Roots Manuva - Colossal Insight

[Ouzai]

"The only things that i own are my balls and my word" wicked.

[rupenify]

SHUT UP AND WATCH THE VIDEO AND LISTEN!

[XGravityChildrenX]

You guys gonna act like children all the time? How about a little insight here. =_=

[xXNikLasVegasXx]

I'm here cause of APB :D

[jamesfish05]

@xXNikLasVegasXx Fuck off kid.

[zlSuiSLiD3lz]

@jamesfish05 You mad?

[UKmessiah]

whats collosal insight

[jxcream]

@UKmessiah i guess it means insight in collossal proportions

[jamesfish05]

@UKmessiah Wow what an asshole you are.

[xXNikLasVegasXx]

@jamesfish05 What's your problem man? I didnt do anything bad to you. At least I dont offend people with my comment. By the way i just came here cause the song is so awesome so dont get it wrong man.

[jxcream]

@jxcream look in a dictionary then u dumb fuckin cunt

[The2ndKrezzz3]

the beat is so garbage! the shit is horrible. way too many sounds going off and the tempo is off. the damn song woupdve been good if it had a propper beat

[Dazzeh1]

@The2ndKrezzz3 Well no, it all fits with the metronome -.-

Your lack of music knowledge amuses me.

[hidan234]

APB BROUGHT ME HERE

[LandmowerCA]

Collosal Insight...

Invites the soul...

Sturdy after good food...

Collosal Insight...

Invites the soul...

Sturdy after good food...

This song is depressed.

[kingcustard444]

APB MAN! Nothing like listening to this song while capping some crims in the ass!

[Tpwn3d]

@kingcustard444 Naw nothing like doing drive-by's on enforcers while listening to this song!

[shammw0w]

Yep A.P.B made me watch this video.  Still cool as hell. lol

[FreeCaptains]

This is really awful. Horribly clashing scales. Whoever composed the music of this piece should be shot. It totally does not fit the vocals. At all.

[Tpwn3d]

@FreeCaptains Dude, your life is an epic failure.

[TheAnxiousMan]

@FreeCaptains thats supposed to be the point i thought

[SimplyMarcusP]

@FreeCaptains The lyrical content goes very well with the music, it captures what he wants to get across really well.

And besides, if you think this is clashing scales, you should listen to botch or converge or something.

[yeeaaabuddy]

noboday heard of me cuz im a new man. i got a new plan. to get these new grands.

[lughole]

i walk with disaster, prefer to be plastered...

[kcchris]

APB ^^

[deanoisbadist]

fucking legend

[Dylzz82]

Roots Manuva - UK Hip Hop Genius.

Been listening to him for years and is still Better than the VAST majority.

Fucking Hard.

[crkillz]

2 sick ruler!!!!!

[seattletyrida]

Please please I beg if anyone knows all the other versions of this song can you please tell me!?!

[AtStreetLevel]

all his lyrics touch me

[Nkerklaan]

Moral of the story: only fat white guys like Roots Manuva.

[BDolf030]

@Nkerklaan might be some truth to it ;-) i'm pretty fat and pretty white.

[eldridgepaul]

@Nkerklaan only because Manuva gives him fast food at the start. He is following him around hoping to get more fried chicken.

[furfeyl]

@Nkerklaan but im a skinny white guy O_o

[kiteofdark]

This music video is fucking weird...at least in the beginning. It's like he's singing to that fat guy.

[ReggaeJammey]

hehe white fatmans looks funny x]

[wtrskater12]

dit is echt kutmuziek sander

[AvenueD417]

the fat man reminds me of Robbie Coltrane,lol

[longnecklongbones]

sound quality is bullshit- sort it

[TheMagicRealist]

@longnecklongbones shut up mate, if you have a problem upload your own copy, dont be so rude, actin like yor givin orders "sort it"

faak off

[bongrocker]

I should cut down this drinking. Too many nights of wayward thinking.

[CusDes]

YO THIS IS SICK WIT IT! YOU GOTTA LOVE THIS MAN. DON'T MATTA IF HE'S FROM UK OR US AS LONG AS HE MAKES TRACKS LIKE THIS.

[BDolf030]

Hee roots u must kill all shit in us brain, sieg

[MarisaMokoena]

Dope track!

[linsi879]

these are our prophets, who conjure the energy of our internal fire, hence why we relate to them so deeply

[VanZarko]

APB!!

[fucktheothercalmo]

What kind of idiot marks this thumbs down..

[LucianBonn]

This is a great example of the direction Hip hop should have gone as a whole. Its such a shame that more artists dont have fantastic lyrics like Manuva has. Its really hard to find good hip hop these days, but Roots Manuva always has something good to listen too, no matter what your taste in music is.

[MassEffectFanatic]

UK cant rap

[shoplifting1is1fun]

@MassEffectFanatic

You best be trollin

[Mikeyc2k6]

@MassEffectFanatic Nah mate, its just that the US can't comprehend

[bastienfrancois]

wicked shoon

[thegeneral10000]

deep

[MarisaMokoena]

@thegeneral10000 Dope track! love it love it.

[MarisaMokoena]

@thegeneral10000 Dope track! love it love it.

[MrParralax]

SICK TUNE!

CHECK MY BEATS!

PEACE

[validfor1hour]

mr smiths a genius , i must say he is what represents uk hip hop , none of those pricks u see nowadays chipmunk n that other wanker

[kfordjour]

I couldn't have put it better myself! lol

[LogicKidroy]

@validfor1hour 99% of em are wankers... *thumbs up from me*

[GJS666]

@validfor1hour Well fucking said valid! Pitty only a few people realise that fact!

[tbagins]

@validfor1hour Listen to some north east stuff man! Rick Fury and Dialect crew keeping the faith up north...

[screwthisballs]

@validfor1hour

Hell yeah

[tron360]

hahhahahahahhahahhahahhahahhah­ahha

[Takver]

Great, great song.

[MissPoloNose]

comedown music (L)

[royalsteven]

1.57 I wish I could control my gf like that O_O

[fatazz2e3]

2 many guud songs, he is really da best..where he at any-way.dis song and (ALL alone ft. the gorillaz) pretty much tells about him,keep em' cumin.peace

[foolofaguyinlove]

It's spelt, "the".

[yetiflicker]

wicked video......roots is super cool.

[TibtheBear]

ultra

[gavenmx]

So goood !!!!!!!!!!!!!............=D

[sierradelta07]

luv this track.

[JoeStephens78]

Oh Yeah!. Love this song and video, takes me back a few years man!. Peace.

[lustreboy]

love this track

ROOTS RULES!

[mattiadavinci]

Roots is the best...

[idemt]

"I don't give a damn about UK rap

Im a UK black making UK tracks

and I got love for all of them scenes

but them pigeonholes were never nothing to hold me"

Pretty much sums up Roots Manuva really in my opinion

[Doodlebugdude]

That's what makes him so exciting, cos like Prince and other creative types he moves all over the damn place. BigUp Dizzee Rascal for youngstas too!

[joas2716]

a master class in vibe stronfg

[RapInstruktor]

najlepszy!

[mchong1234]

Such an awesome MC. Gives hip-hop a good name.

[IronFistAlchemist]

AMAZING!!!!

I love hearing Tracks like this, that Make time Dissapear in entertainment.

:)

3dy-CFG

[nerothegoldenboy]

brand new second hand(in the top 10 british hip hop albums) & run come save me were good albums, awfully deep & slime & reason are awful,end of.

manuva has gone in a bad direction & sums up the state of hip hop in general!!!

[searro]

the brotha eatin chicken is me.

[BeatJockeyRecordings]

Great track support artists like Roots manuva,

[pipinkamalinka]

love it! roots manuva old school:D

[kaboomkaboom789]

hahaa the fat guys hilarious!!!

[olliebrfc]

This blokes fucking awesome

[sirdday]

This guy is magic, Its like he has taken all the words and beats that have been just sitting there waiting to be used but no one had found them until now. Genius

[kar5431]

this should be mainstream,this dude is awesome.by the way i got to find me a puppet like that.lol!!!

[scottmasterliam]

i love how his songs are so simple and meaningfull

amazing

[FmMan33]

Fucking love this, remember the day it came out, went bought the album (y)

[20sanfoe]

tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuune

[beerdrinkersunite]

shit how many rappers out ther can use the word "shananigans"

[milojed]

good point...

[mission100uk]

very good point

[TinoStruggle081]

Wu tang

[caniboi]

shinanigans is a real word

it means naughty acts

[happybois]

its real as long as its in wide use and its origins can be traced through greek and latin aint it? just kidding...

signed: the incredible retracting asshole

[happybois]

lol. the truth is often met with thumbs downs. I'm just going through all the tracks i can find to make sure im not just being a biased bitch hater-erer

[BluntDNB]

if you don't know English maybe

[Scottwastingtime]

" i got love for every one of them scenes, and those pigeon holes, but there aint nothin' to hold me"

Wicked sick!

