Grime and I have the most weirdest relationship ever. And when I say "weirdest" I mean it to it's whole entirety. My love for Grime can about as I was on vacation in London visiting my family. Because it was my first time in the UK and feeling a tad homesick and was not interested in the music scene in the UK. My cousin was like "Yo! you have to check out these guys name Chipmunk and Giggs" My initial response/reaction was "What the fuck do I look listening to a guy named Chipmunk and Giggs?" on top of that "Why is that their stage name?". With some time I got over my homesickness and was introduced to Wiley's music when I heard "She Likes To" and loved it. I mean She Likes To isn't the most grime in terms of other songs out in the scene. However, I really liked it. So I was convinced the UK music may not be as crap as I thought it would be. I later began researching what Grime was, the origin, the leaders of the Grime scene (not really leaders but mc's that everyone is speaking of at the moment). After my lovely month in the UK and unexpected exposure to Grime, I began to tell folks about Grime. From then on, my fascination grew larger and larger.
So that while taking the train to school, I happen to see one of my old school friends and we happen to have a casual conversation of each of our summer vacation. During the conversation, the mention I went to UK. Jaws drops and she like I always wanted to go there. I began to tell how cool and fun it is. So she asked me "Did you listen to the music there?" and was like yeah and names began to drop. Wiley, Dizzee, JME, Bashy, Scorcher, Wretch32 etc. It was cool to see someone knew about the music. But this is where the story takes a turn. Just one year ago the same friend of mine was trying to introduce me to Grime and I passed on the offer. What a coincidence I would be now listening to it plus as a kid I always caught myself listening to The Streets, Ms. Dynamite, Craig David, and loads of other British artist. Which makes me wonder maybe I was bound to listen to Grime and other UK music.
What I grew to like and love about the Grime scene is the aggressiveness, the underground feel, the realness to it, the heavy usage slang. I even happen to teach myself some slang and learn some from others. It's the indescribable feeling you get seeing a cypher takes place. With the development of my interest in Grime I realized I want to move out the UK and do some work out there in the fields of Fashion, Design, Party, PR, Music, DJing etc. And on top of that use this as a way to bridge a gap between US music and the UK music scene.
Signing out,
Olliethegreat
Just another grime blog
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