Not quite as amazing by whose standards? Your standards? The standards of a lot of young people in London? Where is this empirical knowledge based?
...oh right, in comparison to Boy In Da Corner... silly me.
and just where is your fantastically argued supposition that grime is better than ever and the last half-year has seen a flood of bar-raising, quality-instating then? oh i forgot, your non stop imperious bluster means it must be true.
a slew of half baked mixtapes dont really confirm that grime is better than ever for me. BIDC isnt perfect either, but yeah, i would rather listen to that, or playtime is over, or against all oddz than a lot of quickly slung out, fan-milking mix-cds.
i dont agree that skepta is as crap as woebot says, but hes right in that skepta doesnt really have a 'voice' like DEE or riko or someone. skeptas personality comes from his lyrics and his content, not the sound of his vocals.
id actually say the same for even guys like griminal to a point - their voices dont instantly catch your attention or stand out as such, its more about what they do w/r/t making songs or say, etc (i cant actually see what theyre saying thats so great but ive already made that clear). id like to think this is where the next/current wave of grime mcs are really going to make their mark - in the same way guys like maniac are kind of a consolidation of older sounds/beats but have a standard to work from (whereas before, it was all still forging new paths), the new mcs will make it much more song-based a la hip hop than just the rave/club style 'bars and more bars' approach, esp if theres less outlets to do it live like before, and mix cds/albums are the new medium. whether this will actually happen though (esp as most releases are less like axiom or greatest hits and more like odds and ends), i have no idea. and whether this is a good/likely/desired thing (anyone see that post on blissblog recently about grime mcs 'not knowing their place'?) in lieu of what the mc does in UK dance music im not sure.
anyone go to house party last night? i loved it - kode 9s set was fucking sick...
tubby was there, who i was looking forward to all bloody night, but when he came on, he played nothing but identikit plodding dubstep bangers.
DEE was there but seemed wasted as there were hardly any grime beats to rhyme over. there was actually next to NO grime played the whole night actually (although the bug did drop stage show riddim), which was a bit of a let down.
