Brand New Second Hand Explained

Brand New Second Hand
Type:	studio
Artist:	Roots Manuva
Cover:	RootsManuva BrandNewSecondHand albumcover.jpg
Genre:	Reggae, Hip hop, dub
Label:	Big Dada
Producer:	Roots Manuva, IG Culture, Hylton Smythe, Wayne Bennett, J.T., Jam El, V.R.S.
Next Title:	Run Come Save Me
Next Year:	2001

Brand New Second Hand is the first studio album by English hip hop musician Roots Manuva. It was released on Big Dada in 1999.

Critical reception

Paul Cooper of Pitchfork gave the album a 9.5 out of 10, saying, "I find Roots Manuva's delivery addictive, compelling, and, above all, heartfelt." In 2014, Oscar Rickett of Vice said, "It's hard to believe it's been 15 years since this album was made. He added, "It's easier to believe that nothing as good as it has ever come out of the UK hip-hop scene."^[1]

NME named it the 37th best album of 1999.^[2]

Credits

Co-Vocalists

• IG Culture on "Dem Phonies"
• Wildflower on "Baptism"
• Seanie T. on "Big Tings Gwidarn"
• Sober Now on "Sinking Sands
• Thomas E on "Cornmeal Dumpling"

Miscellaneous

Turntables on "Soul Decay"

• Jodi

Guitar on "Fever"

• Richard Molyneaux

String instruments on "Motion 5000"

• Isabelle Dunn, and Stella Page

Charts

Chart	Peak position
UK Independent Albums (OCC)^[3]	30
UK R&B Albums (OCC)^[4]	18

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fifteen Years on, UK Hip-Hop Has Never Bettered Roots Manuva's 'Brand New Second Hand'. Vice. Oscar. Rickett. 25 March 2014. 13 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074824/http://noisey.vice.com/ja/blog/UK-hip-hop-has-never-bettered-roots-manuva-brand-new-second-hand. 4 March 2016.
2. Web site: Albums And Tracks Of The Year: 1999. NME. 10 October 2016. 2 January 2018.
3. Web site: Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50: 28 March 1999 - 03 April 1999. Official Charts Company. 23 February 2018.
4. Web site: Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40: 28 March 1999 - 03 April 1999. Official Charts Company. 23 February 2018.