*cracks knuckles*
Modern-day grime is the bastard son of rave or jungle MCing really, as opposed to hip hop MCing. Lyric delivery concerned with style as opposed to content.

However if you look at the history of hip hop you can see that ‘style rhyming’ is the oldest form of rapping anyway. As the art form grew, so did its so-called sophistication and thus ‘story rhymes’ and social commentary became introduced and eventually the norm. This starting to happen now with grime as it develops.

Personally I like nothing more than rhyming purely for the sake of nice-sounding words: I have no need of a lecture about the ‘ghetto’ from some 18-year-old twat.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 14:51, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Do you lecture the punters while you play your gramophone records?
Or do you pretend to be one of them?
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 14:55, Reply)

My DJ sets are accompanied by slides
and annotated handouts are given out at the door.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 14:58, Reply)

Followed by a 4000 word essay before thay are allowed to leave.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 15:13, Reply)

I fucking love this.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 15:14, Reply)

I have nothing to add to this
Monty is easily the most well-versed man I've ever encountered in the ways of both hip and hop. But I do live in Norwich, where there are no black people. Not racist. Just true.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 14:58, Reply)

I have a lot to add
but I shall spare you all.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 15:01, Reply)

Probably for the best
If you start on hip-hop I'll start on heavy metal and before you know it B3ta will be a wasteland barren of all save us
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 15:05, Reply)

I got
blah-blah-blah.
Why is it all rap (may be wrong tag) sounds like

Humpty-dumpty
sat on a wall
Humpty-dumpty
had a big fall?
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 15:04, Reply)

And does it have to be so sweary?
and much too loud?
I have to turn my hearing aid down whenever a Vauxhall Nova drives past.
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 15:07, Reply)