Published 2017-12-01
“…The genre has always had strong ties to gaming, from producers who cut their compositional teeth on Mario Paint (Nintendo RD1, 1992) to MCs who incorporate videogame references into their lyrics, album titles and aliases. This article traces
grime’s relationship with gaming from the genre’s inception to the present, focusing on two case studies: veteran London MC D Double E’s 2010 track “Street Fighter Riddim” and Senegalese-Kuwaiti
musician Fatima Al Qadiri’s 2012 Desert Strike EP, a “soundtrack” to her experiences of the first Gulf War. …”
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