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Roots Manuva (Music)
Roots Manuva (real name Rodney Hylton Smith, born 9 September 1972) is an English rapper from London.

He started his career in 1994 and released his first album in 1999, releasing eight more albums before going on a hiatus in 2018 but came back in 2021.


Discography:

  • Brand New Second Hand (1999)
  • Run Come Save Me (2001)
  • Dub Come Save Me (2002)
  • Awfully Deep (2005)
  • Alternately Deep (2006)
  • Slime & Reason (2008)
  • Duppy Writer (2010)
  • 4everevolution (2011)
  • Bleeds (2015

Witness the tropeness:

  • Bedlam House: The subject of the Title Track for Awfully Deep.
    My sanity's back on the line again
    Last year, I said I wouldn't rhyme again
    But I'm back for punishment time again
    If I should lose my good mind again
    Tell my management not to waste good money
    Sendin' me away to the farms of the funny
    Them places only make me worse
    They full of crooked doctors and kinky nurses
    That poke you in the arse, and measure your schlong
    Put that tape measure down, that practice is wrong
    They thought I didn't know what was goin' on
    But I knew the clue although the drugs was strong
    Claw-polma-oxidisa-what?
    Tell me doctor, why I got purple snot?
    I'm feelin' happy when I know I'm sad
    And now they wanna certify me mad
  • Deliberately Monochrome: The cover of Run Come Save Me, with his name in red.
  • Face on the Cover: The cover of Run Come Save Me shows a monochrome image of him standing on the side of a road.
  • Miniscule Rocking: "No Strings..." and "Black Box Interlude" are both under two minutes.

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