Things Fall Apart

The Roots - Things Fall Apart

Things Fall Apart
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Artist: The Roots
Edition: Music CD
Format: Explicit Lyrics, Original recording reissued
CD Release Date: 1999-02-23
Music Label: Mca
Soundtracks:
  1. Act Won...Things Fall Apart
  2. Table Of Contents (Parts 1 & 2)
  3. The Next Movement (ft. DJ Jazzy Jeff)
  4. Step Into The Realm
  5. The Spark
  6. Dynamite!
  7. Without A Doubt
  8. Ain't Sayin' Nothin' New
  9. Double Trouble
  10. Act Too...The Love Of My Life
  11. 100% Dundee
  12. Diedre Vs. Dice
  13. Adrenaline
  14. 3rd Act: ? Vs. Scratch 2...Electric Boogaloo
  15. You Got Me
  16. You Don't See Us
  17. Return To Innocence Lost
  18. Act Fore...The End?

Free Music Notes for Things Fall Apart

Free Music Review: The Best
Hit: 5 Stars

Without a doubt, this is the Root's best album yet. All of the songs are on point, and Black Thought and Malik B have never sounded better. If you don't have this by now, put it in your cart immediately.

Favorite Track: Double Trouble

Things Fall Apart Poster

They've long been hip-hop's best band, for whatever that's worth, and in their amazing live shows they've shown an ability to pay homage to the past and look to the future--all while living firmly in the now. But on Things Fall Apart, the Roots finally pull their promise and ability together, and the world's started to pay attention. --Randy Silver
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. --Martin Johnson

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