GENRE · KNOWLEDGE GUIDE
Grime
- Genre family
- Hip-Hop
- Starting recordings
- 20
ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Grime
Grime is a branch of the Hip-Hop family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Grime is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Wiley, Jme and Lethal Bizzle.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreHip-Hop
Current genreGrime
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United Kingdom · Grime
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordingsStart with these recordings
01Leave It Yeah2012 · Grime · grimeOpen in new tab 02No!2005 · Grime · grimeOpen in new tab 03Awoh2008 · Grime · grimeOpen in new tab 04Let Me Fix Em Freestyle2008 · Grime · grimeOpen in new tab 05Intensive Snare2007 · Grime · grimeOpen in new tab 06Too Many Man2009 · Grime · grimeOpen in new tab 07CD Is Dead2010 · Grime · grimeOpen in new tab 0821 Gun Salute (interlude)2017 · Grime · grimeOpen in new tab 09Don’t Cry2021 · Grime · grimeOpen in new tab 10Iron Mountain2025 · Grime · grimeOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
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ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
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