*imagines giggs on a kismet set*
i dont think the 'nuum' really has much legs anymore. and i dont say that as anti-nuumist. the 'theory' does hold true, even if it is just a hifalutin way of saying something that should kinda be common sense to anyone paying attention to this music.
anyway, from everything thats going on right now, theres so many diff threads now, its hard to really say any of them are pointing the way forward more than the others. theyre all equally vital (relatively). and theyre all kinda intersecting on some level (for better or worse, def worse in some cases where i feel some styles/producers dont have much identity, theyre just absorbing everything). i mean, theres 8 bit grime, which crosses over to ikonika, which meets the oneman/bok bok type circles, and they all intersect with funky, and house, and then dubbage, and so on and so on.
god im just repeating 'the borders have fallen!' stuff from a year or so ago arent i, lol, but yeah, i think thats why its hard to really get a grip on whats the future, or what the next big thing is. i mean, uk mc-based music is here to stay now, thats for sure, but thats its own strand now surely. one that will likely just pick up on whatever is about and is more to do with MCs than any particular type of beats/production. the very nature of it being about mcs is that they can vocal pop, grime, dubstep, funky, whatever, but its still post-grime british mc-driven music.