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{{Taxobox | name = ''Homo ergaster''
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| fossil_range = [[Pleistocene]]
| Name = Roots Manuva
| image = Homo ergaster.jpg
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| Img_size =
| image_caption = Skull KNM-ER 3733 discovered by Bernard Ngeneo in 1975 (Kenya)
| Background = solo_singer
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| Birth_name = Rodney Smith
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| Alias = Lord Gosh, Hylton Smythe,Pusss Claataa Rodrick Manuva, Brigadier Smythe, Cecil P.Y.L.M. Pim Pimpernel
| classis = [[Mammal]]ia
| Born = 1972
| ordo = [[Primates]]
| Died =
| familia = [[Hominidae]]
| Origin = [[Stockwell]], [[South London]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]
| tribus = [[Hominini]]
| Instrument = Vocals, Rapping
| genus = ''[[Homo (genus)|Homo]]''
| Genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]] <br/>[[Dub music|Dub]]<br/>[[Electronica]]
| species = '''''H. ergaster'''''
| Occupation = [[Singer|Vocalist]], [[Rapping|Rapper]], [[Record Producer|Producer]], [[Remix]]er
| binomial = †''Homo ergaster''
| Years_active =
| binomial_authority = [[Colin Groves|Groves]] & [[Vratislav_Maz%C3%A1k|Mazak]], [[1975]]
| Label = [[Big Dada]]
| Associated_acts =
| URL = [http://www.rootsmanuva.co.uk/ rootsmanuva.co.uk]
| Notable_instruments =
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'''Roots Manuva''' (born '''Rodney Smith''', 1972) is a [[rapping|rapper]] from [[Stockwell]], [[South London]]. He is currently signed to [[Big Dada]].
'''''Homo ergaster''''' ("working man") is an extinct [[hominin]] [[species]] (or subspecies, according to some authorities) which lived throughout eastern and southern [[Africa]] between 1.9 to 1.4 million years ago with the advent of the lower [[Pleistocene]] and the cooling of the global climate.
[[Image:Homo ergaster2.jpg|thumb|left|Homo ergaster skull reconstruction. Museum of Man, [[San Diego, California]].]]
''H. ergaster'' is sometimes categorized as a [[subspecies]] of ''[[Homo erectus]]''. ''H. ergaster'' may be distinguished from ''H. erectus'' by its thinner skull bones and lack of an obvious [[sulcus (anatomy)|sulcus]]. Derived features include reduced [[sexual dimorphism]]; a smaller, more orthognathic (straight jawed) face; a smaller dental arcade; and a larger (700 and 850 [[cubic centimetre|cm³]]) [[cranial capacity]]. It is estimated that ''H. ergaster'' stood at 1.9 m (6ft3) tall with relatively less sexual dimorphism in comparison to earlier [[hominin]]s. Remains have been found in [[Tanzania]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Kenya]], and [[South Africa]].


== Biography ==
The most complete ''Homo ergaster'' skeleton known was discovered at Lake Turkana, Kenya in [[1984]]. Paleanthropologists [[Richard Leakey]], [[Kamoya Kimeu]] and [[Tim White (anthropologist)|Tim White]] dubbed the 1.6 million year old specimen as KNM-WT 15000 (nicknamed "[[Turkana Boy]]").
Smith grew up around [[Stockwell]] in South [[London]]. His parents were from a small village in [[Jamaica]] called Banana Hole where his father was a [[preacher]] and [[tailor]]. Spending much of his early years in poverty, this and his strict [[Pentecostal]] upbringing clearly had an influence on his music as can be seen in many of his tracks such as "Sinny Sin Sins" and "Colossal Insight".


A quote from Smith himself sums up his early discovery of music:
The [[type specimen]] of ''H. ergaster'' is [[KNM ER 992]]<ref>'''KNM-ER 992''' is short for: '''K'''enya '''N'''ational '''M'''useum (where it is housed); '''E'''ast '''R'''udolf (where it was found); and '''992''' (the museum acquisition number)</ref>; the species was named by [[Colin Groves|Groves]] and [[Vratja Mazak|Mazak]] in [[1975]].
{{cquote|I was a big kid. Before I even knew what a soundsystem was. I was walking past Stockwell skateboard park and there was this sound being set up. They were probably just trying out their speakers. I was with my mum, holding my mum's hand. And I remember my mum being quite intimidated by the whole affair. Such a barrage of bass coming from it! And these dodgy-looking blokes standing beside it just admiring the sound of their bass. It's just a bass thing. A volume thing. I don't know if I rose-tint the memories, but I remember it sounded so good, so rich. It's not like today when we go to clubs and it hurts. It was more of a life-giving bass.}}


