Wondering about the influence american hip-hop/RNB has on UK hardcore/'nuum/road styles... Fair to say that jungle was hugely influenced by hip-hop (use of breaks). UK garage of course came from US garage but also Timbaland's rhythms/slinkiness. And grime (WOULD it be fair to say?) was influenced by crunk - certainly ''Boy In Da Corner'' has very crunk-ish moments. UK funky wasn't really influenced by hip-hop, more US house... And now there's Road Rap, which is a 'straight' lift of American hip-hop styles.
The UK 'urban' scene generally takes its cues from the US - even the trance-grime that has exploded in the charts is basically a slightly reworked imitation of anyone from Black Eyed Peas to Akon/T-Pain etc., innit?
Is there a big lex luger influence in Road Rap slackkk? Seems to me that that 'trap' style - pounding 808s, machine-gun hi hats, ominous synths etc. - could be translated into a dance style, or at least have an influence on it (or would it just amount to a break-less form of dark jungle?).
Nowadays you'd expect that influence to filter down to a couple of tunes by a 'post=dubstep'' producer, create a tiny off-shoot etc. Back to the idea that there's no cohesion or concentration of style in the post-dubstep scene/world. Is this true? I saw a DJ recently playing what I assume to be Swamp 81/influenced bits, and there was a fairly cohesive and consistent sound (seemed a bit boring to me, mind you dubstep probably seemed incredibly boring to most people).