A Little Deeper

A Little Deeper is the debut studio album by English singer and rapper Ms. Dynamite. It was released on 10 June 2002 by Polydor Records.^[2] The album won the Mercury Prize in 2002.^[3] As of September 2011, it had sold 495,000 copies in the United Kingdom.^[4]

A Little Deeper
Studio album by Ms. Dynamite
Released	10 June 2002 (2002-06-10)
Studio	Murlyn Studios (Stockholm) Playpen Recording Studios, Right Track Recording (New York City) South Beach Studios (Miami Beach, Florida)
Genre	Ragga R&B British soul[1]
Length	61:14
Label	Polydor
Producer	Bloodshy & Avant Keon Bryce Jason "Loose J" Dyer Punch Salaam "The Chameleon" Remi StayBent
Ms. Dynamite chronology
A Little Deeper (2002) Judgement Days (2005)
Singles from A Little Deeper
"It Takes More" Released: 20 May 2002 "Dy-Na-Mi-Tee" Released: 26 August 2002 "Put Him Out" Released: 2 December 2002
Alternative cover
US cover

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Blender	[6]
Chicago Sun-Times	[7]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[8]
The Guardian	[9]
NME	6/10[10]
Q	[11]
Rolling Stone	[12]
Spin	B+[13]
The Village Voice	C+[14]

The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.^[15]

Track listing

Track listing for A Little Deeper

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1	"Natural High (Interlude)"	Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley, Salaam Remi	0:56
2	"Dy-Na-Mi-Tee"	Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley, Lennie Hibbert, Salaam Remi	3:39
3	"Anyway U Want It" (featuring Keon Bryce)	Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley, Keon Bryce, Salaam Remi	3:42
4	"Put Him Out"	Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Henrik Jonback	3:58
5	"Brother"	Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Henrik Jonback	3:34
6	"It Takes More" (Bloodshy Main Mix)	Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley, Michael "Punch" Harper	4:39
7	"Sick 'n' Tired"	Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley, Michael "Punch" Harper	3:34
8	"Afraid 2 Fly"	Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley, Hernst Bellevue	4:48
9	"Watch Over Them"	Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley	1:16
10	"Seed Will Grow" (featuring Kymani Marley)	Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley, Salaam Remi, Kymani Marley	3:23
11	"Krazy Krush"	Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Kingslee Daley	3:44
12	"Now U Want My Love"	Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley, Salaam Remi	4:54
13	"Too Experienced" (featuring Barrington Levy)	Bob Andy	2:58
14	"Gotta Let U Know"	Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley, Salaam Remi	4:09
15	"All I Ever"	Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley, Jason Dyer, Salaam Remi, Angela Hunte, Van Gibbs, Eddison Sainsbury	4:31
16	"A Little Deeper"/"Get Up, Stand Up" (Pregap Track)	Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley, Salaam Remi	10:25

Track 13 is a bonus track on some editions, and does not appear on the UK edition.

US edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
17	"Danger"		3:14
18	"Ramp (Bonus Track: Get Up, Stand Up!)"		9:58

Charts

Weekly charts 2002 weekly chart performance for A Little Deeper Chart (2002) Peak position Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 36 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[17] 38 French Albums (SNEP)[18] 67 Scottish Albums (OCC)[19] 21 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] 70 UK Albums (OCC)[21] 10 UK R&B Albums (OCC)[22] 3 2003 weekly chart performance for A Little Deeper Chart (2003) Peak position US Billboard 200[23] 179 US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[24] 8 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[25] 80

Year-end charts 2002 year-end chart performance for A Little Deeper Chart (2002) Position UK Albums (OCC)[26] 52 2003 year-end chart performance for A Little Deeper Chart (2003) Position UK Albums (OCC)[27] 131

Certifications

Certifications for A Little Deeper

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[28]	Platinum	499,000[29]