'The definitive grime biography' NME 'A
landmark genre history' Pitchfork The year 2000. As
Britain celebrates the new millennium, something is stirring in the
crumbling council estates of inner-city London. Making beats on stolen
software, spitting lyrics on tower block rooftops and beaming out
signals from pirate-radio aerials, a group of teenagers raised on UK
garage, American hip-hop and Jamaican reggae stumble upon a dazzling new
genre.
Against all odds, these young MCs will grow
up to become some of the UK's most famous musicians, scoring number one
records and dominating British pop culture for years to come. Hip-hop
royalty will fawn over them, billion dollar brands will queue up to beg
for their endorsements and through their determined DIY ethics they'll
turn the music industry's logic on its head. But getting
there won't be easy.
Successive governments will attempt to
control their music, their behaviour and even their clothes. The media
will demonise them and the police will shut down their clubs. National
radio stations and live music venues will ban them.
There will
be riots, fighting in the streets, even murder. And the inner-city
landscape that shaped them will be changed beyond all recognition.
Drawn from over a decade of in depth interviews and research with
all the key MCs, DJs and industry players, in this extraordinary book
the UK's best grime journalist Dan Hancox tells the remarkable story of
how a group of outsiders went on to create a genre that has become a
British institution.
Inner City Pressure: The Story of Grime - Dan Hancox
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