Alternately Deep

Alternately Deep
Studio album by Roots Manuva
Released 13 March 2006
Genre Hip-hop
Label Big Dada
Producer Roots Manuva (Hylton Smythe), Steve Dub, The Easy Access Orchestra, Jammer, Wayne Bennett, Colossus
Roots Manuva chronology

Back To Mine: Roots Manuva
(2005)		 Alternately Deep
(2006)		 Slime & Reason
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
musicOMH.com [2]
Okayplayer [3]

Alternately Deep is the fifth studio album of original material by Roots Manuva. It was released on 13 March 2006 on the Big Dada label.[4]

The album contains twelve tracks recorded during the sessions for his last studio album, Awfully Deep, including a remix of "Colossal Insight" and the track "Double Drat", which was previously only available via Roots Manuva's website. It features guest production from Colossus (King Kooba's Charlie Tate; Grown Man being an alternate version of Colossus' own released track You A Grown Man Now), Easy Access Orchestra, Lotek and Ricky Rankin. The song "No Love" is featured in two videogames: Need for Speed: Carbon and Test Drive Unlimited.

The album received generally positive reviews. Allmusic's John Bush praised the "digital distortion and bizarre, ringing tones" of the album's production, saying it "could well be a more satisfying listen" than Awfully Deep owing to its more relaxed and uncomplicated atmosphere.[5]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "No Love"  Rodney SmithSteve Dub 3:53
2. "Seat Yourself (Miami mix)"  R. McKenzie, SmithSteve Dub 4:00
3. "Double Drat"  SmithSteve Dub 3:40
4. "Nobody's Dancing"  Lamb, Ross, SmithThe Easy Access Orchestra 3:58
5. "Things We Do"  Lamb, Ross, SmithSteve Dub 3:17
6. "Check It"  SmithSteve Dub 4:15
7. "Get U High"  SmithSteve Dub 3:24
8. "Colossal Insight (Jammer Remix & Revox)"  SmithJammer 3:08
9. "Mean Street"  SmithSteve Dub 5:07
10. "Pep My Game"  SmithHylton Smythe 2:52
11. "This World Is Mine (Plan B Studio Version)"  Bennett, SmithLotek 4:15
12. "Grown Man"  Smith, TateColossus 4:01

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ musicOMH.com review
  3. ↑ Okayplayer review
  4. ↑ "Big Dada Roots Manuva - Alternately Deep". Big Dada website. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
  5. ↑ Bush, John. "((( Alternately Deep > Overview )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-12-10.