GRIME: The Documentary | History, Culture & Legacy of the UK's Favourite Underground Music Scene

[@Smith89123]

Nobody touches Kano, his lyrics, body of work and flow is impeccable

[@dd185]

Goodz

[@CertifiedHistory]

Wiley is the best ever

[@mackenziek8499]

Chip is highly underrated for bringing the spotlight back to grime with his beefs‼

[@j-rox8551]

mackenzie k 100%

[@EvanXDev]

He is top ten selected.

[@yellayettithemythical7045]

Agreed

[@bhvillaman4401]

Just no mate, grime is better with 5k views not 5 mil

[@antizerooneonefour]

@@bhvillaman4401 why

[@JesseTheMaestro]

Beautiful doc, deserve way more clout. One day they should make a Netflix movie about the OGs of grime

[@rh3836]

Bro you deserve more clout. You got some next level flows and bars. Respect.

[@bhvillaman4401]

Yeah but they'll make it about stormzy and aj not d double and skinmyman unfortunately

[@Bennybey123]

Like every other ‘grime documentary’ not one mention of Slewdem! No clout at all, dead out

[@darrenwilson146]

young stormzy fans - take note of this documentary.

[@MFordE2001]

Take note of how stotmzy has spread grime futher than anyone else in the scene fam i live in nz and hes the reason at 18 years of age ive been listing to grime for the past 3 years. You old heads need to realise these people in the video are the torch lighters and stormzy is here to guide yall into the next era. Aka King of Grime

[@twilonbashmer186]

@@MFordE2001 shutup

[@Lauryn80]

reece b you shut up 🤐 I’m 39yrs old & have seen/heard it all & yes Wiley stared grime but it’s like any type of music 🎶 he’s paved the way for the next generations but Wiley just wants beef 🥩 with any1 he see’s going at it hard & have a massive fan bass as he is always trolling (facts)Big up ALL GRIME Artists & especially Stormzy, skepta, krepts & Konan Jaykae Dizzie Dave, Jhus, Bugsey Malone, Dot Rotten Jay1,Big Narstie Devlin Chip etc (facts) #TIMESCHANGE

[@paulies5407]

@@MFordE2001 Without a doubt. Old school, new school. It don't matter. People of the UK should take a bit of pride in what these artists have done for their country

[@twilonbashmer186]

@@Lauryn80 neek

[@tonydigital6017]

I'm from Houston Texas and the first time I ever heard grime was Dizzee Rascal's Fix Up, Look Sharp when it came out. Then I got the CD and was blown away! Around 2010 is when I started seeking out the music. I remember 3 UK artists that got my attention at that 2010 time and that was Ghetts, P-Money and Skinnyman. There is alot of talent over there and I wish the majority of the US wasnt so close minded to artists outside of what they consider their own artists. I remember not knowing the slang and just looking up whatever word it was I didnt know and now listening to it.....its clear as day.

[@MiracleMorris]

I'm an American grime head myself since 2018, from Arkansas

[@oakie200984]

Respect this ... I know I'm late but shit has shifted... now UK rappers have brought lyrics and complex word play back ... The days of Nas. Mobb Deep . Biggy and Rakim will never be beaten or repeated.. But it's next level now Almost similar comparison to Pele Mardonna vs Ronald and Messi

[@oakie200984]

Sometimes. It's just a transition... and you can't compare eras

[@Pete9Tails]

Skinnyman isn't grime tho

[@shyguy9129]

​@Pete9Tails for real bro he's the reason why we have a Giggs nines and k koke like skinny man don't get the credit he deserves

[@YouTubePlaylists]

This documentary is 100% Netfilx worthy.

[@asiankaos3861]

As someone from NYC I found Grime because I was DnB DJ. Me and my boys used to make mixtapes for each other and my man had a Wiley track on his mix and it bugged me out. We had MC's here over DnB dj's but this was its own scene. As a huge Hip Hop head and Junglist this was perfect to me. This was also back in early 2000s or so. It was harder to find this stuff in the US but then my friend got stationed in the UK and just sent me all this music and it was a lock after that.

