Striving to thrive? You are certainly not alone. The human race progresses through pressing bouts where it is immensely toilsome to emerge as one of a kind. Strenuous struggles and out-of-the-way performances are required to relish the pleasures of success. Every industry demands someone unique and outstanding in all demeanors. One can only secure its place in the competition-ridden epoch if they exhibit fine virtuosity and competitiveness.
The music industry is one prominent business that exhibits glamour and breath-taking charisma. Voguish trends and the a la mode lifestyle of top-notch musicians inspire rookies to pull out all the stops to wax into a phenomenal music expert. Every amateur yearns to crop up as a top-grade music producer. From day one in the entertainment industry, every performer sets his eyes on his objective to outstrip his competitors and become the number one.
The prevailing genre of drill music comprises many young artists and musicians striving hard to fall in the list of top-grade artists. However, this genre comes with its own set of challenges and struggles. Not everyone can emerge as a top-notch driller. Listed below are some of U.K.’s top drill music experts;
Harlem Spartans
Harlem Spartans is a British hip-hop collective based in Kennington, London. Members of Harlem Spartans have acquired over 100 million streams through their music. The name “Harlem”, is a nickname for their local area of Kennington. The police allege that Harlem Spartans is a gang; however, this is denied by the group. Harlem Spartans are affiliated with the Camberwell-based group Moscow17. Australian drill group Onefour cites Harlem Spartans as a major influence in their music. Well-known songs from the group include “Call Me a Spartan,” “Kennington Where It Started,” and Loski’s songs “Cool Kid”, “Hazards,” and “Forrest Gump,” the latter of which entered the charts. In April of 2018, Loski released his mixtape Call Me Loose. Canadian artist Drake has publicly stated he is a ‘fan’ of Harlem Spartans and has posted Harlem Spartan music lyrics onto his social media. In 2019, Drake appeared on-stage alongside Harlem Spartans member Loski. Drake credited Loski as an influence for his Scorpion album.
Axl Beats
Based in the United kingdom, Axl Beats is a rip-roaring young drill music expert who produces top-quality drill rap and trap music.
The young and passionate music producer holds incompared expertise in producing drill music and other hip-hop music genres. Axl started making music from the age of 15 and now, in only five years, has become a leading brand in the music industry. In such less time and young age, the rip-roaring artist has produced music for big artists, including Fivio Foreign, Sheff G, 22GZ, Lil Wayne, Sfera Ebasta, AJ Tracey, Kanye West, Lil Uzi Vert, and many more. Further, he has worked with award-winning rapper Drake on his song “war,” which created a massive wave of success for Axl beats. Additionally, Axl says he’s just getting started, and he has more big collaborations in the works. One of those is with Travis Scott. He says,
“I ain’t going to talk too much on that one because it’s superheated,” he says. “I mean, Travis Scott on a drill beat. That’s going to blow people’s minds.”
The 20-year old artist is among producers who have successfully exported U.K. drill sound overseas, most notably in Brooklyn, New York. Axl managed to get his big breakthrough hard work and consistency. He is an inspiration to the younger generation in terms of never giving up on their goals. He inspires other young aspiring producers to continue to pursue their dreams and aspirations. Axl aspires to connect people with the instrumentals that he produces. He encourages the youth that success is a product of constructive toil and hard work.
Jimmy
Jimmy, the white-masked rapper from Homerton, made his mark last year participating in fellow East Londoner K.O.’s Tim Westwood Crib Session and delivering a Next Up. His freestyle showed his ability to oscillate between sleek trap and the archetypal, macabre U.K. drill sound. Jimmy possesses a novelistic detail to his stories of grinding and sticking to the dogma of the streets — and along with the rest of the Homerton collective is set to push the transgressive genre of drill to unseen heights, both sonically and thematically, in 2020.
M24
Coming up under the 150 banner, Brixton-based rapper M24 found his first major success alongside 410’s Skengdo and AM, joining the Myatt’s Field duo for 2017’s “Do It & Crash.” A plethora of freestyle placements soon garnered the rapper a sizeable audience: after appearing on PressPlay’s “Lightwork” in late 2018, M24 continued into early 2019 with fiery appearances on Krown Media’s Heatseeker, PacManTV’s The Hotspot, and Mixtape Madness’ Mad About Bars. With his name in the public eye, the rapper delivered an impressive run of singles through 2019, highlighted by his biggest hit to date, the Stickz collaboration “We Don’t Dance.” Yet this paled in comparison to the success of the rapper’s next single; in 2020, M24 dropped viral Tion Wayne collaboration “London,” which soon reached in excess of 40 million streams across online platforms. After lending his talents to a number of notable features (iLL BLU’s “Dumpa,” GRM Daily’s “Peter Crouch”), the rapper released his debut mixtape, Drip N Drill, in August 2020. Self-described as a reflection of “a new M24,” the project pushed the rapper’s sound across the U.K. rap spectrum, dipping into Afrobashment and trap alongside more drill-centric material.
