Heyyyy...
I'm a Torontoian, who prefers hip hop (it's my favorite form of music). I've been into DnB since '95.
I prefer hard, energetic, dark jungle, styles. All I have to say is I don't know why you guys hate American DnB so much. Allot of what I heard from them sounds cool if you ask me.
You don't like there style? That's like me saying I don't like slow/unenergetic DnB, it's total garbage. Look I don't like that style, but I'm not going to say it's garbage, I'm sure there's plenty of people who like that style, so I won't call it garbage.
Why's US DnB this way? Because the US people prefer it this way, they created the demand for this style. The US producers are supplying the demand. One DJ I think y'all should check out is Conundrum (he's from Texas), he creates great mixes from great producers.
Music that doesn't have a variety of ever changing styles, dies quickly. Music that has variety stays popular. If DnB didn't have a variety of styles, it would be yesterdays music. Hip hop has been here for about 30 years, and has changed up about 10 different time. That's about once every 3-4 years, that's why it still is very popular.
Americans are known for changing things, this is because of what they call competition, to compete properly, you need something that is soemhow unique. Competition is the staple of American society, and that is what they are known best for.
Look, the US is usually the influencers, rather then the influenced. With hip hop, a music they invented (like most music forms), not one country on the planet was able to create an authentic unique style that was comparible, or better then the US style (especially the beat). At least they were able to create a style of DnB that is unique and comparible in quality to the Euro styles. Trust me, I love European DnB styles, I actually think they're tied, I can't say one is better than the other, US or European, I love both. All I know is America really sets, and defines music on the planet. DnB might be one of the exceptions, but you can't call there style garbage, or just wrong, because it's too unique for you. They are like the centre of creativity, somehow. I mean creativity as in most forms of creativity as a whole in general. You can't admit it out loud, but think about it inside for a second, you know I'm basically right, at least in creativity. My other points were important too, I'm telling you, DnB needs variety, and the US element is one form of variety that is unique, hate it or love, I will love (allot of) it either way.
Another thing I really like in US DnB that is really unique, and normal in US DnB, is the addition of samples from hip hop (and other American music forms), since the best hip hop is purely American (but I might change that, my beats are getting better and better... (I produce hip hop)), it fits right in perfectly.
Lastly, I do not care what anybody has to say, Grime is a terrible form of music, it doesn't even sound like music, it sounds too weird, and I don't care who makes it "right" or "wrong", it just sucks, period.