Grime

THESE FACES HAVE LED THE PIONEERING SOUND, THAT IS GRIME, FORWARD IN TODAYS MUSIC GENRES. TAKE ARTISTS LIKE SOUL SOLID WHO EMMERGED THROUGH THE PIRATE RADIO SCENE AT A VERY EARLY AGE.

THESE YOUNGSTERS TOOK A CLUB SOUND [HOUSE AND GARAGE] AND CHATTED LYRICS ON TOP OF THE SOUND WITH A COOL TYPE OF PERNAZ THAT LED TO THE WHOLE COUNTRY TAKING NOTE TO WHAT THEY STARTED.

THIS LED TO A RECORD DEAL, WHICH IN TURN LED TO A STRING OF TOP TENS AND A MULTI PLATINUM SELLING ALBUM. THE FUTURE WAS URBAN UK HIP/HOP, GRIME, BASSLINE NICHE, CALL IT WHAT YOU WILL THIS WHOLE MOVEMENT WAS A SHY REFLECTION OF THE EARLY NINETIES WITH A SCENE THAT EMERGED FROM RAGGA, THAT WOULD ONE DAY BE COMMONLY KNOWN AS JUNGLE/DRUM N BASS.

ARTISTS LIKE GENERAL LEVY, GROUPS LIKE THE DREAM TEAM, CARRIED A TORCH WHICH HAD ACTUALLY BEEN LIT IN THE EIGHTIES. GROUPS LIKE SOUL 2 SOUL, FIVESTAR, AND THE PASSADENAS. ARTISTS LIKE TERRENCE TRENT DARBY, SHARDAE, AND BILLY OCEAN ALL CONTRIBUTED TO WHAT ONE DAY WOULD HAVE THE INNER CITY URBAN KIDS YELLIN "OIY WHO'S THAT BOI LETHAL B", OR "FIX UP LOOK SHARP", OR "WHAT DO WE DO".

URBAN UK IS HERE AND EVER RISING [KEEP IT LOCKED.]

Written by D-Raw

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