Run the Road


Run the Road is a series of compilations released on 679 Recordings and Vice. It was intended to showcase a wide variety of grime artists from the genre such as Dizzee Rascal, Wiley and Kano.
According to RWD Magazine deputy editor Danny Walker, the first edition sold more than 20,000 copies.

''Run the Road Vol. 1''

  1. Terror Danjah feat. Riko, Bruza, D Double E and Hyper - Cock Back
  2. Riko and Target - Chosen One
  3. Roll Deep - Let It Out
  4. Kano - P's and Q's
  5. Jammer feat. Wiley, D Double E, Kano and Goodz - Destruction Vip
  6. Dizzee Rascal feat. D Double E - Give U More
  7. No Lay - Unorthodox Daughter
  8. Shystie feat. Ronnie Redz, Kano and Bruza - One Wish
  9. Durrty Goodz - Gimmie Dat
  10. Demon feat. Big E D - I Wont Change
  11. Tinchy Stryder - Move
  12. Lady Sovereign - Cha Ching
  13. Ears - Happy Days
  14. The Streets Ft. Kano, Donae'o, Lady Sovereign and Tinchy Stryder - Fit But You Know It
  15. Wonder feat. Plan B - Cap Black
  16. Kano feat. Demon And Wiley - Mic Fight

''Run the Road Vol. 2''

Disc 1
  1. Big Seac, Demon, Doctor, Ghetto, Kano, Low Deep - Get Set
  2. DaVinChe, Doctor - Gotta Man?
  3. JME - Serious
  4. Big Seac - Nah, Nah
  5. Bigz, Bruza, Pyrelli, Skinnyman, Sway, Triple Threat - Up Your Speed
  6. Ghetto, Katie Pearl - Run the Road
  7. Plan B - Sick 2 Def
  8. Demon, Ghetto, Kano - Mic Check
  9. Lady Sov - Little Bit Of Shuush
  10. Crazy Titch - Word Is Crazy
  11. Joe Buhdha, Klashnekoff - Can't You See?
  12. Earz, JME, Jammer, Mizz Beats, Sier, Wiley - Saw It Comin'
  13. Trimbal - They Gave an Inch
  14. No Lay - Unorthodox Chick
  15. Bear Man, Doctor, Fender - Drink Bear
  16. Dynasty Crew - Bare Face Dynasty
Disc 2
  1. Kano - P's and Q's
  2. Bear Man - Drinking Beer
  3. Bruza, D Double E, Demon, Kano - Streets
  4. Who's That Boy
  5. Bonus Material

    Critical reception

The first edition was reviewed positively in broadsheet newspapers at the time of its release. Writing for the Evening Standard, Richard Godwin described it as an "exhilarating introduction" to grime and asserting that "he compilation format showcases the genre's versatility well, while providing great individual moments". However, he noted that several of the tracks included were more than a year old at the time of its release. For The Daily Telegraph, Ben Thompson wrote that the compilation was "a perfect introduction to the raft of likely contenders now hoping to follow Dizzee Rascal into the mainstream", and described the content as "rgent, funny, rude, and sometimes alarmingly violent."