Roots Manuva - 'Here We Go Again' Out Now
Roots Manuva - 'Here We Go Again' Out Now
Posted on 05/12/2011
Roots Manuva returns with a new single and it’s one of the standout cuts from the acclaimed 4everevolution, the brooding, magnificent “Here We Go Again”.
Over an intense, thunderous collision of hip hop, techno and dubstep, Rodney Smith aka Roots Manuva drops lyrics about an old friendship gone bad: “something in his life isn’t right with him/ He’s caught up in the hype and it bites within.” A clear-eyed, deadpan exposition of the dangers, temptations and, more cuttingly, childishness of “street life”, Smith is keen to emphasise he isn’t preaching. Everything he says applies to himself as much as anyone else and a fate he avoided more through luck than judgement. The tune is finished off perfectly by a pure, soulful chorus from Spikey Tee.
Remixes for the single come from UK Black Music veteran Dobie (two versions, aimed at the “Mosh Pit” and “Smoky Backroom”), hotly-tipped grime producer Preditah and man of the moment, FaltyDL. But as ever, it’s the calm authority and intelligence of Roots Manuva’s voice which will stay with the listener.
Here We Go Again is available now as a digital download from the Ninjashop and iTunes.
