>rick rubin style minimalism has been done already... it's
>retro, retread, rehash at this point (neptunes, cool kids,
>etc.). that's not punk, it's tribute.
I agree but there's gotta be a way to boil something down while maintaining a contemporary/new bent.

the only problem w/
>grime being hip-hop's answer to punk is that it never truly
>crossed over to our side of the pond like punk rock did very
>quickly after it began (well, you took from our rock music,
>but i digress).
punk started on our side of the pond, that Pistols type of stuff was really just the British answer to MC5/Stooges/Ramones.

no, the truth is that hip-hop itself
>paralleled punk from the start. aesthetically speaking, it's
>punk in its purest form.
I'd be interest to see this thought fleshed out a little more.