This beat is from German rapper Peter Fox's track "Alles Neu". Fox hired an orchestra to record a symphony by composer Dmitri Shostakovich because he thought it slapped. The track (and the whole album) was a colossal success in Germany. Plan B sampled Fox's recording a few years later and made it his own. Plan B clearly has a fantastic taste in music to have wanted to sample from Peter Fox.
This is one of the greatest songs ever made. If you grew up on that side of the gutter in England then you feel this to the heart. Nothing has changed and it's 2020.
I spent 7 or 8 years in a council house as a kid in the particularly rough part of Newcastle - and this song nails it. It's dangerous and difficult and you get a bad reputation because you're poor.
This song gives me shivers. I didn't fully appreciate this song as a teenage boy, but listening to it now is both powerful and saddening. I wish this song would blow up on social media again, and others like it. The message it speaks is sadly still very true, we need change.
@@jamessearson I am not expecting this song to change the world... I am simply saying that we as a society need change for the better, this song and others like it won't solve anything but hopefully it can make people think more about the world and try to change for the better.
@jamessearson Then start by getting off social media, knocking on neighbours, smiling at people in the street and creating communities. Clean up streets, volunteer in a charity event. Be welcoming and friendly to strangers. The government hates us, but as long as we have togetherness they will fail in dividing us.
Just managed to reference this song in my sociology essay for uni. Not sure it will work, but this song is so fucking relevant to society now more than ever.
Even in a high school essay a reference to song probably won't 'work'. You can use a quote as a header to express the content matter of your essay/section, but references should be some sort of evidence to support your argument, or they should refer to a recognised theory which raises a particular argument/proposition.
I love that in Germany in 2008, the music is a upbeat promise of the new and wonderful (Alles Neu, by Peter Fox)....by 2011 in the UK the same track is about a parallel underclass and their lack of hope.
Badly let down by a series of Governments. I am from the UK however decided a future is better spent elsewhere when I was 21. I'm now 52. I look at this country with great sadness because I'm still proud to be British. I don't even know why but I still am. I visited the UK last xmas and that was the first time in quite a few years. The place just has too many people. Everything is choked and splitting apart at the seams. a 900,000 net immigration each year is not sustainable. Someone brave needs to take hold of this situation. Of course they will be branded a whole range of slogans aimed at Fascists, but in all honesty i don't think most people in the uk care all that much about the colour of skin or Religion. It doesn't matter whether the immigrants are Black, Brown, White, Purple or Green. The Country is full and its that simple.
Fucking hell this guy is genius he's looking over a burning london while pretending to play the violin, violin and the fiddle are the same thing, nero fiddled while rome burnt.
I wonder how many people (artists included) really understand the relevance of Shostakovich himself in all of this? A sample from his ninth symphony might have been more pertinent... until, hopefully, the time comes when the tenth could be a source instead.
+Ortum Lynx yeah fuck America u c the Canadians and aussies r like us obviously a bit different but ure not ignorant arseholes and trailer park boys is a mockumenteray and u get them hear Australia but not America so yeah cheered
i know that this song isn’t something i can relate to since i’ve grown up in a house and area that is somewhat comfortable but i like this song bc it really helped me open my eyes to the issues of britain. thank you :)
I grew up in this area manor park xcatly how it is in film he made the film to expose government hypocrisy because they was saying how nice the surrounding area of the Olympic stadium will be so he made the film illmanors
I’m from a different generation but I grew up on a sink estate in Carlisle called Raffles. This song reminds me of the mentality of that estate. On one side it was like us against everyone else and we just took what we wanted. Kids were bored so there was lots of car theft. You’d hear the lads tearing round the estate before the cops put in speed bumps and controls. You’d wake up and cars would be burning in the park. Place was full of smack heads and everyone smoked hash and did a bit of whizz and later E’s when they arrived. You could rent a shooter, usually a sawn off. Most people had big dogs. I had a pit bull called Tyson. It was horrible to be honest and I worked hard to get out of the place but I now have quite a nostalgic feeling about it. It’s all changed now. I wouldn’t go back for quids though.
No the reason is his name wasn’t Danny Fuking Boyle …. This films the truth . K can’t deal with proper artists and the truth and talent … pathetic Uk .
