A Quote by Dizzee Rascal

There wouldn't be no grime without me. — © Dizzee Rascal
There wouldn't be no grime without me.

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Beyonce's 'Bow Down,' to me, that could be a grime tune. If it's electronic and 140-ish bpm, and people go crazy to it, to me, that's grime.
We don't need Kanye to spit on grime instrumentals to show grime is great.
People often link grime with other things, like street culture, and clashing, and MC battles and whatnot. But no one's ever talked in misogyny in grime. That's often linked to hip-hop, I know people talk about that is a problem in hip-hop. But not grime.
Grime 4 Corbyn? I just don't know what I'm supposed to feel about that - does he even listen to grime?
Grime is a particular style of music. You've got electro, funk and garage; grime is its darker side. It's constantly evolving.
Grime don't mean nothing, we never called it grime. It's just a word someone associated with us. I wouldn't say all my music's grimy.
The danger is that the artists who'll put grime into the commercial and public eye will put grime at the back of their closets and jump on another genre of music.
Grime's always been big at festivals. Grime's always had an underground crew.
Grime reminds me that swimming is very gladiatorial.
I don't even think of it as a strategy. It's me in my element; it's my forte. Me being with all the mandem on the ends, spitting to an old school grime riddim, is me in my element; that's when I feel I'm at my best.
I like the dark undertow of grime, and it gets me aggressive. You need that aggression.
I just wanted to make music, and grime wasn't exactly the path that I took naturally. It was something that was put on me as a label.
In 2009, my father wanted me to join politics. I told him, 'Why should I jump into the dirt and grime of politics when I can have politicians come to me as owner of a media group?' Then my father gave me an ultimatum.
I'm happy that grime remains underground. A lot of people talk like it's some underrated or ignored genre, but to me, that's the beauty of it.
My older sister was into grime, so she got me into it. When I was ten, I begged her to take me to my first house party, where there were decks and a mic. I ended up falling asleep standing up in the corner.
Grime reminds me, if there is an echo, of sort of near enough like Liverpool in the very early Sixties. It's a lot of kids obsessed with music - obsessed with it.
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