the tune that really kicked grime off

[U.M.P]

wat tune really kicked off grime do u recon i think it's either 21 seconds or pow leave feedback

['nuum general]

instros:

eskimo

pulse x

ho

Vocals:

oi

i luv u

[EllaDecember]

forward, even though it gave grime bad press, i swear 21 seconds was garage?

[Mister Lacey]

Imo I'd pick Dilemma So Solid, Musical Mobb Pulse X, Whoa So Solid and Eskimo of course.

[Quite a character]

pulse x obviously

[TRU_G]

Oxide & Neutrino get overlooked, not saying they are the poineers, but take 'Rap Dis' for example, came out 2001/2 it was garage, with dark moody basslines and without a 2step or 4x4 drum pattern (until the brief switch up)...way ahead of its time

Aside from that, I would say it was Pulse X or some of the early PAUG beats

[Mister Lacey]

I always forget Rap Dis yeah man deffo.

[Wiz]

It was POW, let's just leave it as that.

[Mister Lacey]

Nah it wasn't.
Fucking BIDC dropped before Pow.
And was a top 40 album before POW.

[Mister Lacey]

Rap Dis was a hit before all of them.

[Quite a character]

oh yh rap dis deserves credit

[Escoguy]

Forgot all about Rap Dis, this was the tune back in the day.

[Joe]

Paug

[Xtra P]

im gonna go with "oi" it went to number 8 in the charts & the whole country was on it even people who didnt listen to grime was sayin 0i!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[compact]

Eskimo (Da Origional 1)

[Pristine Condition]

pow!!!

every1 new it.

[Mister Lacey]

LOL I really gotta disagree with POW.
I think POW is massive but it didn't kick Grime off. Oi is a decent answer though.

[Nine Bar]

it has to be oi or i luv u

lmao at pow

[Wiz]

'POW' gave grime an identity, 'I Luv You' or 'Oi' were just songs from urban music artists.

[Mister Lacey]

Again BIDC dropped and charted before Pow blew up and charted.
As far as identity goes maybe "Wot Do U Call It" it's the first track I can think of where a Grime artist came out saying I aint this etc etc.

['nuum general]

grime was already in full swing when pow dropped so it cannot be the track that kickstarted it.

[Mister Lacey]

But kickstart man is something like Dilemma, Rap Dis, Pulse X, Eskimo.

[Jay05]

Oi was the first grimey tune i heard and loved

I luv u was the the first grime song i heard and hyped to

POW was late but prob introuced a second wave of people into grime

['nuum general]

POW was late but prob introuced a second wave of people into grime

yes

[Fewie]

id say rap dis, oi & 21 seconds people say its garage but it a hype beat and hype bars (for dem days), so id class it more 'grimey'

or any tunes round dem days but these three stand out for me

[samur41]

oi or rap dis are both good answers...lets remember tho ders no right or wrong

[The Elijah]

nxt person that says a tune from 2004 getting banned 4 a week

[Mister Lacey]

Lol