Smith made his recorded debut in 1994 as part of [[IQ Procedure]] through [[Suburban Base]]'s short-lived hip hop imprint Bluntly Speaking Vinyl. He debuted as Roots Manuva the same year on [[Blak Twang]]'s "Queen's Head" single, before releasing his own single, "Next Type of Motion" the following year through the same label, the hugely influential Sound of Money. 1996 saw the release of his collaborations with Skitz ("Where My Mind Is At"/"Blessed Be The Manner") on [[23 Skidoo]]'s Ronin label. The release of "Feva" on Tony Vegas' Wayward imprint followed in 1997. This was also the year that saw the first releases from [[Big Dada]], a collaboration between [[Coldcut]]'s [[Ninja Tune]] label and hip hop journalist [[Will Ashon]].
The species name originates from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''ergaster'' meaning "Workman". This name was chosen due to the discovery of various tools such as [[hand-axe]]s and [[cleaver]]s near the skeletal remains of ''H. ergaster''. This is one of the reasons that it is sometimes set apart distinctly from other human ancestors. Its use of advanced (rather than simple) tools was unique to this species; ''H. ergaster'' tool use belongs to the [[Acheulean]] industry. ''H. ergaster'' first began using these tools 1.6 million years ago. Charred animal bones in fossil deposits and traces of camps suggest that the species made creative use of [[fire]]. Another notable characteristic of H. ergaster is that it was the first hominid to have the same body proportions (longer legs and shorter arms) as modern ''H. sapiens''.<ref>Standford,C.,Allen,J.S.,and Anton, S.C. ''"Biological Anthropology"''. Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River,New Jersey, 2006</ref>


Releasing for Coldcut's renowned experimental/hip-hop label Ninja Tune in 1998, some of his music may be seen as a predecessor of [[Grime (music)|grime]]. The following year he released his groundbreaking debut album, ''[[Brand New Second Hand]]''. A reference to his family's modest lifestyle as a phrase his mother used for presents he often got as a youngster that were pre-used. He had such an impact on the UK rap scene that ''[[The Times]]'' declared that "his is the voice of urban Britain, encompassing dub, [[Raggamuffin|ragga]], [[funk]] and hip hop as it sweeps from crumbling street corners to [[cannabis|ganja]]-filled dancehalls, setting gritty narratives against all manner of warped beats." Manuva was rewarded for his breakthrough with a [[MOBO Awards|MOBO]] as Best Hip Hop Act that year.
==Notable fossils==
* [[KNM ER 3733]]
* [[Turkana boy]] - also classified as [[Homo erectus]]
* [[KNM ER 992]]


The lyrics of his songs are usually known to take a distinctly British edge, with many critics highlighting his references of eating [[cheese on toast]] and drinking [[Bitter (beer)|bitter]] as examples of this.
==See also==
His warm and easily recognizable voice can be heard on many songs he performed with other artists such as [[Chali 2na]] (of [[Jurassic 5]] & [[Ozomatli]]), [[DJ Shadow]], [[Mr Scruff]], [[U.N.K.L.E.]], [[Nightmares on Wax]], [[The Cinematic Orchestra]], [[Beth Orton]], [[The Herbaliser]], [[Leftfield]], Saian Supa Crew and most recently [[Coldcut]]. He also made an appearance on the [[Gorillaz]] latest album, ''[[Demon Days]]'', lending his distinctive vocals to the track, "All Alone".
* [[List of fossil sites]] ''(with link directory)''
* [[List of hominina fossils|List of hominina (hominid) fossils]] ''(with images)''
* [[Telanthropus capensis]]


Now with his own record label, Banana Clan Records, which he is using to blood young British based talent, Roots Manuva continues to release his own style of Funked up, dub style, U.K. Hip-Hop.
==References==
* Tattersall, Ian and Schwartz, Jeffrey. "''Extinct Humans''". Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado and Cumnor Hill, Oxford, 2000. ISBN 0-8133-3482-9 (hc)


== External links==
== Trivia ==
* Roots Manuva's "[[Witness (1 Hope)]]" track, bearing the memorable chorus line "Witness the Fitness", was parodied by [[MC Pitman]] as "Witness the Pitness", and by [[Plan B (rapper)|Plan B]] as "Witness the Sickness"
*[http://www.archaeologyinfo.com/homoergaster.htm Archaeology Info]
*[http://www.mnh.si.edu/anthro/humanorigins/ha/erg.html Smithsonian]


