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Track Listings
| 1. Intro |
| 2. Respond/React |
| 3. Section |
| 4. Panic!!!!!!! |
| 5. It Just Don't Stop |
| 6. Episodes |
| 7. Push Up Ya Lighter |
| 8. What They Do |
| 9. ? Vs. Scratch (The Token DJ Cut) |
| 10. Concerto Of The Desperado |
| 11. Clones |
| 12. Universe At War |
| 13. No Alibi |
| 14. Dave Vs. Us |
| 15. No Great Pretender |
| 16. The Hypnotic |
| 17. Ital (The Universal Side) |
| 18. One Shine |
| 19. The Adventures In Wonderland |
| 20. Outro |
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Hip Hop Masterpiece!,
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This review is from: Illadelph Halflife (Audio CD)
This is truly one of the most underrated hip hop albums to ever be recorded. It could reasonably be compellingly argued that this is truly The Roots' best album. All of their albums are great, but this is certainly their most focused effort. Black Thought and Malik B consistently display some of the most outstanding examples of mcing that have ever been recorded. Dice Raw holds his own, Q-tip hits you with some really soulful and heartful rhymes and Common kills it with his usual wit and clever observations on his song. All of the mc's touch on many different subjects throughout the album; dealing with everything from everyday life in urban America to controversial takes on Religion and Politics. And that's just the lyrics, the music itself is a cornucopia of sounds. There are many different styles of music represented in hip hop form on this album. They hit you with everything from jazz to opera all in the form of minimalist hip hop beats. This is basic purist hip hop at its best. For all of you who have grown tired and weary of the sad state that hip hop is in today, allowing yourself to indulge in this album will remind you of exactly what is that is so great about hip hop music. I encourage you all to take a listen.
4.0 out of 5 stars
halflife is so half their best,
By Paul W. Binkley (Columbia, SC United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Illadelph Halflife (Audio CD)
for any true hip hop hope you would need to see a live roots performance when you start to say that this cd is so phenominal
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Jazz Mixes with the Modern Hip-hop,
By A Customer
This review is from: Illadelph Halflife (Audio CD)
In 1994, The Roots dropped their amazing second album entitled "Do You Want More?!!!??!". It was jazzy, featuring Steve Coleman playing the saxophone in many songs with a few other guest horn appearances. Rahzel even vocally beatboxed for Dice Raw's debut as a 15-year-old freestyling for over 2 minutes nonstop on "The Lesson, Pt. 1".1999 came with The Roots' fourth album, "Things Fall Apart". It had futuristic jazz melodies in songs such as "The Next Movement" (featuring DJ Jazzy Jeff) and "Act Too: The Love of My Life" with old school hits like "Dynamite!" and "Double Trouble". In between all of this was their "transition album," known as "Illadelph Halflife". This CD is when they first showed their permenant white-boy keyboardist, Kamal, and when Scratch made his debut. The album starts off with "Respond/React" and "Section", which are excellent tracks to open up the album. "Respond/React" is more of the modern type of hip-hop that you hear on TFA, while "Section" is a lighter, jazzier song that could have fit on "Do You Want More?!!!??!" very easily. The two styles mix together on the track "Push up ya Lighter" (featuring Bahamadia), which is one of the top tracks on the album. "Clones" is a fun and wild song, probably the best on the CD. It has two of The Roots' friends Dice Raw and Mars Co.-Op, which makes those 5 minutes as interesting as "Essaywhuman?!!!??!". "The Hypnotic" is a jazzy, slow track that makes this CD legendary. "One Shine" has no real rapping, just a few vocals not very noticable put in by Black Thought. "No Great Pretender" is Rahzel's traditional vocal beatbox song, and "? vs. Scratch (the Token DJ's Cut)" is where Scratch gets his first shot at being with The Roots. Overall, this CD is what you should get to see how the Legendary Roots Crew transitions from baby group to grown-up, mature band. Kamal's keys are laid-back and relaxed, Hub's basslines are sweet (I've been trying to play some off this album since I can finally afford one of the damn instruments), and ?uestlove's beats are tight as usual. For all you downloaders out there, get "Clones", "Concerto of the Desperado", "The Hypnotic", "Push up ya Lighter", "Ital (the Universal Side)" (featuring Q-tip of ATCQ), and "No Alibi". PS: "The Tipping Point" comes out July 13th! PPS: Okayplayer True Notes Vol. 1 comes out tomorrow! Buy it!!!
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