Roots Manuva – Bleeds – CD

Big Dada

One of the true pioneers and originals of British music, any album from Roots Manuva is an event. When it’s as good as “Bleeds” it’s one of the musical events of the year. Both genre-defying and deeply rooted in what he describes as “the culture of Bass and Verb,” the record innovates and consolidates in equal measure. Rodney Smith describes himself as “a British Black musical Mark Rothko” and “Bleeds” is another masterpiece from this abstract wordsmith.

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