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It's perhaps worth noting that there are certain production styles that seem to crop up in grime and help to give it a specific identity. One of these is speed - this is where the connection to jungle and garage comes in - and the other is what you might call a kind of coldness. One of the key figures in the genre is Wiley, who has said that he would rather it had been called "eski" - his own term, short for 'Eskimo', the title of one of his tracks (another is called 'Ice Rink'). However I think more and more 'warmer' (arguably more conventionally hip hop/r&b) beats are now being produced, eg the material on the forthcoming Kano and Roll Deep albums.
Personally I take the view that grime is a form of hip hop, like crunk or g-funk it's defined by location and sound but I think the lines will become more and more blurred as time goes on, and that's a good thing. Reynolds is actually a pretty good guide to what's worth checking out in grime, but his more in-depth attempts at analysis tend to be deeply flawed due to the fact that he totally buys into dubious, problematic concepts like "the scene". |
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