Grime is fast becoming the most active and exciting music genre in the UK and this has been proven year after year for the last few decades. A genre that was birthed from the thriving garage scene and the mentality of British youth in and around the lesser privileged areas, Grime has now evolved into a world phenomenon whilst still remaining a predominantly British genre.
In 2015 the achievements and ongoing competitiveness between the thousands of artists and producers that build up our scene are already starting to make a bigger splash than previous years. The resurgence of the "War Dub" in grime over the last couple years has bred an even hungrier generation of musician with the likes of Kannan, Mez, Novelist all coming up looking set to dominate the scene in years to come.
The recent "War on chipmunk" that has taken place is yet further proof of the increasing competitiveness and excitement surrounding the genre that many of us know and love. I must state that as much as I think Chipmunk is an egotistical, part time pop artist trying to reclaim some word of mouth for his career, at the same time I'm glad that he has put it all on the line and sacrificed himself to some of the leading artists in the scene.
After making some rash statements to Charlie Sloth and the BBC 1xtra listeners whilst doing his Fire In The Booth, Chip (Formerly Chipmunk) found himself receiving a backlash of hate from a whole load of people on twitter including many of the most supported artists in the current scene. The tweets and comments led to Chip dropping his wardub sending for Bugzy Malone, Saskilla and Big Narstie.
Now anyone that knows our scene will know that sending for any of those three artists can see you going from a recording studio to a benefits office real quick so to send for all three is nothing more than sheer stupidity.
Big Narstie did what he did best and rallied his BDL troops by dropping an absolutely hilarious video shutting down Chip as well as addressing Jammer and Big Shizz for their involvement in Chip's wardub.
As expected, man of the moment Bugzy Malone completely ended any doubt that any of Chip's fans had about him and his capabilities with his flawless dub "Relegation". I'm glad that people are really starting to clock onto Bugzy's talent as we at Knowledge Is Power have been listening to him for over 5 years now and continue to be astounded by his approach to writing and performing music.
Another situation that has restarted thanks to Chip's sacrificial offering is the beef between Skepta and Devilman. I'm sure you all know by now that there is a long history of conflict between these two heavyweights that spans over years and years. After the clash they had on Lord Of The Mics all those years ago it was clear that these two would never see eye to eye and after Devilman replied to Chip's dub and mentioned Skepta it has all started up again.
Today Skepta dropped a war dub entitled "Nasty" aimed at and addressing the beef with Devilman and within the space of a few hours the Midlands veteran had written, recorded and uploaded a reply.
Although situations like this may cause heated debate and even in some cases physical conflict between artists and fans alike you cannot deny the impact that this has on our beloved genre in making it the most exciting genre in the UK music scene right now.
May grime live forever!
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