I'm always perplexed as to why people think they don't write their own bars. These dudes have 50 years more language skills than most reacting to them, and they come from the shakespearean epicenter of the world. Combine that with cockney rgyming slang, and it a perfect recipe for top notch BARS!
Yeah. An English education from the past is going to be MUCH better!!!! They were allowed to smack dem kids when they acted stupid. Learn or else you catch those hands, lol. Lotsa runnin the streets, lotsa women,etc. No substitute for real life experiences.
Yeah theres this conspiracy of a group pushing the older rappers as a novelty, Pete and Bas didnt even knew each other until they started in the rap game i remember one of them saying that
I think they wrote their bars at get their Grandsons to tell them the current lingo just as a check. Also wouldn't be supprides if they bias some hard men in the day.
@Threaldaveoss the one guy was brought up around bareknuckle fighting, his dad ran an underground fighting ring, and the other one was introduced to the kray twins. You don't get introduced to the krays because you're a stand up guy 😅
OG HERE: Just to let you know, BAS is a professional musician/teacher by trade. He plays a multitude of instruments, including the piano, trumpet, and sax. He also has written songs in the past. He stated in an interview that he played jazz piano aboard a cruise ship for several years. This rap thing would be EASY for him! That is why I think that his flow is so smooth. He already understands rhythm, timing, cadence, and flow. I used to rap a bit in the late 80s to early 90's. Being almost 60, I STILL listen to what is going on in the genre. My lyrics would actually be BETTER NOW because of years of life, learning, and maturity. From what I am hearing, even if they are not writing all their bars, they have a HUGE input in what goes into a song. I can definitely see that with Pete. I don't think that anyone is going to tell him what to say!
Bricktop is terrified of Pete and Bas. Finally someone referenced SNATCH. My favorite film. In longthorne shotgun Pete says about a dead body, "I'm takin"em home cause the pigs need feedin" legendary
Def thought it was a novelty at first, but they've just kept getting better. The Nephews help write the bars but the deep, gravelly voices just land so well ❤
Great reaction! As an American who was hooked on EastEnders decades ago - from 1988 - 2000 - my reference for these kinds of guys is basically Mike Reid who played Frank Butcher and did go on to be in Snatch. As a character Frank Butcher was nowhere near Krays level crime but it gives you an idea. Love Pete and Bas. Thanks for the insight!
Me and my partner recently watched their song with Stepz and both of us think we would be absolutely embarrassed if that was our performance with Pete and Bas. On the same track. P&B are leagues above and it's very obvious. No matter what the deal is, if it was for a laugh and someone else writes for them or if they write themselves (which I don't see why people think is impossible since it's 2 old geezers writing some poetry), they are great. It sounds great. I'm always moving when we have them on.
Shattap 😂....... these guys are better than alot of rappers out there now . They write their own with the help of their grandchildren . Great reaction ❤
Bro they are NICE on the mic. Their writing and mic skills are better than ANYONE in rap right now AND they go HARDER than anyone in rap. You don't get THAT GOOD on the mic if you don't write your own sh*t. WHAT is not to buy? You can go back and watch them from jump street they've been around for years. So far until they give me a reason to doubt them, THEY'RE LEGIT. I suspect coming to America for a tour SOON
The reaction videos are so fun and entertaining. I've been sharing their videos at work and people are saying to me, "Dale, you listen to this stuff?". Well, heck yes. I'm from the U.K. but have lived in Detroit most of my life. I'm almost 62 so I figure I've got 10 more years of practice before I can even approach this. :) Cheers guys!
Bas was a music teacher and pete was a postman,,they got into it through there grandchildren always putting rap on in there cars,,, they do write the songs but there grandchildren help with young slag words. Plenty of interviews with them..
I was trying to work out what looked different today 😂, I’m so slow. I love watching your reactions, I think you have to be my no 1 favourite at this point, such a good vibe
Pete and Bas rap ALOT better than them, so my guess is that those two make sure Pete and Bas are up on any and all modern slang... I don't think anyone is ghostwriting at all, I think Pete and Bas are writing the content and the rhyme schemes and their grandkids most likely give suggestions and punch up the writing with modern vernacular or terms that wouldn't be on a 70 year old man's radar. The delivery is consistently TOO GOOD for these guys to have ghostwriting going on, NOBODY would give away all those incredible bars year after year!
