grindie
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]grindie (uncountable)
- A style of music that fuses indie and grime music.
- 2006, Hip-hop connection, numbers 208-209, page 14:
- The whole 'grindie' thing is just bollocks. I hate labelling music. They make up names and throw it to anything.
- 2008, Damien Morgan, Hip Hop Had a Dream, volume 1, page 345:
- He is known for MCing in grime music, and is also associated with the grindie scene which combines influences from grime, with indie rock.
- 2011, Alex Kitts, Dizzee Rascal: Tales from Da Corner:
- Dizzee […] went on to make 'Temptation', creating the first grime-indie track, or 'grindie' as Dizzee calls it […]