Roots Manuva

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Roots Manuva

Roots Manuva , real name Rodney Hylton Smith , (born September 9, 1972 in London ) is a British hip-hop artist. His style is characterized by a mixture of hip-hop with reggae and dub , with strong influences from electronic music .

Live and act

Smith grew up in the Stockwell district in the London Borough of Lambeth in south London . His parents come from the small village of Banana Hole in Jamaica , where his father was a preacher.

In 1994 he first used the name Roots Manuva. After a few smaller releases on various hip-hop labels, he was signed in 1997 by Big Dada, the hip-hop offshoot of the electronics label Ninja Tune . His debut album, Brand New Second Hand (1998) won the MOBO award for best hip-hop act. For Run Come Save Me (2001) he was nominated for the Mercury Prize .

Manuva is considered a forerunner of modern British hip-hop, including artists such as The Streets and Dizzee Rascal .

During his career he worked with Gorillaz , DJ Shadow , Leftfield , UNKLE and Massive Attack , among others .

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK
2001 Run Come Save Me UK33
gold
gold

(4 weeks)UK
First published on August 13, 2001
Chart entry on August 25, 2001
2002 Dub come save me UK75 (1 week)
UK
Chart entry on July 20, 2002
2005 Awfully deep UK24 (4 weeks)
UK
Chart entry on February 12, 2005
2008 Slime & Reason UK22 (2 weeks)
UK
Chart entry on September 13, 2008
2011 4everevolution UK59 (1 week)
UK
Chart entry on October 15, 2011
2015 Bleeds UK51 (1 week)
UK
Chart entry on November 12, 2015

More albums

EPs

  • Stolen Youth (2013)
  • Switching Sides (2016)

Compilations

Singles

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK
1999 Dusted
 UK28 (4 weeks)
UK
Leftfield / Roots Manuva
chart entry on December 11, 1999
2001 Witness (1 Hope)
Run Come Save Me 		UK45 (2 weeks)
UK
Chart entry on August 4, 2001
Dreamy Days
Run Come Save Me 		UK53 (2 weeks)
UK
Chart entry on October 20, 2001
2002 Yellow Submarine
 UK89 (1 week)
UK
Chart entry on October 26, 2002
2004 Oh You Want More
Ty - Upwards 		UK65 (2 weeks)
UK
Ty feat. Roots Manuva
First published on April 26, 2004
Chart entry on May 8, 2004
2005 Colossal Insight
Awfully Deep 		UK33 (2 weeks)
UK
Chart entry on January 29, 2005
Too Cold
Awfully Deep 		UK39 (3 weeks)
UK
Chart entry on April 2, 2005
2006 True Skool
Coldcut - Sound Mirrors 		UK61 (2 weeks)
UK
Coldcut feat. Roots Manuva
chart entry on April 29, 2006

More singles

  • Buff Nuff (2008)
  • Again & Again (2008)
  • Let the Spirit (2008)
  • Do Nah Bodda Me (2009)
  • Jah Warriors (2010, feat.Wrongtom)
  • Watch Me Dance (2011)
  • Get the Get (2011)
  • Here We Go Again (2011)
  • The Path (2012, feat.Rokhsan)
  • Banana Skank EP (2013)
  • Facety 2:11 (2015)

swell

  1. ^ BBC Music , accessed February 15, 2016
  2. ↑ The top 40 bands in Britain today. The Guardian , accessed March 28, 2015 .
  3. ↑ a b Roots Manuva in the Official UK Charts (English)

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SURNAME Roots Manuva
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Smith, Rodney Hylton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British hip hop musician
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH London