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The 90s Hit Built On Eviction Cash, Bus Fares And Questionable Life Choices

The story of the Stereo MC's 90's hit 'Connected' and whatever happened to the group. My second YouTube Channel    / @rocknrolltruestories2   Podcast on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast... Have a video request or a topic you'd like to see us cover? Fill out our google form! https://bit.ly/3stnXlN ----CONNECT ON SOCIAL---- TIKOK:  / rocknrolltruestory   Instagram:   / rnrtruestories   Facebook:   / rnrtruestories   Twitter:   / rocktruestories   Blog: www.rockandrolltruestories.com #stereomcs #connected What if one of the most confident‑sounding anthems of the 90s was basically a happy accident? A track born not from a master plan, but from two broke friends scrambling to survive. This is how an eviction payout, a random record sleeve and a bus ride collided to create a song that defined an era. The story starts in Nottingham, England, with childhood neighbors Rob Birch and Nick Hallam. They bonded over music, then moved to London in 1985 chasing a dream fueled by electronic music, hip‑hop and funk. Mid‑80s London was a melting pot: punk giving way to new electronics while American rap and soul exploded overseas. Rob and Nick were hooked. They watched breakdancers in Covent Garden and absorbed groups like Public Enemy and Trouble Funk. Before they could afford proper samplers, Nick was literally looping tape around pens just to build beats. Passion, however, didn’t pay rent. By the late 80s they were struggling, living in adjacent flats and pouring everything into music. Then came a strange lifeline: a developer wanted their building and offered them £14,000 to move out. Any sensible person would’ve used it as a down payment on a new home. They weren’t sensible. They spent the money starting Gee Street Records and buying gear to build a studio. Overnight they went from nearly broke to basically homeless—but with their own recording space. Their DIY ethic powered their 1989 debut 33‑45‑78, a raw mix of their influences. It wasn’t a big commercial hit, but its originality caught ears, including the Jungle Brothers, and led to a deal with Island Records. They expanded the lineup with singer Cath Coffey and drummer Owen If, insisting on live drums even when the American label didn’t want to pay for it. They toured with De La Soul and Happy Mondays, a hip‑hop act that fit as easily on rock festivals as in clubs. 1990’s Supernatural brought “Elevate My Mind,” the first British hip‑hop single to crack the U.S. R&B chart. Suddenly, these South London outsiders were playing West Coast lowrider shows and seeing just how far their sound could travel. The real breakthrough came with their third album. Drained from touring, they began building a new track in their Brixton flat. One morning Rob came downstairs in his underwear, dropped the needle on a Jimmy “Bo” Horne record, and found a tiny drum fragment he looped so obsessively his finger bled on the sampler. That groove became the backbone. Running down the stairs later, he noticed a T‑Connection sleeve titled Totally Connected. The word stuck. On a bus ride, a chorus melody and the line “Make sure you’re connected, the writing’s on the wall” just appeared in his head. In the studio, rapped verses weren’t working. Frustrated, Rob was told to just jam. Out came a simple chant—“Aiii Aiii Aiii”—that they looped across the track. Suddenly everything locked in: a minimalist funk groove, a title from a record spine, a chorus written on public transit, a hook born out of irritation. These videos are for entertainment purposes only. READ OUR DISCLAIMER https://rockandrolltruestories.com/yo...