[@becky270391]

Love this!!! So nostalgic - spending my teens watching channel u and then spending ages on KZbin watching grime grow in popularity! I like where UK rap has gone but I still love all the classics 😍😍

[@Tanukii94]

i'm an Asian guy and god damn it i've been listening to grime since Jme's 96 FUCKRIES. I feel blessed

[@Sackettdude]

Love the documentary, dawg! I first heard about Grime back in ‘06-‘07 when I met a dude from south London in my neighborhood. I’ve only recently been getting into the UK artists. I love it and this sound should be more known in the US. Big up from North Carolina! Keep killing it! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@hypeicez2416]

It's Not Only Grime We Got. We Have Drill Trap And UK Rap But I Appreciate The Love G.

[@illford]

@@hypeicez2416 lets nit get into Borderline Crime Rap hete

[@fiber-donhussles.5019]

Good job on this documentary, like the way you showed the whole historical context of Grime..took me bk. Also you're narration was on point. Keep up the good works my G.🤟🏽👌🏽👊🏽🔥

[@MrChrisGordonE3]

DJ slimzee was the first person who started what grime became, everyone knows this, he used to mix garage tunes and speeded them up to 140bpm, man like Wiley was the first guy to spit bars over them and first called it grime, bless up Dean and Richard, if you know you know, E3 the home of grime real talk

[@leonpalmer2429]

People who did grime at first hated the word and tried to distant themselves from the word grime . Wiley called his ting eski beat. But yeah slimzee and wonder pushed the more mc focused garage

[@callumw3324]

Can't forget man like Danny Weed

[@leonpalmer2429]

Infact what about oxide for so solid he produced bare mc focused beats 🤔

[@nubianempresssphinx9807]

Fuck out of here he was brought in. He didn't create shit again white people trying to re right our history and make them the creator fuck of. Wiley from grime period.

[@Pete9Tails]

Big ups for slimzo

[@ZacharyAghaizu]

I don't listen to Grime, but this documentary was inspiring as someone trying to push a new sound forward. It's about joining together and pushing forward

[@SkippaG]

Respect for making this!! Takes me back maaan. I was literally there from the start taping sets from deja and rinse.

[@amdram5299]

Enjoyed this: intelligent commentary and good editing. I’ll look out for more of your content.

[@retroblak]

Beautiful tribute to the birth and history of UK Grime scene. Really enjoyed the context , content and narration 👊🏾🎧🎓❤️🤗🎤

[@young6drama]

Being mixed between African American and German, growing up in Germany. UK Grime ment more to me than German HipHop. Grew up on Dirty South Rap and UK Grime.

[@RebornRider03]

Grime is still growing, I hope it becomes universal like American hip hop

[@rommelsmith9833]

Really well put together documentary edutainment !!

[@joshuawoods6377]

the nostalgia is mad. made go back and blast some tunes I'd forgotten.

[@Bea.Sted.]

Nicely done mate, narration is 10/10! Took me back proper! Liked/subbed.

[@vyltrix1908]

As an American, it really bugs me when people here talk about how UK Drill is almost 100% inspired from Chicago drill but yet not a single word is said about how UK Grime really helped shape the sound of UK/NY Drill. Even the group 67 (UK Drill pioneers) said it themselves that UK Drill is more of a successor to Grime than it is to Chicago Drill.

[@ukjamaican4488]

Americans think they invented everything. I bet most of them don’t even know US hip hop comes from Jamaican dancehall

[@angelicthecaretaker777]

​@ukjamaican4488 hate to be that guy, but American Hip Hop was made in the early 70s. Dancehall was the late 70s. While DJ Cool Herc helped introduce Americans to the Jamaican soundsystem/remixing techniques, Hip Hop was still built on black American music, such as Funk, Disco and the Blues. Hip Hop is also insanely regional in the US. For example, East Coast Hip Hop has far more of a Jamaican influence than Southern and West Coast Hip Hop, which have their own origins and techniques distinct to that area.

