If This is Grime We Want More!!! | Americans React to Skepta & JME That's Not Me 

Skepta and JME are brothers and legends of the UK scene

Not sure if anyone’s put this in the comments yet, but this tune is so big because it was basically a comeback to proper grime by skepta. In the late 00s/early 2010s skepta was releasing more radio friendly songs. This song was a return to his early 2000s sound, hence the video too

Grime is Grime, Drill is Drill. There's a few similarites/bridges but they're seperate entities. If you wan't more Grime do the 60 minutes Live with a plethora of artists!

This track was made when Skepta was pretty much a household name in the UK, he was huge and went back to roots. He made the beat with original grime sounds that you'd hear in beats around 2003. The video cost him about £50 to do altogether 😂😂😂

Grime used to have a lot of clashes/battles. A lot of the top rappers you see today would clash like Ghetts, Skepta, Wiley etc true grime artists

Grime comes from UK Garage and House from the 90s, a lot of “dance” style beats a lot of MCs used to get on. Our drill is inspired from Chicago, but we made it into our own thing over the mid 2010s to late 2010s, and now what NY drill is/is heavily inspired by now. There’s a difference, both are very important to the UK rap scene. Smooth rap is now really picking up now here with the likes of Knucks and Loyle Carner becoming huge.

Grime came from a background of UK Garage/House music at 140bpm + Jamaican sound system culture. Very unique beats and flows you won’t hear anywhere else but the UK.

JME feat Giggs - Man Don’t Care

Grime is grime. UK Drill is our version of drill. Grime is a culture and genre that came about in the early 2000s, basically UK Garage and Jungle/Drum and Bass MCs mixed dancehall/Jamaican soundsystem culture with US hip-hop (e.g.the bars), if you think it's just UK rap you'll get unstuck if you ever watch a set or clash. This is the nutshell within a nutshell version obviously. Have fun discovering it!

About the music video, from Wikipedia: A music video directed made by Tim & Barry to accompany the release of "That's Not Me" was first released on RU-vid on 13 April 2014, at a total length of 3:04. It was preceded by a short documentary shot on VHS in a style intended to invoke early grime DVDs such as Lord of the Mics and Practice Hours. This video, which had a budget of £80, won the Award for Best Video at the 2014 MOBO Awards.

The Stormzy/Chip beef is a rabbit hole worth venturing down.

this is proper grime, higher bbm from the garage music influence

JME has a banger called "integrity" which you should definitely listen to. skepta has a similar song but without a feature called "shutdown". looking forward to some more grime reactions! great vid

🎶 Watch the video without liking it first "That's not me" 🎶

This is such a tuuuune 🔥🔥🔥🔥 UK Drill and Grime are separate genres. Grime evolved earlier, between about 2000-2003 and has been about ever since. This is Grime - in fact this is a classic, iconic Grime track. Skepta and JME are brothers in real life and both huge, respected Grime legends in their own right. JME sticks largely to Grime (Skepta has made more music on a wider variety of genres) and tbh if you want to understand what Grime is as a genre, you can’t go wrong with JME. Also, lots of Skepta, obviously Wiley and Dizzee Rascal for the early crystallisation of the Grime sound and style. Would recommend you follow this up with Wot U Call It by Wiley, and I Luv U by Dizzee Rascal to hear two early iconic grime records and you will understand the genre a lot more. I think you just thought JME sounds like Akala because of the accent - most well-known Grime MCs are from London, growing up not far from one another, so many have a similar accent, but if you live over here I don’t think you’d think their voices are similar… JME has one of the most recognisable voices in Grime! The ‘Mario’ type 8/16-bit sound is actually a classic characteristic of Grime. As a genre, Grime has a lot of parallels with punk, in terms of being a genre that gave kids with no musical background or experience the chance to just DIY, and sonically there is something of a similarity in the raw aggression of youth and frustration with society/the system. These kids are the generation that grew up when computers became more common place in the home, and music software would be ripped and shared about… kids installed cracked copies of Fruity Loops and other basic music production apps onto their machines. They were basic and a lot of the sounds were 8/16 bit type sounds hence why the beats they made feel like they share similarities with game console sounds/music. These kids were not musicians, they just taught themselves to make beats by using these cheap software packages. The default setting on the software was 140bpm too, which is another Grime characteristic- it became commonplace because of the software default! Hence why Grime has a very distinctive sound to other rap genres. On top of this, the vocals are usually fast and aggressive, and oftentimes comical. This is because those kids who made those beats for themselves and their friends to rap over, used to take their music to Grime clashes (on London rooftops on pirate radio) and essentially spit their bars in crowded rooms full of MCs vying to be the best… It’s a great Genre to do a deep dive into. My favourite of any rap sub genre tbh. So many of the great MCs you have already covered - Kano, Ghetts, Wretch, Skepta, Stormzy, Akala, even Little Simz, started out on Grime before moving into other areas. Kano and Ghetts still make a lot of Grime records.

