It never devolved; the mainstream split off from the genre, which remains underground and still has a couple dozen labels actively producing music, as it has fo

It never devolved; the mainstream split off from the genre, which remains underground and still has a couple dozen labels actively producing music, as it has for the last decade. The genre is actually evolving constantly and there's a fair amount of interesting material and new artists. But it's back to being a niche much like jungle is nowadays.