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Brand New Second Hand
Hip-Hop · 1999 · 17 tracks

Brand New Second Hand

Roots Manuva

Murky, dub-weighted hip-hop from South London. A baritone voice navigating basement-tape hiss and heavy sub-bass with poetic, mundane precision.

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It's like a dub-reggae sound system crashed into a South London basement rap session.

A heavy, grounded urban mysticism that feels both gritty and deeply soulful.

Brand New Second Hand · vs · Roots Manuva
Lo Fi+2.5σ

The production is built around lo fi than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 17 Tracks
01
Movements
4:12
02
Dem Phonies
4:26
03
Juggle Tings Proper
5:05
04
Inna
4:32
05
Soul Decay
3:50
06
Baptism
4:21
07
Strange Behaviour
3:52
08
Organ Skit
0:17
09
Big Tings Gwidarn
4:43
10
Sinking Sands
4:11
11
Wisdom Fall
3:10
12
Roots-Fi Discotek (skit)
0:32
13
Clockwork
3:57
14
Cornmeal Dumpling
5:28
15
Fever
4:01
16
Oh Yeah…
3:18
17
Motion 5000
5:12
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the bassline on Juggle Tings Proper feels like it is physically vibrating the floorboards.
The skeletal, haunting organ melody that floats through the background of Motion 5000.
The transition into the deep, echoing dub space halfway through Movements.
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