2000's ...
Genre of electronic dance
Emerged in Bow, London
Influenced by UK Garage, Jungle, Dancehall and Hip Hop
Spread amongst underground scenes
Dizzee Rascal helped Grime achieve mainstream regonition
More instrumental and less vocal
Musicians were very young - some getting their first single at the age of 16
Form 696 made it difficult for Grime artisrs to find a platform to play their music. Form 696 risk assessment - 21 days in adcance of a performance. Asked for artists, target audiences, style of music, ethnic minorities. This meant that many grime nights got shut down
Decline in the late 2000's - Grime artists tried to become more commercial
2014 'German Whip' got to no 13 in the single chart and this helped develop Grime again
2015 Kanye West asked Grime artists to join him on stage at the BRIT awards
2017 Stormzys album Gang Signs and Prayer was the first Grime album to reach no 1 in the UK charts
2019 - Stormzy became the first Grime artist to headline Glastonbury
Further influenced Afroswing and UK Drill
Lyrics can be very political. Grime4Corbyn - wanted all their fans to vote Labour. Stormzy called out Theresa May in his 2017 BRITs performance because of Grenfell victims
Lethal Bizzle
Dizzee Rascal
Wiley
Stromzy
AJ Tracey
Skepta
Spread amongst pirate radio stations - rinse FM - built an audience
Use of DVD's - show interviews and battle rapping. DVDs were eventually sold through independent record stores
Popularity through uploads to Youtube
File sharing - Limewire/Bearshare and social media Facebook, MySpace
TV channel - Channel U - people to discover new Grime music
Logan Sama's show on KISS FM- one of the only daytime shows to play Grime
2012 - Charlie Sloth 'Fire in the Booth' on BBC1extra - grime artist platform - helped the revival of Grime
Feb 2017 - Grimesales had risen by 100%, physical sales risen by 109%, digital sales risen by 51% and streaming risen by 138%
Syncopated breakbeats
140 bpm
At the start - MC's creating music from scratch and didnt have access to high end production
Aggressive electronic sound
Sparse production
Cold, dark sound
Bass heavy sound
MCing
Rapping
Regional accents
Lyrics are about urban street life
Repetitive
Vocals
Electronic sounds