Artist
Roots Manuva
Roots Manuva is a hip-hop artist from Stockwell, London, UK formed in 1994. 39 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Hip-Hop · Stockwell, London, UK · Best hip-hop albums
- 39
- Releases
- 1999–2025
- Active years
- 1994
- Formed
Artist
Roots Manuva is a hip-hop artist from Stockwell, London, UK formed in 1994. 39 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Hip-Hop · Stockwell, London, UK · Best hip-hop albums
Most popular
Run Come Save Me
2001
Boss
Single · 2025
Do What I Wanna Do
Single · 2023
Fighting For? (rLr Remix)
Single · 2016
On A High
Single · 2016
One Thing (Champion Remix)
Single · 2016
Don’t Breathe Out (Pinch Remix)
Single · 2016
Don’t Breathe Out
Single · 2015
One Thing
Single · 2015
Facety 2:11
EP · 2015
Stolen Youth
EP · 2013
Banana Skank
EP · 2013
The Path (Revocal Radio Edit)
Single · 2012
Here We Go Again
Single · 2011
Get The Get (Mia Dora Remix)
Single · 2011
Get the Get
Single · 2011
Watch Me Dance (Radio Edit)
Single · 2011
Jah Warriors
Single · 2010
Do Nah Bodda Mi
EP · 2009
Let The Spirit
Single · 2008
Again & Again
EP · 2008
Buff Nuff
Single · 2008
Colossal Insight
Single · 2005
Too Cold
EP · 2005
Awfully De/EP
EP · 2005
Awfully Deep (The Noodle Pack)
EP · 2005
Witness (1 Hope) (Edit)
Single · 2001
Witness (1 Hope)
Single · 2001
Dreamy Days
EP · 2001
Juggle Tings Proper
EP · 1999
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 "Sinny Sin Sins" and "Colossal Insight". A quote from Smith himself sums up his early discovery of music: “ It was as a kid. Before I even knew what a soundsystem was. I was walking past Stockwell skateboard park and there was this sound being set up. They were probably just trying out their speakers. I was with my mum, holding my mum's hand. And I remember my mum being quite intimidated by the whole affair. Such a barrage of bass coming from it! And these dodgy-looking blokes standing beside it just admiring the sound of their bass. It's just a bass thing. A volume thing. I don't know if I rose-tint the memories, but I remember it sounded so good, so rich. It's not like today when we go to clubs…