* Roots Manuva [[Record producer|produces]] much of his own music, under his own name and also under the pseudonyms "Lord Gosh" and "Hylton Smythe".
== Footnote ==

* In the track "The Falling" from the album ''[[Awfully Deep]]'', Roots Manuva raps "''Hand grenade on the plane looks like another Dunblane''" confusing (or deliberately comparing) the [[Dunblane]] school shooting massacre of 1996 with the [[Lockerbie]] disaster of 1988 when two Libyan agents planted a bomb on Pan Am Flight 103, killing 259 passengers on the plane and 11 in the town of Lockerbie. Both disasters happened in Scotland - probably the root of the confusion along with the need for [[Dunblane]] to rhyme, or possibly a metaphor relating to his strong feelings towards the rich and powerful of the world playing God by taking the law into their own hands and the impact this is having on us as human beings the following lines suggest this...

* Roots Manuva's "Witness (1 Hope)" can be heard in the feature film, ''[[Children Of Men]]''. This song can also be heard in the credits of the first episode of ''[[Skins (TV Series)|Skins]],'' on episode 13 Season 1 of ''[[The Wire]]'', and the climbing video ''[[Dosage, Volume 3]]''.

==Discography==
=== Studio albums ===
* ''[[Brand New Second Hand]]'' ([[22 March]] [[1999]]) [[UK Albums Chart|UK]] #167<ref name="CLUK R">{{cite web |title= Chart Log UK |accessdate=2008-09-10 |date=2007-06-16 |publisher=Zobbel |author=Zobbel |url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_R.HTM}}</ref>
* ''[[Run Come Save Me]]'' ([[13 August]] [[2001]]) [[UK Albums Chart|UK]] #33<ref name="CLUK R" />
* ''[[Dub Come Save Me]]'' ([[8 July]] [[2002]]) [[UK Albums Chart|UK]] #75<ref name="CLUK R" />
* ''[[Awfully Deep]]'' ([[31 January]] [[2005]]) [[UK Albums Chart|UK]] #24<ref name="CLUK R" />
* ''[[Alternately Deep]]'' ([[13 March]] [[2006]]) [[UK Albums Chart|UK]] #139<ref name="CLUK R" />
* ''[[Slime & Reason]]'' ([[25 August]] [[2008]]) [[UK Albums Chart|UK]] #22<ref name="ChartsPlus 2008-09-13 A">{{cite journal
|title = The Official Album Chart for the week ending 13 September 2008
|journal = [[ChartsPlus]]
|issue = 368
|pages= 5-8
|accessdate = 2008-09-10
|publisher = IQ Ware Ltd
|location = Milton Keynes}}</ref>

===Singles===
* "Juggle Tings Proper" ([[22 February]] [[1999]])
* "Motion 5000" ([[5 July]] [[1999]])
* "Witness (1 Hope)" ([[23 July]] [[2001]]) [[UK Singles Chart|UK]] #45<ref name="CLUK R" />
* "Dreamy Days" ([[8 October]] [[2001]]) [[UK Singles Chart|UK]] #53<ref name="CLUK R" />
* "Yellow Submarine - Album Sampler" ([[14 October]] [[2002]]) [[UK Singles Chart|UK]] #89<ref name="CLUK R" />
* "Colossal Insight" ([[17 January]] [[2005]]) [[UK Singles Chart|UK]] #33<ref name="CLUK R" />
* "Too Cold" ([[21 March]] [[2005]]) [[UK Singles Chart|UK]] #39<ref name="CLUK R" />
* "Buff Nuff" ([[30 June]] [[2008]])
* "Again & Again" ([[25 August]] [[2008]])
* "Let the Spirit" (TBC 2008)

===EPs===
*''Awfully De/EP'' ([[24 October]] [[2005]])

