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Roots, Phrenology

Audio CD

Disk ID: 539745

Disk length: 1h 1m 4s (13 Tracks)

Original Release Date: 2002

Label: Unknown

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Tracks & Durations

1. Phrentrow 0:21
2. Rock You 3:12
3. Sacrifice (feat. Nelly Furtado) 4:44
4. Rolling With Heat (Feat. Tablib Kweli) 3:42
5. WOAK Roll Call 1:00
6. Thaought at 4:58
7. The Seed 2.0 (feat. Cody Chestnutt) 4:27
8. Break You Off (feat. Musiq) 7:27
9. Water10:24
10. Quills 4:21
11. Pussy Galore 4:29
12. Completely (feat. Jill Scott) 4:47
13. Something in the Way of Things [In Town] (feat. Amiri Baraka) 7:03

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Review

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 Higgins

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Phrenology

Tracks: 14 (+1 tracks), Disk length: 1h 1m 29s (+0m 25s)

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