It's hard to define this for outsiders, but this isn't drill at all. It's pure Grime. The lines have become blurred between Grime & drill. For true Grime fans like myself, those lines are obvious but for people coming in new it's hard to see the difference. All I can say is Grime is a whole different thing. Drill has a much more American influence while Grime has much more of a Jamaican influence.

fire reaction!! This is a classic in the UK, if it seems older, it's because it's a throwback to the early years of grime, early 00's.. The riddim is a reworking of an older grime track by Wiley called 'Pies'. For more Skepta check out 'Shutdown' 'Plugged in w/ Fumes' and 'I Spy'.. all absolute bangers

These two brothers are Grime Legends! And since you're listening to UK artists check out the clash general Chip, who's another UK Legend. His clash series with the 'indirects' player Stormzy is a must. His Daily Duppy and Fire in the Booth is also a must! Then end up back with the old gangsters Pete and Bas for the bar-heavy 'Sindhu Sesh' and 'Browns' In the UK we're all about the bars and flows!

Please check out the remix to this track, it has multiple artists, incredible energy from all of them.

I haven’t watched the video yet, I’m about to but if you didn’t know these two are brothers. Skepta is a real legend in the UK. Was around at the start of grime, has some big features like Asap Rocky and was on Drakes more life album. He was in arguably our biggest ever group called boy better know. First ever grime star to go commercial and grew the uk scene

Big up to you guys for these reactions 👊🏾💯 Grime came before UK drill and has a very distinct sound and BPM different to UK drill. Grime started in 2000, Skepta, JME Kano, Wretch and and Ghetts all started off as Grime artists and were there since the early days.

Loved this guys! "Man don't care" "96 Fu**eries" and "integrity" are a must watch/listen of JME's. Keep up the good work!

Skepta is one of the OG’s of grime !! You should react to his tune Shutdown!! Raves would literally nearly get shutdown when they played it because everyone would get so hyped

So this is the point where you arrive at the pinnacle of UK music and see the true culture that has formed and developed the music you listen to today.

Love seeing you learn about Grime, gotta react to JME - Man don't care, a classic of grime

Man don’t care from JME and Giggs is a legendary song in the UK definitely worth a listen

Grime predates drill. I grew up with it in the noughties. Grime evolved from a mix of earlier UK rap and Garage music which is also uniquely British. UK drill is actually a completely different sound and more reminiscent of American drill. Grime is unique to the UK.

More GRIME reactions!! Watch some documentaries to learn about the culture: THE RISE OF GRIME (Documentary).

Skepta and JME are brothers in real life. Their entire siblings are all successful in the UK with one deciding not to be in the media spotlight. Skepta is one of our GOAT. As for sounding like Akala I'm not sure how you think us working class people sound in London. This is how I speak lol and it's normal to Me (easy London born and raised)

You guys should watch Skepta Plugged in for sure

Skepta is pretty known in the US, check out Praise The Lord with ASAP Rocky

Dj is called DJ maximum, they are all part of a collective/label called Boy Better Know that was started years ago by JME and Skepta (they are blood brothers)

That's DJ Maximum, skepta and JME are part of a group called boy better know and maximum is the DJ for them! You could also check out Frisco(3. 2. 1.) and Jammer (Grime Boy), some of their songs are crazy good! For skepta I'd listen to Man next and JME issmad and you'll see how good he is lyrically(GENIUS!)

