A comment on the Grime

Maniac Mix - Logan Sama

So, grime. Click the imeem link to check it out. THIS is where hip-hop went, in my opinion. Too many "rappers" over here just phone in half-assed rhymes over half-assed beats and pull in a shit ton of money. How this happens can only be explained by people having no taste, which is obvious considering the popularity of swill like American Idol.
Fiddy Cent, people? How in the FUCK did he get so big? He's the worst rapper on the planet. Do we blame Dre for making some admittedly catchy beats and then selling them to some knucklehead? Really? OK, the crunk thing was exciting for a minute, they can still occasionally pull a rabbit out of the hat. But a quick spin through the radio will give you nothing but a bunch of lazy, self-inflating dick bags who can't rap for shit.
So THIS Grime business... I don't know about you, and I know it's been kicking around London for awhile, but THIS is exciting to these disappointed ears. These guys work for their sound. If they do end up getting lazy they would just have to stop as you can't pull this shit off without jamming both balls into it.
Maybe they'll get old and tired (Snoop Dogg, Busta... oh wait, Lady Soverign... yeah, I guess it can happen to the Grime) and drop off, but for as good as Snoop and Busta may have been (The Coming is a wicked album... to bad he just decided to take the money and get fat) this stuff kicks it in the neck.
Anyhoo, I'm no scholar on the subject as you can probably tell. All I do know is that this sounds fresh, sincere and energetic, and in a scene that is getting mopey and lazy and doing what it can to replicate the mood of that whole Grunge thing, well, it's great to hear someone trying.
For more, go to Logan Sama's site and download all kinds of live shit.