HERITAGE: North London Veteran Squeeks Covers The Late Nipsey Hussle's "Rose Clique" In This "Big Squeeko" Freestyle (2012)

HERITAGE: North London Veteran Squeeks Covers The Late Nipsey Hussle's "Rose Clique" In This "Big Squeeko" Freestyle (2012)


July 19, 2022

Since being released from prison last year, Squeeks has made great use of his freedom, banging out a stack of solo singles and freestyles (notably a Plugged In for Fumez and a Hoods Hottest), not to mention the epic "Goodfellas" with Rimzee and Born Trappy.

It's a good thing he was able to largely pick up where he left off, because his work in the late 2000s and early 2010s is some of the most influential and formative UK rap ever made.

Here he is back in 2012, taking on the "Rose Clique" instrumental from the late, great Nipsey Hussle. It's packed with classic quotables ("She's bound for the reload, I ain't talking about Neutrino"), but what's really worth celebrating is its impact. This one smashed past a million views with ease when it was far from the norm.

Without freestyles like this, who knows where we'd be now?



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