It's typical of 'urban' UK music, they all go through fads of what everyone listens to. It used to be 2-step which actually went mainstream, then Dubstep, then Grime, which was a great scene until every little twat from Somerset started putting videos out on Channel U bastardizing what the music was about. Bassline had a brief spell last summer, I heard its still big up north & now it's UK Funky. It will die out long before it grows. Only Dubstep & Grime have really survived their respective fad.
Still I'll put up some of the best Funky tunes recently just because
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRwrH2yX3S0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94zwYMmwmxs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu14P3go50Y
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