It’s OK to say you’ve never heard of grime—unless you’re from the UK. That’s because this music was invented in the UK in the early 2000s.
To someone who’s not familiar with underground music, it’s easy to get confused* about hiphop and grime since they are both noisy. And many people didn’t try to tell them apart, until earlier this month when grime singers like Stormzy and J Hus led this year’s MOBO Awards—“Music of Black Origin”—nominations* in the UK.
Grime drew influence from UK electronic music and hiphop, and it mostly shows the thoughts of young people. But different from hiphop, grime singers sing in dialects* with strong accents*, making their songs special.
Lady Leshurr, known as the “Queen of Grime”, said that she once tried to hide her accent, as she didn’t want people to judge her. But one day, she realized that she didn’t need to change herself just to please others. And there’s no doubt that this is the most basic and important thing of grime music: be yourself.
“Also different from the hiphop style, which usually focuses on being rich, grime singers pay more attention to social issues* like the gap between the rich and poor.” Mykaell Riley, the director of the black music research unit told the BBC.
Although still quite young, grime seems to be loved by more and more people. In 2016, the English grime artist Skepta won the Mercury Prize with his album Konnichiwa, beating the famous rock music singers David Bowie and Radiohead.
However, no matter whether grime is one day accepted by the mainstream music world or not, one thing is for sure: in grime, singers always stay true to themselves.
【小题1】The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refers to ________.| A．the rock | B．grime | C．hip-hop | D．electronic music |
| A．Lady Leshurr | B．Radiohead | C．David Bowie | D．Mykaell Riley |
| A．it is the most basic and important kind of music |
| B．it shows the thoughts of young people and pleases others |
| C．it has been accepted by the mainstream music world |
| D．it is sung in dialects and focuses on social issues |
| A．rock music is not popular any more | B．grime is still a quite young music type |
| C．grime is getting more and more popular | D．grime singers always stay true to themselves |
