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The name "grime" was coined by journalists who initially termed the music's sub-bass heavy sound as "grimy", which subsequently became "grime". It has also been suggested by artists themselves that the term fits as the music frequently talks about "grimy goings-on" in deprived areas. [26]
- Early 2000s, London
Dec 6, 2012 · Grime fans have never been able to get hold of these tracks at full quality, even though they know every bar inside out: from dancing to them in clubs, from mix CDs, or from pirate radio – sure ...
- 2005 Pirate Radio Takes A Hit
- 2015 Kanye Sneaks Grime’s Finest on to Live TV
- 2016 Drake Signs to Boy Better Know
For the last three years, Rinse FM has been one of the go-to places for grime MCs to get on the mic. A little too much so for the liking of the authorities, who give DJ Slimzee an Asbo, banning him from being on the roof of any building in Tower Hamlets more than four storeys high. Rinse continues to broadcast (legally), and these days, Slimzee doe...
When Kanye West performs ‘All Day’ at the Brits, he unexpectedly brings a 40-person tracksuited mafia of London grime artists on to the stage. Is he exploiting grime? Is he boosting its profile? Either way, it shows that the genre has some serious fans across the Pond.
Back in the day, grime artists tried desperately to get cred by being acknowledged by North American artists. When, in February, Drakeinstagrams ‘the first Canadian signed to BBK’, the internet goes mental. ‘Finally!’ they squeal, ‘they’ve come to us for credibility. The roles are reversed!’ Grime’s journey to global mega-ness is complete.
Jul 12, 2022 · While the genre’s definition has evolved over the years, grime music generally has a tempo of 140 beats per minute; the Guardian describes it as “post-punk angst on wax—a heady mix of...
- Pay As U Go. 'Know We' (2000) Understanding grime means understanding where it came from – run-down inner London council estates, in the anxious atmosphere of a new millennium, with UK garage's bottle of Cristal champagne shattering into a million pieces on the pavement.
- Wiley. 'Eskimo' (2002) Breaking free from UK garage meant building something new, “an even colder sound” than So Solid had managed, as Wiley put it. In the first years of the 2000s, he created a whole sound-world, ‘eskibeat’ or ‘eskimo’, characterised by sparse arrangements, sci-fi synths, devastating basslines and awkward, off-kilter rhythms: with track names like Ice Rink, Igloo, Ice Pole, Blizzard, Ice Cream Man, Snowman, Frostbite, Freeze, Colder and Morgue.
- Dizzee Rascal. 'Imagine' (2004) On his classic first two albums, 'Boy in da Corner' and 'Showtime', Dizzee shows himself to be not just a genius lyricist and beat-maker – while still a teenager, no less – but a kind of frontline reporter, on overlooked lives and untold stories from the troubled world around him: paranoid, marginalised, and scapegoated by cops, politicians and the media, precarious and yet trapped.
- Lethal Bizzle. 'Pow! (Forward)'(2004) Where to start with a tune so raucous it was banned from clubs across London and Essex? ‘ All Lethal B tracks are banned from this venue (including instrumentals)’ read one such sign, a testament to the power of Dexplicit’s 'Forward' riddim: even the instrumental alone was too liable to start a riot.
Feb 15, 2018 · Wiley. In the early 2000’s when the popularity of Garage music was hitting a low and a gap emerged for a similar sound, Grime was born. Or, more aptly, a sound was born—Grime music was so young that it hadn’t yet been named.
Jun 1, 2018 · As soon as we had this new genre, journalists coined the name – first it was “grimy” then cut down to “grime”, and we were like: What are they trying to say? That we’re dirty?
