Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 5, 2023 17:27:58 GMT
I've not got much interest in Grime but loved this doc
So much raw energy and passion
So many twists and turns
Eye witness accounts of a genre that refuses to die
Kano, the star of Top Boy, suggested that the “best art comes from not necessarily the best circumstances, the best start in life”. Astute, and 20 years on from it being the sound of a few rooms in Tower Hamlets, a sea of white kids sing along to grime superstars at Reading. Stormzy is a millionaire, grime is the subject of this film on BBC4 and it’s being written about in TV reviews in broadsheets. Its cultural takeover is complete
They called it young black kids’ punk rock - a genre that radio stations wouldn’t play and records that labels refused to sell. But grime would not be stopped. With machine-gun lyrics that shred the eardrums and syncopated electronics that pound the chest like a sledgehammer, grime was a product of social unrest, urban culture and disenfranchised youth colliding in early 2000s UK. It didn’t just rouse a grassroots audience, however. Today, grime is surging in popularity all over the globe and widely influencing the music charts. This is the story of the genre’s roots.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001pvjf/storyville-8-bar-the-evolution-of-grime
So much raw energy and passion
So many twists and turns
Eye witness accounts of a genre that refuses to die
Kano, the star of Top Boy, suggested that the “best art comes from not necessarily the best circumstances, the best start in life”. Astute, and 20 years on from it being the sound of a few rooms in Tower Hamlets, a sea of white kids sing along to grime superstars at Reading. Stormzy is a millionaire, grime is the subject of this film on BBC4 and it’s being written about in TV reviews in broadsheets. Its cultural takeover is complete
They called it young black kids’ punk rock - a genre that radio stations wouldn’t play and records that labels refused to sell. But grime would not be stopped. With machine-gun lyrics that shred the eardrums and syncopated electronics that pound the chest like a sledgehammer, grime was a product of social unrest, urban culture and disenfranchised youth colliding in early 2000s UK. It didn’t just rouse a grassroots audience, however. Today, grime is surging in popularity all over the globe and widely influencing the music charts. This is the story of the genre’s roots.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001pvjf/storyville-8-bar-the-evolution-of-grime
