The Great Hip Hop Hoax Page #2

At the time, in our heads,

we were it.

We took the 13-hour bus journey down

and we were quite confident.

We were like, "Yeah, we've got

something really original. "

In comes the one with

the tongue sharp as thorns

An art of scorn, my style's

immaculately bastard born.

When we arrived at the audition

I realised we were drowning

Eminems in a sea of Ushers

as everyone else was pimped out

in this hip-hop gear.

So we stood out.

I was used to rapping

in little pubs and clubs,

nothing with that much

importance or attention.

And it was three A&Rs, but

you would probably say judges now.

You know, this was before X Factor.

They looked up and they

were, kind of, "Hmm. "

And as soon as we started saying,

"Oh, we're B Production,"

talking in a Scottish accent

the vibe just changed horribly.

They were, like, squinting

their eyes, like, "Hmm. "

Looking at each other like...

Rappers having no fun

are no-one

They're probably coming out

more overdone

Posh spice and David Beckham's son...

We could tell that they weren't

taking us seriously.

There was a couple of people

we could see, kind of, laughing.

We could see people smiling,

but it wasn't a smile as in,

"Wow, this is fantastic,"

it was a smile as in,

"What the hell is this?"

We were like,

"What's with the f***ing laughter?!"

One of them referred to us

as the Rapping Proclaimers.

It sounds like

you're the Rapping Proclaimers.

It was just horrifying

to hear someone

just destroy it in a second,

all because of where we were from.

This was completely alien to them.

They're like, "Right, so, Scottish

rap?" And we were like, "Yeah. "

And it was, they were just like,

"No, no, that's not going to work. "

Didn't enjoy that 13-hour

bus journey back.

They were really cocky

and I was just heartbroken.

I couldn't even talk.

It was just like an absolute

journey from hell.

We were really, really hurt.

Confidence was smashed.

It was all doom and gloom.

What are we going to do?

We need to change our lives.

We need to change

everything we're doing.

All we wanted to do

was be the next big thing.

As a group it was just,

it felt like it was the end.

For me and Gav, I think

it made us stronger.

It made us determined

to prove the people wrong.

A big part of me wanted revenge.

I wanted to show these people,

"How dare they tell me, after the

hours I put in, how dare they say

"that this isn't good?"

He was so absolute hell bent

on making it.

And that's what we set out to do,

so we wrote new tunes

and we stepped up a gear.

Everything was better.

The lyrics were better, the music was

better, our performance was better.

We wanted to get some shows in London

to prove these guys wrong.

So we started phoning

and we ended up saying,

"Hi, we're rappers from Scotland, can

you... " And it was like... hang up.

So we tried again, "Hiya, we're

a hip-hop group from Dundee... "

Dooo! No-one was interested.

"Oh, sorry, guys,

it's not what we're looking for. "

We felt like we were back

in the audition in London again.

It was my turn to phone,

and for a complete joke

and to, sort of, pick our spirits up

I spoke in an American accent.

I just said,

"Hey, we're from California,

"we're coming to London to try and

get a show," and people were like,

"Oh, wow, can you send us any

of your music?" And we were like...

"What? Like, really?"

So, we did it again, we tried and we

were like, "Hi, we're from California

"and we'd love to send you guys our

demo. " And, "Oh, yeah, send us it.

"This is great,

we're really interested. "

It, kind of,

felt like... but...

It's the same music, it's the same

thing so why would you be interested?

That was shocking. That was just

like, OK, this has got nothing

to do with how good we are, this has

got nothing to do with talent.

If you want to get on a label,

then you just have to be marketable.

With the whole rapping Proclaimers

thing and people laughing at us

still ringing in our ears,

we knew we had to make a big change.

Gav turned to me and said,

"I think I'm going to become

American. " So I sort of laughed

and went, "Oh, yeah, OK."

And he went... he went,

"No, seriously, I think

I'm going to move to London.

I'm going to tell them that I'm

an American rapper from California.

We'll put these fake accents on,

we'll go down,

con the music world and then,

"Pow!" Come clean on Jonathan Ross

and, woo-hoo, we're heroes,

you know?

You can say that out loud, but

it doesn't sound, you know, real.

And I was like, "Listen, man, this is

only going to work if you're American. "

You know, you can't turn up and say,

"I'm Scottish.

"Oh, by the way listen to me rap in this

incredible thick Californian accent. "

He was like,

"Yeah, you're right.

"I'm just going to completely

redesign myself. "

From that point forward, just started

talking with an American accent

and installing the idea

deep into, like,

his subconscious

that he was American.

You got the light

I'm a pyrotechnic

Damn it, I can't get from A to B

Because I'm dyslexic.

We were just the little guys

that had a point to prove.

We had, like,

a nation to stand up for.

The plan was to genuinely

become superstars.

It wasn't really something

that I wanted to do, though.

I felt like I wouldn't feel

right about where I've come from

and my family. There wouldn't be

any integrity there for me.

It would feel shallow and false.

They say your works do no songs

That are straight from the heart

But I'd rather create a pack

That didn't know where to start...

Out of spite, we decided to develop

these characters

and that's when

Silibil n' Brains were really born.

We re-recorded our songs

in American accents,

we spoke to each other every

minute of every day in American.

We decided we had to be

these characters now.

Silibil, Brains,

we both met in the same skate scenes,

punk rock scenes and hip-hop scenes

just back in the day.

- Two LMCs.

- Yeah.

The back story had to be perfected.

We were from San Jacinto,

in California.

We got these layouts

from off the net,

downloads of the street names

and stuff,

so be started memorising areas

that we could have went.

And then our story just

kind of grew from there.

The accent had to be

unquestionably American.

We have to do our own stunts,

which is

probably why he won't see any

skateboarding in our videos.

Oh!

Silibil stuck with me.

I think about syllables

when I'm writing

and, obviously, my name is Billy,

so silly Bill, Silibil.

It was just a play on words.

Brains McLoud just felt like

a comic book character

and then you put Silibil

and Brains together. It was like,

you know, Pinky and the Brain. So it

was like a comic book or cartoon.

You know, villains and heroes,

you know? Great double act.

Like Itchy and Scratchy

come to life.

Tom and Jerry, Beavis & Butthead.

It was... It was easy.

We looked like two extras

from Jackass.

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