Ricky Ranking CD discography. On LONDON ZOO, his 2008 release as the Bug, U.K. producer Kevin Martin fuses Jamaican dancehall with a British electronica aesthetic, resulting in a hard-hitting album full of beats, bass, and Jah. Highlights of the collection include the pulsing "Murder ...

Ricky Ranking songs. Thought So... is a bit of a travelogue for Nightmares on Wax, consisting of tracks recorded in locales ranging from Leeds to Ibiza -- and definitely many places in between. Utilizing an intriguing studio named Camper Van Somewhere (as in, ...

Ricky Ranking discography. Rodey Smith, aka Roots Manuva, has been a pioneer in the U.K. hip-hop scene for more than a decade, and SLIME & REASON finds him keeping step with of-the-moment contemporaries like the Streets and Dizzee Rascal, while tapping into something ...

Ricky Ranking music CDs. In 2002, shortly after he released the excellent Run Come Save Me, Roots Manuva followed with the remix record, Dub Come Save Me, which trumped one of his best original LPs to become the seminal LP of his career. Duppy ...

Ricky Ranking CD discography. Rodey Smith, aka Roots Manuva, has been a pioneer in the U.K. hip-hop scene for more than a decade, and SLIME & REASON finds him keeping step with of-the-moment contemporaries like the Streets and Dizzee Rascal, while tapping into something ...

Ricky Ranking albums. Roots Manuva ended up with a great many tracks from the sessions of his critically-acclaimed album AWFULLY DEEP, many of which ended up as B-sides and remixes. A brace of those tracks appears on the mid-priced collection ALTERNATELY DEEP, finding the rapper/producer twisting and rearranging his tracks--along with contributions from grime heavies like Jammer, Lotek, and Colossus--to a suitably dark and futuristic effect. Jarring bass, booming drums, and left-of-center synth stabs paint a dark, misty background for the London rapper to flow over, touching on themes of reggae, dub, Miami bass, and abstract, left field electro and techno. ALTERNATELY DEEP brings a sizeable amount of hard, mid-tempo club-dub heaviness to the table, and successfully keeps Roots Manuva at the forefront of UK hip-hop innovation. Recording information: Ceasefire Studios, Waterloo, Belgium; Dada Studios; Plan B Studios; Rhythm Station, Brixton, England; Unit L Studios; Waterloo Bridge Studios. Arrangers: Roots Manuva; Steve Dub. Personnel: Roots Manuva (vocals); Ricky Ranking (vocals). Audio Mixers: Samuel Parker; Roots Manuva; Steve Dub.