Light Touch
The Pho Eater
Oh, absolutely. But what you're talking about is the influence that those factors have on the creation of the music, not the commercial success of that music.
There are certainly factors that go into grime being a "London thing", poor kids from the city, racism, etc. -- but that's not something that's going to affect, one way or another, the eventual popularity of the music. All you have to do is walk into a suburban nightclub/bar and see blonde-haired rich girls dancing to dirty south hip-hop to know that it's not about culture.
Thus far, grime gets good marks for authenticity, but lousy marks for marketing savvy.
There are certainly factors that go into grime being a "London thing", poor kids from the city, racism, etc. -- but that's not something that's going to affect, one way or another, the eventual popularity of the music. All you have to do is walk into a suburban nightclub/bar and see blonde-haired rich girls dancing to dirty south hip-hop to know that it's not about culture.
Thus far, grime gets good marks for authenticity, but lousy marks for marketing savvy.