GRIMETHE FOUNDATIONS OF ITS SUCCESS

HISTORY A style of music that emerged from Bow, East

London, England in the early 2000’s primarily as a development of hip hop, UK garage, dancehall and drum & bass.

Grime was able to be spread via different radio stations such as Rinse FM, déjà vu FM, Freeze 92.7 and Major FM

Grime has received exposure from TV such as Channel AKA, the youth orientated BBC station BBC Radio 1Xtra and the recently defunct Tim Westwood TV

STYLE AND CONVENTIONS Grime is typified by complex 2 step, 4x4, break beats, generally

around 140 beats per minute, or sometimes structured around a half time rhythm, and constructed from different synth, string and electric sounds

Stylistically grime draws on many genres including UK garage, Drum & Bass, Hip Hop/Rap, and Dancehall. The lyrics and music combine futuristic electronic elements and dark, guttural base lines.

Grime videos usually consist of the artist and his ‘Gang/Crew’ almost carrying you around the places that they live whilst rapping and displaying a lot of hand gestures as well as showing off wealth (close up of a Gucci belt) and showing what they think is living a good life (Girls shaking ass’ and some people smoking). Although recently some grime videos have used the technique of literal interpretation.

INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE

Dizee Rascal and Wiley were the first major pioneers

among many of the Grime genre. Through them a lot

more grime artists were inspired to continue this style

of music such as

Devlin, Giggs, Scorcher, Skepta, Jammer, JME, Big

Narstie, Sneakbo, K Koke, Krept and Konan, and Many

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This is a freestyle of some of the main pioneers in their

early days