Run Come Save Me

by Roots Manuva

Run Come Save Me cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 13 August 2001
  • Label: Big Dada
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 58:01
  • Community rating: 3.63/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Establishing himself as a pivotal voice in British hip-hop, Rodney Smith intricately blends introspective lyricism with heavy, dub-infused production. The record famously spawned the iconic single 'Witness (1 Hope)', a massive anthem heavily indebted to Jamaican soundsystem culture.

Genres

Descriptors: conscious, rap, genre-blending, experimental, underground, classic

Tracklist

  1. No Strings - intro (1:25)
  2. Bashment Boogie (3:19)
  3. Witness (1 Hope) (4:14)
  4. Join The Dots (3:59)
  5. Black Box interlude (0:22)
  6. Ital Visions (4:42)
  7. Kicking The Cack (3:36)
  8. Dub Styles (2:40)
  9. Trim Body (3:35)
  10. Artical (3:21)
  11. Hol' It Up (2:48)
  12. Stone The Crows (3:21)
  13. Sinny Sin Sins (3:36)
  14. Evil Rabbit (3:24)
  15. Swords In The Dirt (4:40)
  16. Highest Grade (4:05)
  17. Dreamy Days (4:45)

Credits

  • Isabelle Dunn - cello, strings, voice [voices], cello [cellos]
  • Count Donzai - edited by [re-edited & messed with by]
  • Walworth Road Rockers - edited by [re-edited & messed with by]
  • Prabjote Osahn - strings, voice [voices], violin, violin [violins]
  • Michael Johnson - written-by
  • Rodney Smith - written-by
  • Ricky Ranking - accompanied by [co-starring]
  • Ricardo McKenzie - written-by

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