The thing with Kano is that he is a true student/master of grime so alot of the stuff he say's relates to the UK scene. He mentions so many things that it would take a while to decipher it all. Deffo not do-able in the chat because there is so much context to unpack but you're catching enough to see how good his pen gam is. I just wish I could direct you to a breakdown so you could understand how good Kano really is. " not the most fame but everybody put me in the hall " is a perfect description because he's too underground for most to appreciate but he's like your favourite rapper's favourite rapper.
It also means you can't judge them all by the same metric. Some turning up doing it in one take while others are having stop start sessions. Big narstie has a good FITB
3 wheel ups, Mount Rushmore (live +44 Amazon music version), teardrops (GRM rated awards performance), Ps & Qs, Class of Deja (live at Maida Vale), garageskank freestyle, flow of the year, buss it up are just a couple of his to be getting on with.
There’s also Nite Nite, can’t hold we down, this is England, London Town, fighting the nation, this is the girl, and not forgetting his sixty minutes live on 1Xtra
About time you got on the Kano flex. His discography is amazing, the growth and consistency is why he’s one of the originators of English grime, urban hip hop what ever you wanna call it….. 🔥🔥
" Play Ghetts all day then the Mandem do Sizzla " Sizzla is a reggae/dance hall artist from Jamaica who is very well known in the Caribbean communities. Kano is also Jamaican so he's paying homage. Also the reason why you will hear Ghetts, Wretch 32 and Kano mentioned at the same time is because they were all in a crew called " The Movement " along with another dude called Devlin but they all fostered their own styles. Truly some of the greatest talents to come out of the UK. Its a shame they didn't get a bigger platform cz they would have been bigger than Stormzy and Dave but the new generation don't like deciphering bars 😂.
Man its nice to see someone reacting to Kano. Hes one of the first UK rappers i discovered back around 2005 along with others like Lady Sovereign, JME, Skepta, Wiley ect. But Kano has a special place in my heart, he always been my favourite out the UK
Truss Kano is a monster MC. Definitely do more Kano. Especially with his features with D Double and Ghetts when ever he goes back to back. No diddy...with these MCs the bars and flows are super elite
The thing about Kano, Skepta, D Double E and Ghetts that might not be obvious to people outside of London is almost every line they spit references multiple things that you can only fully understand if you understand the complex mix of cultures here in London. Sometimes people from West London can't catch them. For example, line about "play Ghetts all day then the man dem do Sizzla" - is pointing out that they are both legendary and the contrast in having "street music" with more family orientated stuff. Ghetts is obviously an East London artist who's hype so he contrasts that with Sizzla who is a Jamaican (as is Kano) and more specifically, Sizzle's song "Thank you Momma" which is where the "thank you momma for the 9 months" reference comes from. All this within a few bars of reference something like Pie n Mash, which is a traditional working class meal for English people, especially here in East London. They make these references while switching tempo, tone but also the accents and slang from the different places. So what they are doing takes an incredible amount of skill to bring together. Skepta (Nigerian), Kano (Jamaican), Ghetts (Jamaican and Grenadian) and D Double E (Jamaican) are probably the best at this in my opinion but it's why Grime has a particular sound and culture. (By the way, if you like the Street Fighter reference and energy you should check out D Double E - Street Fighter.)
Need to dive in to some more of his stuff. P & Q’s is a banger, typical me, this is England all songs worth going to and there are more fire in the booths out there
Bruh Kano is an absolute grime legend he devoured that mic with passion to death no doubt that classic freestyle I've seen before dope af fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 right there
Sizzla Kalonji is one of the most prolific leaders of the conscious Reggae dancehall movement. Emerging in the latter half of the 90s, he helped lead dancehall back to the musical and spiritual influence of roots reggae and heavily Rastafarian subject matter.
Its a shame, you didn't catch all the bars, which I get is down to the uk slang/jamaican influences, but glad you appreciated it. Kano is one of our Top tier. Him, Ghetts and Wretch all rock with each other, so that little bit at the end was very friendly competition. You should check out mount Rushmore.
Took you long enough! Hope your fam is well man. "Trouble" should be next. It's a movie... but it's worth it. For old schoolers, check Ps and Qs. Other shit: Garage Skank, Class of Deja. Enjoy!
