Although Roots Manuva has only one album to his credit, he has made numerous guest appearances that have been the focal point of not only another artist's song, but often their entire album.  One such example is his work on Mr. Scruff's Jusjus, a big bottomed hip-hop tune amidst Scruff's goofy dancefloor trip-hop.  Roots Manuva's own album, Brand New Second Hand, is a dark, richly textured journey through Manuva's neo-beat poetry and abstract rhyme style.  While the production occasionally does Manuva's unique flavour a disservice with its sameness, the tracks which he produced himself, particularly Clockwork and Juggle Tings Proper, stand out as some of the best hip-hop tracks of 1999.

Discography Brand New Second Hand Big Dada, 1999 1.  Movements 2.  Dem Phonies 3.  Juggle Tings Proper 4.  Inna 5.  Soul Decay 6.  Baptism 7.  Strange Behaviour 8.  Organ Skit 9.  Big Tings Gwidarn 10.  Sinking Sands 11.  Wisdom Fall 12.  Roots-Fi Discotheque 13.  Clockwork 14.  Cornmeal Dumpling 15.  Fever 16.  Oh Yeah 17.  Motion 5000 Feel Da Panic, Various Artists, Black Whole Styles, 1998

Guest Appearances Saboteur, Amon Tobin, 4 Ton Mantis Single, 2001 Showtime, Big Dada Sound, Showtime Single, 2000 Jusjus, Mr. Scruff, Keep it Unreal, 1999 Starlight, The Herbaliser, Very Mercenary, 1999 Uranium-235, Various Artists, Black Whole Styles, 1998 Shhhoosh, Blak Twang Where My Mind is At, DJ Skitz Simon Says, DJ Skitz

Roots Manuva Links Big Dada Record Label

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