road journal: Compilations Galore!!!! - Who Said Grime is Dead?

There has been a lot of talk recently that Grime is a dying form of music and has passed it's best. i simply cannot agree with this statement because grime is only a new art-form which emerged in the new millennium and it has still got a long way to go before it is accepted into the mainstream as one of the core genres.

To me grime is basically a sub-genre of rap music, same way crunk and Hyphy are. with Grime crews up and down the country getting recognition and artists who emerged from the grime scene such as Wiley, Tinchy Stryder, Chipmunk, ironik and Bashy gaining chart success, it is only a matter of time before critics and man dem on road stop sayin Grime is dead simply because Giggs has emerged and to put it politely 'Everyones either cattin' his style or on his dick'.

Trust me i am a huge fan of Giggs but there is no use everyone stop spitting grime and start spitting slow rap simply because another artist is gaining mass exposure of the back of it. Giggs blew because he was unique, people cattin' Giggs wont blow because why would major labels want a copy when they've got the original? People need to stop watching other cats and have their own unique selling point or else the rap scene and the grime scene wont prosper.

Remember when Klashnekoff emerged from the hip-hop scene and everyone started rapping or when lethal B did Pow and everyone started having massive posse tracks? which one of the people that copied them can you actually say had success? NONE

Over the past few months key character's in the background of the Grime scene have been working together to dispel the myth that the grime scene is dead.

UK Runnings, HHB Radio and DJ Limelight have all been busy putting out mixtapes which promote the grime scene to the masses and continue to give the artists the exposure they deserve.

UK Runnings have released Grime Watch UK Volume 2 which is receiving mass acclaim.