The Roots Things Fall Apart
Spin: "An album as badass as the live show."
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Vinyl LP Details
- Released: April 16, 2013
- Originally Released: 2013
- Label: Geffen Records
Entertainment Reviews:
Rolling Stone - 3/4/99, pp.81-82
4 Stars (out of 5) - "...The hip-hop vanguard that's ignoring trends - musical, lyrical, sartorial - and experimenting, forging ahead, creating new directions....combining kinetic street energy with fresh, artful musical ideas..."Rolling Stone - 3/4/99, pp.81-82
4 Stars (out of 5) - "...The hip-hop vanguard that's ignoring trends - musical, lyrical, sartorial - and experimenting, forging ahead, creating new directions....combining kinetic street energy with fresh, artful musical ideas..."Spin - p.102
"An album as badass as the live show."Entertainment Weekly - 2/19-2/26/99, p.140
"...this straight outta-Illadellph septet maintain a high standard of verbal one-upmanship and lyrical inventiveness, spinning out trenchant inner-city dispatches with righteous fury, while the band's judicious Fender Rhodes tinkling and jazzbo fingerpicking help stoke the album's quiet storms..." - Rating: BEntertainment Weekly - 2/19-2/26/99, p.140
"...this straight outta-Illadellph septet maintain a high standard of verbal one-upmanship and lyrical inventiveness, spinning out trenchant inner-city dispatches with righteous fury, while the band's judicious Fender Rhodes tinkling and jazzbo fingerpicking help stoke the album's quiet storms..." - Rating: BQ - 5/99, p.114
4 Stars (out of 5) - "...amidst bubbling bass, jazz guitar licks and snare splats he [main rapper, Black Thought] celebrates original hip-hop virtues without surrendering to nostalgia..."Q - 5/99, p.114
4 Stars (out of 5) - "...amidst bubbling bass, jazz guitar licks and snare splats he [main rapper, Black Thought] celebrates original hip-hop virtues without surrendering to nostalgia..."Alternative Press - 6/99, p.108
4 (out of 5) - "...the Roots fuse melodic choruses and rap verses into rich, fully-realized grooves..."Alternative Press - 6/99, p.108
4 (out of 5) - "...the Roots fuse melodic choruses and rap verses into rich, fully-realized grooves..."Mixmag - 2/99, p.105
4 out of 5 - "...[The Roots] strike gold with their weighty and serious third effort....there's no doubt it's all poetry."Muzik - 1/00, p.69
Ranked #12 in Muzik's "Albums Of The Year '99"Muzik - 1/00, p.69
"...their most accomplished album...mixing their trademark human beatbox, live instrumentation and smoothly flowing patter with a gorgeous guest appearance from Erykah Badu."CMJ - 1/10/00, p.4
Ranked #9 in CMJ's "Top 30 Editorial Picks [for 1999]."CMJ - 1/25/99, p.5
"...the Roots represent one of the few hip-hop units that genuinely raise the quality level of the genre....from throat-grabbin' raps to silky-smooth sing-a-longs, leaving cliches at the door while pumping in brand new, heavy doses of groove..."CMJ - 1/10/00, p.4
Ranked #9 in CMJ's "Top 30 Editorial Picks [for 1999]."CMJ - 1/25/99, p.5
"...the Roots represent one of the few hip-hop units that genuinely raise the quality level of the genre....from throat-grabbin' raps to silky-smooth sing-a-longs, leaving cliches at the door while pumping in brand new, heavy doses of groove..."Vibe - 3/99, p.162
"...the Roots have finally perfected their sound....The Roots have reconfigured the pyramid again, placing themselves at the top..."Vibe - 3/99, p.162
"...the Roots have finally perfected their sound....The Roots have reconfigured the pyramid again, placing themselves at the top..."The Source - 2/00, p.95
Included in The Source's "Top 10 Albums of the Year [1999]."The Source - 3/99, p.194
4 Mics (out of 5) - "...THINGS FALL APART is the desolate Mad Max-ish soundscape of the post-Armageddon New World....the product of a group who has opened its eyes, and found that the second coming has already arrived in the form of social ills and artistic stagnation..."The Source - 2/00, p.95
Included in The Source's "Top 10 Albums of the Year [1999]."The Source - 3/99, p.194
4 Mics (out of 5) - "...THINGS FALL APART is the desolate Mad Max-ish soundscape of the post-Armageddon New World....the product of a group who has opened its eyes, and found that the second coming has already arrived in the form of social ills and artistic stagnation..."Rap Pages - 3/99, p.141
4 (out of 5) - "...This minimalist approach is a new avenue for the crew, but one they maneuver with ease, ever careful not to tread lightly and feign a noncommittal stance..."Rap Pages - 3/99, p.141
4 (out of 5) - "...This minimalist approach is a new avenue for the crew, but one they maneuver with ease, ever careful not to tread lightly and feign a noncommittal stance..."Urban Latino (4/99, p.75) - 4 out of 4 - "...The Roots are not only the last Hip Hop 'band'; they are Hip Hop apostles whose love for the art form compels them to push it further musically and lyrically..."
Mojo (Publisher) - 5/99, p.108
"...the stunner they've always promised: the first candidate for hip hop album of 1999....in a hip-hop world dominated by well-worn pop samples and rap rewrites of 80's chart hits, such risk-taking should be cherished..."Mojo (Publisher) - 5/99, p.108
"...the stunner they've always promised: the first candidate for hip hop album of 1999....in a hip-hop world dominated by well-worn pop samples and rap rewrites of 80's chart hits, such risk-taking should be cherished..."Pitchfork (Website) - "'Double Trouble' is arguably the centerpiece of THINGS FALL APART; rapper Black Thought finally had a hard-charging instrumental to match his verbal dexterity, and guest Mos Def matched him bar-for-bar."
Tracks:
- 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
- 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]
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