I find it funny because to me the UK had always been the home of a huge soul music scene.
Sade, George Michael, Lisa Stansfield, Seal, Simply Red, Des'Ree etc. it was never "urban" but soulful. We had all those CD's in our household. And growing up Jamelia, Mis-Teeq, Craig David, Lemar were superstars.
For the genre to have not even generated in the UK their scene has been big, so I do t get why they feel it's so small. Especially when no other country has such a big "urban" scene except for the UK.
It's actually stressing how they compare themselves to the U.S. so much. They have an entirely different historical context. All western countries really adapted the U.S. Genre format of R&B, Pop, rock, hip hop etc and just add their nationality.