Highly Recommend JME-man dont care ft giggs for more JME

JME is a pioneer in the game

The garage and jungle was the time most exploded as they rode the music in dances

Court was getting the fu*k down! Man couldn't dance enough in his seat 🔥🔥🔥 great reaction as usual guys.... I'm here for it 👑

Garage and jungle was electronic music from the streets bCk in the late nineties 2000s garage went more to grime and jungle became drum n bass. Wiley kano septa and more were the ones that took grime further.

absolutley love watching you react to UK legends like this. keep up the good work lads.

I’m actually quite surprised you haven’t heard of Skepta before. He’s had songs with Pop Smoke and Kid Kudi, a lot of American reactors I’ve seen have actually heard/know him. Anyways, enjoy these two, they’re UK greats

Meridian Crew - Freestyle - Practice Hours JME WHEN HE WAS YOUNG

If you want more Grime you should hit up Devlin. Check out his FITB, GRM Daily Duppy and his F64 Freestyle👊

SKEPTA is literally the king of grime.

We have drill too but grime is a higher bpm, definitely gotta do more of these two!

The guy on the decks is Dj Maximum, thats the Dj BBK tours with innit

I thought US had already caught up with what's going on in the UK. Hello from the past! Haha legends for this

P Money fire in the booth Chip,Frisco...🥶🥶🥶great reactions all the way UK

Just so nostalgic for me grew up with these guys channel u days good old days ❤

Fun fact: Skepta is now sponsored by Rolls Royce and does brand deals with them. He also has 2.

"anytime you see me wearing a glove" is a super old school bar of skepta's from back in the day yall

Great reaction, love the energy and love you’re showing. And you guys are actually hearing a lot of it unlike some channels. Also, the guy with the glasses sounds a little like logic

Good to see u guys starting to go back and lern the uk culture, keep going u will start to appreciate 👍🏼

Grime is just grime. It began in the eary 2000's as its own genre derived from other genres such as UK Garage and UK Rap amongst others. Skepta and JME are brothers, they also have a sister called Julie and another brother who are all extremely talented and creative individuals. Maximum is the DJ, part of BBK and you will notice him at all of their shows etc. As BBK always have, they support one another and always keep each other on. Also yes, I am a big fan of grime and BBK lol

Should look at the All star remix of this song represents the sound of the UK around the time which Grime was most popular

Jme is on a BBC 1extra radio /video with general levy....it's fkn crazy good. You guys will love it

Grime is from garage and house and drum n bass all of which predate trill drill and trap

They won music video of the year. In his speach he shouts out, this music video cost me £80 lol

I've been telling you about Durrty Goodz for a while now...he's the Don Dada of Grime MC'ing 🔥🔥🔥

This track came out right when Skepta blew up Internationally He could have been making more Pop shit to make him rich but he always likes to remind everyone no matter what he still is a Grime kid for life Thats why they made the nostalgic beat and video Notice the headphones plugged in to the mic jack, old school shit when mans could only afford one mic and theres two mc's on the set 😅

'Once again, love you're diving into Grime. I have so many videos i would love to recommend but I'll keep recommending Kano live at Maida Vale Class of Deja.

Listening too old school grime is like listening too 80s rap for the Americans. Big daddy Kane and that lol cool j. These are the UK versions of them. I remember listening too this shit with all my mates buzzing cause it was so new at the time and never been heard in the UK. We've always been ten years behind. But now we're Infront. As per usual Beatles did the same the British invasion always happens

Haha, carry on with this shit man, theres so much good stuff to find. A lot of mega UK artists just spitting bars for days.

We Need a SKEPTA - PURE WATER !!

I grew up with the grime scene @ stink like sock. Watch their videos! UK smashes this scene. I love the US..but UK is my country .....they're pretty badass! Music scene is soooo good! ❤❤❤

P money, Frisco, flowdan, d double e, JME, just a few of the names you need to check out. These are grime artists that have been about since what I would at least consider the golden era of grime. These days the grime scenes saturated with Instagram rappers but you need to go back a fair few years for the Grime gold.

