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Birmingham Vs Manchester - The Great Grime War

Birmingham Vs Manchester - The Great Grime War

All dubs, in order.

Mayday
April 15, 2024

Birmingham Vs Manchester - The Great Grime War

Clashing and war, two integral parts of Grime music since its inception.

Currently, Birmingham and Manchester are at it. Over on X, Manchester producer Owlybeats has been keeping a detailed, updated thread of everything that’s going on. You can read that in full here.

It kicked off when Birmingham’s Trappy sent for Manchester’s RJ on the MCR x BRUM set [Clash starts at 27:30].

The healthy back and forth continues for a good 15 minutes, supported by a set either side. Iron sharpens iron.

RJ wasn’t at the set and replied on Twitter and after some talk it went quiet for a while.

Then off the top rope, from out of nowhere, P1Caps steps up to the plate and asks ‘Why Not?’, sending for Stretch DCM, Trappy and Drizz GB.

War is war.

In the proceeding week, we’d see a slew of dubs from both sides.

P1Caps - Why Not (Prod. Kamali)

Hours later, Trappy replied with Checkmate, doubling down on what he started.

Trappy - CheckMate (Prod. Gallah)

Shortly after, P1 was rallying the troops and Manchester’s Niftz made his way into the mix calling out a load of the Birmingham MCs.

Niftz - Preemptive Strikes (Prod. Gallah)

Stretch DCM came back to P1 with ‘This Is Why’.

Stretch DCM - This Is Why! (Prod. DubzCo)

Essmac replied to Trappy after the set with ‘Send For The Rookie’.

Essmac - Sent For The Rookie (Prod. Owlybeats)

A day later, RGG Tech came through with ‘Manny Off The Map’.

RGG Tech - Manny Off The Map (Prod. Dirty Danger)

A new MC made their way into the war, Manchester’s K.I.M.E came with the skippy ‘Self Sabotage’ replying to Trappy and some other Brum MCs.

K.I.M.E - Self Sabotage (Prod. Khabs)

Drizz GB replied to Essmac, P1 and Niftz with ‘Because’.

Drizz GB - Because (Prod. CreezOn)

2 in 2 weeks saw P1 follow up with ‘Grime Rejects’ sending for Trappy, Stretch DCM, Mayday and RGG Tech.

P1Caps - Grime Rejects (Prod. Khabs)

Which then saw RGG Tech firing a second reply.

RGG Tech - Spin Man Reply (Prod. Clxpzy)

Niftz then came with a 2-in-1-night and sent ‘Any Imposter’ swiftly followed by ‘Okay soundboy’.

Niftz - Any Imposter (Prod. Owlybeats)

Niftz - Okay Soundboy (Prod. Owlybeats)

At the time of writing, there’s talk of part 2 taking place at a live event and this is currently where things remain.

I’ll come back and update this if anything else unfolds.

Manchester’s Walshy put together a playlist of all the dubs in chronological order, you can listen to that here.

And if you want a play-by-play, check out the thread from Owlybeats here.

Manchester went to Birmingham for a live Radio Clash on The Invasion Show, hosted by DJ Free & Jaykae.

Manchester Team: K.I.M.E, Essmac, P1Caps & Niftz

Birmingham Team: Trappy, RGG Tech, Stretch DCM & Drizz GB

Trappy and P1Caps explained the origins of the clash at the 1:11:41 mark, then RGG Tech’s ‘Spin Man Replay’ was played which was followed by P1Caps ‘Grime Rejects’ dub.

The clash begins at 1:22:01. You can watch in full here: