![]() But, I would argue that current grime doesn’t bear much resemblance to the period I’m charting here (all records on this list, bar #20 were released between 20). There’s still great grime being made, and for the first time in several years, there’s more than just a couple of labels putting it out on vinyl. The other thing that makes it hard, is that writing a feature like this implies that the genre’s dead. Grime’s often so much about instinct, feeling and physical catharsis, and instrumentally, is so powerful in its simplicity, that it doesn’t always lend itself well to writing. On page three of this piece, you’ll see what I mean. It’s also hard because, inevitably, you run out of things to say. I love Ruff Sqwad’s ‘Anna’, ‘Lethal Injection’ and ‘R U Double F’ pretty much equally, but if you feature all three then you’re killing the chance of other worthy tracks’ inclusion. When it’s a genre that you care about as much as I do grime, then picking records can be like choosing between children. This is the first one I’ve done, and it was a nightmare. ![]() Writing a 20 best feature, I presume, is always hard.
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