Grime _amp; Funky House

							By Jordain Johnson
   Grime is a sub-genre of UK hip-hop originating in East London around the late
    1990’s.
   One out of 2 Genres that I will be using.. Heavily influenced by UK Garage.
   elements of drum and bass, punk and dancehall can be recognized in it.
   Average tempo for such songs lay in the 140 BPM range. Often the lyrical
    approach aims to match this rate, resulting in fast paced, percussive delivery.
   Grime finds more MC’s putting lyrics down over the music “Spitting” rather
    than soulfully crooning over tracks... Moving towards 2009 these so called
    Mc’s are evolving into Artists with new ideas and styles.. The genre is moving
    from mix tape on top of mix tape to albums..
   As stated above, Grime emerged as an offshoot of Garage, and seemingly in
    complete contrast to its American hip-hop counterpart. Where most
    mainstream hip-hop artists in the U.S. celebrate their money, women and
    extravagant lifestyle, Grime artist tend to offer a gritty real-world account of
    living in impoverished, rough council estates.
   The History of Funky house is a grey area as it is still fighting to be recognized
    as an actual genre but recent outbursts of “funky” is getting it more and more
    radio play and recognition.
   Firstly “There is only house. House has been around since the early ‘80s, it’s
    established and it will always be around. People may try to sub-categorize it,
    but it’s still just house - the same vibes if it’s soulful or funky… I should know -
    I’ve been on the scene from the late ‘80's! I have worked in the studio with
    Eddie Perez (Smack Production), Roger Sanchez and Erick Morillo”(Booker T)
   One of the genres that I will be basing my magazine on is (Funky House) the
    term is used very loosely the mainstream looks at our version of house as
   Ghetto/ Urban House… but it also includes soulful house elements
   “That is a misnomer - a media creation. You may as well call it Black House -
    it’s just house music. You don't hear people call rock music 'white rock' do
    you? There no such thing as either ghetto / urban house.” (Booker T).. The
    same goes for a few other genres of music that are mainly dominated with
    black people.. They are just given the label “Urban or ghetto..”
   The average tempo for funky house music lays in the 125 Bpm range
   “House has been a big worldwide scene for the last 20 years. In some parts of
    the world, a whole new generation is feeling the house vibe now, which is
    good for the music.” (DJ Leo).My generation in the UK right now is definitely
    feeling that vibe, Particularly east London and Its spreading… FUNKYFEVER!
 Some Key Artists
                                                Kano, Ghetto, Skepta,
                                                Lethal Bizzle, More Fire
                                                Crew, Roll Deep,
                                                Bashy, Skepta, Durtty
                                                Goodz.




Who’s Hot Now
Kano, Ghetto, Wretch, N – Dubz,Tinchy Stryder, Scorcher,
Devlin, Skepta, Chipmunk, Grimminal, Double S, Ice Kid,
Maverick, Voltage, Marvel, Lethal Bizzle of More Fire
Crew, Bashy, BigRem (Essentials), Ghetto, Bruza,
Skepta, Trim, Dot Rotten and JME
Who’s Hot Now
                                             Donaeo,
                                             Kimmona, Princess,
                                             Attacca Pesante,
                                             Gracious”Nappaman”K
                                             , K.I.G, Apple, Mystery,
                                             Perempay & Dee




Some Key Artists
Addictive, Attacca Pesante,Apple,Crazy
Cousinz,Calista,Coldsteps,Donaeo,Dubplate Malice aka D-
Malice,Fingaprint,Footloose,Foot Steps,Fr3e,Funkystepz,Fuzzy
,ogik,Faeda,Geeneus,Gracious "Nappa Man" K,Kimona,Kush,Kyla,Lil
Silva,MA1,MC Snye-B,Midnite & D nicks,Mini Kingz,Mr "Skanking
King" Silva,Mystery,N.B. Funky,Naughty,DJ NG,Perempay &
Dee,Princess,Roska,Sabrina ,ashington,Snapz,Tadow,The K.I.G
Family,Tribal Man,Hard House ,anton,Wookie,Zest,
            Who listens?
  The audience for UK funky House

       Mainly   people in the U.K

          London specifically
 Around the ages of early teens – late
                 20’s

 some   older people are an exception
            Who listens?
     The audience for UK Grime

       Mainly   people in the U.K

          London specifically
 Around the ages of early teens – late
                 20’s

 some   older people are an exception
Grime being an underground genre doesn't
really have any sub genres. The closest to
a sub genre in grime are fusion genres
such as Rythim & grime, Grindie and more
Funky house being an underground
genre doesn't really have any sub
genres as it is considered to be a
subgenre in itself.
 At the moment both grime and funky house are still
  underground genres.
 Some SONGS have been signed to labels but generally
  there isn't enough funky in the mainstream for there to
  be any notable record labels for songs of that genre. As
  for Grime its generally the same situation with a little less
  interest because of the nature of the music.
The only popular magazine that covers these
underground genres with a focus on them is RWD
mag. Any other magazines that cover these genres
are not very popular.
Due to the fact that these are underground genres…
These forms of music generally don’t make too many
appearances on popular shows such as MTV.. They appear
more on channel U. Recently they have been becoming
increasingly popular in the more popular programs with
grime and funky house videos showing on MTV base more
and more often
By Jordain Johnson