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Grime

British rap style. Mixture of UK garage, drum and bass, hip hop and dancehall. Features fast 2-step breakbeats, typically around 140 BPM, laid under jagged, choppy synths and samples, especially and distinctively from 90s video games. Major artists include Dizzee Rascal, Stormzy, Skepta, and Wiley. Developed in early 2000s London and erupted into the British mainstream in the mid 2000s.

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Parents	HipHop	Typically features rapped vocals (emphasis on rhythm over melody, characteristically verbose compared to other musical styles) over beats. It emerged out of neighborhood block parties as part of a broader hip-hop culture among African-American communities in the Bronx in New York City in the late 1970s.
Belongs to AVS	avs:SubGenre	A Type of SubGenre.

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