Braintax is the recording name of Joseph Christie (born 1973), one of the m… Read Full Bio ↴Braintax is the recording name of Joseph Christie (born 1973), one of the most important and influential British hip hop artists of the second generation. He hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, but now lives in London. He is founder (with Breaking the Illusion) and owner of Low Life Records, the longest running UK hip hop record label to consistently release records. Stylistically, Braintax is much closer to East Coast hip hop than to the hardcore rap of earlier British rappers like Hijack and Gunshot. He is also well known for his business savvy and prominent crow's feet, which he says adds an air of distinction to his face.
Braintax originally performed as a duo, but former member DJ T.E.S.T. left in the mid-1990s. T.E.S.T. only appeared on one official Braintax release - the 1992 debut EP, Fat Head. Christie retained the recording name and it has since become synonymous with him as a solo artist.
Though Christie had been involved in the underground breakdancing and rapping scenes for a number of years, his career effectively started with the release of the Fat Head EP. Perhaps most noted was track 5, "Talk About The Future," sampling Quincy Jones's "Summer In The City." The sample was used in response to American hip hop act The Pharcyde's use of it in its track "Passin Me By," from album Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde. Braintax's lyrics reflected a maturity beyond his years and this track in particular was a sign of what was to come.
Throughout his career, Braintax's lyrics have been thoughful, hard hitting and reflective, ranging from politics to spirituality and the state of hip hop music to the war in Iraq. Decrying the fake posturing and the laziness of UK hip hop acts, Braintax, along with a slew of cohorts such as Blade, Harry Love and Lewis Parker, triggered a renaissance in the UK hip hop scene, both setting the pace and paving the way for new artists and labels. As well as the variation in production styles, the depth and complexity of Braintax's lyrics are a clue to his success. Though he may not like it, philosophical musings, such as those on "Oceans" (Biro Funk, 2001), on the essence of contentment and the struggle to find peace in the modern world, appeal to a wide audience and, significantly, a middle class audience. In any case, Braintax has been a pioneer of the renaissance in UK hip hop and remains heavily involved, constantly pushing the music forward: "If there is a point it should be that we benefit more from music we relate to than from that we just listen to."
Joe Christie has also recorded or appeared under the pseudonyms Brando Flux and Joey Brains.
Braintax originally performed as a duo, but former member DJ T.E.S.T. left in the mid-1990s. T.E.S.T. only appeared on one official Braintax release - the 1992 debut EP, Fat Head. Christie retained the recording name and it has since become synonymous with him as a solo artist.
Though Christie had been involved in the underground breakdancing and rapping scenes for a number of years, his career effectively started with the release of the Fat Head EP. Perhaps most noted was track 5, "Talk About The Future," sampling Quincy Jones's "Summer In The City." The sample was used in response to American hip hop act The Pharcyde's use of it in its track "Passin Me By," from album Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde. Braintax's lyrics reflected a maturity beyond his years and this track in particular was a sign of what was to come.
Throughout his career, Braintax's lyrics have been thoughful, hard hitting and reflective, ranging from politics to spirituality and the state of hip hop music to the war in Iraq. Decrying the fake posturing and the laziness of UK hip hop acts, Braintax, along with a slew of cohorts such as Blade, Harry Love and Lewis Parker, triggered a renaissance in the UK hip hop scene, both setting the pace and paving the way for new artists and labels. As well as the variation in production styles, the depth and complexity of Braintax's lyrics are a clue to his success. Though he may not like it, philosophical musings, such as those on "Oceans" (Biro Funk, 2001), on the essence of contentment and the struggle to find peace in the modern world, appeal to a wide audience and, significantly, a middle class audience. In any case, Braintax has been a pioneer of the renaissance in UK hip hop and remains heavily involved, constantly pushing the music forward: "If there is a point it should be that we benefit more from music we relate to than from that we just listen to."
Joe Christie has also recorded or appeared under the pseudonyms Brando Flux and Joey Brains.