Kane Childs suppose nothing and there sure isn't anywhere saying they can't and maybe they will but I doubt it, living it is the only way you can relate to this fully, but who am I to say so. Loaf+ Peas
Still can't get my head around how this song ended up on Now That's What I Call Music 80 and became one of my favourite songs as a year 8 student 😂 The meanings of lyrics flew over my head but I could rap to it fully memorised lol
Haha yeah it’s rare to see a song like this rise up in the charts. I was also listening to this song in year 8 so we must be the same age. The lyrics are still so relevant today as they were back then unfortunately.
From a working class town and I know a load of private school kids, the level of ignorance is astonishing, they don't know anything about growing up poor
Before my parents split i went to a private skl, i agree you can get the posh pricks but in general, private skl kids are the same. they dont get to choose their school and grime was more popular at the private skl i went too than is at my state college.
I'm usually not a big rap fan.. But this is an amazing example of lyrical genius! To all the people saying "it's nothing to be proud of"- he's not saying it is.. What this song is saying is that it is the propaganda and the conservative politics that aid to fuel the reputation of council estate youthes! And that these kids aren't dumb, because they're already discriminated against when it comes to education, employment opportunities etc. they have learned to get by through fear and fueling these viewpoints that are forced upon people! You find trouble in most areas these days! But growing up on a council estate I can tell you that there are a lot more good people than "dick heads".
JammyJack87 Bull shit. Life is what you make of it in the UK, there is absolutely nothing stopping you from progressing yourself other than your own decisions. I grew up in Lewisham, notorious as being one of the worst places to live in England. I went to a public school and instead of getting involved in this sort of shit, I picked my friends wisely, kept my head down and ended up at University, with a decent degree, with a decent job and now I don't ever have to associate myself with this shit ever again. Am I lucky? No. Many of my friends come from the same area and have moved onto bigger and better things that dressing up in track suits, intimidating people and being a general nuisance. There is no excuse for this kind of culture, none what's so ever and all this blaming the government and austerity bull shit is absolutely ludicrous.
+Jackmerius Tacktheritrix if you actually read what I put without just taking the point that this song is stating that a large reason for the growing gang culture is the propaganda from the media which is run by the government, e.g. Tory newspapers. And instead actually read the whole thing where I state that there are more good people than dick heads. Where I live there is this culture of the "wannabe badman" people but for the most part, people my age- youths 16-21 most people are pretty decent. Not all have high aspirations but some do and because they don't get anything handed to them on a plate they have the grit to make sure they succeed- much like yourself I assume. But don't come saying that my comment is bullshit because when you were my age it was different. Things have changed over the past 10 years dramatically. Granted I don't know your age but seen as you have been to uni and proceeded to have a career, I assume it was a while since you saw what's happening. To be fair it is getting worse, but in many aspects it is also getting better. This is because while there is still a growing gang culture in built up urban areas- there is also a growth in aspirations and the desire to live a full and successful life. That's why there are more and more working class people, like myself, going to uni every year.
JammyJack87 manz a' dick ead blu... LOL! some people just do not understand things EVEN when they are living in them. this song is a piece of art... something i doubt mr or miss WAKE ME UP INSIDE ironically realizes. i "lived" in borrough right next to lewisham that was dominated by a very notorius street gang called the *ECK-EM!* wild cats. used to know kids from a church in brixton (area i would vote second most serious in london.) and have had many a joke about how the gangs from "peck-nam" have a routien of asking questions first then covertly shooting you later so long as the sun is down...(they don't come out in the daylight.)... as in end of coversation. this vid made me feel rather warm and nostalgic ;)
+JammyJack87 Would you feel safer walking through a council estate at pitch black with hooded youthes smoking around you or through little aston (where loads of footballers live near birmingham)
He is right. it will happen again. this tune was well timed. This guy is not a proper rapper in the UK underground scene, but what he did here was good, it reached the mainstream, and it made a very well timed and very valid point. lots of respect for that. it will happen again, if the poor are continuously demonised, segregated and ignored....
This song speaks on a level to a lot of us struggling out there, doing what we can to support our families, no matter what we risk. England needs help.
This was a really great track. Although he is not really part of the UK Hip Hip scene, i have to say, this was a very good damn track + video ( great timing ), the amen d&b element also perfectly implemented. Great track, great social commentary. Respect for that Mr Plan B, i love this.
He didn't need a plan b plan b a lyrical genius, I'll manors film was shocking and groundbreaking, the Strickland banks album one of best albums I've ever come across
nah, not really, beat/production wise, yes, but one song is about fake rape cases the other is about rich not caring about the poor. They quite similar because they are both meaningful and political.
