Malcolm James is a Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Sussex, UK.

• Acknowledgements1. Introduction2. The reggae sound system and vibe 3. Jungle Pirate Radio and Hype 4. Grime and YouTube Music Videos5. Conclusion: From left critique to alternative cultural politicsReferencesIndex

For a world too often rupturing the basic intimacies of social life, James meticulously details the operations of sonic life support systems for Black Britain—a constant remaking of “getting down below” the propulsions of racial capitalism through deploying vibes, hypes and grimes as the medium through which black wisdom, wholeness, craft and mutuality are sutured into the sound of collective breath.

Malcolm James is a Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Sussex, UK.

• Acknowledgements1. Introduction2. The reggae sound system and vibe 3. Jungle Pirate Radio and Hype 4. Grime and YouTube Music Videos5. Conclusion: From left critique to alternative cultural politicsReferencesIndex

For a world too often rupturing the basic intimacies of social life, James meticulously details the operations of sonic life support systems for Black Britain—a constant remaking of “getting down below” the propulsions of racial capitalism through deploying vibes, hypes and grimes as the medium through which black wisdom, wholeness, craft and mutuality are sutured into the sound of collective breath.

Malcolm James is a Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Sussex, UK.

• Acknowledgements1. Introduction2. The reggae sound system and vibe 3. Jungle Pirate Radio and Hype 4. Grime and YouTube Music Videos5. Conclusion: From left critique to alternative cultural politicsReferencesIndex

For a world too often rupturing the basic intimacies of social life, James meticulously details the operations of sonic life support systems for Black Britain—a constant remaking of “getting down below” the propulsions of racial capitalism through deploying vibes, hypes and grimes as the medium through which black wisdom, wholeness, craft and mutuality are sutured into the sound of collective breath.