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The Roots -
Things Fall Apart (Full
Album)
Very few hip-hop groups make it to their fourth full-length recording, and perhaps only the
Roots have made it to that level while still ascending. Although lyrical and musical vision is sorely lacking from most hip-hop (as
Puff and
Master P have proved, vision isn't necessary to bum-rush the mainstream goldmine), such qualities are cornerstones of the
Roots' music. Their second recording,
1995's
Do You Want More?!!!??!, and its follow-up,
1996's
Illadelph Halflife, intelligently linked hip-hop to its musical forebears funk and jazz, and their lyrics provided unique, postnationalist hip-hop critiques. On Things Fall Apart (named for the
Chinua Achebe novel) the sextet takes on a more somber tone, but at no cost to their musical innovations. "If we had to depend on black people to eat, we'd starve to death," says
Denzel Washington, sampled from
Mo' Better Blues, at the outset of the recording.
It's not self-pity--rather, the group frequently returns to the theme of how many
African Americans confuse uniformity with unity. Musically, the group is at its best with guests like
Mos Def and
Talib Kweli from
Black Star contributing some old-school fun and technique to "
Double Trouble."
Erykah Badu's supple vocals on "
You Got Me" are offset by innovative percussion, including an organically developed jungle beat. At a
point when most rappers are running on fumes, the Roots are synthesizing new ideas.
Tracklist
1. Act Won (Things Fall Apart)
2.
Table of Contents (Parts
1 & 2)
3.
The Next Movement (feat.
DJ Jazzy Jeff &
Jazzyfatnastees)
4.
Step Into the
Realm
5.
The Spark
6.
Dynamite!
7.
Without a
Doubt (feat.
Lady B)
8.
Ain't Sayin' Nothin' New (feat.
Dice Raw & Eve)
9. Double Trouble (feat. Mos Def)
10. Act Too (
The Love of
My Life) feat.
Common
11.
100%
Dundee
12. Diedre vs.
Dice (feat. Dice Raw)
13.
Adrenaline! (feat. Dice Raw &
Beanie Sigel)
14. 3rd
Acts: ? vs.
Scratch 2.
Electric Boogaloo
15. You Got Me (feat. Erykah Badu & Eve)
16.
Don't See Us (feat. Dice Raw)
17.
The Return to
Innocence Lost
18. Act
Fore (Still Outthere)
Label:
Geffen
Genres: Rap,
Hip hop, Rapping,
Gangsta rap, emceeing,
Hardcore hip hop,
Freestyle rap,
Experimental hip hop
DISCLAIMER: I don't own any rights to any and all materials used in this video.
Any and all rights to materials used in this video belong to The Roots and/or Geffen.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/the-roots/id43680
- published: 24 Jul 2015
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