Grime

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Grime is a sub-genre of urban music which first emerged in London in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage and electronic music.^[1] The music is typified by sparse and minimalist 2step breakbeats, generally around 140 beats per minute. Grime has an aggressive and fast style of rapping - often in double time, artists refer to this as "spitting". The lyrics and music combine futuristic electronic elements; and dark, guttural, growling bass lines. In contrast to its more soulful predecessors in breakbeat music, grime features MCs as opposed to singers and has jettisoned the R&B influences of earlier UK Garage in favour of brutal beats. Due to its experimental nature and diverse stylistic influences, artists involved in the grime scene initially resisted attempts to classify or pigeonhole the style, resulting in a range of different labels, including sublow, 8bar, nu shape and eskibeat. Grime is sometimes associated with dubstep, a similar but largely instrumental genre which also evolved from the early 2000s UK garage scene.^{[citation needed]}

1 International growth
2 Music Sample
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] International growth

The 2005 release of 679 Recordings' Run The Road compilation, showcased some of the most popular grime releases to that point. It has increased the popularity and fame of grime and grime artists internationally, particularly in France, where several visiting British grime artists have caused the country to spawn its own grime artists.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Music Sample

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- Short sample of I Luv U, by Dizzee Rascal. This is both a major early grime single and a typical example of the genre.
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