Great stuff to see. These guys and Versatile in particular genuinely seem to have broke ground. I work in music and neither are championed by Irish media/music groups, I think it may be down to the salty language. Mad.
Is Rap still a thing?
Beir bua lads!
These lads are the only thing in at least 25 years that has made me consider re-learning Irish. If I wasnt a middle aged fat man who’d look hilarious at their gigs I’d have gone before Xmas.
I really want to like them, but they’re such an irritating group, that I just can’t be bothered. The amount of smugness they project stops me rooting for them, even though they’re doing something valuable and interesting
Kneecap do great live gigs, although I wouldn’t really listen to their songs outside that at all – really much more about the energy than the songs themselves, which imo aren’t great.
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Great stuff to see. These guys and Versatile in particular genuinely seem to have broke ground. I work in music and neither are championed by Irish media/music groups, I think it may be down to the salty language. Mad.
Is Rap still a thing?
Beir bua lads!
These lads are the only thing in at least 25 years that has made me consider re-learning Irish. If I wasnt a middle aged fat man who’d look hilarious at their gigs I’d have gone before Xmas.
I really want to like them, but they’re such an irritating group, that I just can’t be bothered. The amount of smugness they project stops me rooting for them, even though they’re doing something valuable and interesting
Kneecap do great live gigs, although I wouldn’t really listen to their songs outside that at all – really much more about the energy than the songs themselves, which imo aren’t great.
TG4 did a program about Irish rap this year
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/movie-reviews/2023/1110/1415848-o-bheal-draws-you-into-a-warm-and-wonderful-world/
Just as I’m listening to “better way to live”. Kneecap are great. Also Kojaques class too in regards to Irish rap.
More of a Craic Boy Mental fan myself.
Absolutely mortifying