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Eskibeat

Eskibeat noun: an early form of grime music based around themes of anger and isolation.

Noun

Eskibeat (uncountable)

  1. An early form of grime music based around themes of anger and isolation.
    • Wiley was the creator of Eskibeat riddim tracks (that were conflated with Grime) that were named after things associated with cold, such as Eskimo and Igloo.2016, Kehinde Andrews, Lisa Amanda Palmer, Blackness in Britain, page 93

Origin of Eskibeat

Blend of Eskimo + beat, coined by the musician Wiley (Richard Kylea Cowie Jr., born 1979).

Questions about Eskibeat

What does Eskibeat mean?
Eskibeat means an early form of grime music based around themes of anger and isolation.
What part of speech is Eskibeat?
Eskibeat is a noun.

Words near Eskibeat in the dictionary

  1. esker
  2. eskers
  3. Eskesen
  4. esketamine
  5. Eskew
  6. Eskibeat
  7. Eskie
  8. eskies
  9. Eskildsen
  10. Eskilstuna
  11. Eskimau

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