Several years in the making, Grime MC was created in response to the rise of music streaming in recent years, which Jme touches upon in “96 Of My Life”.
The album has been the subject of several live cinema show tours in Everyman Cinemas in the UK since the start of 2019, with videos for selected songs being showcased for audiences to enjoy differently to the norm of music emerging on streaming and YouTube videos.
Throughout free pop-up events at Boxpark venues across London in summer 2019, as well as at Bristol’s Eskimo Dance in November, Jme met with fans after shows to hand out several hundred customised MP3 players, pre-loaded with a micro SD card containing a mix. Many of the tracks on Grime MC make an appearance throughout the 52 minutes of audio, overlaid with a commentary from Jme simulating a pirate radio set.