He didn’t really predict anything, this song was made in the midst of the 2011 London riots hence the lines about community centres being shut to make space for things to do with The Olympics be built, David Cameron’s hug a hoodie campaign, school being out as well and all the factors that lead to the summer riots. That also explains the line about the system needing fixing not shop windows in Brixton
We hear u, thk you for telling us all what u feel, felt something was coming for a while now.. no jabs for me👌 my eldest boy had it tho & it breaks my ❤ only 20😢.. 🙏🙏🙏🙏💗
Lmao this was a classic in high school, Imagine trying this today & saying something bad about Boris. Half of Facebook would run to cancel him with Karen talking about 'brainwashing our youth & stop bringing politics into music". So many stone-cold references in this if you open your ears & listen that still apply today.
it pretty much all still applies accept now the people who were rioting in 2011 have been increasingly distracted by the idea they should fight each other more than they already were, knife crime is a distraction technique to keep people fighting each other rather than the oppressors
@@dibz4166 Honestly I don't even think knife crime is really much worse than it was 10+ years ago when I was in school. Sure it's gone up, but so has the population, especially in cities. It's just now with social media everyone can see every tiny thing that happens both in cities & even little towns with entire pages dedicated to crime, it's simply more visible so people are outraged 24/7. I remember in school we had anti-knife crime posters everywhere, talks from cops about how bad knifes are etc...David Cameron used to go around talking about 'Hug a hoodie'. Same old issues, people act like there'sa new era or wave of crime, in reality seen more & it's become more polical. Huge austerity, closure of community centres & mega freezes in police hiring years ago all have an impact too.
@@d.b.cooper1 totally agree with all of that, but yeah social media has made it more prevalent, and that’s pushed it out to kids who didn’t used to carry knives, go some posh little town where everyone’s living comfortably and all the 15 year olds got knives because they wanna be ‘drillers’, music industry pushes the image and more people wanna carry that image, not the people who carry knives fault, but enough people are letting it slide for it to increase, and the way people are fighting is more violent, bare people talk about how people are trying to kill instead of injure like it used to be, leg shots have turned to headshots
I'm from Miami, FL I have to say it's interesting. I imagine London like any other major cities on this planet has multiple facets. Most of what we get over on this side I guess maybe construed as watered down. This does seem though as something common in big cities. The disgruntled youth and class disparity are fuel for anger.
Sky Ventor its always a case by case basis... thug per thug usually... but brittish "thugs" care far less for law and order and are far less likely to carry fire arms. badass "thugs" are breed when a culture of street fights to solve disputes takes root... guns = physically weaker people gaining prominance.
+Sky Ventor it's aways a thing for some cowardly and self intrested individual to walk up to their local hypekenetic apex dragon clan and pull a pistol... it's always a game changer. once guns get on the streets it's very difficult to get them off them. name one "urban badass" that you know can dodge bulets? it's simular to the first worlds "nuclear armament policy" one does have to bother with conventional conflict when one can end life with the push, pull of a trigger, button. that said the sight of firearmed thugs fist fighting warms my heart. but then again the other side could just pull their guns? :? decentsy and a sence of fare play is an uncommon trait in human beings.
+Sky Ventor I think it's cause everything you see in the media about America is that they all just want to get money and hoes. Over here, it's just about dragging yourself into the middle class
This song makes a surprising political statement. That's what makes it so good. Also, quality riff to go with it. A real gem right here, one of the best songs of 2012, and certainly the best rap/hiphop song.
I was aware of plan B, thought he released a decent soul album, nothing that reinvented the wheel... but then... he drops something that speaks so much truth to power it f*cking hurts. I was working with civil servants at the time, comfortable middle/upper class types, and this SCARED them. They need to be scared again, scared properly. There's more of us than there are them.
@@michipe6712 Not nah...of course its sampled from the Peter Fox version. And yes i know Peter Fox sampled it from that dude. But this right here is taken from Oeter Fox. He was even co Producer for Plan B - ill Manors
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This beat is from German rapper Peter Fox's track "Alles Neu". Fox hired an orchestra to record a symphony by composer Dmitri Shostakovich because he thought it slapped. The track (and the whole album) was a colossal success in Germany. Plan B sampled Fox's recording a few years later and made it his own. Plan B clearly has a fantastic taste in music to have wanted to sample from Peter Fox.
