Do The Education: Skream Shared His Influences and Favorite Tunes on Twitter Last Night

Most of the time, people get their dance music knowledge via a well-researched DJ and a two-to-three hour set of classic material. Other times, you ge

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Most of the time, people get their dance music knowledge via a well-researched DJ and a two-to-three hour set of classic material. Other times, you get a stack of YouTube links throw out during an interesting Twitter spree. Skream chose the latter... and we learned a lot from him. What's presented in these tweets could be best summed up as a solid guide to the last decade of UK dance music, particularly the ways that UK garage, grime, dubstep, and other styles evolved. You get a number of jams that were influential to Skream, as well as tunes that are pretty damn undeniable when you look at how the UK dance music scene has shifted. And we even learned a few things (like, did you know that Twisted Individual was making grime-y tracks as Bogeyman?). Even producers like Scuba and Joker stopped by to share their favorite tunes that Skream produced!

There's no real rhyme or solid reason for all of this, but if you look at the different tangents and lanes Skream ended up in on this Twitter run, you'll see why we had to compile these and share them with you. Do your education!

Zoom & D.B.X. - "Coming Again (Club Vocal Mix)"

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Hi-Tek ft. Jonell - "Round & Round (So Solid Remix)"

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Gabrielle vs Angie Stone - "Wish I Didn't Miss You"

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Zed Bias & DJ Principal - "All Night Jam"

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Exemen - "Far East"

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The Heartists - "Belo Horizonti (Ramsey & Fen Mix)"

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M Dubs - "Over You"

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The Astro Trax Team ft. Shola Phillips - "Energy (Feel The Vibe)"

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Myron - "We Can Get Down (Groove Chronicles Remix)"

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Incognito - "Nights Over Egypt (MJ Cole Vocal Remix)"

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US Alliance - "All I Know (Da Grunge Mix)"

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Lil Louis - "French Kiss"

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Menta - "The Soul"

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Menta - "Sounds of da Future"

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Elephant Man - "Log On (Horsepower Remix)"

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Skream - "Midnight Request Line (Zinc Remix)"

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Darqwan - "Confused"

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Horsepower Productions - "Fat Larry's Skank"

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Toasty - "The Knowledge"

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Toasty - "Skinny"

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Digital Mystikz - "Mawo Dub"

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Loefah - "Indian Dub"

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Scuba - "Timba"

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Boddika & Joy O - "Mercy"

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Boddika - "Soul What (Beats Mix)"

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David E. Sugar - "Oi New York, This Is London! (Oi This Doesn't Sound Like Skream Remix)"

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Skream - "Kontrast" / "Konga"

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Digital Mystikz - "Ugly"

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Digital Mystikz - "Pathways"

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Joy Orbison - "Hyph Mngo"

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James Blake - "CMYK"

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Burial - "Archangel"

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Skrillex - "Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites"

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Dubchild - "Roll Dat S**t"

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Joker - "Gully Brook Lane"

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Dizzee Rascal - "Strings Hoe (Instrumental)"

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Musical Mob - "Pulse X"

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Wiley - "Eskimo (Instrumental)"

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Bogeyman - "Smelly"

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Bogeyman - "Prophecy"

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Danny Weed - "Creeper (Instrumental)"

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Wiley - "Freeze (Instrumental)"

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Wile - "Burd Tune (Devil Mix)"

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Dizzee Rascal - "2 Far"

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Skream - "Midnight Request Line"

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Dizzee Rascal - "Stop Dat"

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D Double E - "Street Fighter Riddim"

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Skepta - "Mike Lowery"

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