The Roots Songs List

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Don't Cry
• 2.Deeper Roots
• 3.To All My Friends
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.Steel Man
• 2.Song For My Baby
• 3.Ubabam Zakes

The Roots also appears in this compilation

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Break You Off
• 2.Friday Night
• 3.Nod Factor
• 4.The Next Movement
• 5.Toxic
• 6.Can't Stop, Won't Stop
• 7.What Would I Do
• 8.Daily Bread
• 9.Proceed
• 10.Shook Ones Pt.2
• 11.Clap
• 12.2003 Wrap Up
• 13.Burn
• 14.Clones

Rolling Stone: 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] brilliantly conceived and executed album, reviving music from the nixon-era heyday of politically engaged R&B."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Hard Times
• 2.Compared To What
• 3.Wake Up Everybody
• 4.Our Generation (The Hope Of the World)
• 5.Little Ghetto Boy (Prelude)
• 6.Little Ghetto Boy
• 7.Hang On In There
• 8.Humanity (Love The Way It Should Be)
• 9.Wholy Holy
• 10.I Can't Write Left Handed
• 11.I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
• 12.Shine

Rolling Stone: "The band seems fueled by a moody, circa-1961 record collection, recontextualizing life before funk: Pianos and strings clash in explosions of third-stream jazz..."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Theme From The Middle Of The Night
• 2.Never
• 3.When The People Cheer
• 4.The Devil
• 5.Black Rock
• 6.Understand
• 7.Dies Irae
• 8.The Coming
• 9.The Dark (Trinity)
• 10.The Unraveling
• 11.Tomorrow (feat. Raheem DeVaughn)
• 12.Nothing

Mojo (Publisher): 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he subject matter gets darker as the album progresses, with the help of Snoop Dogg, Joss Stone and others, until 'Hollywould' and 'Go!' do indeed have the stuff of gritty cinema."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Old Songs
• 2.Real Woman
• 3.In the Middle of the Game (Don't Change the Play)
• 4.Surrender
• 5.Grapes On a Vine
• 6.Look Around (Be a Man)
• 7.Tonight Again
• 8.Hollywould
• 9.Whisper In the Wind
• 10.Baby Come Back
• 11.So Long, So Wrong
• 12.You and Me, Leroy
• 13.The One
• 14.Go! [Live] [Live]

Mojo (Publisher): 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he approach feels refreshing....'Wake Me Up' melds 'The River In Reverse' with THE DELIVERY MAN album's apocalyptic Bedlam..."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Walk Us Uptown
• 2.Sugar Won't Work
• 3.Refuse to Be Saved
• 4.Wake Me Up
• 5.Tripwire
• 6.Stick Out Your Tongue
• 7.Come the Meantimes
• 8.(She Might Be A) Grenade
• 9.Cinco Minutos con Vos - (featuring The Brent Fischer Orchestra)
• 10.Viceroy's Row
• 11.Wise Up Ghost
• 12.If I Could Believe

Entertainment Weekly: "[T]he Roots have always been at their best expressing quiet desperation and spinning old-school tales of struggling upward." -- Grade: A-

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Dun
• 2.Sleep - (featuring Big K.R.I.T.)
• 3.Make My - (featuring Dice Raw / Big K.R.I.T.)
• 4.One Time - (featuring Phonte)
• 5.Kool On - (featuring Greg Porn / Truck North)
• 6.The OtherSide
• 7.Stomp - (featuring Greg Porn)
• 8.Lighthouse
• 9.I Remember
• 10.Tip the Scale - (featuring Dice Raw)
• 11.Redford Suite: Redford (For Yia-Yia & Pappou)
• 12.Redford Suite: Possibility (2nd Movement)
• 13.Redford Suite: Will To Power (3rd Movement)
• 14.Redford Suite: Finality (4th Movement)

Mojo (Publisher): 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he approach feels refreshing....'Wake Me Up' melds 'The River In Reverse' with THE DELIVERY MAN album's apocalyptic Bedlam..."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Walk Us Uptown
• 2.Sugar Won't Work
• 3.Refused To Be Saved
• 4.Wake Me Up
• 5.Tripwire
• 6.Stick Out Your Tongue
• 7.Come The Meantimes
• 8.(She Might Be A) Grenade
• 9.Cinco Minutos Con Vos
• 10.Viceroy's Row
• 11.Wise Up Ghost
• 12.If I Could Believe
• 13.My New Haunt
• 14.Can You Hear Me?
• 15.The Puppet Has Cut His Strings

Spin: "An album as badass as the live show."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Act Won (Things Fall Apart)
• 2.Table of Contents (Parts 1 & 2)
• 3.Next Movement
• 4.Step Into The Realm
• 5.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 Acts: ? vs. Scratch 2... Electric Boogalo
• 15.You Got Me (Featuring Erykah Badu)
• 16.Don't See Us
• 17.Return To Innocence Lost
• 18.Act Fore... the End?

Entertainment Weekly: "[T]he Roots have always been at their best expressing quiet desperation and spinning old-school tales of struggling upward." -- Grade: A-

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Dun
• 2.Sleep
• 3.Make My (Ft. Big K.R.I.T. & Dice Raw)
• 4.One Time (Ft. Dice Raw & Phonte)
• 5.Kool On (Ft. Greg Porn & Truck North)
• 6.The OtherSide (Ft. Bilal Oliver & Greg Porn)
• 7.Stomp (Ft. Greg Porn)
• 8.Lighthouse (Ft. Dice Raw)
• 9.I Remember
• 10.Tip The Scale (Ft. Dice Raw)
• 11.Redford (For Yia - Yia & Pappou)
• 12.Possibility (2nd Movement)
• 13.Will To Power (3rd Movement)
• 14.Finality (4th Movement)

The Roots also appears in this compilation

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Go Hard Or Go Home (Ft. The Federation)
• 2.Vans
• 3.Poppin'
• 4.Sign Me Up
• 5.The Champ
• 6.Walk It Out
• 7.Pop, Lock & Drop It
• 8.The Deepest Hood
• 9.Come On (Ft. Onslaught)
• 10.Supermixx's Black In The Building
• 11.Storm (Ft. Edan & Mr. Lif)
• 12.In The Music (Ft. Malik B & Porn)
• 13.Ain't Nothing Wrong With That
• 14.Bounce Wit Me

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.The Roots Is Comin'
• 2.Pass The Popcorn
• 3.The Anti-Circle
• 4.Writers Block
• 5.Good Music (Preclude)
• 6.Good Music
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.Grits
• 2.Leonard I-V
• 3.I'm Out Deah
• Tracks of Disc 3
• 1.Essawhamah? (Live At Soulshack)
• 2.There's A Riot Going On
• 3.Popcorn Revisited
• 4.Peace
• 5.Common Dust
• Tracks of Disc 4
• 1.The Session (The Longest Posse Cut In History)
• 2.Syreeta's Having My Baby
• 3.Carryin' On

Rolling Stone: 3 stars out of 5 - "[With] buttery pop choruses, hard-as-hell hookless spitting, jittery programmed beats...and it's got a bunch of impressive ideas."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Star
• 2.I Don't Care
• 3.Don't Say Nuthin'
• 4.Guns Are Drawn
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.Stay Cool
• 2.Web
• 3.Boom!
• Tracks of Disc 3
• 1.Somebody's Gotta Do It
• 2.Duck Down!
• 3.Why (What's Goin On?)
• 4.The Mic
• Tracks of Disc 4
• 1.Untitled
• 2.Din Da Da

Entertainment Weekly: "...[The Roots] have elevated the fusion of rap and jazz into something more than a commercial hip-hop trend..." - Rating: A

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 3.Distortion to Static
• 4.Mellow My Man
• 5.I Remain Calm
• 6.Datskat
• 7.Lazy Afternoon
• 8.? Vs. Rahzel
• 9.Do You Want More?!!!??!
• 10.What Goes on Pt. 7
• 11.Essaywhuman?!!!??!
• 12.Swept Away
• 13.You Ain't Fly
• 14.Silent Treatment
• 15.The Lesson Part 1
• 16.The Unlocking
• 1.Intro / There's Something Goin' On
• 2.Proceed

Spin: "An album as badass as the live show."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 8.Ain't Sayin' Nothin' New
• 9.Double Trouble
• 10.Act Too (Love of My Life)
• 11.100% Dundee
• 12.Diedre Vs. Dice
• 13.Adrenaline!
• 14.3rd Acts: ? Vs. Scratch 2...Electric Boogaloo
• 15.You Got Me
• 16.Don't See Us
• 17.The Return to Innocence Lost
• 18.[Untitled Track] - (hidden track)
• 1.Act Won (Things Fall Apart)
• 2.Table of Contents, Pts. 1-2
• 3.The Next Movement
• 4.Step into the Realm
• 5.The Spark
• 6.Dynamite!
• 7.Without a Doubt

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.How I Got Over [Album Version (Edited)] - The Roots
• 2.How I Got Over [Album Version (Explicit)] - The Roots
• 3.How I Got Over [Instrumental] - The Roots

The Roots also appears in this compilation

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Dance to the Music
• 2.Everyday People
• 3.Star
• 4.Runnin' Away
• 5.Family Affair
• 6.[You Caught Me] Smilin
• 7.If You Want Me To Stay
• 8.I Get High On You
• 9.Love City
• 10.You Can Make It If You Try
• 11.Sing A Simple Song
• 12.[I Want To Take You] Higher
• 13.Don't Call Me Nigger Whitey
• 14.Thank You Nation 1814 with Janet Jackson

Entertainment Weekly: "[The album] delivers all the funk/soul/jazz vibes fans have come to expect." -- Grade: A-

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.A Peace of Light
• 2.Walk Alone
• 3.Dear God 2. 0
• 4.Radio Daze
• 5.Now or Never
• 6.How I Got Over
• 7.DillaTUDE: The Flight of Titus
• 8.The Day
• 9.Right On
• 10.Doin' It Again
• 11.The Fire
• 12.Tunnel Vision
• 13.Web 20 / 20
• 14.Hustla