{{Short description|Compilation album series}} '''''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dannywalker1.blogspot.com/2005/07/run-roads-2-exclusive.html|title=Run the ROads 2 Exclusive!!!|work=Danny Walker's Weblog - UK Grime, Funky, Electro, Dubstep Nonsense & That|author=Walker, Danny|date=2005-07-01}}</ref>
{{Infobox album | name = Run the Road Vol. 1 | type = compilation | artist = Various | cover = Runtheroad1.JPG | alt = | released = {{start date|2005|1|24}} | recorded = 2004–2005 | venue = | studio = | genre = Grime | length = | label = 679 Recordings | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Alternative album cover | type = Compilation Album | cover = Runtheroad2.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = This edition was released on March 8, 2005 }} }}
==''Run the Road Vol. 1''== <!-- === Track listing === --> # Terror Danjah feat. Riko, Bruza, D Double E and Hyper - Cock Back # Riko and Target - Chosen One # Roll Deep - Let It Out # Kano - P's and Q's # Jammer feat. Wiley, D Double E, Kano and Goodz - Destruction Vip # Dizzee Rascal feat. D Double E - Give U More # No Lay - Unorthodox Daughter # Shystie feat. Ronnie Redz, Kano and Bruza - One Wish (Terror Remix) # Durrty Goodz - Gimmie Dat # Demon feat. Big E D - I Wont Change # Tinchy Stryder - Move # Lady Sovereign - Cha Ching (Cheq 1-2 Remix) # Ears - Happy Days # The Streets Ft. Kano, Donae'o, Lady Sovereign and Tinchy Stryder - Fit But You Know It # Wonder feat. Plan B - Cap Black # Kano feat. Demon And Wiley - Mic Fight <br> {{Infobox album | name = Run the Road Vol.2 | type = Compilation album | artist = Various | cover = Runtheroad3.jpg | alt = | released = February 7, 2006 | recorded = 2005–2006 | venue = | studio = | genre = Grime | length = | label = Vice | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }}
==''Run the Road Vol. 2''== <!-- === Track listing === --> '''Disc 1''' # Big Seac, Demon, Doctor, Ghetto, Kano, Low Deep - Get Set [Run the Road Edition] # DaVinChe, Doctor - Gotta Man? # JME - Serious [Run the Road Remix] # Big Seac - Nah, Nah # Bigz, Bruza, Pyrelli, Skinnyman, Sway, Triple Threat - Up Your Speed [Remix] # Ghetto, Katie Pearl - Run the Road # Plan B - Sick 2 Def [Acoustic] # Demon, Ghetto, Kano - Mic Check [Remix] # Lady Sov - Little Bit Of Shuush [DJ Wonder Remix] # Crazy Titch - Word Is Crazy # Joe Buhdha, Klashnekoff - Can't You See? # Earz, JME, Jammer, Mizz Beats, Sier, Wiley - Saw It Comin' # Trimbal - They Gave an Inch # No Lay - Unorthodox Chick # Bear Man, Doctor, Fender - Drink Bear [Remix] # Dynasty Crew - Bare Face Dynasty
'''Disc 2''' # Kano - P's and Q's [DVD] [Multimedia Track] # Bear Man - Drinking Beer [DVD] [Multimedia Track] # Bruza, D Double E, Demon, Kano - Streets [Get Out of My House MC Version] [DVD] [Multimedia Track] # Who's That Boy [DVD] [Multimedia Track] # Bonus Material [DVD]
==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 "[t]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.<ref>{{cite news|work=Evening Standard|author=Godwin, Richard|date=2005-02-17|title=Staying in - Everything you need for a great night in on the sofa|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/708144116/|accessdate=2026-01-03}}</ref> 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 "[u]rgent, funny, rude, and sometimes [...] alarmingly violent."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/753239677/|title=Reviews - music|work=The Daily Telegraph|author=Thompson, Ben|date=2005-02-12|accessdate=2026-01-03}}</ref>
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