Pete & Bas are two guys in their seventies making drum and bass and absolutely cooking the genre’s younger practitioners in the process. Oldschool Gangsta is exactly what the title says — there’s a swagger here that comes from not caring what anyone thinks, and it absolutely works in a DnB context. DnB Allstars championing these two is one of the better things to happen to the scene in years. The MCs bring the old school UK grime energy that DnB has always had a relationship with, and hearing it pushed this far to the foreground feels like someone finally did the obvious thing. This isn’t a novelty act. The production is serious, the flows are on point, and the whole thing has more character than most tracks from artists half their age. There’s a line delivery about halfway through that I’ve replayed about six times. Put some respect on the OGs.
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Pete & Bas - Oldschool Gangsta
1 minute on this. That's longer than the bridge of any Coldplay song deserves.
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