Roll Deep
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| Roll Deep Entourage | |
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 Roll Deep performing at the 2006 Love Music Hate Racism festival
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| Background information | |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genre(s) | Grime Eskibeat |
| Years active | 2002-present |
| Label(s) | Roll Deep Recordings/ Boy Better Know / EMI / Relentless |
| Associated acts | Boy Better Know |
| Members | |
| Wiley[1], Riko, Breeze, Scratchy, Flow Dan, Brazen, Jet Le, Roachee, JME, Skepta, Manga, J2K, Little Dee, Karnage, Maximum, Danny Weed, Target | |
| Former members | |
| Dizzee Rascal, Jamakabi, Syer Barz, Trim | |
Roll Deep are a MOBO Award-nominated[2] London-based grime music collective. They were founded in 2002, by a group of rappers including Wiley. Roll Deep Crew are also closely associated with their sister Crew Boy Better Know with many of the members in both Crews.
Their debut album, In at the Deep End, was released in June 2005. Three singles were released from the album: "The Avenue", "When I'm 'Ere" and "Shake a Leg". Roll Deep Recordings is their own record label, which they use to distribute their mixtapes. However they were dropped from their label, Relentless, late in 2006.[3]
Roll Deep have been consistent supporters of Love Music Hate Racism and have played at many of the organisations more high profile events including the memorial for murdered teenager Anthony Walker.
In October 2006, Roll Deep participated in a project of Tate Modern museum where various groups and songwriters were invited to choose a work that inspired them from the gallery's collection of modern art and then write a track about it.[4] Roll Deep's submission, Searching, was inspired by the Anish Kapoor sculpture Ishi's Light, and can be heard on headphones in front of the work or on the Tate Tracks website.[5]
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Singles
- 18 April 2005 "When I'm 'Ere"
- 18 July 2005 "The Avenue" #11 UK
- 10 October 2005 "Shake A Leg" #24 UK
- 18 February 2006 "Heat Up"
- 23 April 2007 "Celebrate That"
- 14 October 2007 "Racist People"
[edit] Albums
- In at the Deep End (6 June, 2005), Relentless Records
- Rules and Regulations (2007), Roll Deep Recordings
[edit] References
- ^ Roll Deep at MySpace
- ^ Inside tracks: Iron Maiden, Les Mckeown and the Mobo awards. The Daily Telegraph (2005-08-25). Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
- ^ Ganging Up on Guns. Evening Standard (2007-02-20). Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
- ^ Tate Modern gets art soundtracks. BBC News (2006-09-01). Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
- ^ Tate | Tate Tracks