I have a few track suggestions for new era artist/albums that you’d guys rly like: Joey Badass-“Head High” Issa Gold-“Underwater” Lute feat JID & Saba-“Birdsong” Danger Mouse & Black Thought feat. MF DOOM-“Belize”(aware neither of them are new but the track came out this year) I checked all of these songs, and there are existing reactions out there so you shouldn’t run into another Jocelyn Flores problem

Ya'll GOTTA do "New Era" by House of Pharaohs & JME that dropped this year!

there's so much skepta that you guys are going to enjoy discovering

Jme and Skepta are legends and I’m so glad you’ve found them. If you’re gonna do more Jme (Integrity, ISSMAD or Test me) more Skepta for vids I’d recommend Man as a grimey track and bad energy ft Wizkid although I must say if you enjoyed this I’d recommend in your free time listening to the album Konnichiwa by Skepta as In IMO it’s the greatest grime album to have existed. Even won the mercury prize👀

We always been here. You just arriving to the party late boii 🤙🏼 That’s DJ Maximum from BBK

What makes grime grime was the beats done at 140bpm

Man I miss Grime so much, it was the big genre a few years ago now Drill rules here

Another 🔥🔥🔥 reaction 💯 welcome to GRIME turntables and a mic simple!!!! Straight shelling 🔥🔥🔥

Skepta has a cameo in pro greens hit jungle

Video famously cost $100. The bad boy line is because they actually did a Diddy Dirty Money remix

Unbelievable tune.

Jme and skepta are brothers, listen to jme man don’t care, it’s one of his most popular songs

Skepta and jme are legends are brothers, and legendary artists from UK grime scene. You can check some of their stuff from their group. BBK also, eg Athlete or Red Card. You should also check out dizzee rascal who is another grine legend. I'm enjoying watching your journey through the UK artists. Keep it up!

This is grime and came before drill and was popularised in naughties. Uk drill came about in 2015 and was popularised in America through likes of pop smoke

Grimes been around since like 2003. 100% UK grown.

There's also an US remix featuring Wiki from Ratking

JME, TEMPA-T, SHORTY FREESTYLE LIVE ON WESTWOOD TV!!!!! PART 1 IS JUST UNREAL!!!!

bruddas both drill and grime came from uk, but this is straight grime, and its nice to see some lads enjoying it

saw skepta when he came thru philly and the turnout was great! fun show!

I love seeing the Americans listen to our music and actually get it. 💯

Another dope reaction man you guys are killing it. A couple of other songs to react to are; ( Potter payper- Outro and slumdog millionaire, Skepta-Shutdown, JME- don't care, OFB- Daily duppy, Knucks- Daily duppy,

If hip hop is rock n roll, Grime is punk rock. Drill is different - the current generations sound.

More skepta please - shutdown, Man, Praise the lord, Bad energy

Other recommendations from the UK: Manga St Hilaire Ocean Wisdom Dizzee Rascal Knucks

Grime been around for 20 years drill is completely different and started in about 2014

6:22 this music video had a budget of £80, it won the MOBO for Best Video in 2014 😂😂

They’re brothers and been pioneers from the beginning. Would check out ‘Nang’ by them too

Have not even clicked play yet but this is already a phat W, more of this!

Drill and grime are completely different in the UK Check out Skepta Man Don’t Care with Giggs (he was on Dave’s in the fire)

"Everytime you see me wearing a glove Boy better know I got the gun in my boxer's " is the original line, he's just referencing

JME- Integrity is a good place to start

Theres some similarities but Drill has a faster tempo to it and started early to mid 2010's, Grime been with the UK since the start. Dizzie Rascal and BBK, (Boy Better Know), Skepta and that. All of that and this is Grime.

Gotta listen to the old banger from Skepta- Shutdown

I love these UK reactions

Skepta our GOAT he's the King of Grime for a reason BBK !