Man these guys are that age where they were youngins when hiphop was young.. maybe they grew up rapping and just never quit, plus the experience and their vocabulary at that age..?! Sre u fuckin kidding me they do it so effortlessly and their flows is rigt on point ya cant fake real
people always so reluctant to give these dudes the full flowers, its been said nephews just help with the slang, shame people can't get over their looks
Found the Channel via your Ren Reactions. Also love Pete & Bas... Other songs of theirs that are worth a react - Plugged in with Fumez, Stepped into the Building, Mr Worldwide
You can hear them right up next to P Money and Jaykea, Azza and Grima in the remix of Vibe Chemistry's - Baddest. And they not only have more lines than anyone, they body the rest of the rappers. Yeah, they can stand up to whoever is put against them.
They actually write everything themselves. They ask their grandkids what the latest lingo and slang is, but yeah, they write their own. And im not sure if they still do, but one of their grandkids used to make the beats for them 🤘
@@TheAppleCap Get the feeling it's a full on collab between Pete, Bas, Dex and 91shots - the two grandkids do a LOT more than just 'help out', but the two fellas also aren't just actors, they've got a genuine system running, and a lot of the other stuff (Northern boys, etc) is then built around and added to the basic. Pretty sure they tried to create a similar thing stateside when they saw just how well it worked, in UK but the problem was they couldn't get the secret sauce which is simply the genuine vocal talent of Pete & Bas - so the truth is it's neither completely organic, nor completely synthetic - and of course the key is it's not just oldies dropping modern slang for novelty - a lot of the slang/narrative is older, much older, and must be coming from Pete and Bas themselves.
I know a couple of old guys that when u look in their eyes a voice screaming in your head says YOU REALLY DON'T WANT ANY OF THIS!! My uncle pat is one. Can't say too much on here but the words Dublin and ex enforcer for the boss should give u a clue. He only 5 ft 9 and old now - still wouldn't want to be on the receiving end if he p issed of. Its the cold eyes could tell u some true stories - but post would get deleted.. They give a good impression to seem like old school gangster. Maybe they are maybe they not. But they can deliver the raps
It's time like these that remind me that the Anglo, Saxton, and Celtic tribes of the British Isles have bardic rhyming traditions that date back thousands of years... and counting apparently.
Check out some of their finger bling in earlier videos 'Lightwork Freestyle' Some of them are FreeMason rings. Make of that what you will. Great remix.
if yall listen to golf FT norman pain, they tell their stories from the older years in those bars. just gotta pay attention to the details. its DOPE AF
4:08 - On the Plugged in with Fumez season finale cypher they bodied everyone but Suspect. Gave me immense respect for Suspect's craft that he could keep up.
Dude Brits got original English obviously that's why we don't get half of the bars but with a good ears and subtitles dude's kill it doesn't matter if they write how many artists wtite for demselves they kill they deliver on point
Youuuu need to check out shuffle and worldwide if you ain't listened to older stuff... really good tunes boyzzzzzz . Ooooohhh and if u ain't heard the cyphers 1 and 2 you need to react some more old dudes having ago not just Pete and bas 😆😆😆
Nah, man. The listed writers are "Pete & Bas". As in the name of the group, note Pete whatever and Basil whatever. The 'group name' hides the writing input of their closest collaborators, their grandkids Dex and 91. But who cares, it works.
They’re not good with an asterisk attached to it because they’re old white British dudes. They’re good regardless of age or anything else. Their flow, punchlines, word play, delivery etc. is just as good if not better than most rappers out there.