[@gol.drodger5261]

@@angelicthecaretaker777doesn’t change the fact a Jamaican started it The influences used was American but a Jamaican brought it together And regional or not hip hop started in Bronx and spread to the rest of the USA yall trying to rewrite history but unfortunately it’s already well documented

[@angelicthecaretaker777]

@gol.drodger5261 I'm not disagreeing with the statement that a Jamaican, not Jamaicans, started it. And this is someone with Afro Carribean roots (Mom side.) However, a Jamaican started it USING black American music! That's the big difference. And the only reason Hip Hop is what it is now is BECAUSE of black Americans. Not Jamaicans my friend.

[@mebeardsta1135]

Hell lot of respect, straight outta Brazil! Grime is simply the best; I can't resist to a filth wobble accompanied by a cocky lad spittin bars! :P Big up!

[@nathankay-doney2143]

Great video. I first heard Grime in year 7 (I was 11/12) when I heard Chipmunk & Ice Kid's freestyle on 1xtra. Fell in love with the genre immediately. Still a Grime head to this day!

[@TTBOn00bKiLleR]

discovered grime in 2013 and became my fav genre instantly. I was into rap anyway, but this, this was smth special, felt like unearthing a big lump of gold. too bad that old school sound only seldom pops up anymore

[@danielarmstrong8503]

This is brilliant. Totally nostalgic listening back to some of the early cuts I'd thought long forgotten. More proud of Grime than anything this country has produced in the last 25 years 🙌

[@Pete9Tails]

The UK soundsystem vibe is the achievement man. Jungle/dnb, UKG, grime, dubstep, uk funky, bassline etc etc uk run ting

[@DanyelleDD]

Good documentary. Let not forget there would be no grime without UKG Big up WILEY, HLC, SO SOLID, PAYGO, MORE FIRE, ROLL DEEP AND DJ EZ!! Ayia Napa days!

[@Bennybey123]

SLEEEEEDEW DEMMMMMMMMM!!!

[@tyronemuaka5417]

fam this documentary 👏🏿

[@slapahater.4968]

Every part of this grime scene I've been apart of from the audience side. I've seen these artists growth in this ting. I've also seen man come an go. New wave Don's need to see this grime history.. respect for the upload my G. 💯💥🔥

[@samwbu]

Big up yourself for this one my bro. Serious nostalgia, sadness and pain for the voices of grime who've been left behind

[@KRXOVRmedia]

Thank you for this great work. You did a phenomenal job

[@thenumber1kidd811]

This just makes me happy of the old days and what’s happening now for the UK. Places like Stratford Rex and the rest. The attitudes and whole culture was dark and fun as fuck. I miss those days but I love how this has exploded to the world. I now live in New York and Americans are sat up and love it, it’s great. This is why music is the best communicator 💥 🤜🏼

[@Dub-C]

laura kidd I don’t even recognise Stratford now 😒

[@criminalferret9465]

This really takes me back ;) I went to school in South London so I grew up with not just knife crime, but a lot of grime music.

[@marksn4020]

Good history. I see the Americans are all over the grime tunes with their reaction videos

[@arrandodge9932]

I really enjoyed this documentary, it explains the evolution of the scene really well.Thanks to the journalists who put the programme together for us. Here's hoping the global recognition that the genre deserves comes to be before too long eh? Happy 2020 everyone.

[@refused1]

Proper documentary with accuracy.

[@somethingelse_uk]

Hard bro. Good work. Better than most so called professional productions

[@manescreen4738]

THIS IS A WELL PUT TOGETHER, A+ PIN POINT ACCURACY DOCUMENTARY. SHIT BE TOOK BACK WHEN THE TIMES WERE HARD TO PUT YOUR NAME OUT. WHAT A CULTURE WHAT A HISTORY, GRIME CAME ALONG WAY

[@johnyleans]

Good effort with the doc, thank you for making it.