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And Peter Fox got it from Schostakowitsch 7. - no Joke
@@Schiwy123 could you link an example of that? been trying to find what part that would be with no success
Mental how ahead of his time Plan B was
Mate this has been goin on for decades now
The track is from a German Guy, his Name is Peter Fox... The track Name is Alles Neu 😉
@@Nixfürdiewhich itself is sampled from a classical piece
It's just one big circle brother nothing changes, just the subject
You have to grow and learn if you want to live the life you want.
Plan B needs to come back, such an underrated artist
Guess he might need a ....plan b?
+Harry Dowell hahahaha
+Harry Dowell wow ahah
+Harry Dowell I see what you did there
+Terius Smith Just thinking the same, always liked him. But he really is better than credited for.
Guessing this is why Plan B stopped being played. Hit a nerve. Amazing track.
Pretty sure it was his own fault... Love the guy but he tried singing instead if i remember right.
@@dan226343Dude has always sang.
This is one of the greatest songs ever made. If you grew up on that side of the gutter in England then you feel this to the heart. Nothing has changed and it's 2020.
Transcended over to 2021 aswell 😂fuck this country
@@slxw_doe4885 too real bro.
This country has gone to shit n it was said years ago this would happen,
I spent 7 or 8 years in a council house as a kid in the particularly rough part of Newcastle - and this song nails it. It's dangerous and difficult and you get a bad reputation because you're poor.
@richtea78 I voted Labour.
This song gives me shivers. I didn't fully appreciate this song as a teenage boy, but listening to it now is both powerful and saddening. I wish this song would blow up on social media again, and others like it. The message it speaks is sadly still very true, we need change.
What the fucking hell can it change then?
@@jamessearson I am not expecting this song to change the world... I am simply saying that we as a society need change for the better, this song and others like it won't solve anything but hopefully it can make people think more about the world and try to change for the better.
Because oppression is rising, Time to rise up my brother.
@@DaButchaXCVIIITotally agree.
@jamessearson
Then start by getting off social media, knocking on neighbours, smiling at people in the street and creating communities. Clean up streets, volunteer in a charity event. Be welcoming and friendly to strangers. The government hates us, but as long as we have togetherness they will fail in dividing us.
how we here 10 years later and it’s all still so relevant 😭
Literally on the verge of countrywide riots again
Tell me about it 😅
Yh init
Even more relevant!
Probably be worse next year 😮😅
I prefer Mike Skinner
Just managed to reference this song in my sociology essay for uni. Not sure it will work, but this song is so fucking relevant to society now more than ever.
Ditto, Looking back this song & video captures a certain era of British youth culture & polticis perfectly.
Please I want an update did you get in you Betta have done
@@mznabi it worked :)
@@rosszzzzz course it worked if you referenced it and had a decent argument
Even in a high school essay a reference to song probably won't 'work'. You can use a quote as a header to express the content matter of your essay/section, but references should be some sort of evidence to support your argument, or they should refer to a recognised theory which raises a particular argument/proposition.
I love that in Germany in 2008, the music is a upbeat promise of the new and wonderful (Alles Neu, by Peter Fox)....by 2011 in the UK the same track is about a parallel underclass and their lack of hope.
Badly let down by a series of Governments. I am from the UK however decided a future is better spent elsewhere when I was 21. I'm now 52. I look at this country with great sadness because I'm still proud to be British. I don't even know why but I still am. I visited the UK last xmas and that was the first time in quite a few years. The place just has too many people. Everything is choked and splitting apart at the seams. a 900,000 net immigration each year is not sustainable. Someone brave needs to take hold of this situation. Of course they will be branded a whole range of slogans aimed at Fascists, but in all honesty i don't think most people in the uk care all that much about the colour of skin or Religion. It doesn't matter whether the immigrants are Black, Brown, White, Purple or Green. The Country is full and its that simple.
This song keeps getting more relevant as time goes on.
"Do what Boris does, rob them blind!"
So true! This government has got to go. If the people of England vote these jokers in again, I'm leaving 😐
True but crimes down from when this was recorded.
Maybe because more and more are making money online?
Ain't that the f*kn truth
🤣 Crime isn’t down. It’s just recorded differently. That and the fact nobody even bothers reporting anything anyway.
Fucking hell this guy is genius he's looking over a burning london while pretending to play the violin, violin and the fiddle are the same thing, nero fiddled while rome burnt.
If that was deliberate that is actually pure genius
I have to agree with you 100% on that one.
