UK’s Stereo MCs and Jack Beats don’t just have the fact that they make music or hail from the UK in common. In 1992, Stereo MCs scored an international hit single “Connected” and brought British dance-rap world wide. Today, they remain sought after remixers, and they are readying their eleventh album,  Emperor’s Nightingale (K-7). Meanwhile, in 2006 when DJs Plus One and Beni G met and formed Jack Beats, they quickly pushed the music scene even further with their electro and dub step, inspiring the likes of Skrillex, Diplo and A-Trak. Today these two groups, both massively influential in their own right, sat down for URB for some nostalgic musings about music, the business and the future of hip hop and electronic music.

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