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Track Listings
| 1. Phrentrow |
| 2. Rock You |
| 3. Sacrifice (feat. Nelly Furtado) |
| 4. Rolling With Heat (feat. Talib Kweli) |
| 5. WAOK Roll Call |
| 6. Thought At Work |
| 7. The Seed 2.0 (feat. Cody Chestnutt) |
| 8. Break You Off (feat. Musiq) |
| 9. Water |
| 10. Quills |
| 11. Pussy Galore |
| 12. Complexity (feat. Jill Scott) |
| 13. Something In The Way Of Things [In Town] (feat. Amiri Baraka) |
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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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The Roots, collectif basé à Philadelphie, aura préparé pendant plus de deux ans la suite de Things Fall Apart, quatrième album au succès interplanétaire. Résolus à frayer hors des sentiers battus du rap US au risque de perdre leur crédibilité, les perfectionnistes de The Roots musclent leur hip-hop avec des sons plus rock. Motivé par la fusion initiée dans les années 80 par les vétérans de Run-D.M.C. et Public Enemy et par le mouvement Urban-rock sponsorisé par Res, Santi White et Cody Chesnutt, le crew explore tous azimuts abandonnant le freestyle pour mieux s'emparer du jazz, du punk façon Bad Brains ou Minor Threat ("!!!!!!!") ou de la techno ("Something to See", titre caché). Alors que la plupart des rappeurs usent d'une technologie acérée, les Roots préfèrent élaborer leurs rythmes complexes en véritables artisans. Une batterie groovy, une guitare Family Stone ("The Seed") ou quelques samples de Sugar Hill Gang ou des Fat Boys habillent un duo neo-soul "Break You Off," mix de drum'n'bass et de cordes, ou un collage avant-gardiste "Water", pièce maîtresse biographique de 10 minutes décrivant la dérive psychédélique de Malik B, MC junkie. Accompagné d'Alicia Keys, Nelly Furtado ("Sacrifice"), Talib Kweli ("Rhymes and Ammo"), Jill Scott ("Complexity") ou encore du poète free-jazz Amiri Baraka, les Roots font une impressionnante démonstration de leur savoir-faire. --Sabrina Silamo
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4.0 out of 5 stars
up against the wall,
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This review is from: Phrenology (Audio CD)
There are a lot of people in the world who will spend their lives following. Will only listen to things popular, eat things that dont sound weird, and will continue that way. If you are one who lives that way, you need to snap out of it and listen to the roots.It took some time for the group who did things differently to do things differently. The roots were always the live band with the hot rapper.. This time they are the stellar band who are making an album full of "songs." there aren't many people in music who can spell that word. Black thought went from talking about his band mate's drug problems, to sacrifices the roots have made to get here, to relationship issues, to acting on temptations, to the downfalls of media, without Malik B and Dice Raw, and not a lot of guest rappers. Talib was definitely welcome to be part of the experience, and he did what he does best. The Amiri Baraka poem was definitely a nice flavor of icing for the cake. this album was not as cohesive as their best effort, "Illadelph Half Life", but it is damn good.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Roots Yet,
By Beardyjin "beardyjin" (New Orleans) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Phrenology (Audio CD)
If you're new to or "wondering" about The Roots then definitely get this album. This album is The Roots at their peak. They have some truly great colaborations on this album, and with The Roots it's not just "oh let's put this famous person on our album to boost sales." For The Roots it's all about the music and the colaborations on this album are truly that: colabortations!While some say Outkast is taking hip-hop to places it's never gone before, The Roots make hip-hop the way it's supposed to be made. There is a palpable feel of all the roots of music in The Roots' sound: jazz, blues, rock, and R&B are all meshed beautifully into this musical form called hip-hop. And PHRENOLOGY is the best effort they've put forth yet (including their new 2004 release, 'Tipping Point'). Own PHRENOLGY and you'll own hip-hop at its essence.
3.0 out of 5 stars
These Roots Still Have Some Growing To Do,
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This review is from: Phrenology (Audio CD)
The Roots are an interesting hip hop group in that they play their own instruments and are apparantly really good live, however, on this album, most of the songs are really repetetive and most of the rhymes and singing are kind of flat. Nelly Furtado and Jill Scott pop in for some vocals and really juice up the tracks that they appear on. The highlight for me (and the reason I bought the album) is "The Seed", with Cody ChesnuTT helping to cover his own song from his "Headphone Masterpiece" album.It has a lot more bounce and groove than Cody's original version and this kind of Rock n' Soul is something I would love to hear more of from The Roots. Some of these tracks seem to go on forevor and The Roots are definately not afraid to be pretentious or longwinded. They have talent and are on the right track but I don't feel that they have really found their groove yet.
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