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If you don’t know about grime music, you’re about to be put on. Half my family lives in London, so I was put onto the early acts like So solid Crew (which are actualy more part of the garage genre, but that’s another blog post) at a young age. Now the game has evolved, and you have these guys murdering microphones with wreckless abandon.
Take the time out of your day to hear these guys spit. JME, Skepta, and Frisco. Frisco’s the weakest link (you’ll know who he is soon), but he is still doing the damn thing. If you don’t appreciate it, I don’t know what to tell you. Things should start to get crazy around 3:20, when JME starts to spit.
I’ve been posting some grime music occasionally. If you’d like, just give me some feedback, and I’ll put you on to some other stuff. I recently put up JME’s new(ish) video for “Over Me”, which is available on iTunes now. I bought it. Give me your thoughts! Can this genre make it to the US? Bonus video (it’s actually ridiculous. Skepta spits for 9 minutes straight. @DrSpaceMan put me on.) after the drop (aka press “continue reading”. ASAP.)
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I like it for most parts the beats…itll prob be tight after being polished
Comment by S 07.28.08 @ 4:34 pmWOW! lol
im the king of grime
somethin somethin somethin somethin very last time!!!
YES I CAN RHYME!!!
Comment by Jordan 07.28.08 @ 4:38 pmI don’t know if it can make it in the US. It’s not mainstream and most listeners want somethings that more vain.
Comment by Mike 07.28.08 @ 4:40 pmwhat is the definition of “grime”? rapping over techo inspired beats w a twist of reggae?
i like.
Comment by tiye 07.28.08 @ 5:00 pmI like…I was sorta/kind of introduced to it from the likes of Kano but I’m not sure if he’s considered true grime by the real heads. Then, I got into Dizzee Rascal. It’s a really interesting genre.
Not sure if you’re into dubstep or garage, but check out iTal Tek and The Streets. If you need song suggestions, The Streets’ “Dry Your Eyes” is dopeness.
Comment by reading 07.28.08 @ 8:07 pmnah, kano is definitely real grime! throw me that mp3 in the form of a zshare link if possible, reading.
Comment by modi 07.28.08 @ 8:31 pmHere’s that The Streets’ song I was referencing:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/1614334111327bfa/
Kano used to be real grime but has since strayed a lil bit . he abandoned the ends and his peoples though once he blew up just like Dizzie did
Grime music is the truth , and right now BBK is ahead of the pack . the Adenuga brothers (Skepta who spits 1st and JME who spits 2nd) both have hit CDs and also produce tons of Grime classic beats . Frisco is doin his thing with the Back 2 Da Lab mixtapes and Wiley is the godfather and pioneer of grime itself . theyre really untouchable right about now
Comment by chuka 07.29.08 @ 12:42 pmJME:
keep hating me, cuz the man at HMV knows JME, i said “MIXTAPE! MIXTAPE! MIXTAPE!” yeah you know what i’m talking about, i’m a piss take. i put out four per anum, while you stay home and watch channel. you are outshirt tee shirt anum, using it to promote my boys and my bro. also known as boy better know. i don’t know why i told you, you already know. you know dem way. you can get fake tees off ebay. let me explain. “girl better blow,” “girl better know,” “girl better show?” they all fake. boy better know, if you got them tee shirts right there, you’re on your own. see, i do a lot like acme. my brain is like an everything factory. i don’t beef or clash with anyone. i’m cool, so everybody backs me. . .sometimes people try to verbally attack me. i spot them like lyrical acne. then i warrior charge like scratchy. YEEE YEE YEE YEE YEEE YEE YEEEEE!! i got a low battery! i don’t care, my bars are catchy. bad man in london, like apache. SEE-Ri-OUS! bad man in napa! step off the plane, jump in the taxi: “take me to napa, prince and daxey.”
Comment by modi 10.26.09 @ 2:11 amyea I rocks wit grime a tad bit…more n2 dubstep…I do my thing over dubstep….dubstep comes from grime n garage for da most part…but they sick wit the fast rhyming
Comment by Khalief Khadafi 10.26.09 @ 2:47 amI wonder what a boat ride across the Atlantic would be like? Probably alot of WAVES.
Comment by Overok 10.26.09 @ 10:19 ambeen on this grime shit for a couple years bruh, they always got dope shit in the vaults. Kano used to be pretty amazing till he went pop, but then he went back to dope again on 140th Grime Street. Donaeo’s “Party Hard” is tha jam right now tho!
y’all ppl need to comment more! i’ve been holding back on commenting, but now that I’ve done it, I feel fresh, rejuvenated like a baby LMAO we all need that don’t we ?!
Comment by Finanshall 10.26.09 @ 10:48 amThis is way awesomer than how I remember the grime I bumped 5 years ago or so.. Mostly than it bothered me I couldn’t understand shit, so I don’t know if the music changed or the way I listen to it..
Good post.
Man, I remember So Solid. Those guys were legit as hell. I fuck with it.
Comment by Andy Suzuki 10.28.09 @ 9:31 amLeave a comment
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