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Brand New Second Hand

Should [a]Roots Manuva[/a] ever tire of the rap game, he could always become a demolition expert....

Should Roots Manuva ever tire of the rap game, he could always become a demolition expert. Compounding hip-hop power and dancehall reggae grind, his voice isn't so much in his boots as subterranean, packing the force to flatten the unsightly tower blocks of his south London locale. But what makes 'Brand New Second Hand' that most rare of phenomena, a fine UK hip-hop...

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