Brand New Second Hand

Studio album by Roots Manuva

Released

22 March 1999

Genre

Hip hop, dub

Length

65:05

Label

Big Dada

Producer

Roots Manuva, IG Culture, Hylton Smythe, Wayne Bennett, J.T., Jam El, V.R.S.

Roots Manuva chronology

Brand New Second Hand
(1999)

Run Come Save Me
(2001)

Singles from Brand New Second Hand

"Juggle Tings Proper"
Released: 22 February 1999
"Motion 5000"
Released: 5 July 1999

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Pitchfork	9.5/10^[2]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[3]

Brand New Second Hand is the first studio album by English hip hop musician Roots Manuva. It was released on Big Dada in 1999.

Critical reception

In 2014, Oscar Rickett of Vice said: "It's hard to believe it's been 15 years since this album was made. It's easier to believe that nothing as good as it has ever come out of the UK hip-hop scene."^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Movements"	Roots Manuva	4:12
2.	"Dem Phonies" (featuring IG Culture on vocals)	IG Culture	4:26
3.	"Juggle Tings Proper"	Roots Manuva	5:04
4.	"Inna"	Hylton Smythe	4:31
5.	"Soul Decay" (featuring Jodi on scratches)	Wayne Bennett	3:49
6.	"Baptism" (featuring Wildflower on vocals)	Roots Manuva	4:21
7.	"Strange Behaviour"	Hylton Smythe	3:52
8.	"Organ Skit"		0:16
9.	"Big Tings Gwidarn" (featuring Seanie T. on vocals)	Roots Manuva	4:42
10.	"Sinking Sands" (featuring Sober Now on vocals)	Wayne Bennett	4:10
11.	"Wisdom Fall"	Roots Manuva	3:10
12.	"Roots-Fi Discotheque Skit"		0:31
13.	"Clockwork"	Roots Manuva, J.T.	3:57
14.	"Cornmeal Dumpling" (featuring Thomas E on vocals)	Roots Manuva, Jam El	5:27
15.	"Fever" (featuring Richard Molyneaux on guitar)	V.R.S.	4:00
16.	"Oh Yeah..."	Roots Manuva	3:18
17.	"Motion 5000" (featuring Isabelle Dunn and Stella Page on strings)	Roots Manuva	5:11

References

↑ Bush, John. "Brand New Second Hand - Roots Manuva". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
↑ Cooper, Paul (23 March 1999). "Roots Manuva: Brand New Secondhand". Pitchfork. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
↑ Caramanica, Jon (2004). "Roots Manuva". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Fireside Books. p. 703.
↑ Rickett, Oscar (25 March 2014). "Fifteen Years on, UK Hip-Hop Has Never Bettered Roots Manuva's 'Brand New Second Hand'". Vice. Retrieved 13 April 2015.

External links

Brand New Second Hand at Discogs (list of releases)

Roots Manuva
Studio albums	Brand New Second Hand Run Come Save Me Dub Come Save Me Awfully Deep Alternately Deep Slime & Reason Duppy Writer 4everevolution Bleeds
Singles	"Juggle Tings Proper" "Motion 5000" "Witness (1 Hope)" "Dreamy Days" "Yellow Submarine - Album Sampler" "Colossal Insight" "Too Cold" "Buff Nuff" "Again & Again" "Let the Spirit"
Compilation albums	Back to Mine: Roots Manuva
Related articles	Big Dada

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