BROTHER Movement — Beyond the 16th Parallel

Brotherhood in the form of the Black Rhyme Organisation To Help Equal Rights (B.R.O.T.H.E.R ) was a collection of some of the most talented UK Hip Hop artists around in 1989. Instigated by the political ragga-rap group Gatecrash, the main purpose of their debut record, "Beyond the 16th Parallel" was to raise awareness of the racial inequalities of the South African apartheid regime.
Assembling an all-star line up, including the late Bernie Grant MP, each of the separate groups had the task of tackling the specifics of the Botha government. With this as a new main focus, the B.R.O.T.H.E.R project managed to temporarily stem the inter-group friction that existed across much of London's Hip Hop community. All artists royalties were donated to the ANC.
This led to a second B.R.O.T.H.E.R project entitled "Ghettogeddon". This three track EP, focussed entirely on the rising inner city gun culture of the nineties, and was preceded by a BBC documentary entitled: "The violence must cease". All artists royalties were donated to SCAR (Sickle Cell Anaemia Research).

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[scratchophrenic]

Yes! don't ever remove this video! it's add to my favourites!!! i loved it then and still love it now! Thank you thank you thank you Theicha for putting it up (where the hell did you find it!) Thnx again ;)

[theicha]

Well, Scrathophrenic, you may not know this but I was instrumental in putting the BROTHER movement together. I was in GATECRASH at the time, and the whole thing was an idea that came about from watching a news bulletin from South Africa. We contacted Hijack and Bernie Grant and the rest just fell into place.

[eastendwideboy]

thank youthank youthank youthank youthank youthank youthank youthank youthank youthank youthank youthank youthank youthank youthank youthank you!!

[theicha]

You're welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome...

[ninjaspiceattacks]

i still think overlord x is the best uk emcee there ever has been. silver bullet is noteable by his abscence on this though.

[PhflyDan1]

Old Skool. But TRUE SKOOL.... Oi Oi BRITISH Rap Stars... They should probably ALL be MILLIONAIRES by now...

[insanemacbeth]

for those who liked THE ICEPICK on this choon, i still have black, and limited edition special RED vinyl copies of "TRUE HEART" 12" single, for sale. for those that live in LDN, i can be contacted through various mediums; if you live outside of LDN/ the UK, DISORDA of SUSPECT PACKAGES is "the man" to contact, for both colours. oh yeah, classic choon...and KAMANCHI SLY's part was 'killer'.

[beebhoy]

@ramjam03

Icepick killed it!!

[ramjam03]

yes jet black thanks for the information, i rem when overlord come to bedford with midrange and also was decoy mc with fresh ski that was a good session you would of thought it would be rammed with line ups like that. as for mc duke who was having beef with overlord x he had the x possea album out as well. i never knew there was a video for this im glad i brought it it still mash down still love this tune to death feels like it was done yesterday raw hip hop pressure at its best

[jetblakink]

@ramjam03 Re, MC Duke... He was one of the first rappers we approached to be on the Beyond the 16th Parallel track. If I remember correctly, he had beef with Overlord X at the time. Anyway, we somehow managed to get him to agree to do it, but I think he had some overseas dates that conflicted when the original recording date got pushed back... Something like that.

[ramjam03]

I never knew there did a video on this track. i rem buying the track and still in my collection to this day. it was good to see all the uk top dogs on the tracks icepick hijack demon london possea cokkie crew. i like to ask what happened to mc duke on this. it would be good if we heard blade derek b. but this tune was hot still hot today.

im so happy to see the vid i think its time to come back and reserect teach the masses. big up yourself for this love this tune big up rams one love x 

[FMCrazyHarry]

Thank you!

[FMCrazyHarry]

Nice! So I havent get out the VHS player :)

[mariuzzo]

what's the loop from in k-sly's last verse?

peace