The Roots Do You Want More?!!!??!

Highly Recommended - "...The Roots have beats like no one else because they grow their own...and will be in greater demand than an undiscovered Meters sample after this..."
Highly Recommended - "...The Roots have beats like no one else because they grow their own...and will be in greater demand than an undiscovered Meters sample after this..."
"A new sound with one foot in the past and the other in the future."
"...[The Roots] have elevated the fusion of rap and jazz into something more than a commercial hip-hop trend..." - Rating: A
"...[The Roots] have elevated the fusion of rap and jazz into something more than a commercial hip-hop trend..." - Rating: A
4 Mics - Slammin' - "...they create a mod funk energy that many artists approach but, until now, have yet to master. The Roots come through with some raw, even progressive material without forsaking hip-hop tradition..."
4 Mics - Slammin' - "...they create a mod funk energy that many artists approach but, until now, have yet to master. The Roots come through with some raw, even progressive material without forsaking hip-hop tradition..."
"...Roots crank everything out themselves, in a jazzy style replete with...their own incredible live 'samples'..."
"...Roots crank everything out themselves, in a jazzy style replete with...their own incredible live 'samples'..."
"...combines all the spare stylishness of a Tribe Called Quest album with the fluid power of a loose funk band having fun. Importantly, the group's musical core--keyboard, bass and drums--is truly hip-hop informed, armed with grooves spacious enough for the rhymers to play in..."
"...combines all the spare stylishness of a Tribe Called Quest album with the fluid power of a loose funk band having fun. Importantly, the group's musical core--keyboard, bass and drums--is truly hip-hop informed, armed with grooves spacious enough for the rhymers to play in..."
8 - "...Unlike several inocuous attempts at jazzrapwhatever, the Roots' MCing does not suffer for the "groovy, groovy, jazzy, jazzy" MTV buzz bin....Forget that bad acid you took with those futile Hip-Hop/jazz hybrids--this is all natural."
8 - "...Unlike several inocuous attempts at jazzrapwhatever, the Roots' MCing does not suffer for the "groovy, groovy, jazzy, jazzy" MTV buzz bin....Forget that bad acid you took with those futile Hip-Hop/jazz hybrids--this is all natural."
7 - Very Good - "...More astounding jazz rap, this time littered with bits where everyone raps over everyone else, like the mad sections of Steely & Clevie dubs....vocally assertive, rhythmically laid-back, brightly produced..."
7 - Very Good - "...More astounding jazz rap, this time littered with bits where everyone raps over everyone else, like the mad sections of Steely & Clevie dubs....vocally assertive, rhythmically laid-back, brightly produced..."
Pitchfork (Website) - "The singular hip-hop band's second album is a story about America and Philadelphia, memory and survival. Like a good book, it goes by quickly, yet you force yourself to linger."