Ghetts - Mount Rushmore (feat. Kano & Wretch 32) (Live) | +44 | Amazon Music th-cam.com/video/rgmausz_dLY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=mG0g4339WexhFBQF Skrapz x Kano - Marathon Continues [Music Video] | GRM Daily th-cam.com/video/_6IyUo49iIs/w-d-xo.htmlsi=eY_0onKahKY5XOIh Kano - Trouble th-cam.com/video/2OzmH-C8vG0/w-d-xo.html Kano - Can’t Hold We Down (feat. Popcaan) - E02 th-cam.com/video/4fCQ4drZkOE/w-d-xo.html D Double E - Tell Me A Ting ft Kano (Official Video) th-cam.com/video/Nt5VsSbEjDk/w-d-xo.html Kano - A Roadman's Hymn 1Xtra Live Lounge th-cam.com/video/yqTWrC9kkuk/w-d-xo.html Kano - This Is England - Later… with Jools Holland - BBC Two th-cam.com/video/B76hxDeSGL4/w-d-xo.html Kano live at Maida Vale - Class of Deja ft. D Double E & Ghetts th-cam.com/video/q1HDD4DbP5k/w-d-xo.html Kano - 3 Wheel-ups (feat. Giggs) th-cam.com/video/79ZP946eNVQ/w-d-xo.html Kano - P's and Q's (Official Music Video) th-cam.com/video/Mznv4ACjkzc/w-d-xo.html Kano - Teardrops (Later... With Jools Holland) th-cam.com/video/Onafw36BMIo/w-d-xo.html Kano - T-shirt Weather In The Manor th-cam.com/video/6uSa5tbEwYk/w-d-xo.html Kano & Ghetts Boiler Room London Live Set th-cam.com/video/Evvs7KzhH0Q/w-d-xo.html
P's and Q's for sure! I was like 19 when Kano became my go to for drives. You should check out Mike Skinner from The Streets too, if you haven't already
Kano is the best to do it in the UK. Been doing this since the 90's and still at the top of his game. Ghetts is also 🔥 so, definitely recommend having a listen if you haven't already! Much love ✌️
This was not expected 😮💨😮💨 seen Kano live in a 50 man venue 10 years ago and a couple more times, British GOAT imo. The only track I ever downloaded to Apple Music from yt (edit: cos it doesn’t exist on dsp as far as I know unfortunately)
BRO GHETTS ACTUALLY HAS A SONG WITH WRETCH AND KANO CALLED 'MOUNT RUSHMORE' 🔥🔥🔥🔥 YOU HAVE TO REACT TO THAT ONE NEXT!! DO THE LIVE VERSION THOUGH ITS TOOOOOO SICKK. THEY ALL DUPPY THAT TUNE
Mr Steve Knight, love your work keep it up, nuff love from the UK, ghetts, d double, kano, class of deja, listen to that tune, and you will be pleasently surprised lol, shout out to my americans out there though, Kendrick smashing it just how I wanted and my guy slim shady aka Eminem booiiiiii, and everyone knows kano loves Sizzla, listen to another one kano ft popcaarn can't hold we down wooooow big tune!!! UK all daaaaayy!!!
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Kano - this is England and ps and qs is a must!
100%
This is England is a FOOKiNG tune!!!!
Ps & Qs my fav Kano track from back in the days. Also liked his version of Pass Out
“garage skank” , “get wild” and “new banger” 👌👌👌👌
literallly was about to say Ps n Qs
brings me back to being a teen riding my BMX through the ends
Now it's time for the Mount Rushmore reaction!
This is a necessity
@@skepsgaming9554 Top Tier rap
SPAM THE LIKE ON THIS COMMENT SO WE GET THAT REACTION TOMORROW 😭
The live one!
@@dby8308 accents are a bit stronger on the live one. Probs better off with the track.
Kano been that guy for over 2 decades now. Them UK rappers go hard
Facts, I started following Nasty Crew cause of Kano and most definitely D Double E
I’m not feeling him he lacks musicality and swag.
@@etotheipi42 youre just wrong, and you should feel bad about being so wrong
@@Kcii-99 he’s also clearly just a rapper and a rappity rapper at that. I prefer actual MCs like Lowkey and Akala.
@@etotheipi42 neither lowkey nor akala are rappers, theyre 'deep thinking poets'
Sizzla is a very well respected conscious reggae artist from Jamaica. He was paying homage and referenced his track "Thank you Mama"
Thank you was thinking some one please help him out😂😂
Yes yes. Jamaican Brit here approves this message 👊🏾
@@lifelivedfreely 👊🏿
Just one of those dayyyyyyyyyysssssss
Sizzla is LEGENDARY my Bruva
The thing with Kano is that he is a true student/master of grime so alot of the stuff he say's relates to the UK scene. He mentions so many things that it would take a while to decipher it all. Deffo not do-able in the chat because there is so much context to unpack but you're catching enough to see how good his pen gam is. I just wish I could direct you to a breakdown so you could understand how good Kano really is. " not the most fame but everybody put me in the hall " is a perfect description because he's too underground for most to appreciate but he's like your favourite rapper's favourite rapper.
Best thing about Kano is he sounds exactly the same live! His cadence, pronunciation and delivery is on point
FACTS!! Incredible man
He deserves the love
Kano live performances are 👌🏾🔥💯
He's incredible live! One of the best I've seen! This is a classic❤
@@00MaRaShen bang on and also with live band!🥁😎
at the end charlie said kano did it in one take and it shocked kano that no one else does their FITB in one take! shows his levels
🐐 moment
It also means you can't judge them all by the same metric. Some turning up doing it in one take while others are having stop start sessions.
Big narstie has a good FITB
Kano is GOAT UK spitter in my humble opinion. Been waiting on you reacting to him for a minute.
3 wheel ups, Mount Rushmore (live +44 Amazon music version), teardrops (GRM rated awards performance), Ps & Qs, Class of Deja (live at Maida Vale), garageskank freestyle, flow of the year, buss it up are just a couple of his to be getting on with.
Plus, t-shirt weather
cant hold me down to 🔥🔥🔥🔥
There’s also Nite Nite, can’t hold we down, this is England, London Town, fighting the nation, this is the girl, and not forgetting his sixty minutes live on 1Xtra
@@leighinibiza yeaaah and chip verses on that sixty min live was chefs kiss lol
This one for sure!
been waiting for this one for way toooo long!
Kano really doesn't get the recognition that he should! Not many artist's can take a break for multiple years and come back like he's not been away!
Kano took a 8 year hiatus from music. He was filmimg, Top Boy.
I've been waiting for him to drop another album, but I'm really enjoying Top Boy, so I forgive him. 😅
Method to the maadness (2010)
Made in the manor (2016)
…
@@Santos_117and hoodies all summer. 2019. Lol…
Lol. 8 years? You sure about that?
About time you got on the Kano flex. His discography is amazing, the growth and consistency is why he’s one of the originators of English grime, urban hip hop what ever you wanna call it….. 🔥🔥
" Play Ghetts all day then the Mandem do Sizzla " Sizzla is a reggae/dance hall artist from Jamaica who is very well known in the Caribbean communities. Kano is also Jamaican so he's paying homage. Also the reason why you will hear Ghetts, Wretch 32 and Kano mentioned at the same time is because they were all in a crew called " The Movement " along with another dude called Devlin but they all fostered their own styles. Truly some of the greatest talents to come out of the UK. Its a shame they didn't get a bigger platform cz they would have been bigger than Stormzy and Dave but the new generation don't like deciphering bars 😂.
Ghetts and Kano are the goats but tbf Dave is good enough to get to their level at some point
Kano was not part of 'The Movement' that consisted of: Ghetts, Wretch 32, Mercston & Scorcher. Kano was in N.A.S.T.Y crew.
Kano weren’t part of movement
@@JamzNharailTrue. Ghetts was also part of Nasty Crew
@@JamzNharailyou said ghetts was in movement, hence his comment back.
CLASS OF DEJA! Kano and Ghetts going back to back is crazy
I’ve never looked at a reaction video and said ‘Finally!’ More
He's been one of the hardest since 140 Grime Street!! Appreciate you going back to the UK to show love every once in a while bro! 🤞
140 is an under appreciated gem, not enough people know about it as it’s not on any streaming platform iirc.
Man its nice to see someone reacting to Kano. Hes one of the first UK rappers i discovered back around 2005 along with others like Lady Sovereign, JME, Skepta, Wiley ect. But Kano has a special place in my heart, he always been my favourite out the UK
Truss Kano is a monster MC. Definitely do more Kano. Especially with his features with D Double and Ghetts when ever he goes back to back. No diddy...with these MCs the bars and flows are super elite
That Sizzla bar was dope. #sizzla reggae icon. Thank you mama 💥💥💥
I’m from England I don’t really listen to much British rap but Kano is one of the few I do like, he can actually spit bars
UK rap has got good rappers now man, the new generation is very good. Kano and Ghetts still the goats to me though
Devlin is also one of the ones worth watching.
Uk's where the best spitters in the world are from.
The thing about Kano, Skepta, D Double E and Ghetts that might not be obvious to people outside of London is almost every line they spit references multiple things that you can only fully understand if you understand the complex mix of cultures here in London. Sometimes people from West London can't catch them.
