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Rebel MC's sound derives from his focus on blackness from various angles.

Rather than solely celebrating Afrocentric motifs, his music hearkens back to the African diaspora.

The lyrics embrace a wide range of approaches to blackness and black-pride, bringing a different understanding of tradition by combining the different voices, themes and styles drawn from all kinds of sources of " blackness ", creating a " playful, vibrant, postracial utopia ".

This amalgamated version of modern thought has allowed for the emergence of a uniquely London version of politically charged hip hop.

Paul Gilroy argues that Rebel MC's message prevents the existence of " the trope of race as family.

" Instead, Gilroy states that the London hip hop culture allows for a healthy competition between African-American and Caribbean sounds to gain exposure. As recently as 2009 Joe Rankin ' Rattigan described the song Street Tuff as " the birth of UK grime ", a view supported by Dizzee Rascal also.