Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0625978403228
Label: Big Dada Records
Manufacturer: Big Dada Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Big Dada Records
Release Date: September 18, 2001
Studio: Big Dada Records

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Disc 1:

1. No Strings...
2. Bashment Boogie
3. Witness (1 Hope)
4. Join The Dots
5. Black Box Interlude
6. Ital Visions
7. Kicking The Cack
8. Dub Styles
9. Trim Body
10. Artical
11. Hol' It Up
12. Stone The Crows
13. Sinny Sin Sins
14. Evil Rabbit
15. Swords In The Dirt
16. Highest Grade
17. Dreamy Days

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com's Best of 2001:
While the debate rages about why a country as large and multicultural as England has yet to produce a noteworthy MC, Roots Manuva makes a strong case that a contender has arrived. On "Witness 1 Hope" (hands down, the best cut on the album) and "Article," Manuva drops some clever Jamaica-meets-Brixton, patois-inflected rhymes over producer Lord Gosh's otherworldly beats and sci-fi sound effects. Innovative, this album is. Jurassic 5's Chali 2na's thick baritone adds some Left Coast flavor to "Join the Dots" as Manuva waxes about South London life. This release captures a unique snapshot of black British musical tastes with equal parts funk, dub, roots reggae, electronica, and hip-hop. Check out "Highest Grade," a dub pro-weed anthem, and "Sinny Sin Sins," which focuses on Manuva's run-ins with religious types ("Do I need a middleman to link with the Creator?"). This album is for freethinking hip-hoppers who appreciate Outkast and crave exposure to authentically futuristic beats and Afrocentric, avant-garde ghetto rhymes. --Dalton Higgins




Rating: - Classic, best Hip Hop album of 2001
I cant say enough about how wicked this album is. I'm a caribbean new yorker and visited England in 99 when his debut was released, "Brand New Second Hand". I had heard of him before from Ninja Tune cuts, but his album was over my expectations. I have to big up my brothers in Brixton and other parts of London who showed me much love when I came. I didnt know anyone and they made my trip worth it, unlike the anglo saxon people who walk around London with their nose so high I have to wonder if their ... Read More

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Rating: - Inspired though inconsistent
'Run Come Save Me' is a landmark in not only UK hiphop but hiphop in general, as it is very different to anything else you will come across in its whole approach. Unfortunately the incredible songs are the obvious ones - 'Bashment Boogie', 'Witness', 'Join The Dots', 'Sinny Sin Sins' and 'Dreamy Days' - and the other tracks are merely good. If Roots Manuva had made a 12-track album of this quality, it would have been incredible, but at an overlong 17 tracks some of this is down on standard, though ... Read More

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Rating: - Another release your grandchildren will be listening to....
By now Roots Manuva is a household name, also outside the UK. Where I believe he's a real star. And I've had his first record since it was out for like a week. It was one of my first hiphop records and my first UK hiphop record, and it still remains one of my favorite records of all time. This one has been out for a few years too, so it should be old... But this is so tight. And it is on many levels. The beats are incredibly original. They are strange to hear first, but in a few minutes your bouncing ... Read More

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Rating: - a few quotes for y'all
"One of the albums of the year" - The Independent
"Not just a landmark UK hip hop album, but a landmark hip hop album period" - Mojo "
Superb" - Time Out
"Brilliant" - Blues & Soul
"Charming, erudite, personal, experimental but always approachable... this is a benchmark for UK hip hop" - Muzik
"One of the sanest offerings to emerge from the British inner city and a healthy anitdote to the inanity of US hip hop" - The Observer
"A great album" - The Daily Telegraph "
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Rating: - Run Come Save me
Its an Incredibly deep CD
I love it .. especially Ital Visions

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