{"product_id":"inner-city-pressure-9780008257163","title":"Inner City Pressure","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/h2\u003eA GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, PITCHFORK, NPR, METRO AND  HERALD SCOTLAND BEST MUSIC BOOK OF 2018The definitive grime biography' NME'A landmark genre history' PitchforkThe year 2000. As Britain celebrates the new millennium, something is stirring in the crumbling council estates of inner-city London. Making beats on stolen software, spitting lyrics on tower block rooftops and beaming out signals from pirate-radio aerials, a group of teenagers raised on UK garage, American hip-hop and Jamaican reggae stumble upon a dazzling new genre.Against all odds, these young MCs will grow up to become some of the UK's most famous musicians, scoring number one records and dominating British pop culture for years to come. Hip-hop royalty will fawn over them, billion dollar brands will queue up to beg for their endorsements and through their determined DIY ethics they'll turn the music industry''s logic on its head.But getting there won't be easy. Successive governments will attempt to control their music, the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Grime is the sound of 21st century protest. \u003cem\u003eInner City Pressure\u003c\/em\u003e is \u003cstrong\u003eessential reading from a superb writer on the political awakening of a generation\u003c\/strong\u003e’ Owen Jones\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Dan Hancox charts a remarkable story from pirate radio to the front pages. \u003cstrong\u003eThis is a story that deserves to be heard\u003c\/strong\u003e’ David Lammy MP\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Unputdownable and bristling with insights about grime and the city it was born in. \u003cstrong\u003eAnyone with any interest in grime, you need to be reading this, trust me\u003c\/strong\u003e’ Jeffrey Boakye, author of \u003cem\u003eHold Tight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eIt says something about the last two decades that the first real history of 21st century London comes in the form of a book about grime\u003c\/strong\u003e. Hancox tells the story of a city and a music scene with restraint, humour and anger’ Owen Hatherley, author of \u003cem\u003eA Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eRiveting\u003c\/strong\u003e… Grime, black music’s rawest response against social injustice, has the chronicler it deserves. \u003cstrong\u003eHancox is a tremendous guide\u003c\/strong\u003e’ Kitty Empire, \u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eAn extraordinary pop music story\u003c\/strong\u003e. Hancox’s deep knowledge of London illuminates the music … just as you could tell the story of the US in the Sixties via rock music, Hancox sees 21st Century London through a grime lens, from the 2011 riots to Grenfell Tower’ Dorian Lynskey, \u003cem\u003eGQ\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eA vivid and serious study of grime\u003c\/strong\u003e, stretching from its earliest stirrings through to its unexpected love-fest clinch with Corbyn’ Simon Reynolds\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘A terrific achievement and \u003cstrong\u003ean instant London classic\u003c\/strong\u003e’ Leo Hollis, author of \u003cem\u003eCities Are Good For You\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eAn absolutely brilliant read\u003c\/strong\u003e’ Tom Dyckhoff\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘A \u003cstrong\u003emust read\u003c\/strong\u003e’ DJ Slimzee\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘A \u003cstrong\u003edazzling\u003c\/strong\u003e book’ Ellie Mae O’Hagan\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘An \u003cstrong\u003eexcellent, thorough history\u003c\/strong\u003e’ \u003cem\u003eWire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘An exhaustive, thrilling account of one of UK music’s most fascinating and complex musical experiences’ \u003cem\u003eClash\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49399446864215,"sku":"9780008257163","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780008257163.jpg?v=1730467607","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/inner-city-pressure-9780008257163","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}