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Alternately Deep

Alternately Deep is a compilation album of remixes, b-sides and unreleased songs from the Awfully Deep sessions by British rapper and record producer Roots Manuva. It was released on 13 March 2006 via Big Dada Recordings. Beside Manuva himself, it was also produced by The Easy Access Orchestra, Colossus and Wayne "Lotek" Bennett, with additional production by Steve Dub. It features contributions from Ricky Ranking and Hazel Sim.

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Alternately Deep
Compilation album by
Roots Manuva
ReleasedMarch 13, 2006 (2006-03-13)
Studio
  • Dada Studios
  • Waterloo Bridge Studios
  • Unit L Studios
  • The Garden
  • Ceasefire Studios
  • Rhythm Station (Brixton)
  • Plan B Studios
GenreUK rap
Length45:50
LabelBig Dada
Producer
  • Colossus
  • Lotek
  • Roots Manuva
  • Steve Dub (add.)
  • The Easy Access Orchestra
Roots Manuva chronology
Back to Mine: Roots Manuva
(2005) 		Alternately Deep
(2006) 		Slime & Reason
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarHalf star1
GigwiseStarStarStarHalf star2
musicOMHStarStarStar3
NowStarStarStar4
Prefix6/105

Alternately Deep is a compilation album of remixes, b-sides and unreleased songs from the Awfully Deep sessions by British rapper and record producer Roots Manuva. It was released on 13 March 2006 via Big Dada Recordings. Beside Manuva himself, it was also produced by The Easy Access Orchestra, Colossus and Wayne "Lotek" Bennett, with additional production by Steve Dub. It features contributions from Ricky Ranking and Hazel Sim.

Composed of twelve tracks, the album includes previously released song "Double Drat", which was available only via Roots Manuva's website since 2004, and an alternate version of Colossus' own track "You a Grown Man Now" (retitled as "Grown Man"). The song "No Love" appeared in video games Need for Speed: Carbon and Test Drive Unlimited.

The album peaked at number 8 on the Official Hip Hop and R&B Albums Chart and number 13 on the Official Independent Albums Chart in the United Kingdom.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."No Love"Rodney Hylton Smith
3:53
2."Seat Yourself (Miami Mix)" (featuring Ricky Ranking)
  • Smith
  • Ricardo McKenzie
Roots Manuva4:00
3."Double Drat"Smith
  • Roots Manuva
  • Steve Dub (add.)
3:40
4."Nobody's Dancing"
  • Smith
  • Ralph Lamb
  • Andrew Michael Ross
  • Roots Manuva
  • The Easy Access Orchestra
3:58
5."Things We Do"
  • Smith
  • Lamb
  • Ross
  • The Easy Access Orchestra
  • Roots Manuva (add.)
  • Steve Dub (add.)
3:17
6."Check It (Remix)"Smith
  • Roots Manuva
  • Steve Dub (add.)
4:15
7."Get U High"Smith
  • Roots Manuva
  • Steve Dub (add.)
3:24
8."Colossal Insight (Jammer Remix & Revox)"Smith 3:08
9."Mean Street"Smith
  • Roots Manuva
  • Steve Dub (add.)
5:07
10."Pep My Game"SmithRoots Manuva2:52
11."This World Is Mine (Plan B Studio Version)"
4:15
12."Grown Man"
  • Smith
  • Charlie Tate
Colossus4:01
Total length:45:50

Charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position
UK R&B Albums (OCC)6 8
UK Independent Albums (OCC)7 13
References

References

  1. Bush, John. "Alternately Deep - Roots Manuva | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  2. Condron, Neil (21 February 2006). "Roots Manuva - 'Alternately Deep' (Big Dada) Released 13/03/06". Gigwise. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  3. Lee, Darren (13 March 2006). "Roots Manuva - Alternately Deep | Album Reviews". musicOMH. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  4. Richards, Jason (20 April 2006). "ROOTS MANUVA - NOW Magazine". NOW Toronto. Vol. 25, no. 34. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  5. Solomon, Eric (10 April 2006). "Roots Manuva . Alternately Deep [prefixmag review]". Prefix. Retrieved 20 December 2006 – via Wayback Machine.
  6. "Official R&B Albums Chart on 19/3/2006 – Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  7. "Official Independent Albums Chart on 19/3/2006 – Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
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