Album: Run Come Save Me by Roots Manuva (2001)
Genre: Hip-Hop | Style: Urban/R&B | Mood: Dreamy
Format: Album

Description: Run Come Save Me is the second album released by Roots Manuva. It was released on the Big Dada label in August 2001. Nominated for a prestigious Mercury prize (and narrowly missing out), Q Magazine listed Run Come Save Me as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.

Artist Background: Rodney Hylton Smith (born 1972), better known by his stage name Roots Manuva, is a British rapper from Stockwell, South London. He is currently signed to Big Dada. Smith grew up around Stockwell in South London. His parents were from a small village in Jamaica called Banana Hole where his father was a preacher and tailor. Spending much of his early years in poverty, this and his strict Pentecostal upbringing clearly had an influence on his music as can be seen in many of his tracks such as "S... Part of the Stockwell, London, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Hip-Hop movement. Known for Urban/R&B style.

Related Artists: The Herbaliser, Coldcut, The Streets, Masta Ace

Music Scene: Part of the Stockwell, London, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Hip-Hop movement. Known for Urban/R&B style.

Tags: Hip-Hop, Urban/R&B, Dreamy, 2000s, Album

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Run Come Save Me is the second album released by Roots Manuva. It was released on the Big Dada label in August 2001. Nominated for a prestigious Mercury prize (and narrowly missing out), Q Magazine listed Run Come Save Me as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.

Run Come Save Me

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