"Box. Rectangle. Dashed in the ground all bruised and mangled. Grim. Grab the cup, pass the Gin. Grab the Lime, chopped it up. Popped the cap, poured it in." This bar is so good and I feel like everyone's missing the hidden meaning. A rectangular box in the ground is a coffin, but the victim is too grim looking for a burial. Quicklime is used by criminals to dispose of bodies, which are usually chopped up first, so that they decompose faster. So they popped the cap on the bottle of quicklime and poured it in to hide the evidence.

"he mess with the cake and I'll Battenberg him" Battenberg is a cake with a checkerboard pattern inside made by cutting it up into sections, and it's also the name of the colored markings on ambulances/emergency vehicles in the UK and other countries, so he's using it as a verb in a novel way to mean both 'cut into sections' and 'send to the hospital.'

They 100% write their own lyrics, but their granchildren help them out with some of the younger slang words. Pete got into the UK Drill music because his granchildren listened to it, and then he got Bas into listening to it...so they know whats going on in the UK Drill scene...hence why they take a lot of shots in their raps

I love how Bas stands at the mic as if he's kinda awkward but then spits the bars like a maestro 🔥

The bar i keep seeing people miss is "Had a dream like Martin Luther, fell asleep to the sound of the Hoover" J Edgar Hoover had a personal vendetta against MLK and many people say Hoover had MLK killed, and that his FBI covered it up. So he had a dream, and then he died at the sound of a Hoover.

He didn't just kiss! He kissed the curb. He finished the sentence for his friend

Who TF is saying his name is pronounced "Base"? They don't know what they're talking about. Bas is short for Basil (which in England is pronounced "Bazzle", not "Bayzul" like in the US). So the abbreviation of his name is pronounced as Baz (with a Z). That's how he says it himself (and he knows how to pronounce his own name!).

"I dodged the case so flipped the bird" so hes giving the middle finger to the law here but also the double meaning of "bird" as in "doing bird" is english slang for doing time in prison, so he flipped the bird - avoided doing time in prison.

Best duo since Method and Red....the way these 2 complement each other is insane!!

3:00 - This is definitely their most technical song to date, both brought the SSS game.

Small thing about "Fall asleep to the sound of a Hoover" Hoover here has two meanings. The obvious one is the Hoover Vacuum. Also the "Hoover Sound" is the popular synthesizer sound from early rave techno days. Both Chicago and UK Drill are highly influenced by those early rave sounds.

His name is Basil. Short 'a', with the 's' sounding close to a 'z'. the Windowframe Cyphers are a trip.

"they wanna kick back cos the boots are clean" kick back, like putting your feet up, and you wear boots BUT ALSO he's been talking about cleaning out the boot of his car in the past verses in the song! Insane

I've listened to a lot of there stuff, imo they 💯 write there own bars, lots of stuff goes over reactor's heads, stuff from back in 80s and early 90s especially, I've heard them use Irish language, talk about cooking crack, growing weed referencing strains that haven't been about for nearly 30 years, use old skool gangster lingo, if they have a ghost writer they're the same age! Younger generation just wouldn't know about lots of the stuff.

Every reaction for this track misses the Betty Crocker cake mix line at the top.

If you know UK slang and pop culture, they’re even more incredible. Every other line has a double or triple meaning. Michelin is a tire company, but also the five-star rating system used for restaurants. Mr. Benn was a character on a kids tv show from the 1970’s. He would change into various clothes in his walk-in closet and then step out into whatever time/place/scenario his costume dictated. Bas picked up on that and started his next line with “Tin-Tin”, which was another UK kids show from the time. Battenberg is a cake made in a checkerboard pattern … but also slang for an ambulance (because of the checkered pattern on the side). “Mess with the cake and I’ll Battenberg him” is a phenomenal bar. Knock Down Ginger is what we call “Ding Dong Ditch” here in the States. Mash = gun (in another one of their songs, Bas says he’s “banging that mash like English Breakfast”, which is just brilliant because “bangers and mash” is a traditional breakfast in the UK.) Ben Sherman = men’s clothing line (a bit dated, LOL) HMP = Her majesty’s prison Chain hang like bollocks = his chains are so heavy they swing like his balls. 😂 Cone get split like Chevron = splitting your head open like the V in the Chevron symbol Also … Bas used to be a bare knuckle fighter in the day and I forget which gang Pete ran with. The stuff they rap about … pig farms, bodies in the trash and cementing people into buildings is straight mob shit. I love these guys. They make my heart smile every day. They also scare the crap out of me because I’m pretty sure they’re serious. 😂😂😂

