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FullyRecordingz wrote:why are they saying grime is failing

Well it's not exactly going strong at the moment is it? There obviously is a lot of creativity still there, but we're not seeing much action. I do agree though, it's not really very fair to compare grime and dubstep all the time ..

It's a good thing. And as been said, they've done their homework.


But phrases like "this season's flavour of choice" say an awful lot about the way they treat music.


True of journalists everywhere.

FullyRecordingz wrote:why are they saying grime is failing
fuck off it aint even blown yet

trust me bruv grime record sales are going down hill on the regular mate, i work in a record store we used to sell about 40 % grime now we hardly stock it cos it just doesn't sell any more

grime is on the way out imho

UFO wrote: it's not really very fair to compare grime and dubstep all the time ..

yeah, gotta agree with that.. different style, different music, like night and day

Joseph-J wrote:Fuck off.

Opening line and I'm angry already.

"The hottest dance sound around wasn't born in the USA."

What was the last "hot dance sound" to come out of the USA??

Oh yeah. Be-bop.

stnuc.

You never heard of House or Techno music then, from Chicago and Detroit respectively?

UK Ignorance of the US is just as annoying as US ignorance of our achievements ...

"MC-cum-poet"


sorry i really should grow up

It's not offensive, just a a bit of a gloss-over. I don't think dubstep was meant to be described in that compact, slightly bland way.

It should be more like "Fuck me sideways, the chest rattle on Haunted made me cough my weed up," or similar.

Wil Blaze wrote:

FullyRecordingz wrote:why are they saying grime is failing
fuck off it aint even blown yet

trust me bruv grime record sales are going down hill on the regular mate, i work in a record store we used to sell about 40 % grime now we hardly stock it cos it just doesn't sell any more

grime is on the way out imho

just made another post about all the gun talk in grime.

i think that is the reason grime is slowing down, especially ona global level... it certainly turns me off sometimes.

ona side note, gun talk and the "gangster" image is what made hiphop so commercial in america.

Joseph-J wrote:Fuck off.

Opening line and I'm angry already.

"The hottest dance sound around wasn't born in the USA."

What was the last "hot dance sound" to come out of the USA??

ekhm... house and techno to name a few

With the Tempa thing, you've got to remember it may not be the journalist's fault - it could have been dictated down the phone, dropped in by a busy subeditor, etc.

r33lc4sh wrote:

Joseph-J wrote:Fuck off.

Opening line and I'm angry already.

"The hottest dance sound around wasn't born in the USA."

What was the last "hot dance sound" to come out of the USA??

ekhm... house and techno to name a few

Knew that would get people riled.

Mudda wrote:It should be more like "Fuck me sideways, the chest rattle on Haunted made me cough my weed up," or similar.

the first in a handy list of phrases for 'celebrity' PR companies to use when trying to blag a guest list for DMZ

Mudda wrote:It's not offensive, just a a bit of a gloss-over. I don't think dubstep was meant to be described in that compact, slightly bland way.

It should be more like "Fuck me sideways, the chest rattle on Haunted made me cough my weed up," or similar.

Call of the week.

Joseph-J wrote:Fuck off.

Opening line and I'm angry already.

"The hottest dance sound around wasn't born in the USA."

What was the last "hot dance sound" to come out of the USA??

Oh yeah. Be-bop.

stnuc.

uhhh...detroit techno.

Wil Blaze wrote:

FullyRecordingz wrote:trust me bruv grime record sales are going down hill on the regular mate, i work in a record store we used to sell about 40 % grime now we hardly stock it cos it just doesn't sell any more

grime is on the way out imho

Isn't that because huge mix CDs (20 or 30 tracks, often an album's worth)
are being sold for 7 quid and making vinyl redundant..??


But I don't know how those sales are doing either - maybe it's all getting booted.

Crazydave wrote: Isn't that because huge mix CDs (20 or 30 tracks, often an album's worth)
are being sold for 7 quid and making vinyl redundant..??

Mix CDs aren't making dubstep vinyl redundant, thank christ

sapphic_beats wrote:

Joseph-J wrote:Fuck off.

Opening line and I'm angry already.

"The hottest dance sound around wasn't born in the USA."

What was the last "hot dance sound" to come out of the USA??

Oh yeah. Be-bop.

stnuc.

uhhh...detroit techno.

Right - every genre that people have come up with has been, what 15+ years old? "The hottest dance sound around wasn't born in the USA" is just patronising.

The downfall of any scene begins when people in that scene start caring what the independent says about it.

Welcome to the forum Kitcarpilgrim!

I don't think it's a problem if people care about something and therefore care how it's represented in the media. I think the natural condition is show an interest.

At the end of the day media coverage is going to shape the scene - it already has - and if this means more money for the artists and djs then i'm all up for being concerned about accurate representation.

hehe. OK. But its so much fun making sweeping statements...
Thanks for the welcome.