I like your picture I have three of kasabons albums
This is what's coming civil war not against blAcks or whites but surviving
you fiddle in kids pants
my nan gets pumped to this before she goes shop lifting in the co op
fairz animations hah lidl better man
HFC LIVINGSTON Morrison’s*
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pmsl :)))
😂 😂
This song is a sincere reflection of the times in the UK. If anything, this song chants for change, revolution or reform
as is the spirit of the original Peter Fox song, Alles Neu, that it samples.
Ask a Physicist peter fox's version is also a sample
I wonder how many people (artists included) really understand the relevance of Shostakovich himself in all of this? A sample from his ninth symphony might have been more pertinent... until, hopefully, the time comes when the tenth could be a source instead.
Will it change?
Aye, lets Elect Jezza Corbyn, im sure he'll give out more benefits so at least we can have rich chavs 😂
Britain needs this song now more than ever
yep
Ortum Lynx Nothing atm... Riots were in 2012
doing what boris does, robbing us blind
Now more than ever
+Ortum Lynx yeah fuck America u c the Canadians and aussies r like us obviously a bit different but ure not ignorant arseholes and trailer park boys is a mockumenteray and u get them hear Australia but not America so yeah cheered
2019 still hard 💯
i know that this song isn’t something i can relate to since i’ve grown up in a house and area that is somewhat comfortable but i like this song bc it really helped me open my eyes to the issues of britain. thank you :)
I'll sum it up in three words:
It fucking sucks.
It's a song expressing one man's opinion. Learn to form your own based on your own experience; life is more complex, much more...
I grew up in this area manor park xcatly how it is in film he made the film to expose government hypocrisy because they was saying how nice the surrounding area of the Olympic stadium will be so he made the film illmanors
I’m from a different generation but I grew up on a sink estate in Carlisle called Raffles. This song reminds me of the mentality of that estate. On one side it was like us against everyone else and we just took what we wanted. Kids were bored so there was lots of car theft. You’d hear the lads tearing round the estate before the cops put in speed bumps and controls. You’d wake up and cars would be burning in the park. Place was full of smack heads and everyone smoked hash and did a bit of whizz and later E’s when they arrived. You could rent a shooter, usually a sawn off. Most people had big dogs. I had a pit bull called Tyson. It was horrible to be honest and I worked hard to get out of the place but I now have quite a nostalgic feeling about it. It’s all changed now. I wouldn’t go back for quids though.
let's all have a moment to respect this undrated artist!
Still listening in 2019! Still get an adrenaline buzz listening to this🔥🔥💯 ah man hope he comes back to his roots!👀👀
Hits different in 2024 .....
Absolutley, we didn't even know how low those rich boys could stoop back then
2024 and this is still a certified banger!!! What a powerful tune ❤
Not enough appreciation is given to this artist. Quality every time.
his rapping is far superior to his singing. pure fire
His singing is good but his bars are hotter than Kate moss
+Connor Kelly W
This man was ahead of his time and we failed him
100%
No the reason is his name wasn’t Danny Fuking Boyle …. This films the truth . K can’t deal with proper artists and the truth and talent … pathetic Uk .
He saw it coming
the ironic thing is that these days a lot of posh boys love this sort of music
What's wrong with that? There's nothing anywhere saying they can't. Besides maybe it'll show them how others live
Kane Childs suppose nothing and there sure isn't anywhere saying they can't and maybe they will but I doubt it, living it is the only way you can relate to this fully, but who am I to say so. Loaf+ Peas
Kane Childs all i said is that its ironic.
Empathy is one way to relate to something you dont live.
callum grimes Truss me
How relevant this song is today
2019 nearly a decade still an absolute banger 💯💪🏻
Still can't get my head around how this song ended up on Now That's What I Call Music 80 and became one of my favourite songs as a year 8 student 😂 The meanings of lyrics flew over my head but I could rap to it fully memorised lol
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Haha yeah it’s rare to see a song like this rise up in the charts. I was also listening to this song in year 8 so we must be the same age. The lyrics are still so relevant today as they were back then unfortunately.
From a working class town and I know a load of private school kids, the level of ignorance is astonishing, they don't know anything about growing up poor
Why would they?
they dont know nothing haha just pretending to be smart and cocky
true bruv i grew up on the bottom of london and surrey. two massive clashing places . i think they feed off each other its not all one sided
Before my parents split i went to a private skl, i agree you can get the posh pricks but in general, private skl kids are the same. they dont get to choose their school and grime was more popular at the private skl i went too than is at my state college.
