The Melody Web what each genre heard, and what it passed on

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Heard

Drill style · 2010–

UK drill keeps Chicago drill’s sliding 808 and sparse minor vamp and changes the voice and the grid.

Influence
Grime genre · 2002–

UK drill keeps grime’s London MC cadence and pirate-radio street room and puts them on Chicago drill’s 808 grid.

Influence

UK drill

style · 2012–

Also called British drill

Kind of Drill

2010s South London street rap that takes Chicago drill’s 808-and-hat grid and recodes the voice and the tempo (67, later Headie One). It hears Drill for the beat and Grime for the London cadence. It already gives Brooklyn drill the sliding-808 dialect New York recodes. Road-rap leftover as a UK street-rap bin. Later UK copies stay on this node. Empty extra Received/Given is historically checked.

Listen

  1. Let's Lurk 67 (2016) YouTube
  2. Know Better Headie One and RV (2017) YouTube
  3. Homerton B Unknown T (2018) YouTube · Spotify
  4. No Diet Digga D (2019) YouTube
  5. Both Headie One feat. Drake (2020) YouTube · Spotify

Passed on

Brooklyn drill style · 2018–

Brooklyn drill takes UK drill’s sliding 808 and broken hats and recodes the voice as New York street rap.

Influence

Drill → UK drill

meter and groovetimbre and productionform and structurestrength: highwell documented2012–2016recordingoral

Mechanism

UK drill keeps Chicago drill’s sliding 808 and sparse minor vamp and changes the voice and the grid. Strength high. Grime supplies the cadence (grime uk drill).

Evidence

Brixton mid-2010s tapes against Keef-era Chicago; Grove on later drill dialects.

Debate

Whether this is only a copy. The London cadence and the later tempo make a named school.

Mediators

community: Brixton drill crews

Grime → UK drill

performance practicemelodymeter and groovestrength: highwell documented2012–2018radiorecordingoral

Mechanism

UK drill keeps grime’s London MC cadence and pirate-radio street room and puts them on Chicago drill’s 808 grid. Strength high. Drill supplies the beat (drill uk drill); this file is the voice. Do not mint road-rap as a leftover UK street-rap bin.

Evidence

Brixton mid-2010s tapes against 2000s grime cadence; Grove on later UK rap dialects.

Debate

Whether this is already grime with 808s. The beat parent is Chicago drill; the cadence is grime’s.

Mediators

community: South London MCs

UK drill → Brooklyn drill

meter and groovetimbre and productionperformance practicestrength: highwell documented2018–2020recordingoral

Mechanism

Brooklyn drill takes UK drill’s sliding 808 and broken hats and recodes the voice as New York street rap. Strength high. drill brooklyn drill is the Chicago street-rap job hop; this edge is the London beat dialect. Sample drill leftover as a later NY tag.

Evidence

808Melo beats under Pop Smoke; 2018–20 Brooklyn tapes; Starr and Grove on the UK-to-NY transfer.

Debate

Whether Brooklyn drill is already UK drill with an American accent. The South London cadence remains UK drill’s; the named Brooklyn school is the recoding.

Mediators

artist: 808Melo; artist: Pop Smoke