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Review of Roots Manuva's Awfully Deep with some comparisons to Eminem.

‘Awfully Deep’ displays the eclectic talent of the shy and humble MC perfectly. New to fatherhood, you might expect some more personal touches, but Rodney is no Eminem. That’s a good thing by the way. Unfortunately there are no ‘Sinny Sin Sins’ on his mind this time but there are plenty of the usual Roots-isms to discover. The first to instantly entrap you is the opening track, ‘Mind 2 Motion’. Starting strong with an underground bass line that conjours up imagery of a mass jungle rave, complete with Tarzan and Ace Ventura gettin’ down and grimy. Lyrics are absolute fire as you’d expect and Roots rides the rhythms better then anyone, particularly, and viciously manipulating his voice to the max’ for the chorus. Probably the greatest intro song to an album I have heard in years.