Well why would they? That's like saying that American kids have no idea what it's like growing up in Europe
I'm usually not a big rap fan.. But this is an amazing example of lyrical genius! To all the people saying "it's nothing to be proud of"- he's not saying it is.. What this song is saying is that it is the propaganda and the conservative politics that aid to fuel the reputation of council estate youthes! And that these kids aren't dumb, because they're already discriminated against when it comes to education, employment opportunities etc. they have learned to get by through fear and fueling these viewpoints that are forced upon people! You find trouble in most areas these days! But growing up on a council estate I can tell you that there are a lot more good people than "dick heads".
JammyJack87 Bull shit. Life is what you make of it in the UK, there is absolutely nothing stopping you from progressing yourself other than your own decisions. I grew up in Lewisham, notorious as being one of the worst places to live in England. I went to a public school and instead of getting involved in this sort of shit, I picked my friends wisely, kept my head down and ended up at University, with a decent degree, with a decent job and now I don't ever have to associate myself with this shit ever again.
Am I lucky? No. Many of my friends come from the same area and have moved onto bigger and better things that dressing up in track suits, intimidating people and being a general nuisance. There is no excuse for this kind of culture, none what's so ever and all this blaming the government and austerity bull shit is absolutely ludicrous.
+Jackmerius Tacktheritrix if you actually read what I put without just taking the point that this song is stating that a large reason for the growing gang culture is the propaganda from the media which is run by the government, e.g. Tory newspapers. And instead actually read the whole thing where I state that there are more good people than dick heads. Where I live there is this culture of the "wannabe badman" people but for the most part, people my age- youths 16-21 most people are pretty decent. Not all have high aspirations but some do and because they don't get anything handed to them on a plate they have the grit to make sure they succeed- much like yourself I assume. But don't come saying that my comment is bullshit because when you were my age it was different. Things have changed over the past 10 years dramatically. Granted I don't know your age but seen as you have been to uni and proceeded to have a career, I assume it was a while since you saw what's happening. To be fair it is getting worse, but in many aspects it is also getting better. This is because while there is still a growing gang culture in built up urban areas- there is also a growth in aspirations and the desire to live a full and successful life. That's why there are more and more working class people, like myself, going to uni every year.
JammyJack87 manz a' dick ead blu... LOL! some people just do not understand things EVEN when they are living in them. this song is a piece of art... something i doubt mr or miss WAKE ME UP INSIDE ironically realizes. i "lived" in borrough right next to lewisham that was dominated by a very notorius street gang called the *ECK-EM!* wild cats. used to know kids from a church in brixton (area i would vote second most serious in london.) and have had many a joke about how the gangs from "peck-nam" have a routien of asking questions first then covertly shooting you later so long as the sun is down...(they don't come out in the daylight.)... as in end of coversation. this vid made me feel rather warm and nostalgic ;)
+JammyJack87 Would you feel safer walking through a council estate at pitch black with hooded youthes smoking around you or through little aston (where loads of footballers live near birmingham)
+WAKE ME UP INSIDE A public school is a private school mate.
blasting this out on a sunny day while cruising round is jammin. he should really make more like this
This song hits harde4 than ever right now with the state of Britain
Ah it’s all coming back. Only a matter of time
This should've been on the soundtrack for Kingsman!
100% agree with you
+lovewolves123 OMG yes
Yeah def
Nah give me dire straits over this any day
Yeah
This about to become our national anthem i swear
Still my fave UK artist.. Also love the story behind the whole name plan b and Strickland Banks.. Superb..
Here we go again Cameron is back lads!
1:12 I like how the music beat matches exactly when John Prescott's punch connects with that guy. 🤜💥
This song is more relevant than ever
listened to and evaluated this in history and now i’m obsessed, it’s amazint
Powerful lyrics, this gave me goosebumps!
Sociology teacher showed us this while we were learning about class. This sums the rich vs poor dilemma nicely. Great song, too!
Ye gods...
I can't get enough of this song. I love it and the film.
Great lyrics .. brilliant play on words
Let's go lootin Nah not Luton 👌
I Dont know y plan b isn't more famous. Such a good song
Urban poetry. Plan B, what a legend.
The flow from 1:40 is fire
Plan B is one the best artists in the UK and his continuously slept on. His story telling is one of the best. Incredible artist
2:39 it’s crazy how far riz Ahmed has come, from this to four lions to Star Wars to venom.
