the more obvious reason that party breaks didn't cross over here is they can't get played in britain's generally po-faced hiphop clubs, which cater mainly for those who believe hiphop got better when it evolved away from icky drum machines and started using half second drum hits from grimy fourth-rate jazz-funk fusion songs (thanks a lot dj premier!). it still amazes me how tinny and utterly funk-less most of these tunes sound when played at club volume, which is not an inherently bad thing, it just seems silly to start an entire network of clubs around them.

(at the very top of grime-hop sits jeru the damaja's "come clean" [yes its produced by premier] - the record which i think influenced the last 7-odd years of underground hiphop more than any other [wu tang don't count as much because they're too conceptual and cartoonish]. it's still an excellent and unnerving song and should not be discounted just because dilated peoples liked it. [check them trying to ape it exactly on "work the angles"!])