[@MiracleMorris]

I'm an American that discovered grime in 2018. I wished I knew about it earlier I would've been a grime head for way longer lol. Rap never captured me like grime does

[@ps5stuffguy]

Stormzy came in at the perfect timing for the fame

[@stannykush1399]

PS4 & Stuff might have fame but he ain’t free

[@eric-vu1jy]

Stormz capitalised on drill n sold it out.. he is trap not Grime

[@ps5stuffguy]

@@eric-vu1jy ?

[@maherhamadouch2005]

Actually Stormzy was doing grime even before 2015

[@DBZ483]

Fuck stormzy

[@Steven_McCrae]

Wiley is the 👑GrimeFather👑

[@radioactivepotato2068]

I watched the genre develop. Born 1980, grew up in South London. Listened to Don FM, Flex FM, Kool FM, then Delight FM.. IMO, D&B had more of an influence on what would become Grime. MCs like Skibba, Shabba, Det, Hyper D.. built the UK MC sound as far as I'm concerned. R.I.P Hyper and Skibadee. Thing is, D&B never reached the heights that Garage did and was notoriously difficult for MCs to break through to the top tier. In the mid to late 90s, almost all pirates and clubs were banging out Garage. Most of the youts that grew up with D&B were moving over and carried that aggressive style with them. People like Wookie and Sticky forced a sub genre out of garage which had the DNA of Grime. But someone else who don't seem to get a lot of credit is Deekline. Some of his breakbeat dubplates on Flex FM, Sunday 4 - 6 pushed the boundaries and his MC (Hyperactive) was coming with different flows to match the sound. IMO, Hyperactive is one of the most versatile and underrated MCs this country has produced. That said, So Solid on Delight FM in them early days was the inception of Grime as we know it IMO. Particularly if we're talking about Grime as a culture. Just my two pennies.

[@nickychimes4719]

For me, it was "the streets" original pirate material, I rated the Kano, Mitchell brothers side there... ...in next to no time,I found the "roll deep" massive, opened up the whole scene for me Skepta and JME felt the freshest, forming the sound, at the start,when dizzee was sounding more polished, a different angle Nowadays: Skepta is still the king, Stormzy the power house just behind... I really feel that grime is a #Wiley sound, that it is him the true Pioneer

[@darrenwilson146]

Couldn't agree more. I for me I like both Mike Skinner and Wiley. Unlikely the young stormzy fans who think he started the girme scence. Us mature grime fans were there from the start and know the facts.

[@top10animedickcellpiccells35]

Darren Wilson nobody thinks stormzy started grime that he’s the king of it cause he basically killed the maker of the scene

[@finishhim6663]

Introduced to grime through SBTV by my little brother in its early days and I loved it straight away... Which is weird because I have always been metal head.

[@arthurthuczek9141]

nostalgia!!!! remember 2003 sidewinder? dizzee and wiley getting them hyper

[@WumpyChumbo]

Thanks for this video! I'm American an obviously have been sheltered by my own culture for a long time. I got into the dubstep scene years back and always heard grime style rapping but never gave the time of day to research where it all came from. I very much appreciate the history and up bringing of this culture and I absolutely love it. Honestly so much better than the U.S rap scene.

[@Kylirr]

scout

[@spoolyanddanalixdnb]

Dope DOC! Glad i watched.. I'm from USA but I remember stumbling into grime when I was younger i knew it was a thing and heard a few songs but never really dove into it. I was more interested in DnB but some grime tracks have the same groove as DnB tracks. I've always enjoyed to hear that. UK URBAN music is on another level and ahead of it's time IMO.

[@RileySerola]

This is a well put together documentary. Salute to you

[@leedoug326]

KANO ALL DAY LONG

[@theculture262]

Son, I notice how they never give Kano his proper recognition. Besides Wiley, I feel Kano is the best Mc to come out of 🇬🇧

[@kaz4442]

@@theculture262 I think Ghetts is up there aswell.