[ForwardMcburn]

bad sound quality but great song. roots manuva is IMENSE

[speciaIk85]

the beat is sick

[hairymac365]

fergal hunter is a cunt

[wwwravehistorycouk]

splinters in my soul - great lyric

[Emeraldz1992]

roots(rodney) is the originator of uk: rap/Grime/Hip-Hop even though many dispute this by saying it was innovative thinking on the part of wiley and skepta, whereas actually they were quite derivative. anywayz Roots is sik blud

[dnbjunglistno9]

for sure

big ups

[cthompson1976]

this is worldly music at it's finest

[hitman2027]

funny video

[lakbaba]

isnt the end of the clip in lock 17? sure looks like it! :)

[Ohscrewit]

ive watched this vid 13 times and i never noticed that fat guy

[ELGROOVER]

"...sturdy on the good foot." Not 'alf mate!

Call it what you like...genres are just trimmings. This has SOUL man...far out!

[robotserious]

Rodney is the man.

[nightmareofxmas]

hip hop is not on the radio

[imbigrobanwot]

eat my pooh

[imbigrobanwot]

no thats not a comment to the song

[bluto138]

Nice.. I never thought to check for videos.. this is like a bomb gift u weren't expecting

[Lolugotowned]

Roots manuva is UK's answer to american underground like MF Doom and other artists, and he is definately up there with them!

its hard to class his songs into 1 genre but i cant see many links that Witness has to grime :\

[dinosarus]

how the bloody hell cld u call witness grime!?

its evidently hip-hop. its not grimey at all.

[rudeboiGC]

Rodney Clarke AKA Roots Manuva is a person, not a group. And he is english, and he clearly states in this song: "I dont give a damn about UK rap, im just a UK black making UK tracks and I got love for every one of those scenes, and them pigeonholes were never nutin to hold me"

IN CONCLUSION!

He is english, and he is black, (not that hard people?)

so he doesnt want/feel part of the UK hip-hop/grime community, although 'Witness(1 Hope)' could easlily be classed as grime.

[rudeboiGC]

Rodney Smith*

[razorSE15]

I couldn't say it better, nuff people keep trying to push Grime & HipHop together. For me, I don't think SO!! I'm 1978born and have seen HipHop flouish and turn into rancid poo... All UK and international people need to support UK music, whatever it maybe.

[morgz102]

seen both "The Roots" and "Roots Manuva"  LiVE = both shows were amazing

[tumblekool]

i love this song it sounds so weird but its infectious and catchy great music,great artist!

[shootsmack]

shut the fuck up bout the roots ya geeks roots manuva kills em

[caucazoidandroid]

roots manuva is great, but no where near as experimental as the roots. Don't just listen to the singles.

[imbigrobanwot]

that granny is your girl

[tbtbreaker]

randyapollo..

The roots from the US are 1 of the best hiphop acts ever!

I agree that i prefer Roots Manuva - but i still got much respect and love for The Roots!

[wrathofgattz]

way better than most uk hip hop

[ozipk]

i tried it, it didnt work

[MrMagooooo]

is "roots manuva" the same guys as "roots"

[randyapollo]

nah the roots are an american rap band,roots manuva are english and much much better

[seekingtruehiphop]

sure

[yohlandi]

roots manuva IS english, its just 1 guy

[Soramewmew]

This is awesome :'DD

[spoonie8881]

nice 1 geeza!

[bigbadsway]

Can't pigeon hole this guy.

Amazing Art!

[curtisb3000]

a needed change!

[ibox1]

Quality stuff.

[pj1986]

yup! ROOTS MANUVA!

[madshackle]

Smart,sad,real. Roots Manuva is still making songs that matter.

[bigbadsway]

amazing

[JoBrix]

TIGHT!! I want to move to the U.K. and live like a DREADKNOT!

[Keyser037]

haha la vieille qui chante dans le bus, mortel. Du Roots, parfait quoi...

[enkil61]

Fantástico Roots Manuva

[kirstyarohanui]

deep !!!

[gangstaview]

real easy, uk scene, rep it and keep in clean

[tommythomas6]

top draw..

[ParadigmShift302]

Heavy...

[OLibbb]

he is the tits

[dasavior]

roots manuva is sheer genius with his word play. the beat is hella sick. big ups