 “He mess with the cake I’ll Battenberg him” A Battenberg cake is a cake with a checkerboard pattern. UK ambulances have a checkerboard pattern on their sides, and Battenberg sounds like Batter (hit, beat) and Berg (ice berg, to ice someone, kill)
@@bajer6974"box a man back like im eating jollof", jollof can come in a box as takeaway or even Jollof rice from a grocery is usually in a box. By boxing him bsck he means either putting fists on him or locking him up in a box. He's saying he'll devour you. 😂
Loved that reaction! 🤣 Pete and Bas are legends here in the UK. Few questions you might have as you do more reactions. Pete is the small one Bas is the tall one. They write their own bars but, their grandsons taught them the slang. Legend has it they were on the wrong side of the law in their younger days dabbling in this and that. Whether that's true or not doesn't matter its more fun to believe it 🤣 They used to be taken as a parody but, they are now taken as serious artists. Please react to their plugged in w/fumez. That platform is normally only serious drill artists but, Pete and bas shelled it down.
Don't get me wrong, I love Pete an Bas vids, but they are not real. There's a vid where a guy did a bit of digging and uncovered the truth. Just search Pete and bas truth if tou want to know. I'm a little sad that I found it to be honest.
@@ewganhoff Who cares 🤣 ill live happily in a blissfully ignorant world. I'm not about to watch a video by someone that actually took the time out to try and 'expose' a couple of talented grandpa's having a good time. That is the sad part tbh. There's no argument about whether they perform though. They've done live shows up and down the country and that is impressive enough. Just enjoy the music, it's fire no matter how it was created.
they dont actually write their own bars they have ghost writers but that doesnt make any difference theyre still top class !! ntakes major skill to pull this off regaurdless.
Pete and Bas have the best bars in the UK right now. They go hard. Almost double meanings and running themes all through. If you know old man London slang and references and current UK drill too their lyrics are genius.
This song, I think is one of the best examples of how crazy their chemistry is. Their handoffs are just so damn smooth. There’s the obvious one “made love to the ground then kissed….the curb” which is just…an INSANE handoff. And then there’s the subtle handoff of “i ain’t gonna stop till the bell starts ringing….ding-a-ling ding” as in a bell ringing signaling the end of his few bars. Just so good man.
it's cool but they don't come up with their raps. they're actors; the whole thing is manufactured by a guy named barnaby baxter addison. he was also responsible for "frank and maury", which is another group of grandpa rappers he created.
@@jeffp.9369 that’s false. They’ve actually stated in interviews they write their own lyrics. The only thing they need help with is the slang which their grandkids provide.
6:00 - "Switch suits like I'm Mr Ben". Mr Ben was a cartoon from the UK (from 70's 80's) about a well dressed Englishman who goes to a costume shop, puts on an outfit then goes through a special door which takes him on an adventure relating to the outfit he chose. It influenced the tailor's shop in The Kingsman.
You''ve just jumped into the realms of Pete & Bas, you've a whole arsenal to pick from there... You should take a look at their feature @ Fumez Plugged In... Banging stuff..
These bars are deeper than you realize, and it also took me a minute to accept they actually do write and rap their music. And supposedly they both have history,like criminal lol. Awnry old dudes
🤣🤣 the Pete n Bas journey now! This is why I love you guys. Once you get passed the novelty of their ability to rap at that age (70s), you soon realise they are talented!! My personal favourite is Brown's, but Mr Worldwide and their Fumez the engineer appearance are up there. And just wait until you meet the Snooker Team 🤣🤣🤣 mind.... blown 💥🔥
I'm glad you guys liked that. Pete and bas are on my top 5 UK grime artists. French the kid is another good artist too. If you like random stuff try looking into French the kid - mad about bars
Once you learn UK Drill slang you'll be able to fully appreciate the masterpieces Pete & Bas turn out. Like at 5:53 - "Burn that rubber like I'm Michelin, 5 star *food* that I dish to them", in Drill slang "food" is drugs.
