Track Listing
1. No Strings
2. Bashment Boogie
3. Witness (One Hope)
4. Join The Dots
5. Black Box Interlude (CD)
6. Ital Visions
7. Kicking The Cack
8. Dub Styles
9. Trim Body
10. Artical
11. Hol' It Up
12. Stone The Crows
13. Sinny Sin Sins
14. Evil Rabbit
15. Swords In The Dirt
16. Highest Grade
17. Dreamy Days
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | PIAS UK/Sony DADC | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Roots Manuva, Chali 2na.Producers: Wayne Bennett, Lord Gosh, Hylton Smythe, Skillamanjaro.
Editorial Reviews
3 stars out of 5 - ...His rich vocabulary has ripened in the heat of a different hip hop tradition....It's the darkly literate sound of a man frenchkissing the chaos that makes this album a higher education...
Uncut (09/01/2001)
7 out of 10 - ...The album skanks along to its own pungent space-funk flavor, while Roots lays down a consistently laid-back flow with plenty of ragga attitude and aphorisms...r
Alternative Press (12/01/2001)
...Call the Owsla! Call the Demon Boyz! Roots says his hand was guided by the Duppy. Creepy? Worry not, bon jovial mots like, 'You looking for blob-a-blob? Go run find blobby!', will keep you in stitches. Album of the year?...
The Wire (08/01/2001)
...The diverse stew of dub, ragga, jungle, and house beats are eminently fresh... - Rating: B-
Entertainment Weekly (09/28/2001)
...A landmark hip hop album...
Mojo (09/01/2001)
7 out of 10 - ...Captivates as it reverberates, pulsing with the sawtooth bass lines of high-voltage Jamaican dancehall...
Spin (11/01/2001)
4 stars out of 5 - ...A British hip hop original? Yes indeed...encompassing RZA spaciness...reggae loping...catchy organ pop...and something which sounds like nothing so much as Krautrockers Can...
Q (09/01/2001)
Ranked #18 in NME's 50 Albums Of the Year 2001.
NME (12/29/2001)
Ranked #37 in Wire's 50 Records of the Year 2001.
The Wire (01/01/2002)
Ranked #22 in Mojo's Best [40] Albums of 2001.
Mojo (01/01/2002)
Ranked #22 in Mojo's Best [40] Albums of 2001.The Wire (1/02, p.40) - Ranked #37 in Wire's 50 Records of the Year 2001.NME (12/29/01, p.59) - Ranked #18 in NME's 50 Albums Of the Year 2001.Q (9/01, p.117) - 4 stars out of 5 - ...A British hip hop original? Yes indeed...encompassing RZA spaciness...reggae loping...catchy organ pop...and something which sounds like nothing so much as Krautrockers Can...Spin (11/01, p.136) - 7 out of 10 - ...Captivates as it reverberates, pulsing with the sawtooth bass lines of high-voltage Jamaican dancehall...Mojo (9/01, p.114) - ...A landmark hip hop album...Entertainment Weekly (9/28/01, p.75) - ...The diverse stew of dub, ragga, jungle, and house beats are eminently fresh... - Rating: B-The Wire (8/01, p.71) - ...Call the Owsla! Call the Demon Boyz! Roots says his hand was guided by the Duppy. Creepy? Worry not, bon jovial mots like, 'You looking for blob-a-blob? Go run find blobby!', will keep you in stitches. Album of the year?...Alternative Press (12/01, pp.92-4) - 7 out of 10 - ...The album skanks along to its own pungent space-funk flavor, while Roots lays down a consistently laid-back flow with plenty of ragga attitude and aphorisms...rUncut (9/01, p.99) - 3 stars out of 5 - ...His rich vocabulary has ripened in the heat of a different hip hop tradition....It's the darkly literate sound of a man frenchkissing the chaos that makes this album a higher education...
Mojo (01/01/2002)
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