2009 collection from the British Grime/Hip Hop outfit, who are now referred to as the forefathers of the Grime scene. Features their Top 20 hits 'Shake a Leg' and 'Avenue' plus unreleased tracks and essential cuts lifted from their three albums. Roll Deep have set their place in history. Starting in 2001, a group of friends from East London were about to change the game forever. Debut album in at the Deep End sold 98,000 copies in 2005, and the group have gone on to achieve two Top 20 hits as well as a string of tours around the world. Having being responsible for changing the UK underground scene, the guys have released two further albums, and a barrage of solo projects. Former members Dizzee Rascal, and Wiley have become the most successful UK MC's of all time.
Features all their smash hits from 2002?2009 and some previously unreleased tracks.
Albums never meant much to grime. It's barely even a song-centric genre, with its usual emphasis on bars or catchphrases of just a few words, so it's ...
Martin Clark - 19/Nov/2009
In the relentlessly forward-moving world of UK grime, retrospective compilations are rare. Many of grime's primary mediums are transient: pirate rad...