Duppy Writer

Rating

Album: Duppy Writer
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Butterfly Crab Walk	More Info...	0:02
2)	Chin Up	More Info...	0:04
3)	Duppy Writer	More Info...
4)	Worl' a Mine	More Info...	0:03
5)	Big Tings Redone	More Info...	0:04
6)	Jah Warriors	More Info...	0:04
7)	Proper Tings Juggled	More Info...	0:04
8)	Dutty Rut	More Info...	0:03
9)	Dub Decay	More Info...
10)	Lick Up Ya Foot	More Info...	0:02
11)	Rebuff	More Info...	0:03
12)	Son of Bodda	More Info...	0:03
13)	Motion 82	More Info...	0:05

Album: Duppy Writer
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Butterfly Crab Walk	More Info...	0:02
2)	Chin Up	More Info...	0:04
3)	Duppy Writer	More Info...
4)	Worl' a Mine	More Info...	0:03
5)	Big Tings Redone	More Info...	0:04
6)	Jah Warriors	More Info...	0:04
7)	Proper Tings Juggled	More Info...	0:04
8)	Dutty Rut	More Info...	0:03
9)	Dub Decay	More Info...
10)	Lick Up Ya Foot	More Info...	0:02
11)	Rebuff	More Info...	0:03
12)	Son of Bodda	More Info...	0:03
13)	Motion 82	More Info...	0:05

Performer Notes

Personnel: Wrongtom (guitar, keyboards, percussion).
Illustrator: Tony McDermott.
In 2002, shortly after he released the excellent Run Come Save Me, Roots Manuva followed with the remix record, Dub Come Save Me, which trumped one of his best original LPs to become the seminal LP of his career. Duppy Writer is another remix record, this time with Wrongtom replacing the good Lord Gosh (aka Roots Manuva himself) as main producer. (Additional production is prevalent, though, including Steve Dub, Toddla T, Lotek's Wayne Bennett, and Roots himself.) Though always rooted in dub and reggae, Roots has never had this type of backing in his career, a skeletal, half-step digi-dancehall sound that suits his voice perfectly. Of course, there's plenty of dub on display too, as well as the organ-led rocksteady for "Worl' a Mine." Duppy Writer ably serves either of two purposes, an alternate career retrospective or a remix record of taste and distinction. ~ John Bush

Professional Reviews

Mojo (Publisher) (p.96) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Throughout Roots Manuva's deft, already reggae-leaning rhyming achieves a perfect fit with Wrongtom's bang-on use of rhythm, bass and sound effects."

Mojo (Publisher) (p.56) - Ranked #17 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2010" -- "Roots' reggae-cognisant rhyming was a natural fit with Wrongtom's sharp reanimations of styles from late '60s onwards..."

Uncut (magazine) (p.105) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The result is Roots Manuva's most purely pleasurable long-player."