Dancehall > Jungle > Garage > Grime: The Rewind Is Everything [1Xtra sets]

Just gonna drop these videos here to show the line of UK mic chatting music.

Cos sets from these Jamaican's - Wayne Wonder, Frisco Kid and Lady Saw



And UK ragga deejay's: Tippa Irie (from Saxon Sound a.k.a. the first UK mic chatters to chart in UK top 40 a.k.a. the sound that popularised fast-chat/double-time "rapping"), Sweetie Irie and General Levy. Please note this is the foundation of UK mic chatting culture. Accept no rewording of our history. Thanks in advance.



UK garage MC's from So Solid, Pays As U Go and Heartless Crew



Grime MCs Lethal Bizzle, Dizzee Rascal, BBK, Tempa T, Footsie



Look pretty familiar, alie?

To quote this Skepta interview:

Hypetrak: Were people in Jamaica aware of grime? What’s their perception of the genre?Skepta: When we got to the airport, kids were outside welcoming us screaming "Boy Better Know." The internet has made everything so small. They understand of the grime beats because it’s similar to dancehall while other instrumentals are a bit too fast. Overall I think they like the lyrics more because we rap like dancehall artists in the way we formulate our lyrics to build the crowd. We work it to get that rewind, that encore. American rappers don’t really want that. They just want people to dance, they don’t want the interruption, the reload. In grime and dancehall, the rewind is everything!

 As we saw the difference between A$AP Flop and BBK at the Red Bull Culture Clash. Speaking of which, none of the above would be possible if not for Jamaican sound systems.