Run Come Save Me

Roots Manuva | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 18, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Big Dada Records
• ASIN: B00005O7TL
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #187,621 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars this album is amazing, February 20, 2002

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Brian Pemberton (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Run Come Save Me (Audio CD)

i really can't believe some of the other reviews of this album. clearly some people just don't get it. any comparison of Roots Manuva and Wyclef Jean simply illustrates the low digit IQ of the reviewer. Wyclef Jean's is simplistic bozo music. and to say roots manuva is pretentious suggests that the person doesn't think hiphop artists should be coming with anything new and unique, because Roots Manuva never says anything remotely pretentious, especially relative to the bragging and chest beating that normally occurs in hiphop.

this album is simply amazing. from the groundbreaking production aesthetic to the groundbreaking lyrical delivery, there is nothing like it, and it doesn't even deserve to be grouped with what currently passes for hiphop. this is a world-informed alien hybrid of dancehall and hiphop that stands alone as something that follows no precedent. it's my favorite hiphop album since .. his last album.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Rodney Returns!, October 16, 2001

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drm - See all my reviews

This review is from: Run Come Save Me (Audio CD)

Along with Slick Rick and Tricky, Roots Manuva is the biggest MC's to ever come out of the United Kingdom, but still remains relatively unknown on this side of the pond. His MCing is a gritty combination of dancehall toasting, and old-school rhymes, overlaid with pure abstraction. On "Run Come Save Me", Roots Manuva picks up where he left off on 1999's "Brand New Second Hand", and displays an incredible maturity and knack for crafting rhymes while remaining inherently true to his British roots. This album swiftly breezes through many styles, including (but not limited to): chopped up booty 2-step ("Bashment Boogie"), traditional US style hip-hop ("Join The Dots" featuring Jurassic 5's Chali 2na), experimental electro-grooves ("Hol' It Up"), and lots of funky breakbeats colliding with dancehall inna dub style, all given a soul by Manuva's guttural stammer, coming thick with a UK accent. Cheers for England.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't get enough, April 2, 2002

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Scott Balikian (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Run Come Save Me (Audio CD)

Let me add my accolades onto the pile that Rodney's accumulating these days. This cd has to be one of the best releases of the year. Hip hop was becomming stale for me recently, but thanks to innovators such as Roots Manuva (J5, Dialated Peoples and Azeem are some others), new life has been injected into the music. I would put Roots Manuva up as the best MC out there right now - not just UK MC, but global. His style digs right inside you and permeates out. It's truly amazing.

I've been waiting for this release since I first picked up his Brand New Second Hand. I've had it for a few months now and can't take it off my player. Keep it up.