British hip-hop has seen many ‘Jimmy Jokers’ come and go, with repetitive rhymes about guns, cars they don’t even own and girls they don’t even know not making the grade but through it all Roots Manuva has stayed true.

Along with Rodney P, Skitz and Skinnyman, Roots can rightly claim his place as a British hip-hop pioneer, a purveyor of the true art form, a believer in originality and social conscience.

So peeps it’s once again time to Witness the Fitness as Rodney Smith prepares to follow up Run Come Save Me and Awfully Deep with his third offering, Slime and Reason.

Fans can expect a journey through the music that influenced the man when he was a young boy and a trip to the old skool from Stockwell’s favourite son.

“With this record I was trying to tune into that old Channel One, Studio One aesthetic. Smoky rooms, just the vibe of it … today, with the technology available it’s pretty easy to make generic music … but to make a long player that is of its own world is a harder job,” he said

We shouldn’t be surprised at his deliberate attempt to go against the grain and come up with something better, after all, he told us on Run Come Save Me, he lives for the Highest Grade.
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