I’ll start, somehow by coincidence I ended up sat next to Novelist at Ronnie Scotts jazz bar in soho

I want to understand a little bit more what the vibe is. Over the last couple of months I’ve seen comments from people here and on social media that imply that they’re not really connecting with present day grime. They wish it was like it used to be in the early 2000s. I make music but I’m a fan first, and it saddens me when people display apathy and disdain towards music.

I’m not in a position to problem solve but I do feel like there’s a conversation to be had. And I’d like to do some research - Has social media made an irreparable dent, is it because live shows/sets aren’t as readily accessible? Are people trying too hard to forcefully inject nostalgia by way of 20 year old beats, filming on camcorders. Is it just that we have grown out of it naturally and moved on to other genres of music. Or is it the inverse for you. Are you actually pretty happy with the offerings right now, do you feel like your taste is well represented by the artists around right now.

Would love to know what people’s thoughts are.

Don’t suppose anyone in here will be in the know about these I’ve had them for years. I’m sure I remember using my grandad’s PC back when I was at school to buy these from the official site or whatever they were being sold on back in the day, but the fact they’re printed on Gildan tees is throwing me off. Wonder if anyone can tell if they’re just bootleg prints or were official ones ever on Gildan tees. Cheers 🫱🏼‍🫲🏽

They were very decent and had hits ( No, Forward 2, New Era, New Era 2, War) . Just because they were beefing with Roll Deep ?

love videogames and grime, trying to find music that intersects!

Already know about Sir Hiss - grove street riddim and D Double E's Street fighter

Don’t say someone like Drake or Giggs. Because that’s not grime … it can be someone small as long as they actually make or have regularly made grime

Imo it’s gotta be blacks or mr Wong

I spent 15 minutes looking for a song being “Cypress Hill” featuring Flowdan and Scratchy and I check his profile and 4 albums have been removed being #8, Godfather 3, Boasty Gang and Anti Systemic

It seems like I’m every other grime song someone shouts CHEESE! In a sort of high breathy way.. And it just takes me out of the zone entirely.

Do they think shouting cheese is funny? Like is it an industry in joke?

from what ive heard it seemed like scorcher was bigging up meridian and using some of theyre phrases,
and i cant tell if skepta and scorcher were sneaking eachother over the “go on then” cause skepta claims he came up with it and this led them to send indirect shots until they fully started going at it
but scorcher is on fuck widda team with them man after?
this probably lacks bare detail init cuz i havent slept yet so i might jus sound like sum eediat😂😂

Personally its one of my favourite types of Grime to be honest

Dizzee might have been the first to be called grime, but MFC CV was the first to use that 140 eskibeat sound on an album. Some might argue thay its garage, but I'm pretty sure either Neeko or Ozzie confirmed it's actually grime. Not putting BITC down but just trying to give More Fire Crew the props it deserves.

I just got into grime recently and I’m already into artists like Devlin of OT Crew and Big Narstie, and I wanna hear some old school grime from the 90s to early 2000s, also I know Grime isn’t the same as UK Hip Hop but does anyone have any old school UK Hip Hop recommendations like dirty dike and all those dudes, or even something different preferably from the 90s or early 2000s

For me, it's mostly old school grime artists as I mostly listen to drill now. But here's my List;

Big H

D Double E

Griminal

Paper Pablo

Skepta

P Money

Ghetts

Dizzee Rascal

Frisco

Casisdead when he's doing grime

This is a pic from about 16 years ago, I went to watch a performance at Cargo in Shoreditch. I can’t for the life of me remember his name but he had some decent tunes and had a few mixtapes. I’m annoyed I can’t remember him.

He likes 2015ish grime and jazz grime edits on TikTok. What’s a good set to get him into the proper stuff

Listening to Soul Food Vol 1 and got hit with a proper wave of nostalgia. Is it just me or is he not spoken about enough for how good he truly was outside of Roll Deep and his uniqueness?