I thought buying my ticket for Roots Manuva 2.5 months ago was a good move. Ends up I should have waited. Tickets are still on sale. “Step 1: Start with the Voice. As the leading practitioner of U.K.

Tropical shit. Boom. Fatty bass, choppy guitar, a drum that doesn’t seem too concerned with the stresses of life, and the use of the word “skank” to mean something other than the girl with too much ...

When his second album, Run Come Save Me, appeared in 2001, Rodney Smith–aka ROOTS MANUVA–seemed like the great hope of British hip-hop, making a crucial move away from the example set by American ...

So you really enjoy listening to British rap, do ya? Well have I got just the guy for you. Roots Manuva is his name, music making is his game and I really think you might dig the dude. He’s been on ...

All is good and everything is right in the world, for Roots Manuva has just shared the first single of a batch of new material. "Facety 2:11" is the first track out the gates and, with production from ...

Jennie Baptiste, who forged her own path as a photographer of contemporary life in Britain, will have her own exhibition at London’s Somerset House.

For those who need further confirmation of stand-alone UK hiphopper Roots Manuva’s talents, Alternately Deep demonstrates that even his throwaways are lined with gold. A collection of B-sides, remixes ...

Roots Manuva (pictured) is to perform at a benefit gig tomorrow (7th September) for MC Scruffy D. Earlier this summer, Scruffy D (real name Limmie Snell), the musical director and linchpin of the ...

When death metal takes LSD it’s quite a thing. Whether this band have done acid or not, the output of Colorado's Blood Incantation feels that way on their fourth album. Each side is one long suite.

Ask around about British hip-hop artists, and you’ll most likely be given the Streets, Dizzee Rascal, Roots Manuva, and more recently, Wiley and M.I.A. No! From that list, the only one who could be ...