You say "good", but what does it mean?!? When you say "ridiculous" you mean it's great. When you say "shut up" you mean "keep talking". How do you even say "this is bad"? I'M CONFUSED! 😂😂😂
Not just good - but entertaining and with topics that are worth listening to. There are plenty of people who write, but you see them and their delivery is lacklustre. Also I looked at a collab of industry rappers in the US - it was tedious - just well shot with a lot of scantily dressed women - and just the same old story. The independent artists in the US have far more to say - Dex, Krizz Kalico Anyone who was East End London in the 50s and 60s would know the big gangs - for heavens sake, the late actress Barbara Windsor did. there is a lot of history You should see clips of their live shows - in Manchester Baz jumped down off the stage - and got back up pretty niftily!
@@deanosaur808 I don't think he really has needed to rap for a while. And yea maybe he will retire from making records and touring but I doubt he is gonna stop rapping.
Do you know that grandsons is Nine and Dex who are rappers and their producer also pet and Bas write their music and their grand sons help they help them you should check their music Pecan Pie and Let’s Go
New sub here from Bradford Gs ❤ if tou havent already check Nine and dex - pecan pie, it'll open you eyes...ears to there back story info. something to think about
Why do you guys continually disrespect these men.They write all there own bars.There grandkids help with the terminology.I said it before,they have so much life experience they use terminology from 6 different decades.
@timmokoo5679 I have been following them for years. A 64-year-old Londoner who knows my music and the hood know they did start writing their own lyrics. You must remember they were young, and the music you listened to whilst your young raving years still stays with you.
@deanosaur808 They were once young men who obviously listened to Rap. Yes, they may be old and writing their own lyrics. Why not ? Remember, 80s 90s Rap was big in London, they were loving it. 💙 Google them, and get the right answers. They write their own lyrics
Watching the pure joy on people's faces is why i will watch every Pete & Bas reaction.
Pete - "you can try and chalk line this"
Bas - "you aint gonna chalk line sh*t"
Bro got his back underrated bars
I'm always perplexed as to why people think they don't write their own bars. These dudes have 50 years more language skills than most reacting to them, and they come from the shakespearean epicenter of the world. Combine that with cockney rgyming slang, and it a perfect recipe for top notch BARS!
Been saying this for a while. You're absolutely right.
Yeah. An English education from the past is going to be MUCH better!!!! They were allowed to smack dem kids when they acted stupid. Learn or else you catch those hands, lol.
Lotsa runnin the streets, lotsa women,etc. No substitute for real life experiences.
Yeah theres this conspiracy of a group pushing the older rappers as a novelty, Pete and Bas didnt even knew each other until they started in the rap game i remember one of them saying that
I think they wrote their bars at get their Grandsons to tell them the current lingo just as a check. Also wouldn't be supprides if they bias some hard men in the day.
@Threaldaveoss the one guy was brought up around bareknuckle fighting, his dad ran an underground fighting ring, and the other one was introduced to the kray twins. You don't get introduced to the krays because you're a stand up guy 😅
OG HERE: Just to let you know, BAS is a professional musician/teacher by trade. He plays a multitude of instruments, including the piano, trumpet, and sax. He also has written songs in the past. He stated in an interview that he played jazz piano aboard a cruise ship for several years. This rap thing would be EASY for him! That is why I think that his flow is so smooth. He already understands rhythm, timing, cadence, and flow.
I used to rap a bit in the late 80s to early 90's. Being almost 60, I STILL listen to what is going on in the genre. My lyrics would actually be BETTER NOW because of years of life, learning, and maturity.
From what I am hearing, even if they are not writing all their bars, they have a HUGE input in what goes into a song. I can definitely see that with Pete. I don't think that anyone is going to tell him what to say!
Great comment, makes a lot of sense. Bas is smooth as hell
I think the interwebs DEMANDS you two Brits react to the ENTIRE Pete and Bas catalog! Please and thank you, boys! No time like the present let's go!
Bricktop is terrified of Pete and Bas. Finally someone referenced SNATCH. My favorite film. In longthorne shotgun Pete says about a dead body, "I'm takin"em home cause the pigs need feedin" legendary
The story is one used to have links with the Richardson mob and the other was an illigal bear knuckle fighter.