[@yellayettithemythical7045]

Man soon as I heard More fire crew I was hooked no lies. That and 21seconds so solid crew.

[@MFSGamePlay]

I've been on the UK rap scene for over ten year, D double , kano and wiley are some of my favs.

[@UKxNZ]

in 2022 Grime is still,and forever will be ,its more then music

[@DouglasLeavitt]

Thanks for the video. Very educational, I probably should have been studying for my CCNA exam, but this was worth the time.

[@mrisht2308]

So solid were garage. Big up WILEY for building a scene.

[@JJ-oz9xx]

I feel the original spirit and energy of grime was bought back around 2015-2018 on radar radio with MTP, YGG, Jammz, Capo Lee, Mez, Merky Ace, Novelist, The Square, Crafty etc. The sets these man had and the energy they had was untouchable and they bought new vibes to the table bc they had not only been influenced by the past generations of grime guy also the early uk drill sounds and road rap. If this sound that these man had blew then grime would not just be looked on as a throwback genre or nostalgia

[@maxinelawrence2332]

I enjoyed watching this👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🧐

[@gridformationracing2094]

Very well done. Thank you for sharing. Didn't know much about the history bring from Toronto. Really enjoyed this doc.

[@panheddy8545]

thank u for making this. wonderful doc!

[@ylracci]

You killed the narration..hat off..

[@scottdavis3206]

Big documentary but u should have mentioned how Birmingham and the Midlands kept grime going wen most of London

[@mrmug4000]

Big up notts g

[@compositionsforever2466]

Indeed the country sides opened doors with the hip hop street dreams mix tape etc since year mmi

[@MajorlondonNW10]

Grime is a London creation and always will be. Northern mans can’t touch our rappers or grime artist. Other then mist rest are nothing on our level!

[@compositionsforever2466]

@@MajorlondonNW10 back in day country rappers better over hip hop beats. Streetdreamz mix cd was fire many many years ago pre-KZbin (mmiv). Nowadays ya need to have age on you fe talk bout music, Wiley is just that old enough and part of the ting to say something valid and I see and hear wa himma seh..

[@grimeallday936]

Major NW10 haha haha talking shit

[@a.ftp4207]

This documentary is sick bro One one uk dril would be good

[@CostaBlancaFrenchies]

I remember back in the very very early 00s listing to nasty crew and dizzy on pirate radio, it was d double e, armor, storming, sharky major and Mac 10, we would record the sessions on tape and have them all stashed together in a shoe box with no labels, when a good set was on we would have to sacrifice a set if we wanted to record it, showing my age there lol. Also on cable TV, rapture was the channel was one of the first televised raves with pay as you go crew and heartless crew. Early early days, it wasn't for a long time when channel U came up. Favorite MCs were d double e, sharky major and armor aka big timer.

[@Bigmohamedelk]

jme pretty much the only one still keeping it a 100% grime till this day

[@andrewhenry3760]

p money, dot rotten, big zuu, ets, saint p, pk, devlin, even stormzy...he strays from the path but he hold it down for grime. fam, there arent old skool m.cs anymore, the days of deja are gone, but grime is alive and well, its just evolved like any other form of music...just look at hiphop g. trus me, grime is alive and well, we just need to do what we used to and give more props to the producers...

[@ScrimRa]

Are you joking Jme doesn't evolve and hasn't done grime in years he sounds exactly the same in every song hahahahshshshshahahsh P money famm

[@happ2808]

Andrew Henry nah cuz it’s pretty dead

[@HeavymetalTrvp]

I’m glad I found this I think it’s crazy asf that the states just ran with the culture like we created it. One day grime will get it’s just due world wide it’ll probably take a large tour to do it but it can be done

[@GabeOkashiMusic]

I get chills watching this

[@MicWars]

Respect brother.. love this! 👏🏾

[@Lunah3134]

0:30 what’s the track name.

[@richardweekes9130]

Please explain to me why Stormzy's face is on the picture and not the Legend D Double E?

