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UK drill

UK drill is a subgenre of drill music and road rap that originated in the South London district of Brixton from 2012 onwards. While being sonically distinct from Chicago drill music, it embraces its aesthetic and melds it with road rap, a British style of gangsta rap that became popular in the years prior to the existence of drill. UK drill lyrical…

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Cultural origins
Early 2010s, Brixton, London, England
Stylistic origins
British hip hop · drill · road rap · grime music · UK garage
Typical instruments
Vocals · audio editing software · digital audio workstation

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UK drill

Nodes89
Edges88
Triples130
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022472
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UK drill

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related to Characteristics · 31
UK drill → As, As Brixton-based, AXL Beats, Both, British, Brooklyn, But, Carns Hill, Censorship, Chicago, Complex, DJ, Drill, From Grassroots, Golden Era, Herbo, Instrumentals, It, Jammer, Mazza
related to Influence · 25
UK drill → August, Australia, Belgium, Big Shaq, Britain, France, Germany, Giggs, Gold, GottiOnEm, Homerton, Let's Lurk, Lurk, Man's Not Hot, Mazza, Michael Dapaah, New Zealand, Norway, Official Singles Chart, Roadman Shaq
related to history · 24
UK drill → An, Angell Town Estate, British, Brixton, Chicago, Dargg, Form, GBG, Giggs, Given, GottiOnEm, GR1ZZY, Grizzy, Harlem Spartans, In, Its, Kennington Where It Started, Let's Lurk, Mazza, Producers Carns Hill
related to Culture · 16
UK drill → As, CGM/1011, Criminology, Dazed, GBG/150, Harlem Spartans, In, Jonathan Ilan, London, Moscow17, Notable, The, The British Journal, UK, University, Zone
Stylistic origins · 5
UK drill → British hip hop, drill, grime music, road rap, UK garage
Typical instruments · 3
UK drill → audio editing software, digital audio workstation, Vocals
Cultural origins · 1
UK drill → Early 2010s, Brixton, London, England
is a · 1
UK drill → subgenre of drill music and road rap that originated in the South London district of Brixton from 2012 onwards

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drill uk music artists british also london chicago 2018 chart rap number 67 police group released 410 lyrics used song

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
UK drillCultural originsEarly 2010s, Brixton, London, England1.00infobox
UK drillStylistic originsBritish hip hop1.00infobox
UK drillStylistic originsdrill1.00infobox
UK drillStylistic originsroad rap1.00infobox
UK drillStylistic originsgrime music1.00infobox
UK drillStylistic originsUK garage1.00infobox
UK drillTypical instrumentsVocals1.00infobox
UK drillTypical instrumentsaudio editing software1.00infobox
UK drillTypical instrumentsdigital audio workstation1.00infobox
UK drillis asubgenre of drill music and road rap that originated in the South London district of Brixton from 2012 onwards0.90text
150instance ofArtists0.80text
67instance ofArtists0.80text

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