For example, line about "play Ghetts all day then the man dem do Sizzla" - is pointing out that they are both legendary and the contrast in having "street music" with more family orientated stuff. Ghetts is obviously an East London artist who's hype so he contrasts that with Sizzla who is a Jamaican (as is Kano) and more specifically, Sizzle's song "Thank you Momma" which is where the "thank you momma for the 9 months" reference comes from. All this within a few bars of reference something like Pie n Mash, which is a traditional working class meal for English people, especially here in East London. They make these references while switching tempo, tone but also the accents and slang from the different places. So what they are doing takes an incredible amount of skill to bring together.
Skepta (Nigerian), Kano (Jamaican), Ghetts (Jamaican and Grenadian) and D Double E (Jamaican) are probably the best at this in my opinion but it's why Grime has a particular sound and culture.
(By the way, if you like the Street Fighter reference and energy you should check out D Double E - Street Fighter.)
Kano is levels above wretch. Do a load of Kano stuff
Sorry what? Don't be purposefully antagonistic lol
Kanos album work is top tier. One of his legendary tracks is ps and qs.
KANOOOO!!! He's a good actor too
Grew up on Kano. Freezing cold spitter!
Kano - this is England. Trust me.
He’s a brilliant actor also, plays a main character in top boy. Amazing series if you haven’t seen it.
You see this is what we call respect for the fans. Appreciate your effort to learn more about KANO. Love and light always 🙌🏾
Need to dive in to some more of his stuff. P & Q’s is a banger, typical me, this is England all songs worth going to and there are more fire in the booths out there
so happy you're doing Kano !
respect.
my one of the fav freestyles THIS IS THE MASTERPIECE !!!!!
Appreciating you from the UK for paying attention Stevie 👏💞
damn, been waiting on this a long time. one of, if not the best FITB in my opinion.
Stevie you’re the man please don’t leave us!!!! I wish I could afford to join your patrion 😢
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Congratulations Stevie knight on the 900k subs been here from day 1 🇬🇧
Bruh Kano is an absolute grime legend he devoured that mic with passion to death no doubt that classic freestyle I've seen before dope af fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 right there
You absolutely need to do “Mt Rushmore”….goosebumps bro!!!
Been waiting so long for this one
This fitb always amazes me, glad you got round to reacting to it
Kano has been on a madness for the longest... good to see him get his props across the water. I recommend you listen to "Class of Deja"
Kano and Ghetts - Class of Deja live!
He made it been waiting on this one for time really wished u did more uk tbh top reactor and this is my favourite fitb
Weeee need a snapcapone fire in the booth reaction. Also Jordan fire in the booth is a must 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
Video starts at 3:24
Been waiting on this one Stevie, started to think it wasn't gonna happen
Kano always gives me goosebumps ..brilliant x
Jay also said he the best in the Uk man. Please, he deserves the love🎉
Stevie! You gotta check out this is england! 🙏💪
few you should check out is Verb T , Lunar C , Dirty Dike, Leaf Dog , Bva , Jam Baxter , Four Owls , Mr Truamatic , Ocean Wisdom , Fliptrix
Sizzla Kalonji is one of the most prolific leaders of the conscious Reggae dancehall movement. Emerging in the latter half of the 90s, he helped lead dancehall back to the musical and spiritual influence of roots reggae and heavily Rastafarian subject matter.
UK representing, dudes been fire for a long while, uk got some nice spitters
Mount rushmore! Thats has to be the next. Albums are a madness!!
Fire reaction 🔥
You need to drop Mount Rushmore - Ghetts, Wretch and Kano ..... its LIT 🔥
Kano, one of deh many bossess. ...Ahbig man ting... Oh, and the unofficial Brixton mayor, TY (RIP). Blessings to all yous.
Been waiting years for you to do K to the A! Yes Stevie!!!
Next Kano - Class of Deja f.t. Ghetts and D Double E
P.s. D double E one of the most popular M.Cs
This or 3 Wheel-ups absolute bangers
Class of Deja still gets spin on my Spotify
so glad you found kano x
You're onto something good, keep it rolling
KANO IS OUR MONSTER!🇬🇧 I love the fact u fuck wit one of our greats salut!🫡
100% Kano is one of the OG's in UK!! 🔥 lyricist!!
Its a shame, you didn't catch all the bars, which I get is down to the uk slang/jamaican influences, but glad you appreciated it. Kano is one of our Top tier. Him, Ghetts and Wretch all rock with each other, so that little bit at the end was very friendly competition. You should check out mount Rushmore.
Gotta react to Mount Rushmore now!!
What I respect the most about UK Hip Hop is….they don’t let trash get on!! #TrueToTheGame
The movement - fire in the booth
Ghetts and wretch together is🔥
You need to do Dave’s Black Box freestyle. Spitting straight fire.
Now you need to react to that ghetts, wretch and kano mount rushmore 🔥
I'm gonna search up Kano on Spotify
Some suggestions:
Layer cake
Typical me
Feel good Inc
Class of deja
SYM
Get wild (red-light remix)
Enjoy 👍
Stevie on KA this gonna be fun, T shirt weather in the Manor and ps and qs
Took you long enough! Hope your fam is well man. "Trouble" should be next. It's a movie... but it's worth it. For old schoolers, check Ps and Qs. Other shit: Garage Skank, Class of Deja. Enjoy!
Your videos are so chill, always brightens my day
This is so weird I just searched this by chance (nobody does this 💎 anymore) to see the main man reacting, I gotta get comfy for this one 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Kano is an absolute legend. He goes crazy on so many tracks.
'Teardrops' is a masterpiece, you gotta listen to that for sure.
Ghetts - Mount Rushmore (feat. Kano & Wretch 32) (Live) | +44 | Amazon Music
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Kano - Trouble
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Kano - Can’t Hold We Down (feat. Popcaan) - E02
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D Double E - Tell Me A Ting ft Kano (Official Video)
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Kano - A Roadman's Hymn 1Xtra Live Lounge
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Kano - This Is England - Later… with Jools Holland - BBC Two
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Kano live at Maida Vale - Class of Deja ft. D Double E & Ghetts
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Kano - 3 Wheel-ups (feat. Giggs)
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Kano - P's and Q's (Official Music Video)
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Kano - Teardrops (Later... With Jools Holland)
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Kano - T-shirt Weather In The Manor
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Kano & Ghetts Boiler Room London Live Set
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Oh we here for this Stevie 🙌
Followed knight talk for a few years only just seen this channel today
Ps & Qs needs to be immediately
Kano is the UK J Cole.
Oh shit, you getting onto Kano 💪💪 this gonna be gooood
You cut a bit at the end he gets surprised when Charlie says that was one take and he's like what people don't always do it in one 😂
P's and Q's for sure! I was like 19 when Kano became my go to for drives.
You should check out Mike Skinner from The Streets too, if you haven't already
I know him from top boy and didn't knew he's a rapper. And a beast at it
I said was gonna give him ONE minute! My guy had me glued the whole 11 minutes!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Kano is the best to do it in the UK. Been doing this since the 90's and still at the top of his game.
Ghetts is also 🔥 so, definitely recommend having a listen if you haven't already!
Much love ✌️
Everybody shuffling on Mandy 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Sadie kano so sure was one of my favourite tunes I’m talking 20 years ago ❤
You telling me you aint watched Top Boy the tv series! You need to get on that now! You'll absolutely love it!
This was not expected 😮💨😮💨 seen Kano live in a 50 man venue 10 years ago and a couple more times, British GOAT imo. The only track I ever downloaded to Apple Music from yt (edit: cos it doesn’t exist on dsp as far as I know unfortunately)
kano and ghetts were in a group and their good friends hearing then together is awesome
Top Boy Legendary 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
kano - this is england & tshirt weather in the manor next bro!!
SK......I'm glad you peeped this freestyle.
Kano is a east London OG. STILL one of the best spitters and doesn't even spit anymore.
Certified legend
Still does shows man
Kano the 🐐 out the UK
BRO GHETTS ACTUALLY HAS A SONG WITH WRETCH AND KANO CALLED 'MOUNT RUSHMORE' 🔥🔥🔥🔥
YOU HAVE TO REACT TO THAT ONE NEXT!! DO THE LIVE VERSION THOUGH ITS TOOOOOO SICKK.
THEY ALL DUPPY THAT TUNE
FINALLY!!!
KANO list:
•3WHEELS UP 🛞 💨
•GARAGE SKANK FREESTYLE 🎤
•HOODIES ALL SUMMER ALBUM 💿
•P’s & Q’s 📝
•THIS IS ENGLAND 🏴
Mr Steve Knight, love your work keep it up, nuff love from the UK, ghetts, d double, kano, class of deja, listen to that tune, and you will be pleasently surprised lol, shout out to my americans out there though, Kendrick smashing it just how I wanted and my guy slim shady aka Eminem booiiiiii, and everyone knows kano loves Sizzla, listen to another one kano ft popcaarn can't hold we down wooooow big tune!!! UK all daaaaayy!!!
Kano has been him since day dot 💥 Great reaction broski
You should check Sizzla out, great artist from Jamaica
True UK legend
Kano a real uk mc / rapper never sold out never changed always does his own thing own style
Kano is a UK legend.