naw UK got the best bands too

ain’t nothing better than war

No they dont, they are rapping now

MCing is different, which also is how Rap started

MCing was the adlibbing to the DJ, which came from Jamaica as well

Then MCing evolved into Rapping where now the artist is the main part, no longer the dj/beat

MC was and still is a common term as well here, but theyre not literally MCing.

Hip-hop and grime both come from Jamaican sound system culture which in turn has roots much further back to West African music

In the UK, Caribbean sound system culture turned into dub music, that turned into jungle, drum & bass, later garage and grime. So grime comes from electronic music and is seen as an electronic genre.

In the US, the sound system culture morphed into looping disco and funk records more and the DJ lost his importance way earlier to the MC.

Yooo enjoy that bro

Gentrified to f*** now but defo try hit shoreditch

If you like art go to tate modern as well

ty for an actual explanation

Grime is hip hop simply cause its “uk rap”

Very simple its just kids rapping/rhyming over a beat

I understand ya want to be ya own thing but it all goes back to hip hop like it or not

Yeah for all our flaws, in terms of bands and soloists we punch well above weight

That's drill bro

Thats not even a diss its just history

Thread created one of the least foreseen alliances in ktt history

No, it developed separately. Basically hip-hop and grime have the same grandfather (Jamaican sound system culture).

Yeah rock bands weren’t originally British

Nah UK hip hop is different in origin and style

A lot of grime mcs do both though

although this still happened in America as well lol especially on the West Coast

We have a whole era of the late 70s to early 80s called the "Electro" era such as Egyptian Lover, Arabian Prynce, early early NWA etc.

op doesn’t know the internet exists

"I feel bad for americans. You never had grime...quite sad, innit"

Grime (and its predecessors) didn't care about the rapper until way into the 2000s. So like for 20 years it was more about the DJ. I would say that stopped in the early 80s in the USA, maybe even in the late 70s.

This song is great. Grime isnt always aggressive btw

Skip to 13:50 of this and tell me y’all not f***ing with it. The whole first 15 minutes is some of the best music ever put together but I know yall got short attention spans so I’m pointing you to the track I think yall are most likely to f*** with

Grime and hip hop are like cousins, they're related in some aspects but have slightly different roots

Nice, I will check those out. If you have any recs on any places to look for grime/jungle/garage/dubstep (like digital Mystikz dubstep not brostep bullshit) shows lmk!

Check out kwollem for more grime that's deliberately mellow

One of the greatest albums ever