Two British things I learned like a month apart about this song. "Switch suits like i'm Mr Ben", which is a British childrens book in which Mr Benn tries on suits and gets transported to that time period of the suit, which I looked up. A month or so later, someone pointed out the next line delivered by Bas "10/10 gear I shift up to 5th...", I just read it as a car reference 10/10, but it's actually a references to another British childrens adventure series of books Tin Tin. The line ends Mr Benn and the next begins with Tin TIn. Really deep lyrics
@@namco003 they do that a lot, the fumez one is same especially towards the end - Mess with the cake (money) n i'll battenburg him (chop him into quarters like the cake) pete : Kippling (brand of battenburg cakes)
10 /10 gear I'm shifting is my favourite reference, every Friday group text from the dealer says that but he said it like Tin tin to link to the Mr Ben line ( UK kids TV references) from Pete before but also kept the car theme linked with selling drugs. So many levels.
I was literally dreaming of you doing this reaction yesterday 😃. They are the REAL DEAL 💯 They tour live and everything. Plenty of content from them too so I'm looking forward to you doing more of them now that they've earned your respect 👏🏾
You’re not being punked, you’ve just been sleeping on them. LOL. Pete and Bas are the real deal. Got into the game only a few years ago and have been KILLING iT ever since. Supposedly, they write all their own lyrics with help from their grandkids on the modern slang. No idea if that’s true or if they have ghostwriters, but their delivery is freaking impeccable either way (and it’s not like mainstream rap artists don’t have other people write stuff for them). I’ll come back with some translations for the UK slang. I’m from the States, so I sure as hell didn’t catch ALL the bars, but I’ve caught a good amount. 😊
The more UK slang you know the better it gets. For example, after they reference cake a few times starting with the "crocker bet he/Betty" bit, they come back with some more stealth cake references. My favorite is when instead of batter (already a cake reference) they say Battenberg which is a style of cake with a checkerboard... And also the checkerboard designed used on UK ambulances.
Pete and Bas are genuine old skool gangsters who spent over 20 years in prison. They are known locally in South London. They both live Drill, etc. After their release from prison, they decided to have a go in the music scene. Good luck to them
Gonna need y’all to react to more Pete n Bas. Been following these guys since I first heard bout em last year. The old estate, light work freestyle are some good ones.
GUYS.., THERE'S.., SOOOO MUCH..., I could say to you being a Brit but I'll leave it to just this. I'm so glad you heard what I heard in one particular part that all other React Video guys missed. It's not even a lyric, but for me it's kinda genius how great it sounds and gets me every time. @9.07. Who comes in like that, and with that effect sounding soooo good. Yes, it's a tiny moment, but what a moment. There are too much to mention, but that for me had me bawling with laughter. Lastly, the Bar.., "and I dream like Martin Luther, fall asleep tu thu sound of thu Hoover". Hoover is a nice ambient sound and one could fall asleep to it's hum. However, Martin Luther King fell asleep to the sound (Command/GunBang) of J Edgar Hoover. Whatcha think? Peace from Birmingham England.
The "mess with the cake and I'll battenberg him" line at 6:42 is the craziest to me because battenberg is a cake that has a checkered pattern inside which also resembles the pattern on ambulances here in the UK
Martin Luther King Jr was heavily persecuted by J Edgar Hoover. Hoover was a nightmare. So the dreaming, falling asleep, and nightmare lines have like triple the meaning.
@@darkmatter7668 I don't understand why having other people write the lyrics matters. There are other rap artists that do the same (Drake), and it is extremely common in other genres of music. It's a stupid standard to hold people to, and it often seems arbitrarily applied. These guys still do the performing/singing/rapping of the songs.
@@123darkdeal There's a difference between being an established artist who already wrote high quality songs solo (Drake) and being a paid actor who is hired to parrot someone else's lyrics. Major labels decide an artist is overtaxed and hire writing teams to assist in the workload. What Pete and Bas are doing is very different, especially considering their managers are not honest about the purity of their act.
Pete right)bas (left) are legends they have pure bangers. Start off next with their plugged in with fumes and mr worldwide as they are “commercial” and you can go from there right into their beast tunes
They really are insane they have so many specific references it's hard to keep up and they really are what they are talking about bas( the tall one ) also was a well known bareknuckle boxer and his dad used to own a known bareknuckle gym there's also loads of rumours of them doin some not so legal things on the side . And they actually have a whole crew with at least 4 other older gents who also make great music somewhat in a similar direction like pete and bas
Really enjoyed this reaction👏"Fall asleep to the sound of the Hoover" was likely referencing J. Edgar Hoover, post mention of Martin Luther King. Hoover (who was head of the FBI at the time) contravertially accused MLK of being a communist back in the 60's. There was a joke back along the lines of "Hoover sleeps with a night-light" from his adversaries, combined with MLK's "I have a Dream..." Lyrical genius 🙏
@@tonyrandom3254 Yep Brit here - first thoughts on the reference was same as yours. Until Pete ended with "...Don't care about colours; black or white - we can be brothers" hit different. Perfect conclusion to the the whole M.L King and Hoover segments 🔥
@@tonyrandom3254 Appreciate and see your perspective 🙏 One thing we can probably mutually agree on is appreciation for Pete & Bas and how multifaceted their lyrics are
i don't think they have an outright ghost writer, i think they absorb information from the people around them, and likely put some lines in that others come up with, but i think the overall structure, flow, and delivery is theirs.
So fun to find your first reaction to P&B. I've seen a bunch of your later ones, but it's always fun to find peoples' first reactions to them. The disbelief that turns into respect.
fun fact pete is a well respected gang member from south london who used to run with the notorious kray twins back when he was younger bas (the tall one) and his family ran an illegal bare knuckle boxing club in their back garden and made alot of money before it was shut down for being a cannabis farm aswell as they laundered money pete had a case back in 1998 for murder back in the 60s against a rival gang member but he won the case these old men rlly arent the type to b fucked with
These guys a pure fire. Gotta check out their track with fumez. The generals corner. Lightwork freestyle quick freestyle Bermondsey golf old estate. Thay all bangers filled with mad barz
sadly the problem with trying to see if theyre lip syncing is that most of these uk freestyles are recorded and then filmed afterwords, i believe they have people helpjng them write or just writing for them, however they perform the songs and even do live shows
Maybe im aging myself, but the tall dude I swear is a backround actor from Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels, great UK mob movie. Also he was in the Kray Twins movie as a vackround guy in the bar fight scene
luv the reaction. u should definetly check out the song golf by them. its a feature with another old rapper from the uk called norman pain and its absolutely brutal!
The hoover bar is is in relation to j Edgar hoover and Martin Luther king, falls to sleep to hoover hence the r word, I’m surprised how many people don’t get the link
I'm English one of the best bits is "The sound of the Hoover" (after Martin Luther) = Hoover who was the FBI director...also means the police and a vacuum cleaner....so it's a triple with the point being they murdered him.
I’ve seen them both live when they did their tour. And they can actually deliver the bars live as well 😂⛽️⛽️⛽️
Always makes me laugh when people question if it's them when they do live shows🤣 one goggle search is all it takes
same man
Bas grabbed my head and put the mic to it whilst i was mashed 😭
@@QuentinKarentino LOOOOL
I. Am. So. Jealous.
PETE AND BAS FREESTYLE WITH FUMEZ THE ENGINEER IS A MUST!!! PURE HEAT 🔥🔥🔥
Yes and Mr Worldwide and my favorite, Golf
and browns
This.
129 more checks in the box!! 😅😳🍻
@@BeersBars when he says he falls asleep to the sound of a hoover, he's referring the tommy machine gun that was nicknamed "Hoover" because J Edgar Hoover made them famous. They have crazy double and triple entendres all over this!!
Fun Fact, now you've dipped your toes into the music of Pete & Bas, it's the LAW to do all their songs 😂
Oh we gotta see more!
@@BeersBars even the old stuff.
@@BeersBars Good. It's the law. Dems da rules.
