The audience for political hip-hop has tended to be a bit more student-y, a bit more white, Arab and Asian, a bit more politicised, and often focused around anti-war sentiment. The lyrical narrative of the two scenes is different, no doubt, but both are putting forward valid ideas that need to be heard. Radical hip-hop pushes important political and social concepts in a very innovative way, and inspires people to reflect deeply on the world they live in and to act to improve it.
Grime focuses on the harsh realities of life for people who are constantly trodden on by society but who refuse to be ground down. Meanwhile there are issues such as police brutality, government cuts, racism and the exploitative music industry, which are shared ground between the two scenes and which are an important basis for bridging the gap between them. Are there real problems with some of the lyrical themes in grime? There is no shortage of misogyny, of glorified black-on-black violence and more.
But how can people address those problems except by reaching out and developing a context in which real discussion and progress can take place? A collaboration track would be a great step towards that; a Youtube diss is not. We need to learn not to judge but to relate to people and to lead by example. The two scenes have a lot to gain from each other and a lot to learn from each other.
In terms of creating the unity we need, Lowkey and Ghetts are uniquely well positioned to take the lead and set the right example. This could easily have been avoided if Lowkey and Ghetts had just done a track together instead of getting bogged down in childish verbal warfare on the internet.
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You were in the scene, J. You were at every rave! When you put on a grime rave, it always had the sickest line-up. The line-ups are proper weird. We need to take more control.
We need to stop letting any promoter come with their money and put on these nights and use us to sell tickets. I remember we used to go Cable and only a few people would be booked, but everyone was in there. Every week without fail! Is there anything about grime that you would change today? Y Crew all on a set. Even when you look back to when Dizzee and Titch had that thing , did you see how many people were at that set?
You get it at Eskimo Dance, but not really though. You can see all these different personalities, but they were all together spraying their bars. You used to hear people doing tunes together all the time. I guess being in a crew helps. You get the support. The moment you write your bar and record it, the support is there. Five man pushing something is instantly better than one. Does everyone get as known as each other? It can be a bit mad, but in this day and age, the support takes you far.
Out of the new emcees coming through, who would you have join the OGz crew? Jammz as well. There was a time when you and Blacks lyrically dominated the dubstep arena. In your opinion, what caused the death of the music? I was a fan of dubstep from young. I was always on it, and I was a genuine fan.
You like this sound? This is a grime MC style on dubstep. And the promotion! Being able to enter a whole different scene and bring grime with me was a great thing. It was a nice little mix. What do you think is needed for dubstep to make a resurgence?
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