===Guest appearances===
* [[Amon Tobin]] - "Saboteur mix" (from [[Ninja Tune]] compilation ''[[Xen Cuts]]'')
* [[Audio Bullys]] - "Made Like That" (Audio Bullys Feat. Mr. Fox & Roots Manuva)
* [[The Cinematic Orchestra]] - "All Things To All Men" (from ''[[Every Day (album)|Every Day]]'')
* [[Chali 2Na]] - "Join The Dots", "Revolution 9" (from ''[[The Fish Market - "The Official Mixtape"]]'')
* [[Cornish Waters]] - "Look To Myself For Faith" (from ''UK Hustlerz - The Return'', under the pseudonym '''Brigadier Smythe''')
* [[Coldcut]] - "True Skool" (from ''[[Sound Mirrors]]'') [[UK Singles Chart|UK]] #61<ref name="CLUK C">{{cite web |title= Chart Log UK |accessdate=2008-09-10 |date=2007-06-16 |publisher=Zobbel |author=Zobbel |url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_C.HTM}}</ref>
* [[DJ Shadow]] - "GDMFSOB ([[UNKLE]] Uncensored mix)" (from ''Right Thing'')
* [[DJ Skitz]] - "Inner City Folk" and "Fingerprints Of The Gods" (from ''[[Countryman (DJ Skitz album)|Countryman]]'')
* [[Dobie]] - "Connectivity" (from ''The Sound Of One Hand Clapping'')
* [[Eternal (hip hop)|Eternal]] - "Spaghetti"
* [[Freq Nasty]] - "Boomba Clatt" (from ''Bring Me The Head of Freq Nasty'')
* [[Gorillaz]] - "All Alone" (from ''[[Demon Days]]'')
* [[The Herbaliser]] - "Lord Lord" (from ''[[Take London]]'')
* [[The Herbaliser]] - "Starlight" (from ''[[Very Mercenary]]'')
* [[INORAN]] - "Rat Race" (from ''[[Sou]]'')
* [[King Kooba]] - "Barefoot" (from ''[[Indian Summer]]'')
* [[Leftfield]] - "Dusted" (from ''Rhythm And Stealth'')
* [[Lotek HiFi]] - "Move Ya Ting" (from ''Mixed Blessings'')
* [[DJ Mentat]] - "Rugged Wid It"
* [[Mr. Scruff]] - "Jus Jus" (from ''[[Keep It Unreal]]'')
* [[New Flesh For Old]] - "Norbert & Cecil" (from ''Understanding'', under the pseudonym '''Cecil P.Y.L.M. Pim Pimpernel''')
* [[Reachout]] - "For Whom The Heart Beats" (from ''The Bristo Sq. EP'')
* [[Ty (rapper)|Ty]] - "So U Want More refix" (from ''Upwards - New edition'') [[UK Singles Chart|UK]] #65<ref name="CLUK T">{{cite web |title= Chart Log UK |accessdate=2008-09-10 |date=2007-06-16 |publisher=Zobbel |author=Zobbel |url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_T.HTM}}</ref>
* [[Saian Supa Crew]] - "Hey Yo My Man"
* Colossus - "West Oaktown" (''OmRecords 2002 - pseudonym Hylton Smythe'')
* [[Nightmares on Wax]] - "70's:80s (Up Bringing Mix)(Feat. Roots Manuva & LSK & Rodney P & Tozz 180)"

===Other===
* ''[[Badmeaningood Vol.2]]'' ([[7 October]], [[2002]]) ''(19 tracks selected by Rodney Smith for the [[Badmeaningood]] series.)
* ''[[Back To Mine: Roots Manuva]]'' ([[24 October]] [[2005]]) ''(18 tracks selected by Smith for the [[Back To Mine]] series.)
The blacknificent 7 -(Riding thru The Undaground) Dark horizon rekordz -feat Seanie T, rodney P, Skeme, Roots Manuva, Est'elle, karl Hinds, Jeff3

==References==
*Roots Manuva Bio information: [http://www.rootsmanuva.co.uk/rootsmanuva/]
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*[http://www.musicomh.com/interviews/roots-manuva.htm Roots Manuva interview] at musicOMH.com
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*[http://www.low-life.fsnet.co.uk/ukhiphop/artists/roots_manuva-dreamy_days.htm Roots Manuva Biography at britishhiphop.co.uk]
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Roots Manuva

Roots Manuva (born Rodney Smith, 1972) is a rapper from Stockwell, South London. He is currently signed to Big Dada.

Biography

Smith grew up around Stockwell in South London. His parents were from a small village in Jamaica called Banana Hole where his father was a preacher and tailor. Spending much of his early years in poverty, this and his strict Pentecostal upbringing clearly had an influence on his music as can be seen in many of his tracks such as "Sinny Sin Sins" and "Colossal Insight".