@@BeersBarsyou need to see more , this one is hard but there’s other that u guys will rate more 💯
@@tentenbristol3666 we have seen a few more at this point, make sure to checkout the playlist. ✌️🍻
That MLK/Hoover line and scheme has multiple layers. It's rumored J Edgar Hoover had MLK killed (fall asleep to the sound of the Hoover) Also, (sleep with fishes now he's tuna) can also mean Hoover Dam. Some of my favorite bars from this banger.
That line has so Many levels, keep learning More everytime, insane 🤯
Also heard it referenced as you can sleep through anything. Also it's slang for sloppy toppy. So depending on if they knew all that, triple maybe?
Also, Hoover Nightmare is the book that lays the whole assassination out in print
They're on tour at moment, definitely for real n definitely real gansters in their youth.
7:00 - "Mess with the cake I'll Battenburg him". Battenburg is a kind of cake made by slicing out square sections and rearranging the pieces to give a checkerboard pattern. In the UK ambulances have a checkerboard pattern, so to "Battenburg" someone is to put them in the ambulance. "Kipling" is a brand of cakes too, as well as a reference to the author.
Also a poet
Also sounds like Batter and Berg him. Batter as to hit and Berg as Iceburg, icing someone, killing them.
"Mess with the cake an il bat an burg em", means mess with the money and he will get out the baseball bat and Balaclava but also battenberg is also a cake that has been sliced up creating a chequered pattern
The line about "Dream like Martin Luther" and "Fall asleep to the sound of the Hoover" is more than just about a vacuum cleaner. Martin Luther King was a target of then FBI director J. Edgar Hoover back in the day. Pete and Bas are awesome. Y'all also missed the Betty Crocker bar...lol. Interesting how y'all got so many of the words they were saying wrong...they were actually on the screen...lol. Funny how so many people doubt them being able to write (with help from their grandkids on the modern slang) and deliver...but they just got it.
When you know London slang almost all their bars have double or triple meanings. Honestly it's insane how cleaver some of it is.
give 1 example
@@bajer6974 “He mess with the cake I’ll Battenberg him” A Battenberg cake is a cake with a checkerboard pattern. UK ambulances have a checkerboard pattern on their sides, and Battenberg sounds like Batter (hit, beat) and Berg (ice berg, to ice someone, kill)
@@bajer6974"box a man back like im eating jollof", jollof can come in a box as takeaway or even Jollof rice from a grocery is usually in a box. By boxing him bsck he means either putting fists on him or locking him up in a box. He's saying he'll devour you. 😂
Doctor Who, and Mock the Week ftw lol the bars hit different when you know the jargon
Fall asleep to the sound of the Hoover (Vacuum & J.Edgar - Head of the FBI during MLK’s time)
Loved that reaction! 🤣 Pete and Bas are legends here in the UK. Few questions you might have as you do more reactions. Pete is the small one Bas is the tall one. They write their own bars but, their grandsons taught them the slang. Legend has it they were on the wrong side of the law in their younger days dabbling in this and that. Whether that's true or not doesn't matter its more fun to believe it 🤣 They used to be taken as a parody but, they are now taken as serious artists. Please react to their plugged in w/fumez. That platform is normally only serious drill artists but, Pete and bas shelled it down.
Don't get me wrong, I love Pete an Bas vids, but they are not real. There's a vid where a guy did a bit of digging and uncovered the truth. Just search Pete and bas truth if tou want to know. I'm a little sad that I found it to be honest.
@@ewganhoff who did a see live then 🤣🤣🤣
@@ewganhoff Who cares 🤣 ill live happily in a blissfully ignorant world. I'm not about to watch a video by someone that actually took the time out to try and 'expose' a couple of talented grandpa's having a good time. That is the sad part tbh. There's no argument about whether they perform though. They've done live shows up and down the country and that is impressive enough. Just enjoy the music, it's fire no matter how it was created.
@@ewganhoff don't look then.
they dont actually write their own bars they have ghost writers but that doesnt make any difference theyre still top class !! ntakes major skill to pull this off regaurdless.
Pete and Bas have the best bars in the UK right now. They go hard. Almost double meanings and running themes all through. If you know old man London slang and references and current UK drill too their lyrics are genius.
