--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Grime, in particular, is not really about…" description: "\"Grime, in particular, is not really about pirate radio and local raves on top of pubs anymore. There are things I miss about those times but as an up-a..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/135/kano-5686_loved_grime-in-particular-is-not-really-about_714975.jpg" --- # Grime, in particular, is not really about pirate radio and… ![“Grime, in particular, is not really about pirate radio and local raves on top of pubs anymore. There are things I miss about those times but as an up-and-coming MC, back then, I would have loved to have had SoundCloud and YouTube and all these platforms to promote my music.” quote by Kano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/135/kano-5686_loved_grime-in-particular-is-not-really-about_714975.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/135/kano-5686_loved_grime-in-particular-is-not-really-about_714975.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/135/kano-5686_loved_grime-in-particular-is-not-really-about_714975.jpg) > “Grime, in particular, is not really about pirate radio and local raves on top of pubs anymore. There are things I miss about those times but as an up-and-coming MC, back then, I would have loved to have had SoundCloud and YouTube and all these platforms to promote my music.” [Kano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kano/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Grime has moved beyond underground pirate radio to mainstream digital platforms, changing how artists promote music. **In simple terms:** Grime now relies on online platforms, not pirate radio. Key Takeaway Embrace digital tools for music promotion. Themes music industry digital media culture shift artist development Mood reflective optimistic Type observational advisory When to use this quote - publishing new tracks - building fanbase - online marketing - streaming releases Key Concepts grime evolution platform migration DIY promotion Questions to Reflect On - How can artists balance online reach with local scene authenticity? - What digital strategies best showcase a unique sound? A Different Perspective Traditional radio still offers community connection and live feedback. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Music](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music/) [Pirate radio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pirate-radio/) [Radio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/radio/) ## Related quotes > [Grime is a particular style of music. You've got electro, funk and garage; grime is its darker side. It's constantly evolving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tinie-tempah/grime-is-a-particular-style-of-music-you-ve-got-electro-funk-and/) [Tinie Tempah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tinie-tempah/) > [When we started out we didn't expect anything would come from it, definitely not money. We'd pay to go on pirate radio: twenty quid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kano/when-we-started-out-we-didn-t-expect-anything-would-come-from-it/) [Kano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kano/) > [Starting out, when I was on pirate radio, or even around 2005 when I was supporting Mike Skinner at Brixton Academy, I never really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kano/starting-out-when-i-was-on-pirate-radio-or-even-around-2005-when-i/) [Kano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kano/) > [You may think it's weird working with a cartoon band but there are a lot of characters in grime, especially since the early days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kano/you-may-think-it-s-weird-working-with-a-cartoon-band-but-there-are-a/) [Kano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kano/) > [Grime don't mean nothing, we never called it grime. It's just a word someone associated with us. I wouldn't say all my music's grimy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kano/grime-don-t-mean-nothing-we-never-called-it-grime-it-s-just-a-word/) [Kano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kano/) > [Me and Skepta, we're kind of from the same world but have totally different-sounding albums. That's why I get funny sometimes when people say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kano/me-and-skepta-we-re-kind-of-from-the-same-world-but-have-totally/) [Kano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kano/) > [We don't need Kanye to spit on grime instrumentals to show grime is great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kano/we-don-t-need-kanye-to-spit-on-grime-instrumentals-to-show-grime-is/) [Kano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kano/) > [YouTube provides a unique opportunity for all musicians to market and promote their music and directly engage their fans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chad-hurley/youtube-provides-a-unique-opportunity-for-all-musicians-to-market-and/) [Chad Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chad-hurley/) > [The kinds of things that business partners want you to do to promote your music - a lot of times, it takes precedence over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sisqo/the-kinds-of-things-that-business-partners-want-you-to-do-to-promote/) [Sisqo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sisqo/) > [We are working on organising classical music festivals in a bid to promote qawwali there and produce films that promote music. Perhaps people lack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rahat-fateh-ali-khan/we-are-working-on-organising-classical-music-festivals-in-a-bid-to/) [Rahat Fateh Ali Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rahat-fateh-ali-khan/) > [I am not sure if India is the right place to promote such music. I don't think there are still enough people who listen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armaan-malik/i-am-not-sure-if-india-is-the-right-place-to-promote-such-music-i-don/) [Armaan Malik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/armaan-malik/) > [I try to keeps things pretty light, try to make people laugh. I find it difficult to keep trying to promote myself. I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingrid-michaelson/i-try-to-keeps-things-pretty-light-try-to-make-people-laugh-i-find-it/) [Ingrid Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingrid-michaelson/) > [The superior person tries to promote music as a means to the perfection of human culture. When such music prevails, and people's minds are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/the-superior-person-tries-to-promote-music-as-a-means-to-the/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) > [After Rossini dies, who will be there to promote his music?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-van-beethoven/after-rossini-dies-who-will-be-there-to-promote-his-music/) [Ludwig van Beethoven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-van-beethoven/) > [I grew up on the pirate radio scene which started out as drum 'n' bass music. U.K. garage picked up and got bigger on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dizzee-rascal/i-grew-up-on-the-pirate-radio-scene-which-started-out-as-drum-n-bass/) [Dizzee Rascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dizzee-rascal/) ## More by Kano > [Grime don't mean nothing, we never called it grime. It's just a word someone associated with us. I wouldn't say all my music's grimy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kano/grime-don-t-mean-nothing-we-never-called-it-grime-it-s-just-a-word/) [Kano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kano/) > [I just have no interest in the industry of acting, I don't want anything to do with it. But I respect the craft.