They were interviewed and stated they write everything themselves, they use their grandkids to help with production. your reactions and breakdowns are great, keep it up

What’s the word.. the bird is the word. It’s like a triple entendre.

That break down Crocker and bet he (Betty) Line was crazy

Regardless of wether they write or not, the way they pop off each other is qaulity, pete n baz keepin it real for the oap's 👌🔥

This is mental love it they bounce of each other so well

This one is a damn masterclass and 91's beat switches are absolutely mental. Obviously the question of authenticity arrives but the tracks themselves are nasty no matter what. I suspect they do write because they use so, so much weird esoteric old British geezer stuff. Also Bas WAS a music teacher so I have a feeling he does a lot of guiding there.

Thanks for more Pete and Bas!!!! Love it 😀

They are killing this crazy beat 💯🔥👏❤️✊💪😎

Just picked up the whole war scheme too, from german, to sherman and serving, bruhhh insane

I gotta say, there's a fire reference that I never see anyone mention and it's when Pete says "switching suits like I'm Mr. Ben" then Bas immediately following that with "10/10" ...but nobody's appreciating the Ben10 show shoutout!

The "flip the bird" line could also relate to prison time as that is known as doing bird in the UK.

I love these guys so much ❤just been rewatching all ur mic righteous reactions n gt soooo emotional all over again , he just hits different huh ❤Thank u for keepin up with our UK artists , we appreciate u dude xxxx

Wtf bro where the hell did these guys come from there both insane on the mic. Loved your reaction to it. My guy. 💯💯🔥🔥

I was waiting for this one ! Keep it Cliffy 😁❤️

Wow I didn’t think this was going to be that good of a rap but wow

The opening verse has a WW2 scheme. Each bar last words. Luger - a German semi-automatic pistol used by German soldiers in ww2. Uber - Über is a German language word meaning over and above. Wi-fi - George Antheil, born to German immigrants in Trenton, New Jersey. In 1941, Antheil developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes in ww2 to synchronize frequency changes, referred to as frequency hopping, between the transmitter and receiver. It is one of the spread spectrum techniques that became widely used in modern telecommunications. Antheil's work helped with the creation of Wi-Fi. Puma - a German sports brand founded by Rudolf Dassler in 1948. He was a member of the Nazi party. Fall asleep to the sound of the Hoover - in ww2 when enemy planes were near and about to start dropping bombs. Air raid sirens would alert people to take cover/shelter. The siren sounded like a hoover (vacuum cleaner). Fall asleep meaning dying to the sound of the siren (hoover) as bombs landed. Krueger - a German surname. Also Walter Kruger a Nazi SS General in ww2. Martin Luther - a 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church launched the Protestant Reformation. Martin Luther was the most widely read author of his generation. The prevailing view among historians is that his rhetoric contributed significantly to the development of antisemitism in Germany and of the Nazi Party. Tuna - HMS Tuna (N94) was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy during ww2. USS Tuna (SS-203) was a United States Navy Tambor-class submarine, serving in the Pacific during ww2.

I’ve been sleeping on these two. They are fire! I am in awe. I love your reaction and your breakdown. The UK slang is tough for this American to catch everything so I appreciate any little bit of lyrical breakdown.

I thought it was short for Basil. So neither Base nor Baas. Just Bas.