Def thought it was a novelty at first, but they've just kept getting better. The Nephews help write the bars but the deep, gravelly voices just land so well ❤
Great reaction! As an American who was hooked on EastEnders decades ago - from 1988 - 2000 - my reference for these kinds of guys is basically Mike Reid who played Frank Butcher and did go on to be in Snatch. As a character Frank Butcher was nowhere near Krays level crime but it gives you an idea. Love Pete and Bas. Thanks for the insight!
At their age...! Just madness! 😂 Just goes to show,never underestimate one's age. Just a #.❤🔥🙌
Me and my partner recently watched their song with Stepz and both of us think we would be absolutely embarrassed if that was our performance with Pete and Bas. On the same track. P&B are leagues above and it's very obvious. No matter what the deal is, if it was for a laugh and someone else writes for them or if they write themselves (which I don't see why people think is impossible since it's 2 old geezers writing some poetry), they are great. It sounds great. I'm always moving when we have them on.
Shattap 😂....... these guys are better than alot of rappers out there now . They write their own with the help of their grandchildren . Great reaction ❤
I dont buy it
Bro they are NICE on the mic. Their writing and mic skills are better than ANYONE in rap right now AND they go HARDER than anyone in rap. You don't get THAT GOOD on the mic if you don't write your own sh*t. WHAT is not to buy? You can go back and watch them from jump street they've been around for years. So far until they give me a reason to doubt them, THEY'RE LEGIT. I suspect coming to America for a tour SOON
THIS IS THA UK!!!! T pain knows !!!
You can catch Pete&Bas on tour rite now.
I see them at Troxxy with the Northern Boys earlier this year, they were great live. Worked the crowd well and rapped live no fucking about!
not just deliver it but do it live too and it sounds just like the recording wild shit
The reaction videos are so fun and entertaining. I've been sharing their videos at work and people are saying to me, "Dale, you listen to this stuff?". Well, heck yes. I'm from the U.K. but have lived in Detroit most of my life. I'm almost 62 so I figure I've got 10 more years of practice before I can even approach this. :) Cheers guys!
I'm 60 this month and everything I see them and hear them, I just can't believe. The picture definitely not matching the words@
🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯popin the tops like jack in the box, chopping the rocks dropping them off ....dam
Bas was a music teacher and pete was a postman,,they got into it through there grandchildren always putting rap on in there cars,,, they do write the songs but there grandchildren help with young slag words. Plenty of interviews with them..
I was trying to work out what looked different today 😂, I’m so slow. I love watching your reactions, I think you have to be my no 1 favourite at this point, such a good vibe
You are highly appreciated! 😁❤️
Nine and Dex clearly do some of their writing, but shit we’ve all helped out our grandpas.
Pete and Bas rap ALOT better than them, so my guess is that those two make sure Pete and Bas are up on any and all modern slang... I don't think anyone is ghostwriting at all, I think Pete and Bas are writing the content and the rhyme schemes and their grandkids most likely give suggestions and punch up the writing with modern vernacular or terms that wouldn't be on a 70 year old man's radar. The delivery is consistently TOO GOOD for these guys to have ghostwriting going on, NOBODY would give away all those incredible bars year after year!
Man these guys are that age where they were youngins when hiphop was young.. maybe they grew up rapping and just never quit, plus the experience and their vocabulary at that age..?! Sre u fuckin kidding me they do it so effortlessly and their flows is rigt on point ya cant fake real
NOBODY IN RAP goes HARDER than Pete and Bas aaaaand NOBODY is as nice on the mic, CHANGE MY MIND!
people always so reluctant to give these dudes the full flowers, its been said nephews just help with the slang, shame people can't get over their looks
According to the publishing which is how these songs even make money, they are the only writers.
I think is funny as hell when Bas says my chains hang like bullocks on another song 😂😂😂😂
You boys are on point, great channel, love it! Keep up the good work!
Props for the Grover Washington Jr. intro. Nice.
T-Pain has done a couple of collaborations this week
P&B are not even just "still around" - they're getting better every year!
They write it and their grandsons help them. Their grandsons also rap and are really good oh and their grandsons make most of their beats.
