For the promo blurb to describe this collaborative track between Hiem and Roots Manuva as "eccentric" is probably going a little far, but it's still a nice sun-kissed slab of funk and it's perfect for the summer. Aiming to distill what they consider DJ culture to be into 3 minutes of funk, they actually do pretty well. Especially with lines like "Sipping champagne and sniffing cocaine". And Manuva says it like it's a bad thing. (Sorry, Mum. It obviously is.) Anyway, Polar Rundfunk and Free [...]
When it comes to being a successful rapper one must have a three essential ingredients: lyrics, charisma and flow. LYFSTYL has decided to draw attention too ten rappers we think have the greatest flows of all time. Naturally you won't agree with everyone on the list so leave us a comment with who you think should have made the cut. 1. Rakim 2. Roots Manuva 3. The Notorious B.I.G 4. Eminem 5. Common 6. Guru 7. Mf Doom 8. Tech N9ne 9. [...]
Jamie Cullum ’s third album 'Catching Tales' was one of the few CDs I owned when I was twelve. Consequently I played it countless times and even now I can recite songs from beginning to end. Everything Cullum did after 'Catching Tales ', couldn’t quite catch me though. Whether it’s a result of personal nostalgia or not, to me, that one album remained his best in that genre, and I was waiting for him to do something completely new. Given that context, I can’t really figure out why [...]
This week's cutie is legendary. Here is DJ Yoda , and funk legends Kid Creole & the Coconuts, plus Roots Manuva. Too much awesoeness to handle.
UHM where have I been? Jamie Cullum 's new record was produced by Dan The Automator??? I am so excited and happy about this news. Yesterday, he dropped Love For $ale , a new rendition of the late Cole Porters & Cullum's new single and short film. It is also available as a free download via his site HERE . As far as I am concerned there is nothing he could EVER do that could turn my ear down to him. I have loved every lick of music he [...]
Quem quer comprar o amor de Jamie Cullum que está à venda? E o que acontece quando um rapper se junta com um jazzista? Resposta: uma das melhores e mais gostosas músicas que você vai ouvir esse ano. O que você irá ouvir e assistir em seguida são a junção da batida com as rápidas frases proferidas por Roots Manuva e que se chocam culturalmente com o belo piano e a rouca voz de Jamie Cullum . O resultado disso é Love For $ale , que poderia muito bem não [...]
The JAMIE CULLUM has signed a new contract with Island Records, has put up his LOVE FOR $ALE , decent toon, fab video, the ROOTS MANUVA are on site to help out.
Salif Keita's life has been spent defying expectation - sometimes abrasively, other times creatively. Being albino and deciding on a career in music when you are part of the Malian royal lineage will tend to harbour you with a rebellious reputation (even if your skin pigmentation is out of your hands). Over the past 45 years, however, Keita has also been ruffling feathers in the world of African music for actual, musical reasons rather than issues of class, and his latest effort Talé sees him continue to wander down an individual path, even if there are clear [...]
UK producer Dobie gives us a blast of UK hip-hop and grime.
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Roots Manuva has long occupied a fascinating place at the forefront of the UK hip hop scene. Enjoying the commercial success of a more mainstream artist like Dizzee Rascal while never failing to ‘keep it real’ by enjoying the underground success of much lesser known artists, Roots Manuva will always be remembered as a hip hop artist who was a general, all round fan pleaser. Sadly though, the 15 years he has spent driving the hip hop scene forward seem to going to his head. What is ‘Banana Skank’ [...]
Tras dejarnos el 2011 con "4everrevolution" Roots Manuva vuelve este 2013 con "Banana Skank" , su nuevo EP. Cuatro canciones para ver los nuevos derroteros por los que se adentrará el rapero londinense y que podemos escuchar en streaming gracias a Clashmusic .