We need more from Ben. I keep coming back to his music. Pure class
More relevant now then it was 12 years ago, but I wish that wasn’t true.
He is right. it will happen again. this tune was well timed. This guy is not a proper rapper in the UK underground scene, but what he did here was good, it reached the mainstream, and it made a very well timed and very valid point. lots of respect for that. it will happen again, if the poor are continuously demonised, segregated and ignored....
Good old blackberry making an appearance
This song speaks on a level to a lot of us struggling out there, doing what we can to support our families, no matter what we risk. England needs help.
got a lot worse over these 4 years lol
2020 still my favourite song
Not much changed really...........10yrs later!!
My Manors got so ill its in ICU these days.💯🔥💯💥💯💣
Still relevant in 2020.
Still rating you now Ben you geezer
This always gets me fired up. The system will crumble and be reborn within our lifetime, you cant keep the masses under your boot forever
This was a really great track. Although he is not really part of the UK Hip Hip scene, i have to say, this was a very good damn track + video ( great timing ), the amen d&b element also perfectly implemented. Great track, great social commentary. Respect for that Mr Plan B, i love this.
A perfect song to pop on my playlist on this day 🙏🔥😂
Listening Dec 2024
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We need more shit like this in the States. Serious respect dude.
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Check his early stuff who needs action ect but Strickland banks he tells a story but very different vibe more soul than rap very talented guy🎉
10yr old comment more relative now than ever
He didn't need a plan b plan b a lyrical genius, I'll manors film was shocking and groundbreaking, the Strickland banks album one of best albums I've ever come across
She Said and Ill Manors both from Plan B? Difference,huge.
Both involve the law xD
what about Suzanne...
Charles Bronson Not so much
Ikr...
nah, not really, beat/production wise, yes, but one song is about fake rape cases the other is about rich not caring about the poor. They quite similar because they are both meaningful and political.
I normally detest rap but this song is so fucking important to what is happening in Britain
+Whyx the man predicted those things 4 yrs ago...
absolutely the country's fucked
Whyx this came out 4 years ago....
He didn’t really predict anything, this song was made in the midst of the 2011 London riots hence the lines about community centres being shut to make space for things to do with The Olympics be built, David Cameron’s hug a hoodie campaign, school being out as well and all the factors that lead to the summer riots. That also explains the line about the system needing fixing not shop windows in Brixton
love how british schools are actually showing this
We hear u, thk you for telling us all what u feel, felt something was coming for a while now.. no jabs for me👌 my eldest boy had it tho & it breaks my ❤ only 20😢.. 🙏🙏🙏🙏💗
Sorry think this comment was meant for a diff vid
Listen Ill manors is underrated !!!!
Still as relevant today as ever
Plan b needs to make a come back and blow some of this shit away what's about at the minute
Ronnie Pickering he's just had a babg
Abigail Read a baby?
no a babg
He just brought an album and it's the same kind of political message but complete u turn on style of music
This film is absolutely brilliant. Theres nothing quite like it
I see Boris still hasn't changed 😂
American girls be like want a British guy, there so nice and are all gentlemen.
To be fair I'd shag plan B
Cypher Phoenix suuureee
I’d give good Boi Benjamin one.......😛
@@gembob157 yeah same
Cypher Phoenix till they realise they all cunts
Funny how this song is about to become reality in the next few weeks. Civil war is on.
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PlanB was runnin tings with sick beats and lyrics like a documentary.BenDrew is a pure belta creative musical genius 🇬🇧🐜
More relevant in 2023 than 2012....
The song we need in 2024
Damn right
Biggup Plan B this is still a banger up to this day anyone thinks different needs to go back & listen to classic music
This song has become reality only took 12 years for people to break.
I saw it coming and tried to tell everyone. Sally People only see it when it's too late
Get a dentist m8. This is about flipping off the rich, not brown people.
Still Banging in 2019!!
We study this song in sociology and I could not be happier
So much raw energy! Great track!