Seriously underrated comment mate! 💥
The hoover bar is crazy as it also references J. Edgar Hoover's obsession with Martin Luther King.
It is fire
I’m upset I didn’t get this. Ty
This song, I think is one of the best examples of how crazy their chemistry is. Their handoffs are just so damn smooth. There’s the obvious one “made love to the ground then kissed….the curb” which is just…an INSANE handoff. And then there’s the subtle handoff of “i ain’t gonna stop till the bell starts ringing….ding-a-ling ding” as in a bell ringing signaling the end of his few bars.
Just so good man.
As an ex grime producer im loving your reactions. The UK has too much talent. This duo are for real make sure you check them out more 🔥
And unlike America's studio gangsters these guys actually legit lived heavy
I can’t decide what’s more impressive with these guys..the bars or the flow!?? Blown AWAY!
Bas, the taller one, is crazy with his lyrics and his flow. The double triple and quadruple meanings in his lyrics are insane
it's cool but they don't come up with their raps. they're actors; the whole thing is manufactured by a guy named barnaby baxter addison.
he was also responsible for "frank and maury", which is another group of grandpa rappers he created.
@@jeffp.9369 that’s false. They’ve actually stated in interviews they write their own lyrics. The only thing they need help with is the slang which their grandkids provide.
@@jeffp.9369 Barnaby has literally no relation to them at all
@@jeffp.9369that’s not true. They write their own lyrics with a little help from their grandkids for current language
@@jeffp.9369 Buddy, you gotta actually bring proof when you say shit
6:00 - "Switch suits like I'm Mr Ben". Mr Ben was a cartoon from the UK (from 70's 80's) about a well dressed Englishman who goes to a costume shop, puts on an outfit then goes through a special door which takes him on an adventure relating to the outfit he chose. It influenced the tailor's shop in The Kingsman.
You young folks crack me up. I just love looking at the disbelief in your faces.
Loving being call young ✌️🍻🤣
Youngsters think invented sex!
u need to see the Pete & Bas - Plugged In W/Fumez The Engineer | Pressplay
its goated ❤🔥
You''ve just jumped into the realms of Pete & Bas, you've a whole arsenal to pick from there... You should take a look at their feature @ Fumez Plugged In... Banging stuff..
Pete and Bas got bars. Don't let their age fool u.
These bars are deeper than you realize, and it also took me a minute to accept they actually do write and rap their music. And supposedly they both have history,like criminal lol. Awnry old dudes
🤣🤣 the Pete n Bas journey now! This is why I love you guys. Once you get passed the novelty of their ability to rap at that age (70s), you soon realise they are talented!! My personal favourite is Brown's, but Mr Worldwide and their Fumez the engineer appearance are up there. And just wait until you meet the Snooker Team 🤣🤣🤣 mind.... blown 💥🔥
Snooker team is the funniest shit ever!
Pete and Bas kill it every time. Their voices and flows are class. Rather listen to them than most rappers today
Now you have to react to all of pete and bas, it's the law!🤣😆👍
I'm glad you guys liked that. Pete and bas are on my top 5 UK grime artists. French the kid is another good artist too. If you like random stuff try looking into French the kid - mad about bars
Once you learn UK Drill slang you'll be able to fully appreciate the masterpieces Pete & Bas turn out. Like at 5:53 - "Burn that rubber like I'm Michelin, 5 star *food* that I dish to them", in Drill slang "food" is drugs.
Two British things I learned like a month apart about this song. "Switch suits like i'm Mr Ben", which is a British childrens book in which Mr Benn tries on suits and gets transported to that time period of the suit, which I looked up. A month or so later, someone pointed out the next line delivered by Bas "10/10 gear I shift up to 5th...", I just read it as a car reference 10/10, but it's actually a references to another British childrens adventure series of books Tin Tin. The line ends Mr Benn and the next begins with Tin TIn. Really deep lyrics
@@namco003 they do that a lot, the fumez one is same especially towards the end - Mess with the cake (money) n i'll battenburg him (chop him into quarters like the cake) pete : Kippling (brand of battenburg cakes)
10 /10 gear I'm shifting is my favourite reference, every Friday group text from the dealer says that but he said it like Tin tin to link to the Mr Ben line ( UK kids TV references) from Pete before but also kept the car theme linked with selling drugs. So many levels.
