Eskibeat

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Eskibeat (uncountable)

  1. (music) An early form of grime music based around themes of anger and isolation.
    • 2016, Kehinde Andrews; Lisa Amanda Palmer, Blackness in Britain, page 93:
      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.
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