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Grime is a musical offshoot of the early 21st century UK Garage scene that developed in London's East End between 2002 and 2004. Grime's tempo varies between 68 and 150 beats per minute. Style of flow also varies but its most common for rappers to "spit" double time or aggressively over the beat. In contrast to its more soulful progenitor, Grime can often be dark and aggressive, featuring MCs as opposed to singers and jettisoning the R&B influences that enabled UK Garage to earn mainstream radio support. In contrast, the success of grime is inseparable from its connection with pirate radio, with many performers honing their skills and achieving underground success before approaching the mainstream. Grime has roots in both hip-hop and electronic music and is characterised by rapid and rhythmic rhyming over sparse break beats, futuristic bleeps and guttural bass growls. Perhaps due to its experimental nature and diverse stylistic influences, grime resisted attempts to classify or pigeonhole it for a long time, but in the past has also gone by the names sublow, 8bar or eskibeat. This is not to be confused with the instrumental genre dubstep, another style to evolve out of early the 2000s UK garage scene.
Breakbeat/Breaks Sub-Genres:
Big Beat
Brokenbeat
Cut & Paste
Electro
Florida breaks
Grime
Miami bass
Nu skool Breaks
Progressive breaks
Turntablism
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