@@namco00310/10 gear also refers to the best drugs 😂
Hoover is not a vacum its the police
Welcome to the Pete and Bas rabbit hole 🤣 Once you get past the shock you'll appreciate it more 😂😂
FYI: falling asleep to the sound of the hoover is in reference to him getting topped to sleep.
It's more than a rumour that Edward J Hoover was behind assassination of Martin Luther King
😂😂😂😂😂
I was literally dreaming of you doing this reaction yesterday 😃. They are the REAL DEAL 💯 They tour live and everything. Plenty of content from them too so I'm looking forward to you doing more of them now that they've earned your respect 👏🏾
Get your beers ready lads, we need your reaction to "pete and bas - T-pain" !!! 💯🔥🔥🔥
You’re not being punked, you’ve just been sleeping on them. LOL. Pete and Bas are the real deal. Got into the game only a few years ago and have been KILLING iT ever since.
Supposedly, they write all their own lyrics with help from their grandkids on the modern slang. No idea if that’s true or if they have ghostwriters, but their delivery is freaking impeccable either way (and it’s not like mainstream rap artists don’t have other people write stuff for them).
I’ll come back with some translations for the UK slang. I’m from the States, so I sure as hell didn’t catch ALL the bars, but I’ve caught a good amount. 😊
The more UK slang you know the better it gets. For example, after they reference cake a few times starting with the "crocker bet he/Betty" bit, they come back with some more stealth cake references. My favorite is when instead of batter (already a cake reference) they say Battenberg which is a style of cake with a checkerboard... And also the checkerboard designed used on UK ambulances.
I've never seen a reaction to Pete and Bas without lotsa laughs - just two OG's having big fun
After Pete and Bas, no one can ever say older folks don't have bars or delivery. Welcome to the new world we live in.
These two old geezers have raised the bar. For everyone.
These OG's are for real and their fans are loyal. Check their back catalogue and comments below. Nice reaction guyz 👍🏽🤙🏽
Check out these songs by Pete & Bas:
Plugged in with Fumez
Browns
Shuffle (they referenced it in this song)
Mr. Worldwide
Golf
Pete and Bas are genuine old skool gangsters who spent over 20 years in prison. They are known locally in South London. They both live Drill, etc. After their release from prison, they decided to have a go in the music scene. Good luck to them
So they got released in 2018
Gonna need y’all to react to more Pete n Bas. Been following these guys since I first heard bout em last year. The old estate, light work freestyle are some good ones.
Nah it’s when the short dude came in with “the curb” after it’s just fire
GUYS.., THERE'S.., SOOOO MUCH..., I could say to you being a Brit but I'll leave it to just this.
I'm so glad you heard what I heard in one particular part that all other React Video guys missed.
It's not even a lyric, but for me it's kinda genius how great it sounds and gets me every time.
@9.07. Who comes in like that, and with that effect sounding soooo good. Yes, it's a tiny moment, but what a moment. There are too much to mention, but that for me had me bawling with laughter.
Lastly, the Bar.., "and I dream like Martin Luther, fall asleep tu thu sound of thu Hoover". Hoover is a nice ambient sound and one could fall asleep to it's hum. However, Martin Luther King fell asleep to the sound (Command/GunBang) of J Edgar Hoover. Whatcha think?
Peace from Birmingham England.
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We OLD, not DEAD! 🤷♀️🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯
KEEP GOIN down THIS rabbit hole! ! 😎 You WON'T regret it. Their bio is CRAZY! 🤯🤣🤣🤣🤣
The "mess with the cake and I'll battenberg him" line at 6:42 is the craziest to me because battenberg is a cake that has a checkered pattern inside which also resembles the pattern on ambulances here in the UK
ahhh
Martin Luther King Jr was heavily persecuted by J Edgar Hoover. Hoover was a nightmare. So the dreaming, falling asleep, and nightmare lines have like triple the meaning.