Lmao this was a classic in high school, Imagine trying this today & saying something bad about Boris. Half of Facebook would run to cancel him with Karen talking about 'brainwashing our youth & stop bringing politics into music". So many stone-cold references in this if you open your ears & listen that still apply today.
it pretty much all still applies accept now the people who were rioting in 2011 have been increasingly distracted by the idea they should fight each other more than they already were, knife crime is a distraction technique to keep people fighting each other rather than the oppressors
@@dibz4166 Honestly I don't even think knife crime is really much worse than it was 10+ years ago when I was in school. Sure it's gone up, but so has the population, especially in cities. It's just now with social media everyone can see every tiny thing that happens both in cities & even little towns with entire pages dedicated to crime, it's simply more visible so people are outraged 24/7. I remember in school we had anti-knife crime posters everywhere, talks from cops about how bad knifes are etc...David Cameron used to go around talking about 'Hug a hoodie'. Same old issues, people act like there'sa new era or wave of crime, in reality seen more & it's become more polical. Huge austerity, closure of community centres & mega freezes in police hiring years ago all have an impact too.
@@d.b.cooper1 totally agree with all of that, but yeah social media has made it more prevalent, and that’s pushed it out to kids who didn’t used to carry knives, go some posh little town where everyone’s living comfortably and all the 15 year olds got knives because they wanna be ‘drillers’, music industry pushes the image and more people wanna carry that image, not the people who carry knives fault, but enough people are letting it slide for it to increase, and the way people are fighting is more violent, bare people talk about how people are trying to kill instead of injure like it used to be, leg shots have turned to headshots
@@dibz4166 facts
He did though.
Here's a charge for congestion, everybody's gotta pay
Do what Boris does, rob them blind
I'm from Miami, FL I have to say it's interesting. I imagine London like any other major cities on this planet has multiple facets. Most of what we get over on this side I guess maybe construed as watered down. This does seem though as something common in big cities. The disgruntled youth and class disparity are fuel for anger.
real geordie lad tbh, Brit Thugs seem more badass than US thugs
Sky Ventor its always a case by case basis... thug per thug usually... but brittish "thugs" care far less for law and order and are far less likely to carry fire arms. badass "thugs" are breed when a culture of street fights to solve disputes takes root... guns = physically weaker people gaining prominance.
The Dark master Guns are for pussies, but not all US thugs use guns.
+Sky Ventor it's aways a thing for some cowardly and self intrested individual to walk up to their local hypekenetic apex dragon clan and pull a pistol... it's always a game changer. once guns get on the streets it's very difficult to get them off them. name one "urban badass" that you know can dodge bulets? it's simular to the first worlds "nuclear armament policy" one does have to bother with conventional conflict when one can end life with the push, pull of a trigger, button. that said the sight of firearmed thugs fist fighting warms my heart. but then again the other side could just pull their guns? :? decentsy and a sence of fare play is an uncommon trait in human beings.
+Sky Ventor I think it's cause everything you see in the media about America is that they all just want to get money and hoes. Over here, it's just about dragging yourself into the middle class
I need a Plan B comeback
Genuine poetry. Brilliant, release it…top top class . Love from a guy who grew up in Inner city Glasgow. Respect
1:11 the egg thing is so relevant today 😂😂
This song owns the stereotype that we are all posh and drink tea and crumpets
***** You don't?
You forgot that the pommy bastards are malnourished, wilfully ignorant and have bad teeth.
Ace Rimmer Nice over generalistion ass hat
Ace Rimmer Pome (Prisoner of mother england) spell it right mate.
Ace Rimmer I'm assuming your a criminal, cause only aussies call us pomies.
iM still waiting for Ill Manors 2 :)
well your gonna have long wait then
Its 2022 and this song speaks truths even today!
Relevant again
Re-release it man
UK Eminem 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Welcome back Ben. You have been missed.
This song makes a surprising political statement. That's what makes it so good. Also, quality riff to go with it. A real gem right here, one of the best songs of 2012, and certainly the best rap/hiphop song.
2:39 Riz Ahmed before The Night Of and Rogue One. Everyone's gotta start somewhere
I was aware of plan B, thought he released a decent soul album, nothing that reinvented the wheel... but then... he drops something that speaks so much truth to power it f*cking hurts.
I was working with civil servants at the time, comfortable middle/upper class types, and this SCARED them.
They need to be scared again, scared properly.
There's more of us than there are them.
Still as relevant as ever, if not more. Wish you were still around making music bruv!
Plan b a master of the craft whatever he does .... this will forever be relevant ... we salute you Ben
This is a Peter Fox sound🥰
Nah, Peter Fox took it from a russian composer that lived few 100 years ago. Peter is still a legend.
@@michipe6712 he died in 1975...
@@michipe6712 Not nah...of course its sampled from the Peter Fox version. And yes i know Peter Fox sampled it from that dude. But this right here is taken from Oeter Fox. He was even co Producer for Plan B - ill Manors