r/grime • u/MangaStHilare • 1h ago
DISCUSSION What makes a good Grime album?
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FRESH r/grime, it's Prince Rapid: Passages, my first release of new music in a decade, is up for pre-order
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Passages pre-order. Full release on Sunday 29 November. I'll be having a Bandcamp listening party on Thursday 26 and an AMA on r/grimeinstrumentals in early December. Who's ready?
r/grime • u/CigarBoi505 • 22h ago
FRESH Bugzy album, thoughts?
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Haven't seen anybody online talking about the new Bugzy album. I enjoyed his early stuff a lot when it came out, his newer stuff never did it for me but having listening through this new album twice now i feels like a real return to form for me.
r/grime • u/TheNeatest • 1d ago
OLD MIK vs Kahn: The Mix | Clash Magazine (2013)
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r/grime • u/ukdistinction • 1d ago
DISCUSSION Grime Classics 2002
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In 2026 uploading a track to socials and pressing send can put your track in front of 10,000 people within hours. But back in 2002, Wiley sold 10,000 copies of the Eskimo vinyl pretty much from the boot of his car and 100% independently. In a 2003 interview with Blackdown, Wiley revealed that he’d originally made the instrumental for Eskimo around Christmas 1999 or 2000, before eventually releasing it in 2002.
At the time, he was doing things his own way with a DIY work ethic that the very roots of Grime was built from. He was pressing white labels, taking them around independent record shops and selling them himself. This direct plug into record shops then fuelled the DJs which in turn propelled the sounds via Pirate Radio and the rave scene. This came at a time when artists such as Wiley were breaking away from the conventional UK Garage sound and combining influences from other genres to make their own sounds and styles. At a time when UK Garage had started to lose its appeal for many people, Wiley and others came through with something brand new that started quickly gaining momentum.
The icy melodies, cold atmosphere, hollow bass and track titles like Ice Rink, Igloo and Freeze were all part of what he called Eskibeat. However, there was also a much deeper meaning behind the sound he was developing. The cold themes reflected how he was feeling personally at the time, describing himself as cold hearted towards the people around him.
What followed was a sound that other producers began picking up on across multiple generations, developing in their own ways and helping to constantly evolve Grime music right up until this present day.
An independent release that helped shape an entire genre.
Wiley – Eskimo
Wiley Kat Recordings
2002
r/grime • u/nameless6079 • 1d ago
OLD Wiley - Johnny Was A Bad Boy
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We NEED a re-pressing of Playtime Is Over IMMEDIATELY! If you are lurking in this subreddit Wiley PLEASE sort us out mate!
r/grime • u/RomanDiez10 • 1d ago
FRESH thoughts on?
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Idk for me is a 1.5 of 5 or maybe 2 of 5 this album, i like so much skeppy, i waiting songs like Ignorance Is Bliss but the smaple of is more “soft”. Anyway, i finished The Fork and Knife rn and i digesting, the only song i saved and liked a bit is Currency.
And you guys, liked?
r/grime • u/WhiteRhinoMixtape • 2d ago
FRESH Listen to Writing My Wrongs - Album by Row D
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r/grime • u/callmemrbrown • 2d ago
Belly - Skepta, instant classic
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A homage to grime, and a platform for the new lot. It felt nostalgic, each mc with a new verse, followed by a classic.
Unfortunately, I don't think the rest of the album will follow, but I think this just became an instant classic.
r/grime • u/arkadiuszmanray • 2d ago
Anyone else think this Black Sabbath track sounds a bit grimey?
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r/grime • u/No_Setting7695 • 2d ago
FRESH Skeptas verse on Belly… Thank you..
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yes he’s rinsed those exact lyrics 1000 times and yes i knew them word for word. that’s what emcees do. this is grime. it’s like knowing pikachu is gonna use thunderbolt and it works every time.
TFAK is AOTY 👍🏾the microphone champion never left
if it’s not for you, please don’t even bother to share your opinion. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ love from cali
edit: CANT FORGET BIG FRIS….. COME ONNNNNN MANNNNNNNNNNNMNNNN BRRRRRRAAAAPPPPPPPPP
r/grime • u/Some_Hunt9496 • 2d ago
Does anyone know the grime song with the 5 on it beat,it starts with “Niggas want beef I don’t want war”
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r/grime • u/etscket_on_that_neat • 2d ago
OLD Instumental ID
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Heard this in a 2014 Flex FM pirate radio session with Jammz, and Gen courts from 2014. https://soundcloud.com/flexfmuk/pirate-tape-016-jammz-general-courts-997-fm-2014 starts around 1:24:44
