Been thinking about this, and that style of double time verbal gymnastics which Das EFX championed... https://twitter.com/Dart_Adams/status/1381457882512769026

First up, let's listen back to Das EFX's most enduring appearance, on the remix of Ice Cube's Check Yo Self which topped the charts in '93. The "chickety check yo self before you wrickety wreck yo self" was copied to the point of parody

(Quick sidenote: Cube says "shotgun bullets" in the first chorus. Call them shells.)

Anyway, Das EFX had been doing this style from word go. Here's their '92 single Mic Checka

Around the same time, here in the UK, the Demon Boyz released their Glimmity Glammity single, effortlessly twisting their tongues around a sample of Lou Donaldson's Pot Belly

But who had the biggest hit in '92 doing this style? Two kids called Chris and Kris, when they went into a ragga flex at the of Jump, of course

In fact loads of US MCs did it. From KRS1 to Fu Schnickens, to Pharoahe Monch in his Organized Konfusion days. The unifying factor was most were dancehall influenced

It's arguable that a similar style of relentless delivery was developed at jam sessions at the Good Life Cafe in LA, but with jazz scatting and the frenetic solos of Coltrane, Bobby Watson etc as inspiration. Here's a bit of Freestyle Fellowship from '91

But in the UK in the 80s, hiphop evolved amongst 2 different sounds, soul and dancehall, and the ragga elements of the latter gave many UK rappers their own identity. Demon Boyz, Bionic, Gunshot etc. Here's Alkaline from Gunshot with Depth Charge in '91

And the year before that, here's Sindecut performing Live The Life live on Dancedaze

MCs Lyn E Lyn and Crazy Noddy were both reggae heads. The first Sindecut single in '88 sampled the Stalag riddim, and they continued to version it a few times

In 1989 Demon Boyz released their debut LP Recognition on Simon Harris' Music Of Life label. If you don't believe me about the reggae influence, check them at their most glimmity glammitiest on Don't Touch It

And then back to '88 with Simon Harris producing Asher D and Daddy Freddy's ronseal record Raggamuffin Hip Hop

And I can't not mention the time Daddy Freddy appeared on Record Breakers in 89 to break his own record of world's fastest MC. Shout out to whoever made a gif of this!

That same year Daddy Freddy released this absurd slice of microphone gymnastics on London's greatest reggae/dancehall label Fashion Records

And Fashion Records brings us to...

Fast chat origination.

Smiley Culture topped the charts with the "new" style when Police Officer reached 12 in the UK in '84. Doubt I need to share it, but why not? Smiley on TOTP

And Smiley wasn't alone. From his Saxon crew, Asher Senator gave a brief history of the fast style in '84, namechecking Smiley amongst others, and letting everyone know it began with...

Peter King.

This criminally under recorded MC started doing his fast chat style in '82 when he heard his Saxon buddy Dennis Rowe doing a lyric and decided to one-up him with extra syllables, and fast chat was born.

From the Great British MCs album...

But does it end there? Of course not. Jamaican singjays and deejays like Eeek-A-Mouse and Ranking Joe were already doing double time flexes and it goes back to the original toasters U-Roy, Count Machuki etc etc.

But it's a style which came into it's own with the 1st UK MC's. Bye

Just adding to this before I receive anymore questions on the matter...

There's a leap in the thread between Daddy Freddy and the Fashion/Saxon crew where I haven't mentioned a lot of JA MCs who are relevant to this style's development. Freddy moved from Jamaica to UK in 87...