Simon Wheatley's Don't Call Me Urban! The Time of Grime is the result of a 12-year project focusing on the youth of London's inner-city and the urban music that emerged from it. Wheatley started his work in 1998, documenting architectural change. But, by 2002, he says, it became "a more intimate study of the people affected by 'urban regeneration'."

In 1998, the Singapore-born photographer met "Sinista, a ragga DJ who [in 1998] practiced on the decks of a local youth club threatened by controversial urban regeneration proposals for the area." For 12 years, Wheatley joined "the 'gang' of youngsters who had grown into wild teenagers."

Don't Call Me Urban! is an impressive and deep documentation of life in "the projects," as these mostly abandoned estates would be called in the US; a truthful depiction of "the raw environment from which the new stars of British popular music, such as Dizzee Rascal and Tinchy Stryder emerged."

For all these reasons, it's a must have.

Don't Call Me Urban! The Time of Grime by Simon Wheatley is published by Northumbria Press. ISBN 978-1-904794-47-9. For more information, visit www.northumbriapress.co.uk and dontcallmeurban.com.