Britcore

English

Etymology

From Brit +‎ -core.

Noun

Britcore (uncountable)

1. (music) A fast subgenre of UK rap that emerged in the late 1980s.
   • 2005 January 23, Steve Yates, “Rhymin' and stealin'”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     But by 1988 the dominant UK offshoot of American hip hop isn't reggae-rap but ‘Britcore’, a hyper-speed blizzard of noise indebted to Public Enemy.

     (Can we archive this URL?)