They actually rap they’ve performed live too, they write their own bars too but their grandkids teach them slang
They don't write their own bars. It's a puppet act.
@@darkmatter7668 I don't understand why having other people write the lyrics matters. There are other rap artists that do the same (Drake), and it is extremely common in other genres of music. It's a stupid standard to hold people to, and it often seems arbitrarily applied. These guys still do the performing/singing/rapping of the songs.
@@123darkdeal There's a difference between being an established artist who already wrote high quality songs solo (Drake) and being a paid actor who is hired to parrot someone else's lyrics. Major labels decide an artist is overtaxed and hire writing teams to assist in the workload. What Pete and Bas are doing is very different, especially considering their managers are not honest about the purity of their act.
@@darkmatter7668 who cares
Pete right)bas (left) are legends they have pure bangers. Start off next with their plugged in with fumes and mr worldwide as they are “commercial” and you can go from there right into their beast tunes
They real triple OGs from back in the day..giving out bars for a few albums right there.1🤣🤣🤣
7:30 - Yep, Pete and Bas are the best in the scene at their back and forth transitions building on each other's bars.
They really are insane they have so many specific references it's hard to keep up and they really are what they are talking about bas( the tall one ) also was a well known bareknuckle boxer and his dad used to own a known bareknuckle gym there's also loads of rumours of them doin some not so legal things on the side .
And they actually have a whole crew with at least 4 other older gents who also make great music somewhat in a similar direction like pete and bas
Definitely check out their Plugged In freestyle with Fumez next. Hard bars in that one too
You are both in for a rollercoaster of a ride with these OG's! 2 of the best
Really enjoyed this reaction👏"Fall asleep to the sound of the Hoover" was likely referencing J. Edgar Hoover, post mention of Martin Luther King. Hoover (who was head of the FBI at the time) contravertially accused MLK of being a communist back in the 60's. There was a joke back along the lines of "Hoover sleeps with a night-light" from his adversaries, combined with MLK's "I have a Dream..." Lyrical genius 🙏
@@tonyrandom3254 Yep Brit here - first thoughts on the reference was same as yours. Until Pete ended with "...Don't care about colours; black or white - we can be brothers" hit different. Perfect conclusion to the the whole M.L King and Hoover segments 🔥
@@tonyrandom3254 Appreciate and see your perspective 🙏 One thing we can probably mutually agree on is appreciation for Pete & Bas and how multifaceted their lyrics are
@@tonyrandom3254 Same, all the best to you & yours! 👑
I don't know if they have a ghost writer or not but I don't think it even matters, their flows are insane.
Apparently they write themselves with help from their grandchildren to have more of today's slang
i don't think they have an outright ghost writer, i think they absorb information from the people around them, and likely put some lines in that others come up with, but i think the overall structure, flow, and delivery is theirs.
@@abeining nope. they're paid actors.
@@jeffp.9369 have you seen their live shows? Their rapping seems pretty legit to me
@@jeffp.9369 are you going to show the source any of your discrediting?
These two gentlemen spit better than a majority of the youngin's in the game today. 😂🤣🔥🔥🔥👏👏👏🤲
"Secondhand Lions" is so underrated.
So fun to find your first reaction to P&B. I've seen a bunch of your later ones, but it's always fun to find peoples' first reactions to them. The disbelief that turns into respect.
The “ding-a-ling-ling” bar was a reference to the previous “bell start ringing” bar.
fun fact pete is a well respected gang member from south london who used to run with the notorious kray twins back when he was younger bas (the tall one) and his family ran an illegal bare knuckle boxing club in their back garden and made alot of money before it was shut down for being a cannabis farm aswell as they laundered money pete had a case back in 1998 for murder back in the 60s against a rival gang member but he won the case these old men rlly arent the type to b fucked with
The 10 rounds and bell ringing lines were references to Pete's bare knuckle fighting days when he was younger
Welcome to the Pete and Bas rabbit hole. There's so much fire in their tracks, but my sneaky favourite is Browns. Enjoy the ride!