A quote from Smith himself sums up his early discovery of music:

I was a big kid. Before I even knew what a soundsystem was. I was walking past Stockwell skateboard park and there was this sound being set up. They were probably just trying out their speakers. I was with my mum, holding my mum's hand. And I remember my mum being quite intimidated by the whole affair. Such a barrage of bass coming from it! And these dodgy-looking blokes standing beside it just admiring the sound of their bass. It's just a bass thing. A volume thing. I don't know if I rose-tint the memories, but I remember it sounded so good, so rich. It's not like today when we go to clubs and it hurts. It was more of a life-giving bass.

Smith made his recorded debut in 1994 as part of IQ Procedure through Suburban Base's short-lived hip hop imprint Bluntly Speaking Vinyl. He debuted as Roots Manuva the same year on Blak Twang's "Queen's Head" single, before releasing his own single, "Next Type of Motion" the following year through the same label, the hugely influential Sound of Money. 1996 saw the release of his collaborations with Skitz ("Where My Mind Is At"/"Blessed Be The Manner") on 23 Skidoo's Ronin label. The release of "Feva" on Tony Vegas' Wayward imprint followed in 1997. This was also the year that saw the first releases from Big Dada, a collaboration between Coldcut's Ninja Tune label and hip hop journalist Will Ashon.

Releasing for Coldcut's renowned experimental/hip-hop label Ninja Tune in 1998, some of his music may be seen as a predecessor of grime. The following year he released his groundbreaking debut album, Brand New Second Hand. A reference to his family's modest lifestyle as a phrase his mother used for presents he often got as a youngster that were pre-used. He had such an impact on the UK rap scene that The Times declared that "his is the voice of urban Britain, encompassing dub, ragga, funk and hip hop as it sweeps from crumbling street corners to ganja-filled dancehalls, setting gritty narratives against all manner of warped beats." Manuva was rewarded for his breakthrough with a MOBO as Best Hip Hop Act that year.

The lyrics of his songs are usually known to take a distinctly British edge, with many critics highlighting his references of eating cheese on toast and drinking bitter as examples of this. His warm and easily recognizable voice can be heard on many songs he performed with other artists such as Chali 2na (of Jurassic 5 & Ozomatli), DJ Shadow, Mr Scruff, U.N.K.L.E., Nightmares on Wax, The Cinematic Orchestra, Beth Orton, The Herbaliser, Leftfield, Saian Supa Crew and most recently Coldcut. He also made an appearance on the Gorillaz latest album, Demon Days, lending his distinctive vocals to the track, "All Alone".

Now with his own record label, Banana Clan Records, which he is using to blood young British based talent, Roots Manuva continues to release his own style of Funked up, dub style, U.K. Hip-Hop.

Trivia

  • Roots Manuva's "Witness (1 Hope)" track, bearing the memorable chorus line "Witness the Fitness", was parodied by MC Pitman as "Witness the Pitness", and by Plan B as "Witness the Sickness"
  • Roots Manuva produces much of his own music, under his own name and also under the pseudonyms "Lord Gosh" and "Hylton Smythe".
  • In the track "The Falling" from the album Awfully Deep, Roots Manuva raps "Hand grenade on the plane looks like another Dunblane" confusing (or deliberately comparing) the Dunblane school shooting massacre of 1996 with the Lockerbie disaster of 1988 when two Libyan agents planted a bomb on Pan Am Flight 103, killing 259 passengers on the plane and 11 in the town of Lockerbie. Both disasters happened in Scotland - probably the root of the confusion along with the need for Dunblane to rhyme, or possibly a metaphor relating to his strong feelings towards the rich and powerful of the world playing God by taking the law into their own hands and the impact this is having on us as human beings the following lines suggest this...
  • Roots Manuva's "Witness (1 Hope)" can be heard in the feature film, Children Of Men. This song can also be heard in the credits of the first episode of Skins, on episode 13 Season 1 of The Wire, and the climbing video Dosage, Volume 3.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

EPs

Guest appearances

Other

The blacknificent 7 -(Riding thru The Undaground) Dark horizon rekordz -feat Seanie T, rodney P, Skeme, Roots Manuva, Est'elle, karl Hinds, Jeff3

References

  • Roots Manuva Bio information: [1]
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Zobbel (2007-06-16). "Chart Log UK". Zobbel. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
  2. ^ "The Official Album Chart for the week ending 13 September 2008". ChartsPlus (368). Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd: 5–8. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  3. ^ Zobbel (2007-06-16). "Chart Log UK". Zobbel. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
  4. ^ Zobbel (2007-06-16). "Chart Log UK". Zobbel. Retrieved 2008-09-10.

External links

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