Alternately Deep

2006 studio album by Roots Manuva

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	^[2]
NME	7/10^[3]
Okayplayer	^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

Track listing

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

References

^ Allmusic review
^ musicOMH.com review
^ Phull, Hardeep (15 April 2006). "Albums: Roots Manuva – Alternately Deep". NME. London: IPC Media. p. 35.
^ Okayplayer review
^ "Big Dada Roots Manuva - Alternately Deep". Big Dada website. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
^ Bush, John. "( Alternately Deep > Overview )". Allmusic. Retrieved 10 December 2008.