Roots, The Roots - Phrenology
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Artist: Roots, The RootsEdition: Music CD
Format: Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 2002-11-26
Music Label: Mca
Soundtracks:
- Phrentrow
- Rock You
- Sacrifice (feat. Nelly Furtado)
- Rolling With Heat (feat. Talib Kweli)
- WAOK Roll Call
- Thought At Work
- The Seed 2.0 (feat. Cody Chestnutt)
- Break You Off (feat. Musiq)
- Water
- Quills
- Pussy Galore
- Complexity (feat. Jill Scott)
- Something In The Way Of Things [In Town] (feat. Amiri Baraka)
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Free Music Review: Way too eclectic for me.
Hit: 3 Stars
I fully enjoyed Break You Off, The Seed (2.0), Complexity (Their best song EVER), P.U.S.S.Y. Galore and Something In The Way Of Things which is quirky and scary. VERY scary sounding.
For that it gets a 3 star rating.
The production is on point for these songs. I like their lyrics for the most part too. Black Thought seems to be very intelligent. But I can't get past the fact that this CD is just too weird for me to listen to it regularly. Things Fall Apart was the same way, except it wasn't *this* weird!
3.4 stars.
Phrenology Poster
If you were wondering what the heck phrenology means, the Roots wouldn't have it any other way. Hip-hop's hardest-working live band continues where they left off with Things Fall Apart, forcing listeners to think outside of the Hot 97 FM box--or just plain think. On "Thought at Work," lead emcee Black Thought--the most criminally underrated wordsmith of his time--weaves captivating flows over a neck-snapping break beat, while on "Water" he boldly addresses the controversy surrounding his partner-in-rhyme Malik B's alleged substance abuse. While collaborations with Nelly Furtado ("Sacrifice") and Talib Kweli ("Rhymes and Ammo") read much better on paper than they sound, the catchy, up-tempo call-and-response routine utilized by the crew on the latter song will amp up Roots nonbelievers. As a bonus, Jill Scott's dreamy falsetto refrain hammers home some finer points about love on "Complexity." --Dalton HigginsRap & Hip-Hop Music CDs
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