For university, I'm writing a history of grime, but not so much in the evolution of the genre itself, but rather my focus is how social consciousness of it has developed --
How was grime gradually brought to a larger audience?
I feel like pirate radio like RinseFM broadcasted it big. And grime essentially already had the developed UKG scene to appreciate and spread the new sound evolution, but did any of that press expand beyond the existing UKG scene?
Blogging wise, its Silverdollarcircle, Blissblog, and Woebot... and kid shirt, technicolor, skykicking that covered the newest sounds.
... features on Stylus and now Pitchfork....
... Frere-Jones's article in the New Yorker...
But how was the grime scene covered by media and/or spread to an audience pre-2005?
How was grime gradually brought to a larger audience?
I feel like pirate radio like RinseFM broadcasted it big. And grime essentially already had the developed UKG scene to appreciate and spread the new sound evolution, but did any of that press expand beyond the existing UKG scene?
Blogging wise, its Silverdollarcircle, Blissblog, and Woebot... and kid shirt, technicolor, skykicking that covered the newest sounds.
... features on Stylus and now Pitchfork....
... Frere-Jones's article in the New Yorker...
But how was the grime scene covered by media and/or spread to an audience pre-2005?