Why theres aways someone saying that in every react channel? Even if they dont write nobody cares, we just enjoy
@@JoaoGabriel-th4xy i think their great at what they do for sure. You should check out their grandsons Nine and Dex
They need a verse from Bricktop
I love these 2. My favorite is stepped in to the building
Over Browns? Love that one, but Stepped in to the building is great
Found the Channel via your Ren Reactions.
Also love Pete & Bas... Other songs of theirs that are worth a react - Plugged in with Fumez, Stepped into the Building, Mr Worldwide
Pete and Bas will not be outdone. I love it! You have to check out Quick 1-2.
You can hear them right up next to P Money and Jaykea, Azza and Grima in the remix of Vibe Chemistry's - Baddest. And they not only have more lines than anyone, they body the rest of the rappers. Yeah, they can stand up to whoever is put against them.
Great reaction, yeah yeah yeah, Bangin tunes out, thank you Gents 🙏🦉❤️🐊👍
Nobody under say 30 knows what black and decker is
People who use tools, probably
If you wanna see em in a cypher the plugged in with them and like ten other man on it is cold
They actually write everything themselves. They ask their grandkids what the latest lingo and slang is, but yeah, they write their own. And im not sure if they still do, but one of their grandkids used to make the beats for them 🤘
Both their grandkids make most of their beats. 91shots and Handsome Dexter
How do you know they write it themselves?
@@TheAppleCap Get the feeling it's a full on collab between Pete, Bas, Dex and 91shots - the two grandkids do a LOT more than just 'help out', but the two fellas also aren't just actors, they've got a genuine system running, and a lot of the other stuff (Northern boys, etc) is then built around and added to the basic. Pretty sure they tried to create a similar thing stateside when they saw just how well it worked, in UK but the problem was they couldn't get the secret sauce which is simply the genuine vocal talent of Pete & Bas - so the truth is it's neither completely organic, nor completely synthetic - and of course the key is it's not just oldies dropping modern slang for novelty - a lot of the slang/narrative is older, much older, and must be coming from Pete and Bas themselves.
Pete + Bas = BARS 💪💪🙏🙏
They co wrote with their grandsons Nine and Dex
They have freestyled live multiply times they do write there own stuff
Yes P&B came with different bars on remix. Both versions of course 🔥 But with T-Pains 🔥 verse added makes me like remix a bit better
Being first twice in one week!! Damn 🤷🏼♀️♥️ the TDIP fammm!! Letgooo 🎉
Locksmith-signs
Locksmith freestyle on sway in the morning
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All the talk about who writes…. It has to be delivered! And the do!!!!
I know a couple of old guys that when u look in their eyes a voice screaming in your head says YOU REALLY DON'T WANT ANY OF THIS!! My uncle pat is one. Can't say too much on here but the words Dublin and ex enforcer for the boss should give u a clue. He only 5 ft 9 and old now - still wouldn't want to be on the receiving end if he p issed of. Its the cold eyes could tell u some true stories - but post would get deleted.. They give a good impression to seem like old school gangster. Maybe they are maybe they not. But they can deliver the raps
It's time like these that remind me that the Anglo, Saxton, and Celtic tribes of the British Isles have bardic rhyming traditions that date back thousands of years... and counting apparently.
Controversial stuff 😂
Check out some of their finger bling in earlier videos 'Lightwork Freestyle' Some of them are FreeMason rings. Make of that what you will. Great remix.
Bas is 77, and will be 78 soon 🤯
I think Pete is 73 or 74
🗣️ JEFF was HERE 🏆
Their really good and love your personality you men are for real lol
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Gotta check out Nine and Dex - peacan pie. Those are Pete and Bas grandkids ( even look and sound like em) they are the ghost writers.
if yall listen to golf FT norman pain, they tell their stories from the older years in those bars. just gotta pay attention to the details. its DOPE AF
I thought it was a joke as well but they flows are sick each verse they do is awesome
4:08 - On the Plugged in with Fumez season finale cypher they bodied everyone but Suspect. Gave me immense respect for Suspect's craft that he could keep up.
