Bleeds

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Bleeds
Studio album by Roots Manuva

Publication
(s)

2015

Label (s) Big Dada Recordings

Format (s)

CD, vinyl, digital

Genre (s)

Hip hop

Title (number)

10

chronology
Stolen Youth EP
(2013) 		Bleeds -

Bleeds is the ninth solo album by British rapper Roots Manuva . It was released on October 30, 2015 on the Big Dada Recordings record label .

Track list

  1. Hard Bastards - 5:18
  2. Crying - 3:03
  3. Facety 2:11 - 2:43
  4. Don't Breathe Out - 3:20
  5. Cargo - 4:15
  6. Stepping Hard - 5:19
  7. Me Up! - 3:46
  8. One Thing - 3:48
  9. I Know Your Face - 5:23
  10. Fighting For? - 3:46

reception

Charts

Bleeds debuted at number 51 on the UK album charts. The publication left the UK charts again in the second week.

criticism

According to Metacritic , the album has a high average rating of 80 (based on 17 reviews).

The e-zine Laut.de rated Bleeds with five out of a possible five points. In Hard Bastards , according to editor Dani Fromm, Manuva draws “ with clear words a sad picture of a youth that has been lost in the third generation. “The“ social and systemic criticism ”is introduced by“ strings and choirs that sound monastic in one moment and shamanic in the next ”. In addition to an “ expansive hook ”, “ even more darker strings and sedate, dramatic vocals ”, an “ impressive, captivating, touching piece of opening music ” is completed. In the song Crying, the “ Caribbean touch that has always resonated in Roots Manuvas raps ” comes into play. On the other hand, the soul of Don't Breathe Out provides “ deceptive security. “Manuva's way of putting “ words and syllables ” on the microphone is similar to a“ percussion instrument ”, which is particularly evident in the songs Facety 2:11 and Stepping Hard .

Leaderboard

In the list of the best "Hip Hop albums of the year" 2015 by Laut.de, Bleeds was placed on rank 5. From the editors' point of view, Roots Manuva has released Bleeds " his strongest album since ' Run Come Save Me ' ". The rapper “ uncompromisingly relies on the eternal trinity [...] of words, bass and vibe. "

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Officialcharts.com: Bleeds. Retrieved December 30, 2015 .
  2. ^ Bleeds on Metacritic.com, accessed November 14, 2016.
  3. ↑ Laut.de: In the stranglehold of the Trinity words, bass, vibe. Retrieved December 30, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Laut.de: The Hip Hop Albums of the Year - 5th place - Roots Manuva - Bleeds. Retrieved December 30, 2015 .