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Braintax Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Braintax:
Anti-Grey Live from the horse′s mouth And the rich move south Can't se…
Biro Funk * send corrections to the typist Escuchame... It's lik…
Don't Drag me In (feat. Mystro) (Braintax) You won't catch me on commuter…
Eschuchame (Chorus) Escuchame... It's like a long walk to China try…
Escuchame (Chorus) Escuchame... It's like a long walk to China try…
Exit (Braintax:) I'm all up in your brain like... (drugs) Robbi…
Futureghost (Braintax:) We lost touch, wish I didn't think so much Wha…
Good Or Bad One two one two I thought it won't even recording Hahaha la…
Invisible Media "You can't see us... BUT YOU CAN FEEL US... "…
Magnum On Crack Ahhhh yeahhhh, hocus pocus Open sesame... Abra Kadabra... A…
Oceans (Braintax:) You know it's truthful when you hear me Real n…
Opening Titles [Braintax:] First of all for all the heads who don't know…
Peace (Braintax:) You know I'm moving on a positive course In th…
Retail Saturday afternoon, (Retail!) Two for one, (Retail!) Three …
Riviera Hustle Brando Flux: Down and out in San Marino on a roulette…
Riviera Hustle 3 Brando Flux: Down and out in San Marino on a roulette…
Syriana Style I don't care for illegal wars then again I don't…
The Grip (Braintax:) From the furthest point East to the wildest Wes…
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Ron Raymond
Intro]
We don't give a fuck
We don't give a fuck
[Verse 1: Farma G]
Old timers shake the place, fine rhymers stay chock-a-block and move
I'm groovy, pitch defenders set a trend and bend your block
Flats mate, estate mate, late coming, dates change
Booked in, 10 o'clock, rock a mic show stopper
Stage dive, liver than live, I flow proper
Smokey town, hustle down way, alley cat prey
Rustle cows, buckle you down into the background
You play the pigeon, sipping Red Bull
When I'm the Kestrel sipping Tennent's playing tunes at full
I blast the claat can't rap I wear some dark then a Driller Killer
Sun-pressed pissing me off I got it rapped for real a'
Yeah done, what what, stiff upper lip shit
Camel back rap, walk the desert on a few sips
I stop bullets like Pat Jennings
Double-O killings, at the cost of a few shillings
Bringing down walls, last calls stinging
Riddim' shocker gun fire, dance halls, Jah shocker
Break beat rim shotter rotter, run the track
[Chorus]
Farma G, Chester P, Braintax
And we don't give a fuck
Any time any place mic life sluts
Battle cats semi-faith night time struts
Limelight liars, strikers get struck
Cos' yo, we don't give a fuck
[Verse 2: Braintax]
I'm Brando Flux with the brainiest of outlooks
You spit lines but I'm the type to grab the mic and shout "books"
From Leeds 6 to E5, from Hobbit holes to beehives
From older heads to knee-highs, Mohammed Joseph Eli
Any type of way you're thinking I can touch I'm bound to do it
Like I put a towel down once a month and run through it
From the start - tunnel raider Lara Croft types are welcome
If it's ice cream no it's not a dream I'll melt 'em
Like my lava flow rap, you'd rather hold back
My Krakatoa attack affect the whole map
My javascript rap affects the snow caps
I affect performances, slow clap - you're dust
You're family even walked out in disgust
And nowadays I'd like to think I've finished fucking Miss Trust
She's hanging out with Miss Take, back in my past of rich sluts
A pisstake, I tell you bitchy rappers grab a big plate
Your teeth ache, I'm ready to compete and eat beef steak (wait wait wait)
You want a sweepstake? I bet my whole life
Double-barrel raps blowing through you parrots like a tsar
Old-schoolers stay corny, new jacks are too glossy
Playing paranoid Sheriffs in town with no posse
[Chorus]
And we don't give a fuck
Any time any place mic life sluts
Battle cats semi-faith night time struts
Limelight liars, strikers get struck
Cos' yo, we don't give a fuck
[Verse 3: Chester P]
God bless jacket baked sun stroke Loch Ness
Hump stress bum stunt growth, fuck a man hunt
Snatch crumbs? act young living life slipstream
Scum flick-knife tongue, life on the sharp side
Cocky and cockeyed party life dark side hearty pride
Mighty Quinn status when I blast the mic
Fahrenheit sweatbox, faux pas appetite
Formaldehyde fresh shit, satellite connected mine
Spotlight blind spot, time warp section nine
Captain's log, setting off rockets at collection time
Spine chill, white wine thirst quenched vaporize
Staple gun shots, thunderbolts unstabilise
John Holt size juggernaut weight heavy eye
Table knife slice, taking life like a piece of pie
Visa flex sheep are fly Shiva high sleazy mic
Easy line sleepy head, looking for the reasons why
Cry baby lie test righteous blind eagle eye
Legalised fighters sliders glide gang for riots
Samurai sharp, made tracks by a candle light
Snow drop white, one blood don't scandalise
Mud life chicken run, cutting edge dog-fight
Rifle sight rimshot, grim lock megabyte
Featherlight campaign, time block feel my pipe
Living that hype down gunnin' down hedonites
[Outro]
Any time any place mic life sluts