[@Vietnam-fw8tj]

Anyone know the instrumental at 20:00

[@tristv8891]

JME African Zulu warrior

[@jamestaylor4343]

This documentary need putting out there for more to see. Well put together and keeping it facts. Channel u tho 💯🙌

[@eamo723]

Really great vid man

[@ydb_tito]

I’m a Chicago rapper but I’ve got tired of all the dissing and killing in the drill scene now I listen to UK drill.. any good artist to suggest for me mates? Much appreciated 🖤💯

[@sus5770]

Uk drill has just as much dissing tho?

[@TrojanThugMusic]

Pete n Bas. Plugged in with fumez Never disappoints

[@gotsumana]

uk drill is just as violent, it's also shit, most good uk rap music is covered in this video

[@jackreid116]

5:09 whats the song called?

[@K1C2F3A4]

It a started from Coxone Saxon sound clash going back 1979 even well before that date ..

[@TheUnapologeticSista]

I was just coming to say that it all stems from the Jamaican sound clash scene.

[@craiggibbs9888]

That's Griminal at 11:00 isn't it? What's he spitting on?. I know he's on Warning earlier on, but this beat ain't the same

[@johnbennet9868]

Anyone else pick up on his pronunciation of genre. Man was saying gaanra

[@a-a-ron8789]

Man....the new grime's got me into r&b

[@dangarbs5651]

Can anyone tell me what the track is at 21.10. Starts with “I’m sick….” And finishes with “when you get the metaphor shout out”

[@bambersaur]

ho! riddim

[@captainkickoff3565]

Wiley really did have the world at his feet

[@kirksturips8629]

RIP STORMING nice documentary

[@brettjohnson293]

Good to see someone showing how much Devlin has done, too many youngers don’t realise smh

[@eric-vu1jy]

What gotme into ‘grime’ was The cdcalled ‘run the road’ on XL.. that is bare ICONIC

[@richardmarkjones8931]

Amazing doc , well done

[@chhumbawumbaa8954]

anyone know the video at 27:06 minute mark?

[@HigherCloud]

Lethal Bizzle ft. Skepta - I Win

[@dannydbrown90]

I'm so grateful that I was a teenager as grime was starting, some good times

[@boobookittie9274]

Very on point depiction 👌🏾

[@HenryyHill]

Could anyone please tell me what song is at minute 2?

[@sawatermelon]

Fantastic video - it would be great to see the adjascent UK 'conscious' rappers referenced in here too, who never got to the same level of acclaim, but still crushed it when it comes to raw bars and skill level - e.g. Akala, Lowkey, Logic etc.

[@OKG2000]

ive been with grime since the start and literally never left and i never will....

[@vendetta3766]

good documentary, and I wanna watch the history of more about the music itself

[@jyt9007]

Who’s the rapper at 20:50

[@lims6742]

J YT Tinchy Stryder

[@chrisrowland2549]

I'm 46 I found grime thru channel u loved it ever since

[@NextChapter14]

Nice content of the Grime culture in the UK, what is the last song name?

[@HigherCloud]

Thanks! And the last song is Nines - I See You Shining. Full song list is in the description.

[@dustydusty2773]

Wats d background beat at 06:30?

[@HigherCloud]

Dusty Dusty The clip’s from Chipmunk x Ice Kid - Westwood freestyle: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6WcpZmMrt2anbc The actual beat is Flukes - Hood Economics: kzbin.info/www/bejne/apSykKx5jLNln7M

[@mr.abijah]

Great documentary.

[@thesten6982]

This was great 👍

[@xxxderekxxxvibez7840]

Chipmunk is who introduced me to grime or uk rap music at fact cause I wanted to hear more music from him and I came across grime Daily then I started listening to other artists from the UK being from the islands their slangs had similarities to what I'm used to

[@stkingful]

Grime peaked in the early days and peaked again in 2015-2016. Then it died out. Now days things sound a little differently than the true grime.

[@loloinhd]

Excellent documentary !!