So this is Great Britain?: It's a Grime ting!

Having listened to Grime for almost 7 years now, and bearing tragic witness to it's explosion, peak, downfall and further evolution, it's fair to say that it's finally had it's day. When the Dubstep fad eventually fades out, which in some respects couldn't come any sooner, I think Grime will disappear into the distant archives of the Noughties (god I hate that word) for good.

I've been doing a bit of reminiscing recently, and I still like to maintain the fact that Grime was pretty fucking cool in the 00's. You know, when everyone starting wearing New Era hats in like 2004?

So yeh, what I've done here is collated all the things that I have loved dearly about grime, the video's that I spent hours watching as a confused white Grammar school student trying to be black, and just generally my favourite bits of the original old school Grime sound.

I'm not trying to take anything away from the scene that is still alive today, O.G'z are sick and there is still alot of talent out there, but the sound isn't as I know and loved it once upon a time.

*Please bare in mind this is the perspective of a skinny white guy.

Crazy Titch

Crazy Titch was always a bit of a dangerous one, that's the vibe I kinda got anyway. My fondest Crazy Titch memories are the YouTube vids of him walking around Stratford with his massive dog staring at people and trying to sell CDs. Now serving life for murder, he's gone for good from the scene; I really don't think Grime will still be about in 2036, there's always hope I guess?

Tempa T

There's no two ways about it, you really really wouldn't want to bump into Tempz in the Sainsburys queue, or stare at him for too long if he's sitting at the back of the bus. I'm sure he is a really nice guy, but a large proportion of his lyrics refer to a love for kicking the shit out of anyone who makes any form of indecent gesture in one's general direction. Tempz is awesome, he just loves getting hyped.

Catch him at the back of the flats! WOOIII!

Roll Deep Crew

Even though Wiley has got a really bad reputation for being a massive pussy and sleeping with minors, and now they've completely sold their souls to MTV Base, Roll Deep were fucking sick back in the day. They made blacked out Nike tracksuits look cool and everyone tried to imitate Scratchy's warrior charge at some point. Plus Roll Deep brought the Dizzee that we know and love into the scene so they are owed a lot for that. EEEEEEEEEE!

Lord of the Mics!

Nothing like a good old fashioned rap battle! Nuff Said.

Meridian Crew

Now tragically defunct due to sceptical involvement of a few members in a pretty horrible shooting that appeared on TV show Murder Blues, Meridian Crew were the kings of North London back in the day. Largely regarded for introducing Skepta and younger brother JME to the scene, serious guys like Big H and Bossman also blessed the mic. Both have done time I believe but that's irrelevent. Here's some old school Meridian crew shit.