RolloTreadway · @RolloTreadway
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Posting that ADF song for , from the first hiphop record I bought, puts me in mind of Roots Manuva - because most of Brand New Second Hand was amongst the first raft of songs I downloaded when exploring Napster for the first time, way back when.

I don't pretend to know much about hiphop history (or much music history in general), but this I know: Roots Manuva is a giant figure in the development of British hiphop, because he was the first to find success whilst being distinctively *British*, not following American styles. Raps filled with British-Caribbean slang, talking about cheese on toast, the poll tax, or in this track, buying a pint at the pub with five quid burning a hole in your pocket.

Writing this has reminded me how much I loved Roots Manuva back then (I did buy the album eventually). Should listen more often.

Roots Manuva - Inna
youtube.com/watch?v=RE1k6-zMN0

#JukeboxFridayNight #fiftyyearsofhiphop #music #HipHop #rootsmanuva

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