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kano/i-just-have-no-interest-in-the-industry-of-acting-i-don-t-want/) [Kano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kano/) > [There are too many kids who don't think they can make it to the top. They give up before they have even started, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kano/there-are-too-many-kids-who-don-t-think-they-can-make-it-to-the-top/) [Kano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kano/) > [If you're going to do something, it should be fresh and it shouldn't have been done before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kano/if-you-re-going-to-do-something-it-should-be-fresh-and-it-shouldn-t/) [Kano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kano/) > [Nah I'm not religious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kano/nah-i-m-not-religious/) [Kano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kano/) > [I have to go into the studio to make my second album knowing I'm making an album. When I first started making songs I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kano/i-have-to-go-into-the-studio-to-make-my-second-album-knowing-i-m/) [Kano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kano/) > [I hate PCs, and I hate using the mouse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kano/i-hate-pcs-and-i-hate-using-the-mouse/) [Kano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kano/) > [Me and Skepta, we're kind of from the same world but have totally different-sounding albums. That's why I get funny sometimes when people say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kano/me-and-skepta-we-re-kind-of-from-the-same-world-but-have-totally/) [Kano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kano/) > [There were eras of English music where people tried to rap in American accents and we lost our way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kano/there-were-eras-of-english-music-where-people-tried-to-rap-in/) [Kano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kano/) > [My favourite lessons in college were when we would have a professional teach us, or when we went out of the classroom for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kano/my-favourite-lessons-in-college-were-when-we-would-have-a/) [Kano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kano/) > [We don't need Kanye to spit on grime instrumentals to show grime is great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kano/we-don-t-need-kanye-to-spit-on-grime-instrumentals-to-show-grime-is/) [Kano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kano/) > [I've got a friend who went to jail in 2004 just before my first album came out. I'm on TV, and they're inside, looking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kano/i-ve-got-a-friend-who-went-to-jail-in-2004-just-before-my-first-album/) [Kano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kano/) > [I like Jay-Z for his lyrics, his flow; he's always forward thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kano/i-like-jay-z-for-his-lyrics-his-flow-he-s-always-forward-thinking/) [Kano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kano/) > [I'm always working out how people perceive me, and that's a hard thing to navigate sometimes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kano/i-m-always-working-out-how-people-perceive-me-and-that-s-a-hard-thing/) [Kano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kano/) > [I would love to be involved in a table-tennis game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kano/i-would-love-to-be-involved-in-a-table-tennis-game/) [Kano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kano/) [Explore all 100 Kano quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kano/) ## More Grime quotes > [Grime don't mean nothing, we never called it grime. It's just a word someone associated with us. I wouldn't say all my music's grimy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kano/grime-don-t-mean-nothing-we-never-called-it-grime-it-s-just-a-word/) [Kano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kano/) > [I am looking to get into the grime rap U.K. scene.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-felton/i-am-looking-to-get-into-the-grime-rap-u-k-scene/) [Tom Felton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-felton/) > [ “You \[demagogues\] are like the fishers for eels; in still waters they catch nothing, but if they thoroughly stir up the slime, their fishing… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristophanes/you-demagogues-are-like-the-fishers-for-eels-in-still-waters-they/) [Aristophanes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristophanes/) > [If I want to make a grime tune I'll go ahead and do it, but I don't really have the urge to right now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lady-sovereign/if-i-want-to-make-a-grime-tune-i-ll-go-ahead-and-do-it-but-i-don-t/) [Lady Sovereign](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lady-sovereign/) > [I don't think grime has ever been respected; it's not seen as a nice sound.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/skepta/i-don-t-think-grime-has-ever-been-respected-it-s-not-seen-as-a-nice/) [Skepta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/skepta/) > [Me and Skepta, we're kind of from the same world but have totally different-sounding albums. That's why I get funny sometimes when people say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kano/me-and-skepta-we-re-kind-of-from-the-same-world-but-have-totally/) [Kano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kano/) > [Grime is not like messiness or some fingerprints on a cabinet; it takes a long time to accumulate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roz-chast/grime-is-not-like-messiness-or-some-fingerprints-on-a-cabinet-it/) [Roz Chast](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roz-chast/) > [I was making grime before anyone else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dizzee-rascal/i-was-making-grime-before-anyone-else/) [Dizzee Rascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dizzee-rascal/) > [We don't need Kanye to spit on grime instrumentals to show grime is great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kano/we-don-t-need-kanye-to-spit-on-grime-instrumentals-to-show-grime-is/) [Kano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kano/) > [I wrote a short article called "Yardcore" for that issue, too, as an attempt to talk about the Jamaican influence on garage, grime and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kode9/i-wrote-a-short-article-called-yardcore-for-that-issue-too-as-an/) [Kode9](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kode9/) > [“You can't sit down in a bachelor's house without getting sick with cooties from the dirt and built-up grime, but you can eat off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-baker/you-can-t-sit-down-in-a-bachelor-s-house-without-getting-sick-with/) [Deb Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-baker/) > [First, my frame of reference for the Britten opera shifted. I'd always thought of Britten's approach in Death in Venice as another exploration of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-kitcher/first-my-frame-of-reference-for-the-britten-opera-shifted-i-d-always/) [Philip Kitcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-kitcher/) > [Boot the grime of this world in the crotch dear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/boot-the-grime-of-this-world-in-the-crotch-dear/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Obscenity comes from grime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/obscenity-comes-from-grime/) [Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/) > [The Grime guys have kind of rewritten the blueprint for people as far as creativity, songwriting, ownership, doing your own videos... So they're sending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ashcroft/the-grime-guys-have-kind-of-rewritten-the-blueprint-for-people-as-far/) [Richard Ashcroft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-ashcroft/) Browse all 74 Grime quotes ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Grime, in particular, is not really about pirate radio and local raves on top of pubs anymore. 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