HERITAGE: London Posse's Sipho And Bionic Go Back To Back In Westwood's 'Bad Meaning Good' (1987)

HERITAGE: London Posse's Sipho And Bionic Go Back To Back In Westwood's 'Bad Meaning Good' (1987)


November 08, 2017

Created by Tim Westwood for Open Space, the Bad Meaning Good film originally aired in 1987 and was UK hip-hop's response to the media jumping on, and then quickly abandoning, the rap bandwagon. The film featured a lot of big names at the time, including a very young Trevor "Madhatter" Nelson, Run DMC, MC Daddy Speedo & Fly Boy Dee, and of course the legendary London Posse (R.I.P Sipho).

In the clip below, London Posse's Sipho and Bionic take a tour round London with a very young and moustachioed Tim Westwood while Sipho beatboxes and Bionic shares some bars. As London Posse, alongside DJ Biznizz and Rodney P, Sipho and Bionic were pivotal in defining Britain's voice in hip-hop. Until The Posse, UK accents were seen as corny and too uncool for real hip-hop. However, when Rodney, Sipho and the crew burst onto the scene with their London accents worn as a badge of honour, everything changed.

Watch the full Bad Meaning Good documentary here.




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