Great reaction! You have to check some of their other tracks, Browns, Mr Worldwide, and Old Estate are my favourites.
These guys are 80yrs old and they are better than a lot of rappers today! Ren, Ocean Wisdom the UK are bringing it!
Seeing people react to Pete & Bas for the first time is one of my fav past times. Check the window cypher ft the snooker team
Their Plugged in with Fumez is goated too
I like that y’all switched mic colors idk if that’s on purpose but reminds me of mr white and mr black from rdr2
Lol no not on purpose but that's funny ✌️🍻
Your UK reactions legit make my day 🙌
Worth the wait 👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼 thanks
Bruh this shit is like MF Doom levels of triple and quadruple meanings, what the hell
The way they connect their bars.... underated
Some of these old dudes man, you might not wanna mess around!
You have to react to their Plugged in with Fumez the Engineer now. It's the law😏
These guys a pure fire. Gotta check out their track with fumez. The generals corner. Lightwork freestyle quick freestyle Bermondsey golf old estate. Thay all bangers filled with mad barz
They wanted a Daily Duppy👀 but they 😒Refused do it for them so they Did This🤔🧐 for themselves instead... 👍💯🔥🔥
🔥🔥 Reaction also ...
They are both 100% legitimate
All the love in the world to P&B❤
Much love and blessings to Pete and Bas.❤
😂 Never. Gets. Old!
Even Steven Wonder could see what you did there 😅
sadly the problem with trying to see if theyre lip syncing is that most of these uk freestyles are recorded and then filmed afterwords, i believe they have people helpjng them write or just writing for them, however they perform the songs and even do live shows
What makes these men even more special is they will be able to go out on top.
✔️ Generals corner ... quick little freestyle ... plugged in ... there are a lot... these guys are awesome... old school gangstas still having fun.
Big heath - fire in the booth
Pete is the short one and baz the tall one. Check out their plugged in with fumez the engineer. Old school gangsters in the games. Got skills still. 😂
Yes they write thier own raps and there's a vid of them in concert 🔥🔥👍🏼
They're DEFINITELY getting help.
Old estate, golf, lightwork freestyle, plugged in with fumez, mad about bars.
Thanks me later
Builders side means you will end up Dead in cement on a building site
So excited for this!
Maybe im aging myself, but the tall dude I swear is a backround actor from Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels, great UK mob movie. Also he was in the Kray Twins movie as a vackround guy in the bar fight scene
There's a lot of British references that will go straight over American's heads 😂
They go hard. Plugged in with Fume is fire as well or Mr. Workdwide
Double entendre, hoover vacume, j edgar hoover, martin lutther king. There bars are so hard trust.
luv the reaction. u should definetly check out the song golf by them. its a feature with another old rapper from the uk called norman pain and its absolutely brutal!
We do like golf... 😏
The Martin Luther /Hoover bar was about the FBI killing him ... J Edgar Hoover... Not just the vacuum cleaner. Brilliant word play with these two.
They ARE REAL freestyle rappers. Loved second hand lions btw.. yal missed all the important bars though lol
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Again with Reactors doubting. Google these dudes. They are stone cold. Talent doesn't know age! ❤
The hoover bar is is in relation to j Edgar hoover and Martin Luther king, falls to sleep to hoover hence the r word, I’m surprised how many people don’t get the link
PETE AND BASS ME WORLDWIDE 🌎 , you will not regret it !!! 😂
Holy shit - second hand lions is the best reference I didn’t know I needed
I'm English one of the best bits is "The sound of the Hoover" (after Martin Luther) = Hoover who was the FBI director...also means the police and a vacuum cleaner....so it's a triple with the point being they murdered him.
Love seeing rap fans meet Pete and Bas for the first time. I can never remember, which of them used to be a bare knuckle boxer?
Pete and Bas - Mr Worldwide is a banger
About time. They are a must. React to there others. 🇬🇧
big man, get wrapped up in a bean bag, been there, done that... got that! awesome line.