As far as I've heard. Most of the lyrics about Pewpews, drugs and violence, are actually way more real than most people think. Apparently they were a couple of ice cold mother truckers in their younger days.

Idk if anyone will see this but when he’s says, “I’m lit, candle, grab the bing and wax them from various angles… box… rectangle” he’s playing on the angle bar but also describing a coffin. Unfucking believable

In my honest opinion, if there was a ghost writer behind them, surely they would have taken credit by now to launch their own careers, or even for their 5 mins of fame, I don’t see anybody who wouldn’t want credit for these masterpieces.

Great reaction love and respect from the UK 👍👍👍👍👍👍🌟😀😀 amazing channel 👍

This is straight 🔥🔥🔥they go back n forth effortlessly

Hello from Cody Wyoming! You're awesome... Keep it up😊

Fall asleep to the sound of the hoover... J Edgar! Martin Luther! Great fucking bar.

Nahhh u catch so many schemes that flew over my head and every other reactor love❤

HOW... how is it possible to have subtitles for the entire thing and STILL keep asking what they said.. IT'S RIGHT THERE ON SCREEN!!

I’ve seen soo many reactions to this song.. no one ever brings up the line where bas talks about leaving them stiff from extended clips, gonna get lit. Like candles. Wax them off coming in from different angles. And then the line after that where he says that they’ll be in box, retangle. Dashed in the ground all buised and mangled. That’s the hardest part of this song.

Even the first line is killer. ".... I''m a Luger." He's referring to a German Luger (Handgun from WW2). Every track from Pete & Bas has so many layers.. It's insane

DELIVERY! You're hooked on bars and bars are hooked!

Bro I was so hoping you would react to this one, my days it's a banger💯

Should do their song window frame cypher part 2

“Breakin em down like the steps on that back of the crocker” “bet he take that” Bet he Crocker (Betty Crocker) Betty Crocker has steps and recipes on the back of the box Slick

First guy I've seen pick apart and appreciate the luther/hoover/krueger dream scheme like that.

I have no doubt you will be that fire.

Bird is also a case in the UK, so flipped the bird is even deeper

What are some other CURRENT rap duos or groups that do the rapid fire back and forth the way Pete and Bas do? Em and Royce do it in their song "Fast Lane" but it sure seems like it was more common back in the day.

Great reaction, thank you 🙏🐊❤️🦉👍

how did i miss this what the f-ing hell was i on 9 days ago to miss this lol

The best reaction actually acknowledges the depth of this

Great reaction! Yeah it is them, with help from the grandkids. And yes, Bas is short for Basil so that should help with the pronunciation. I like your channel bro, you always seem to pick up on things I've missed!!! xx

The line about "switching it up like mr Ben is a referancr to an old kids tv show from the late 60s early 70s meybe even earlier

There are a couple interviews out there. The grandkids got them into newer music, they decided to give it a try. They write their own stuff and learn the current lingo to fit it in with lingo from their own prime time

Smooth like Water

10/10 gear I shift drug reference and also car theme linked to Michelin tyres and 5 star food i serve is one of my favourite bits.

Your right it's bas

So. When you look up the definition of sindhu it comes back as “sea” or “river”, so my interpretation is this sesh flows like a river.

Yo these old boys are insane... they writing this fr

Much love.

I have watched this at least 50x and didn’t catch that Bas used the word “bait” right after Pete was talking about how someone was now tuna. Good call.

Everyone misses one of the links when they talk about "Crocker. Bet He." Betty Crocker. It's quick and so easy to miss.

I think the "fall asleep to the sound of the Hoover" was refering to J. Edgar Hoover who was the FBI director at the time.

Cannon on me like Gundam is such a sick line

You’re the only one I’ve seen who caught the Hoover bar 🔥

“Blood on me tee shirt, rinsed and washed and spun that, box of the corn just packed up in the bumbag” Is he talking about donating his evidence to the homeless...? TOO. COLD.

