What We Wore: Grime

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—01. JME, 2007.
—02. D Double E, 2004.

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Dazed is focusing in on everything grime at the moment, coinciding with Ewen Spencer's documentary Open Mic, which premiered on the UK's Channel 4 in the early hours of this morning. Included in the series of features, they've assembled firsthand recollections and a gallery of archived images highlighting what grime fans, and artists such as JME, D Double E, Wiley, Kano and Dizzee Rascal wore from the early 2000s onwards.

—Via Dazed

Weekend Listening: Mercston – Back to 95 Part 2

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—01. Track six of twelve.

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Although it seems unreal to say this, my obsession with Grime is now a decade old. I was going to mark the occasion by posting a Footsie instrumental tape from 2004, the year I discovered the genre, but last night I downloaded the newest installment of Mercston's Back to 95 series and thought I'd highlight that instead. While Mercston has never massively impressed me, with the exception of his garage-tinged, Ghetts-featuring single 'Good Old Days', it has become clear from listening to both parts of this series that he is definitely more comfortable rapping over the signature swung UK sound than he is rapping over the contemporary sound of Grime. Mercston won't come with one liners that will have you rewinding tunes, but his nostalgia-packed delivery flows beautifully over these timeless instrumentals, hijacked from artists like Roy Davis Jr. and Colours. This tape also has typically memorable appearances from Newham Generals' D Double E and Ruff Sqwad don Prince Rapid, making it well worth a click.

—Grime HQ Download