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.)

I have a lot of family in the UK, so when I was younger, I was put on to the garage / grime movement. I started with So Solid Crew and Oxide & Neutrino, and now I’m all about that Boy Better Know camp. My favorite grime artist, JME, dropped this joint from his upcoming album Digital Dropout. I think it’s incredible. Wordplay is crazy, and it’s just different. I mean, who else drops 8 different short verses? I’m all about it. The video dropped in mid-August, and I’ve just seen it for the first time today. Expect to see more grime up here regularly, and if you need more grime, e-mail me and I’ll get you hip. If you don’t know what he’s saying (the accent can do that to you sometimes. Get cultured though. I’m just playing. Sheesh.), hit the “continue reading”; I got those lyrics for you so you can follow and see why it’s clever.

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dizzee rascal has done a great job of staying relevant over here in the states, as well as in his hometown of london. he’s a fusion of garage (a UK genre, based on fast-tempo electronica / dance jams), grime (another UK genre, like hip hop but “grimier”; i’ve featured a few grime joints on here back in the day), and hip hop, and this track definitely showcases his diversity as an artist.

it’s definitely a club track, a lot more upbeat and melodic than the back-in-the-day dizzee. i’m a big fan of rapping over electronica-based beats, so this joint does it for me. and he’s learned to slow down so we can understand his london boy twang, cuz back in the day i wasn’t really sure what he was saying sometimes. shout out to P&P for putting me on. featuring R&B singer chrome.

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DOWNLOAD: Dizzee Rascal – Holiday [feat. Chrome]

if you like that, i’ll link you to some other good jams with a similar vibe.

BONUS: Dizzee Rascal – Dance Wiv Me | Dance Wiv Me  [Shazam Remix]

BONUS: Dizzee Rascal – Bonkers [courtesy of Pocket Full of Paper]

some more grime music for you. a throwback for those who know me, but since there’s about 30,000 new people that come here weekly, i figure it won’t hurt to put you all on to this old gem.

whose better, devlin (the younger guy) or dogzilla? and after you figure out that, let me know if you think the better of the two could beat asher roth. yes, it’s because their white. regardless, i want to know what you think. these british guys aren’t ever gonna stop spitting, so major labels! get some more dizzee rascals on your labels!

my dude smokeYYY threw me an e-mail about this track a minute ago, and i finally got the chance to jam it. UK grime MC wiley and australia’s illest crooner daniel merriweather collaborate on this craaazy track. the video is pretty dope too. the concept and execution is awesome. i feel like it’s a take on the recession, because you know everybody in the world gets affected when the US economy is failing. peep.

i’m pretty sure his label did a contest and told people whoever makes the most vicious video for this single would get 10 G’s. this was the winner, i guess. i woulda liked to see more wiley and daniel, though. cuz clearly they aren’t the white guys and gals in business suits singing along. but still, though.

DL: wiley feat. daniel merriweather – cash in my pocket

PREVIOUSLY: wiley – wearing my rolex