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Sep 26, 20114everevolution is an appropriately titled, subtle progression which proves that intelligent hip-hop and accessible urban pop don't have to be mutually exclusive, and in the process, Roots Manuva has produced his best record since his 2001 breakthrough, Run Come Save Me.
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Sep 23, 2011It's a pure, you're-only-as-old-as-you-feel joy to hear British hip hop's most original and inspiring voice hitting his peak as he approaches his 40th year.
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Sep 23, 2011The production is crisp and varied; Roots' warm vocal typically hits with soul without being too forcefully firebrand and constant changes in style and tempo gives 4Everevolution the energy to see it through.
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Oct 3, 2011As seventeen-track records go, it's edible, and should qualify him for another wave of buzz when the Mercurys come round next year.
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Sep 28, 2011Intense, cutting and clever, this is an album that unfolds at a near blistering pace.
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MagnetNov 21, 2011Converts to the cause will find much to love here, and curious newcomers and Anglophiles, it's as good a place as any to start. [#82, p.58]
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MojoSep 27, 2011Brit rapper Rodney Smith takes a big step towards national treasure status on sobering fifth album. [Oct 2011, p.99]
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Sep 26, 2011With 4everevolution Smith continues to avoid the genre's default Americanisms and instead dabbles in proggy electronic wizardry ('In The Throes Of It'), warped R&B ('Takes Time To') and sleekly produced, astute socio-political commentary ('Who Goes There?').
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Q MagazineSep 28, 2011British rapper ups the stakes with boundary-stretching pop turn. [Oct 2011, p.94]
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Sep 23, 2011Nearing his 40th birthday, he has delivered an album that's contemplative, insightful and filled with a beleaguered sense of the hard-scrabble nature of contemporary life.
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Sep 23, 2011It's a more considered and persuasive analysis than most of his younger, grimier peers can offer.
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Sep 26, 2011Not all of 4everevolution shines--tracks such as "First Growth" feel like Manuva by numbers--but there are some gems here, and it's good to hear the veteran south London rapper adapting his gruff tones to such a wide variety of material.