Discourse - Grime (Music)

Grime is a music genre that has been around since 2000 until now that represents the UK. Grime was born within the estates and streets of East London by the artist called Wiley formerly from the Pay As You Go Crew. Grime is influenced by Rap and Hip-Hop, however it has established itself as a more aggressive and dark from the way MC’s “spit” due to the fact that the beat is way above the speed of Hip-Hop and Rap that is set around 140 beats per minuet. Grime has been a subject to a lot of criticisms about the genre not able to have it’s own category slot in awards only to be under “Urban”. However, there are many artists that contribute to producing music but only a handful stand out to the scene that acquire recognition thus making a step to the mainstream. Artists such as Dizzee Rascal, Lethal B, Kano, Wiley and Tinchy Stryder are amongst the few that have been able to establish themselves as hit makers and artist that can produce “good music”. This genre is portrayed as the representation of the “gritty” streets of London and has an influence on their style of designs in the artists cover of their mix cd’s or albums.

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