grime
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- noun
- /ɡraɪm/
- UK
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grime
- Lethal Bizzle is one of the most recognized artists in the grime music scene.
- Life of Grime
And I'm pretty sure that's from a grime artist in London in some sort of a rap song.
- And I'm pretty sure that's from a grime artist in London in some sort of a rap song.
- And sometimes she plays like I thought she calls it like UK garage and like, grime or something.
- Drill to me is just like grime, not the music but to garage.
- So what about the kind of grime stuff you see people calling out?
Examples
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With its multicultural aesthetic, according to some, grime is a way that Black urban British youth remix the strife of Black life in Britain.
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Grime can often be dark and aggressive, featuring MCs as opposed to singers and getting rid of the R&B influences of earlier UK Garage music.
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"Grime is a music that was born in East London, lives in East London... and maybe only makes sense in East London."
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He's a massive grime artist.
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Lethal Bizzle, or Lethal B, was born to Ghanaian parents and made a name for himself in the London grime music scene.
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Grime is a genre evolving out of a combination of hip hop, garage, drum 'n' bass, Jamaican dancehall, Afro-Caribbean soundsystem, and rave culture in the UK.
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The festival featured several performances by famous grime artists from London.
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Many people enjoy the energetic beats and expressive lyrics of grime music.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The music style grime takes its name from the word for dirt and the word grimy meaning 'dirty'. London artists used the name to show a raw, rough sound and tough street life, so the word fits the music's 'dirty' or gritty feeling.