Battle cats semi-faith night time struts
Limelight liars, strikers get struck
Cos' yo, we don't give a fuck
We don't give a fuck
We don't give a fuck
SHARE THE LYRICS
“GODNOSE” TRACK INFO
FeaturingTaskforce
Written ByChester P, Farma G & Braintax
Release DateDecember 1, 2001
MUSIC VIDEO

NEXT UP
Last Date
BRAINTAX

Biro Funk (2001)BRAINTAX
1. Don't Drag Me In
2. Opening Titles
3. Futureghost
4. Godnose
5. Last Date
8. Cobblestones
9. The Grip
10. Peace
11. Oceans
12. Escuchame
13. Riviera Hustle
14. Exit
Ron Raymond
Intro]
We don't give a fuck
We don't give a fuck
[Verse 1: Farma G]
Old timers shake the place, fine rhymers stay chock-a-block and move
I'm groovy, pitch defenders set a trend and bend your block
Flats mate, estate mate, late coming, dates change
Booked in, 10 o'clock, rock a mic show stopper
Stage dive, liver than live, I flow proper
Smokey town, hustle down way, alley cat prey
Rustle cows, buckle you down into the background
You play the pigeon, sipping Red Bull
When I'm the Kestrel sipping Tennent's playing tunes at full
I blast the claat can't rap I wear some dark then a Driller Killer
Sun-pressed pissing me off I got it rapped for real a'
Yeah done, what what, stiff upper lip shit
Camel back rap, walk the desert on a few sips
I stop bullets like Pat Jennings
Double-O killings, at the cost of a few shillings
Bringing down walls, last calls stinging
Riddim' shocker gun fire, dance halls, Jah shocker
Break beat rim shotter rotter, run the track
[Chorus]
Farma G, Chester P, Braintax
And we don't give a fuck
Any time any place mic life sluts
Battle cats semi-faith night time struts
Limelight liars, strikers get struck
Cos' yo, we don't give a fuck
[Verse 2: Braintax]
I'm Brando Flux with the brainiest of outlooks
You spit lines but I'm the type to grab the mic and shout "books"
From Leeds 6 to E5, from Hobbit holes to beehives
From older heads to knee-highs, Mohammed Joseph Eli
Any type of way you're thinking I can touch I'm bound to do it
Like I put a towel down once a month and run through it
From the start - tunnel raider Lara Croft types are welcome
If it's ice cream no it's not a dream I'll melt 'em
Like my lava flow rap, you'd rather hold back
My Krakatoa attack affect the whole map
My javascript rap affects the snow caps
I affect performances, slow clap - you're dust
You're family even walked out in disgust
And nowadays I'd like to think I've finished fucking Miss Trust
She's hanging out with Miss Take, back in my past of rich sluts
A pisstake, I tell you bitchy rappers grab a big plate
Your teeth ache, I'm ready to compete and eat beef steak (wait wait wait)
You want a sweepstake? I bet my whole life
Double-barrel raps blowing through you parrots like a tsar
Old-schoolers stay corny, new jacks are too glossy
Playing paranoid Sheriffs in town with no posse
[Chorus]
And we don't give a fuck
Any time any place mic life sluts
Battle cats semi-faith night time struts
Limelight liars, strikers get struck
Cos' yo, we don't give a fuck
[Verse 3: Chester P]
God bless jacket baked sun stroke Loch Ness
Hump stress bum stunt growth, fuck a man hunt
Snatch crumbs? act young living life slipstream
Scum flick-knife tongue, life on the sharp side
Cocky and cockeyed party life dark side hearty pride
Mighty Quinn status when I blast the mic
Fahrenheit sweatbox, faux pas appetite
Formaldehyde fresh shit, satellite connected mine
Spotlight blind spot, time warp section nine
Captain's log, setting off rockets at collection time
Spine chill, white wine thirst quenched vaporize
Staple gun shots, thunderbolts unstabilise
John Holt size juggernaut weight heavy eye
Table knife slice, taking life like a piece of pie
Visa flex sheep are fly Shiva high sleazy mic
Easy line sleepy head, looking for the reasons why
Cry baby lie test righteous blind eagle eye
Legalised fighters sliders glide gang for riots
Samurai sharp, made tracks by a candle light
Snow drop white, one blood don't scandalise
Mud life chicken run, cutting edge dog-fight
Rifle sight rimshot, grim lock megabyte
Featherlight campaign, time block feel my pipe
Living that hype down gunnin' down hedonites
[Outro]
Any time any place mic life sluts
Battle cats semi-faith night time struts
Limelight liars, strikers get struck
Cos' yo, we don't give a fuck
We don't give a fuck
We don't give a fuck
SHARE THE LYRICS
“GODNOSE” TRACK INFO
FeaturingTaskforce
Written ByChester P, Farma G & Braintax
Release DateDecember 1, 2001
MUSIC VIDEO

NEXT UP
Last Date
BRAINTAX

Biro Funk (2001)BRAINTAX
1. Don't Drag Me In
2. Opening Titles
3. Futureghost
4. Godnose
5. Last Date
8. Cobblestones
9. The Grip
10. Peace
11. Oceans
12. Escuchame
13. Riviera Hustle
14. Exit
Paul Carter
Haven't listened to this since I was about 12, still fukin quality!
dwinosam
This is meaning, whats lacking in these insta times
MissMegan108
One tune can't be beat....
Khola
still banging
simon ak
flow proper
joe chai or
that Chester p verse is literally ridiculous
madneeko1
Was he the 1st 2nd or 3rd guy?
BROKEN BRITAIN
madneeko1 2nd
Hype Walliams
@BROKEN BRITAIN Chester P is 3rd. Peace out