Glad you weren ' t offended by that as I ' ve spoken to some UK ' ers who got real offended by that stance . I think the worst culprit for me is Aussie hip hop . They have some amazing producers and I guess ? talented rappers but holy fuck does the accent kill it for me . Although , there is some newer Aussie dude who kinda has a Ice Cube ' ish vibe to his stuff that ' s really dope his name escapes me at the moment . And yeah , I don ' t realy count The Streets or Dizzee as hip hop either but almost every media outlet covering them labelled them as British hip hop when their shit dropped . And yeah , I have heard all the stuff they did with Roc it ' s weird cause being a huge Marciano fan is what got me into them in the first place . One of them also did a series of random rap mixtapes that was pretty dope as well . I actually know Ed from way back when , we used to trade records I still need to send him some more records really great dude and I support everything he does . And I completely forgot about Lewis Parker , his Masquerades And Silhouettes I think that was the name ? was something I tried to track down for years granted this was 15 years ago but I did check out his new stuff and I agree , not good at all .