'SOUTH COAST' is a character driven documentary about how a culture as intrinsically American as hip hop has taken root and mutated in a quintessentially British way in the least likely of places.... its seaside towns.

The film is packed full of utterly engaging characters, such as, Norman Cook, Plan B, Killa Kela, JFB, Stig, Beardyman, Dr Syntax, Mr J, Blackgrass and Elemental who subvert preconceptions of hip hop just being about bling, gangstas and sexism in every frame.

It's a portrait of an underground scene who's members are smart enough to realise that it's patently ridiculous to rap about drive-bys when you live in Hove and have taken hip hop in some weird, wonderful and quintessentially British directions...

The film was selected for screening at the prestigious Barbican who described it as "brilliant" and the Daily Telegraph called it "joyful and laid back".

The film won 'Best Documentary' in The International Film Makers Festival, and was officially selected for screening at Raindance, Bermuda, Israel, Helsinki, H20 (New York), Black Soil (Rotterdam), De Reel (Australia) and over a dozen others.

www.southcoastthemovie.co.uk

I was expecting "Cup of Brown Joy" to be an ode to 2girls1cup. Imagine my disappointment...

Hey guys, sorry I've not been around much; I've been busy subverting hip-hop preconceptions

when the torygraph describes a 'quintessentially' british hip-hop infotainment (© LLcoolJ) as "joyful and laid back" then that reinforces my preconceptions, not subverts them..

Yo mother fuckers, we live in Hove, we aint got no gangstas in New Church Road
There aint no pimps on First Avenue and there aint no niggers on George Street too

We don't bust no caps in nobody's ass, cos we mother fuckers have got more class
We shop in Waitrose, we don't do crime and we charge to our platinums every fukkin time

We don't take the bus, we drive our Range Rovers and when we see peasants, we drive a bit slower
We love English rap it's classy, it's chic, songs about property, ponies and boutiques

It's not all gangsta, bitches and bling, it's all about the British aristo thing
We live in our houses and rent flats out, that's not what gangstas are all about
We overcharge peasants and they have to live in shit, but we're not really gangsters, well praps a little bit

There's drugs and prossies and rapes and stabbings too, but if we don't talk about it they'll never have a clue

It's good to live in Hove, if you're one of us and rich, but if you're one of those poorists your life will be a bitch

*Scof scoff, whatto.....pip pip....giz one a glass of Kroooog muddie funster etc*

*applause*

POTY

That's some dope rhymes you got there blud.