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iceman
I have to say both Bassline and Funky are big. I think the reason why Bassline will never really be big in London is because LDN is dominated by post codes. If the post code don't fit, then people instantly hate. Im definitely a Bassline fan. It reminds me of the old days with Garage and Grime (The days when N.A.S.T.Y Crew, PAYG, Boyz In The Hood and Rolledeep were lockin down everything.Grime is basically dead. The main reason for that seemed to be because of the whole LDN selfishness. A lot of people wanted to keep Grime as a London thing. No love etc was showed to anyone from outside LDN who wanted to get in the scene (artists, producers, singers, MCs), yet expected people from outside London to buy their music and fill their pockets. Grime is still hanging on, but I can't see it being bigger than Funky or Bassline.Funky is good. It's a music that girls can really get into and lets face it, girls make raves cah I sure as hell wouldn't go to a rave if I knew there'd be no females. Funky is dancing music, so it's easy to get into and you can just bubble along to it and just smile. But it can be a little samey and there aren’t enough new bangers coming out. You can listen to a mixtape from June and listen to a mixtape from October and a lot of the tunes played in June are still the biggest tunes 4-5 months later. That’s the only thing that stops me listening to Funky as much as i might like to.Grime was gritty, real and got straight to the point. For that reason raves always seemed to have a bit too much tension and this seemed to turn the girls off. Then the violence kinda kicked in, Grime got the bad reputation and has been tarnished as 'badbwoy' music ever since those So Solid days.Bassline is very similar to Grime. A lot of old Grime/Garage tunes have been remixed/re-hashed and there are a lot of MCs, DJs and producers from Grime who have crossed over.The thing with Grime was that it quickly evolved from a music based around beats to a type where MCin was the main thing and everyone wanted to do freestyles etc. This made or more of a Hip Hop style music than the rave scene genre it started out as.Bassline has the deep bass that Grime has, but it's managed to keep the essence of vocals and keep the females involved/interested on a large scale.Also the fact that it's been allowed to be embraced by the whole of the UK means that more people have been able to get involved.I think Bassline has a place alongside Funky. You can go to a Funky rave and you'll probably hear Bassline tracks and not even realise (and vice versa) which means that intergration is possible. This is where Grime fails. It's alienated itself as a LDN sound, so it's flawed from the start.I think sooner or later Bassline will start to creep into the lives of Londoners, but will probably never be fully embraced by their streets simply because it didn't originate in the capital.Bassline and Funky serve different purposes, but both are here to stay and will only get bigger. I can't say the same for Grime. The rave scene there is dead, meaning grass roots talent is stifled from day one.Bless