Tras dejarnos el 2011 con "4everrevolution" Roots Manuva vuelve este 2013 con "Banana Skank" , su nuevo EP. Cuatro canciones para ver los nuevos derroteros por los que se adentrará el rapero londinense y que podemos escuchar en streaming gracias a Clashmusic .
El sello Nang Records , re-edita el álbum del grupo de culto de Sheffield de HiEM , el grupo liderado por el dúo David "Bozz" Boswell y Nick "Nico" Eastwood y que cuenta con Andy Stenton (live drums) y Joe Fernandez (live guitar/synths) en los directos, llevan funcionando desde 1999, y en verano del 2011 publicaban en el sello de Startalk International su primer álbum, 'Escape From Division Street', disco que ahora se re-edita para el sello Nang, todo un discazo, con una perfecta mezcla de electronica con sonidos más [...]
El sello británico de Nang Records continúa recuperando temas de la formación de Djs y productores de Sheffield de HiEM , ahora le tocan las remezclas al tema que cuenta con la colaboración estelar de todo un clásico como Roots Manuva y el temazo de 'Dj Culture', tema que viene en la versión del álbum 'Escape From Division Street' (2011), genial tema, y acompañado por un pack de remezclas, para empezar el remix 2013 a cargo de los propios HiEM, ofreciendo una remezcla [...]
The penultimate positions, 26-50, in the perennially late but musically still great end of year chart – sample 51-100 , 101-150 or 151-200 by doing the clicky thing. Alternatively pick a playlist below for the full fat streamable Top 200. Whyd.com (197 Tracks) / Youtube (170+ tracks) / Spotify ( Web / Player ) 50. City Brat - Moves / Yeah It's There Brooklyn based ‘City Brat’ are Alex Fippinger on drums and Jason Grad on vocals, guitar, keyboards, video direction, and [...]
I'm a big fan of facts and tit-bits of random knowledge. So, when I found out today that the beat on Roots Manuva 's 2001 single (the mighty), " Witness (1 Hope) " came about because he was trying to recreate the Doctor Who theme tune, the fact electrodes in my brain fizzled and made me smile. It all makes sense when you listen to them side by side: [...]
ON ROOTS Manuva's new EP, Banana Skank, his sound has been peeled back to basics. Never one to rest on his laurels, rapper Rodney Smith can be relied upon to bring something fresh and stimulating with each album, but I have to say as an appetiser Banana Skank - which takes a track from his previous album 4everevolution and reworks it with a new sound - doesn't leave your mouth watering for the results this time around. Because these productions are icy affairs. Opener Natural is a slice of barren computerised hip hop, Banana Skank (Wafa Remix) and [...]
Roots Manuva - Banana Skank Big Dada: 2012 As duly noted on the EP’s press release from Big Dada Records , Roots Manuva is “one of the true pioneers of Black British Music, as well as one of its greatest, most maverick talents”. Believe it or not, the first time he was recorded in front of a microphone was 18 years ago, and since then Rodney Smith has gone on to release eight studio albums, all the while encompassing the voice of an underground British generation by fusing rap, ragga, dancehall and [...]
We doubt Roots Manvua is putting this special release out on Saturday because he made our 20 British Rappers You Should Know list, but the coincidence is kind of wild. To celebrate the first release from Manuva in a year, Big Dada is putting out the Banana Skank EP this Saturday, and they're making it a pretty exclusive release. There will only be 100 copies of this bright yellow 123 available at the Indie Label Market at Spitalfields Market in London. It features four tracks, including this mellow banger with Kope and [...]
Why Doesn't UK Rap Crossover to the US? Rock bands and pop artists from the UK have never had a problem crossing over to the US and experiencing tremendous popularity—look at The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Adele, Coldplay, Queen, Amy Winehouse -- just to barely scratch the surface. So, why can’t the same be said for UK rappers? Rap seems to be the one genre that cannot handle the jump to the American stage. For a society that typically idolizes anything Anglo (Royal Wedding Fever, for example) we have not yet embraced the UK rapper. Could it [...]
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