Duppy Writer

Big Dada first came across Wrongtom a few months before the releaase of Roots Manuva's (aka Rodney Smith's) album, Slime & Reason. The DJ and producer (whose previous credits includes work for Lynval Golding's Pama International, Trojan Records and his Staines homeboys Hard Fi) got in touch asking if he could bash out a dub version of the lead single for that campaign, "Buff Nuff." As it wasn't costing and we're cheap like that we said he could have a go on spec. When we heard the result we immediately commissioned a series of mixes which, turned round in about a fortnight, became the bonus disc for the limited edition version of Slime & Reason. The responses we received were pretty ecstatic so we asked Tom if he would be up for expanding the work into a full album. Two years on and Tom, with moral support from Mr. Manuva, has turned in an album which covers all four of Roots Manuva's main albums, plus tracks from Dub Come Save Me and Alternately Deep, and a brand new collaboration with Mr Manuva and Ricky Ranking on lead single "Jah Warriors."