Beginner's guide to GRIME

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I recently bought Dizee's album and am loving it. I want to get a couple more Grime CDs, but I have no idea what I am doing.

What I like about Boy in da Corner:

the skittery beats
the strange sounds that drop in and out (I really like this)
the jerkiness
the ruggedness
the Britishness
the darkness

Know what I mean?

So, who are the giants of grime? What are the best albums?

Please nothing too obscure. Nothing UK only.

Thanks.

― Debito (Debito), Thursday, 15 January 2004 01:35 (twenty-two years ago)

haha "nothing uk only"?!?!?!

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 15 January 2004 01:40 (twenty-two years ago)

p.s. boy in da corner is the first (true) grime album (a case might be made for more fire, i guess). wiley and tinchy strider both (purportedly) have albums in the pipeline. most grime is only available on 12" single and dubplate. or mp3.

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 15 January 2004 01:41 (twenty-two years ago)

ha how young does tinchy strider sound?! has his voice even broken?

― cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 15 January 2004 01:43 (twenty-two years ago)

haha "nothing uk only"?!?!?!

Uzbeki grime is the shit.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 15 January 2004 01:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Stop underestimating Uzbeki Grime Mr. Raggett.

― Jedmond, Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Debito, nothing is UK only when you have SoulSeek (the only P2P that you have a chance of finding most Grime.

First search ILM for Wiley and you should find a question in which I asked ILM what are the best Wiley productions - go from there.

Anybody feel like giving Debito a run down on how grime works(Riddims, Pirate Radio broadcasts etc)- I have to go to work.

― Jedmond, Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:45 (twenty-two years ago)

!this thread is a temple!

― the baby from three men and a baby, but all growed up (nordicskilla), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:48 (twenty-two years ago)

The Rough Guide To Grime
1. More Fire Crew - "Oi!"
2. Pay As U Go Kartel - "Know We"
3. Roll Deep - "Terrible"
4. Simon Sez - "Shut Your Mouth"
5. Donae'o - "Bounce (My Philosophy)"
6. Dem Lott - "Dem Lott's 'Ere Now"
7. Musical Mobb - "Pulse X"
8. Dizzee Rascal - "I Luv U"
9. OT Crew Feat. Roll Deep - "Dubplate"
10. Plasticman - "Shox Wave"
11. Wiley feat. Dizzee Rascal - "Ice Rink"
12. Kano - "Boys Luv Girls"
13. N.A.S.T.Y. Crew - "Take Dem Out"
14. DEE - "Birds In Da Sky"
15. DEE & JME - "Thuggish Ruggish"
16. Sharkie Major - "So Many Days"
17. Jammer - "Vice Versa"
18. Roll Deep - "You Were Always"

From a Mr. Centington (AKA Fiddo)

― Jedmond, Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:50 (twenty-two years ago)

N.A.S.T.Y Grime

― blimman, Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:51 (twenty-two years ago)

What I like about Boy in da Corner:

the darkness

...

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks for the feedback.

Of course I realize that grime is a UK only thing. I meant stuff that is available outside of the UK, but you already knew that, smart-asses.

Why has only Dizee mangaed to cross over? Are there other proper albums in the pipeline?

― Debito (Debito), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:53 (twenty-two years ago)

What I like about Boy in da Corner:
the darkness

Yeah, I saw that one coming. I even wrote a disclaimer, but I decided to delete it. I thought ILMers were mature enough to let it slide...

― Debito (Debito), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:55 (twenty-two years ago)

You should know better than that.

(I was trying to explain to an American a few weeks back that in the late 90s "dark" meant "good" in the UK. He thought I was taking the piss)

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Are there other proper albums in the pipeline?

Wiley?

Compilations:

N.A.S.T.Y. Crew mix by Jammer
Street Beats (Ministry of Sound)
Lord Of The Decks (there are two now?)
Crews Control

― the baby from three men and a baby, but all growed up (nordicskilla), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Jess mentioned a Donae'o album also?

Tinch may or may not release an album.

― the baby from three men and a baby, but all growed up (nordicskilla), Thursday, 15 January 2004 03:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks a lot for the links. This is a pretty intimidating genre to crack.

Wiley keeps coming up.

― Debito (Debito), Thursday, 15 January 2004 04:00 (twenty-two years ago)

FACT:My 18 yr old cousin is working on his debut grime release. I'd say he's a bit long in the tooth for it now,

― the baby from three men and a baby, but all growed up (nordicskilla), Thursday, 15 January 2004 04:01 (twenty-two years ago)

the strange sounds that drop in and out (I really like this)

http://www.wackypackages.org/stickers/7th_series/grime-heavy_small_smaller_images.jpg

― cnwb (cnwb), Thursday, 15 January 2004 04:07 (twenty-two years ago)

the wiley album exists and is coming out on xl in march. i *think* the tinchy strider album exists, but afaik he doesn't have a record deal.

is lord of the decks ii out?!

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 15 January 2004 08:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually, I was going to start a separate thread the other day asking if there are any commercially available grime compilations that make a decent enough introduction. My internet access is so k-lame at the moment that MP3s are pretty much a no-go area.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 15 January 2004 10:26 (twenty-two years ago)

i can sort you out, matt. the only comp that's commercially available in the sense of being on sale in hmv etc is the street beats one, i think, which isn't particularly good imho.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 15 January 2004 13:52 (twenty-two years ago)

eight months pass...

im a bad girl mc and notice no1 aint reppin it 4 south east london.

― chunge ting, Monday, 20 September 2004 07:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Hole in the market! You go!

― JoB (JoB), Monday, 20 September 2004 08:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Essentials are...

― martin (martin), Monday, 20 September 2004 08:24 (twenty-one years ago)

eight months pass...

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― DAEREST V1CE MAGAZINE!!!!! (ex machina), Friday, 17 June 2005 20:49 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

The future of the genre is revealed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6pbZLiLt30

― chap, Sunday, 20 April 2008 12:38 (eighteen years ago)

two years pass...

http://youtubedoubler.com/?video1=Yj1N9d8P4bg&start1=0&video2=KwxwUiDbRCk&start2=0&authorName=DJ+Adamrl%22

― Tolaca Luke (admrl), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 16:28 (fifteen years ago)

oh no, not right now, adam, please not right now.

― Tooth Far I (csa), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 16:39 (fifteen years ago)

three years pass...

can someone explain this war dub stuff that's going on right now, like a dummy's guide to what the deal is?

― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 12 September 2013 21:01 (twelve years ago)

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