You’re now known as Cliff Bricks 😂

I watch a lot of reacts and your the only person to work out the whole sleep scheme at the start of this song

Yo these guys have been out for over a year maybe two. Dope ! ! !💪🏼😎👍🏽🔥😂😁👍🏼 They have more raps

That "Had a dream like Martin Luther/ Fell asleep to the sound of the Hoover" is referencing J. Edgar Hoover who was the first director of the FBI and investigated (among other things) MLK Jr.

Back of the box like Crocker- bet he take that. Oh my godddduh

06:32 _"Come like wasps at a picnic run up and sting ya"_ 😂

Oh my god, I've seen several reactions and heard this 2x as much... and STILL missed " Breakin 'em down like steps on the back of the box of the Crocker, Bet he (Betty) take that" . . . sleeper bars.

The bar about the Hoover, I fall asleep to the sound of the Hoover, Hoover being a vacuum cleaner, and also in 1964 Edgar Hoover, said Martin Luther king was the most notorious lier in America, so playing off the previous bar about Luther king, extremely clever wordplay, and that alone suggests to me they play a big part in the writing, as not many youngers would even now that shit 👍

Oh my god these guys are insane! "Breakin em down like steps on the back of the box of the crocker bet he (Betty) take that" jesus man these dudes got BARSSSSSS

It goes deeper than just falling asleep to the sound of a hoover vacuum, pres. Hoover was known to have bugged M.L.K.s bedroom

Just saw a little blurb from bbc stating "bas' past is shrouded in history, and he likes to keep it that way. As a child, bas says his father owned a bare knuckle boxing ring"

At the end of the day give them there flower's now there amazing I sulute them still hustling at there age and there better than some rappers fact 🔥🔥🔥🔥

I call him "Bazz"... short for Basil.

I feel like nobody ever gets this bar 'grabbed the lime, chopped it (the body) up, popped the cap (of the lime powder) poured it in (the grave/coffin/box)'. Lime powder is used to cover the scent of a dead body.

They've only been doing this for 5-6 years. Yes their grandkids help them with a little bit of the lingo but not much. They both fought in the war. But they didn't know each other before 2015. Bas (Basil) does have a very sketchy past. An almost 15 year chunk that is unknown, and he keeps it that way.

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“Then made love to the ground and kissed…the curb…”. Everybodies missin that bar

Bas is pronounced as Baz firstly.@4.15 Pete mentioned 'Mr. Benn changin suits' it was a UK tv kids programme where Mr. Benn went to a costume shop and chnged outfits every episode..

So the question becomes, what's harder writing it or delivering it (flow, cadence, timing, breath control) . If you can't deliver the lyrics it doesn't matter how dope the pen is.

No one ever picked up these bars! Bas - “change my suite like Ben” Pete- 10/10” Like Ben ten with the watch that changes alien whenever he wants. Also! Pete - “fell in love and kissed” Bas - “the curb” They are finishing each others bars! Everyone always pauses right before and never picks it up! There are some other but those two are honestly my favorite and hardest bars 🫡🫡

he said Frederick Kruger that makes it even more hot

Yes finally!!!

You have to checkout the northern boys called it's party time . These guys are Pete and Bas's friends

In England Bas is pronounced "BAZ" as its short for his first name which is Basil. You can also say "Bas" or "Bal" for someone who is named Barry.

You missed the amazing handoff of 'ground kissed '...'the curb'

Thanks for catching the bars. Half these people miss it

Dude said he changed clothes like Mr Ben! 😂😂 look up kids cartoon mr Ben

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Mad love bro.... thanks for the reaction and to hell with those who say you pause to much... we need that to see your true reaction and gear your first thoughts on the song... thus a "Reaction" channel ... with that being said bro I have been trying to get someone to check out "JZAC" "High off life' freestyle for a while and catch this dude.... he has a lot of amazing music like "Indecisive" which I feel you will relate to (trust me on this one) but I love freestyle for reactions vecause that is when they hit... well with all that said... already liked, subbed, and shared so hope to hear from you soon bro!