🔥🔥🔥
Guys have ya reacted to.bish bash bosh???... Serious contender for best beat yet 🎉❤😂
Dude Brits got original English obviously that's why we don't get half of the bars but with a good ears and subtitles dude's kill it doesn't matter if they write how many artists wtite for demselves they kill they deliver on point
Gotta do bish bash bosh lads it's awesome haha.
Youuuu need to check out shuffle and worldwide if you ain't listened to older stuff... really good tunes boyzzzzzz . Ooooohhh and if u ain't heard the cyphers 1 and 2 you need to react some more old dudes having ago not just Pete and bas 😆😆😆
According to the songs credits they didn't have help they were the only writers listed.
Nah, man. The listed writers are "Pete & Bas". As in the name of the group, note Pete whatever and Basil whatever. The 'group name' hides the writing input of their closest collaborators, their grandkids Dex and 91. But who cares, it works.
@mpjmcevoy1 some credits list their full real names Peter Way and Basil Preuveneers
Yall need to check out plugged in from them
They’re not good with an asterisk attached to it because they’re old white British dudes.
They’re good regardless of age or anything else. Their flow, punchlines, word play, delivery etc. is just as good if not better than most rappers out there.
There words with the grandkids music
Not Kray affiliated but these boys are 'ard on a mic
I wasn't dreadin it at all! 😆👍
☝️👏❤️🐐🐐😎🔥🔥🔥
Pete and Bas outlasted and got more hits and bars than Bobby Shmurda
I’ve heard loads say it’s their two grandsons, one writes the other produces
Why did I bust out laughing at this
You say "good", but what does it mean?!? When you say "ridiculous" you mean it's great. When you say "shut up" you mean "keep talking". How do you even say "this is bad"? I'M CONFUSED! 😂😂😂
If you don't know by now 😅 bad means better than good 🤣
Not just good - but entertaining and with topics that are worth listening to. There are plenty of people who write, but you see them and their delivery is lacklustre. Also I looked at a collab of industry rappers in the US - it was tedious - just well shot with a lot of scantily dressed women - and just the same old story. The independent artists in the US have far more to say - Dex, Krizz Kalico
Anyone who was East End London in the 50s and 60s would know the big gangs - for heavens sake, the late actress Barbara Windsor did. there is a lot of history
You should see clips of their live shows - in Manchester Baz jumped down off the stage - and got back up pretty niftily!
imagine if Eminem is still rapping at this age haha
You really think Eminem is gonna stop rapping at some age?
@timmokoo5679 he doesn't need to rap forever. he'll probably retire before he reaches 70
@@deanosaur808 I don't think he really has needed to rap for a while. And yea maybe he will retire from making records and touring but I doubt he is gonna stop rapping.
There nephews are rappers as well? Pretty sure.
South east London boys, no connections to the trays bro, if anything m, the richardons
Do you know that grandsons is Nine and Dex who are rappers and their producer also pet and Bas write their music and their grand sons help they help them you should check their music Pecan Pie and Let’s Go
Check Benny banks - Dexter’s Lab 🔥
UK reality rap 🐐
You guys haven't even reacted to their best stuff yet?! Wtf!? React to "longthorne shotgun"
New sub here from Bradford Gs ❤ if tou havent already check Nine and dex - pecan pie, it'll open you eyes...ears to there back story info. something to think about
Why do you guys continually disrespect these men.They write all there own bars.There grandkids help with the terminology.I said it before,they have so much life experience they use terminology from 6 different decades.
They are not disrespecting them. Did you not hear them say they are very good? They sound fresh, and the flows are emasculate. You best watch again.
Sure they have life experience, but they couldn't make rap like this without help from their so-called grandsons.
How do you know they write their own bars?
@timmokoo5679 I have been following them for years. A 64-year-old Londoner who knows my music and the hood know they did start writing their own lyrics. You must remember they were young, and the music you listened to whilst your young raving years still stays with you.
@deanosaur808 They were once young men who obviously listened to Rap. Yes, they may be old and writing their own lyrics. Why not ? Remember, 80s 90s Rap was big in London, they were loving it. 💙 Google them, and get the right answers. They write their own lyrics