Run the Road

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Run the Road is a series of compilations released on 679 Recordings and Vice. It is intended to showcase a wide variety of grime artists from the genre such as Dizzee Rascal, Wiley and Kano.

[edit] Run the Road's Musical Implications

Run the Road served as an advertisement to the United States of the various, young, future stars currently performing in the grime scene. Artists such as Lady Sovereign, featured on the track "Cha Ching," despite having some recognition in Britain, still longs to gain success in the United States and become an international star.[1] Run the Road features some of the hungriest young stars of the UK and has been described as the "first real showcase of the UK's grime scene."[2] Run the Road masterfully mixes a series of different grime sounds and integrates them into one smooth bassline full of tantalizing lyrics, like Kano's "don't touch the microphone if you ain't reckking" on the track "Mic Fight." Despite the line's appeal on the surface underneath it displays a stronger message, the line shows both the desire to bring grime into the misogynistic, materialistic, blingy style of American hip-hop as Kano boasts and challenges all other MC's, but the Limey slang on the word "reckking," meaning recognizing, proves that grime is still a profoundly British sound. The struggle of acculturization and authenticity that all global hip-hop artists face when making music similar to American hip-hop is seen even at the top levels of grime, in Run the Road.


Run the Road Vol.1
Run the Road Vol.1 cover
Compilation album by Various
Released January 24, 2005
Recorded 2004-2005
Genre Grime
Label 679 Recordings
Alternative album cover
This edition was released on March 8, 2005
This edition was released on March 8, 2005

[edit] Run the Road Vol. 1

  1. Terror Danjah feat. Riko, Bruza, D Double E and Hyper - Cock Back
  2. Riko and Target - Chosen One
  3. Roll Deep - Let It Out
  4. Kano - P's and Q's
  5. Jammer feat. Wiley, D Double E, Kano and Goodz - Destruction Vip
  6. Dizzee Rascal feat. D Double E - Give U More
  7. No Lay - Unorthadox Daughter
  8. Shystie feat. Ronnie Redz, Kano and Bruza - One Wish (Terror Remix)
  9. Durrty Goodz - Gimmie Dat
  10. Demon feat. Big E D - I Wont Change
  11. Tinchy Stryder - Move
  12. Lady Sovereign - Cha Ching (Cheq 1-2 Remix)
  13. Ears - Happy Days
  14. The Streets Ft. Kano, Donae'o, Lady Sovereign and Tinchy Stryder - Fit But You Know It
  15. Wonder feat. Plan B - Cap Black
  16. Kano feat. Demon And Wiley - Mic Fight


Run the Road Vol.2
Run the Road Vol.2 cover
Compilation album by Various
Released February 7, 2006
Recorded 2005-2006
Genre Grime
Label Vice

[edit] Run the Road Vol. 2

Disc 1

  1. Big Seac, Demon, Doctor, Ghetto, Kano, Low Deep - Get Set [Run the Road Edition]
  2. DaVinChe, Doctor - Gotta Man?
  3. JME - Serious [Run the Road Remix]
  4. Big Seac - Nah, Nah
  5. Bigz, Bruza, Pyrelli, Skinnyman, Sway, Triple Threat - Up Your Speed [Remix]
  6. Ghetto, Katie Pearl - Run the Road
  7. Plan B - Sick 2 Def [Acoustic]
  8. Demon, Ghetto, Kano - Mic Check [Remix]
  9. Crazy Titch - Word Is Crazy
  10. Joe Buhdha, Klashnekoff - Can't You See?
  11. Earz, JME, Jammer, Mizz Beats, Sier, Wiley - Saw It Comin'
  12. Trimbal - They Gave an Inch
  13. No Lay - Unorthodox Chick
  14. Bear Man, Doctor, Fender - Drink Bear [Remix]
  15. Dynasty Crew - Bare Face Dynasty

Disc 2

  1. Kano - P's and Q's [DVD] [Multimedia Track]
  2. Bear Man - Drinking Beer [DVD] [Multimedia Track]
  3. Bruza, D Double E, Demon, Kano - Streets [Get Out of My House MC Version] [DVD] [Multimedia Track]
  4. Who's That Boy [DVD] [Multimedia Track]
  5. Bonus Material [DVD]