When a superstar rapper teams with an up-and-comer it has the potential to obscure what the latter has already built. So now that Kanye and Drake have taken interest in grime artist Skepta these past couple years, the stateside pop fan might not care as much about the reemergence of the genre as it pertains to its native U.K. In the early 2000s grime grew out of pirate radio stations that illegally flooded London’s airwaves with the sounds of jungle and garage, with DJs inviting tag teams of MCs to rap atop hard-edged, 140-BPM electronic instrumentals.…
When a superstar rapper teams with an up-and-comer it has the potential to obscure what the latter has already built. So now that Kanye and Drake have taken interest in grime artist Skepta these past couple years, the stateside pop fan might not care as much about the reemergence of the genre as it pertains to its native U.K. In the early 2000s grime grew out of pirate radio stations that illegally flooded London’s airwaves with the sounds of jungle and garage, with DJs inviting tag teams of MCs to rap atop hard-edged, 140-BPM electronic instrumentals.…