The Roots How I Got Over

3.5 stars out of 5 -- "On HOW I GOT OVER, they cover Monsters of Folk, scat like the Dirty Projectors and -- most thrillingly -- make Joanna Newsom sound as funky as Erykah Badu..."
"There are pleasures here, especially with ?uestlove's restless studio assemblages and coproducer Dice Raw's yearning hooks."
"[The album] delivers all the funk/soul/jazz vibes fans have come to expect." -- Grade: A-
"[T]he hooks, however somber they may sound, have got enough 'stickability' to make for an albums worth of singles....The Roots have clearly approached HOW I GOT OVER as a cohesive collection."
Billboard (p.48) - "[I]ts mix of nifty experiments and straightforward rap eliminates any sense of predictability."
Ranked #33 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2010" -- "[A] tight, driving 45-minutes that again saw The Roots raise hip hop quality control to new levels."
Paste (magazine) - "'Radio Daze' could be the album's most accessible track, in incorporating background soul singers, live instrumentation, a jazz piano, Dice Raw's silky hook and smooth flows from Blu and frontman Black Thought. This is just a flat-out display of beautiful music."
Pitchfork (Website) - "[A] particularly efficient album. It's the Roots' shortest, one of their most lyrically straightforward, and a work of strong stylistic cohesion."