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2006 Black Music Best50 13位
2006 The 49th Grammy Nominees : Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group, Best Rap Album

Score Card
ラップ(rap oriented)		歌(song oriented)
アーバン(urban)		アーシー(earthy)
聴きやすい(familiar)		リスナーを選ぶ(serious)
評点(rating)		（5点満点 fullmark :5）

Def Jamに移籍したRootsの2年ぶりのアルバムリリース。クレジットによると現在のメンバー6名、脱退したMalik Bもゲスト参加している。逆に有名プロデューサーやゲストの参加も無く、バンドの一体感は一層高まっている。過去に無く、シリアスでダークな雰囲気で、華燭の無い強固なバンドサウンドは時に息苦しくなるが、その力強さには圧倒されるものがある。

Tracks 輸入盤　歌詞有り 46 minutes58seconds

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Dilltastic Vol Won(derful)		0:28
2	False Media	Gray, Jenkins, Poyser, Ridenhour, Sadler, Shocklee, Thompson, Trotter	2:43
3	Game Theory	Douglas, Gray, Hubbard, Mateen, Smart, Stewart, Thompson, Trotter	4:01
4	Don't Feel Right	Bell, Boyce, Brown, Gray, Jamal, Jenkins, Smith, Spike, Tho, Thompson, Trotter	4:08
5	In the Music	Biddle, Douglas, Gray, H, Hubbard, Jenkins, Martinez, Nichols, Smart, Thompson, Trotter	4:06
6	Take It There	Blackstone, Douglas, Gray, Hansen, Hubbard, Martinez, Robinson, Thompson, Trotter, Walker	2:50
7	Baby	Douglas, Gray, Hubbard, McGlinchey, Thompson, Trotter, Walker	2:50
8	Here I Come	Douglas, Gray, Hubbard, Jenkins, Nichols, Smart, Thompson, Trotter, Walker	4:11
9	Long Time	Biddle, Douglas, Gray, Hansen, Hubbard, Jenkins, Robinson, Sigler, Thompson, Trotter, Z	4:21
10	Livin' in a New World	Jenkins, Mateen, Trotter	1:47
11	Clock with No Hands	Gray, Hubbard, Jenkins, Mateen, Thompson, Trotter	4:23
12	Atonement	Greenwood, Greenwood, Jenkins, O'Brien, Poyser, Selway, Thompson, Trotter, Yorke	2:35
13	Can't Stop This	Holland, Jenkins, Lovesmith, Poyser, Thompson, Trotter, Yancey	8:35

Producers

Steve Mandell and Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson(1)
Kamal Gray and The Randy Watson Experience(2)
The Roots and Khari Mateen(3,10,11)
The Roots and Tahir Jamar(4)
The Roots, Richard Nichols, Pedro Martinz, Owen Biddle and Kevin Hansen(5)
The Roots, Ahmir Thompson, Richard Nichols, Pedro Martinz, Adam Black Stone and Kevin Hansen(6)
The Roots and John McGlinchey(7)
The Roots and Richard Nichols(8)
The Roots, Kevin Hansen, Owen Biddle, Darryl Robinson and Richard Nichols(
9)
The Roots and The Randy Watson Experience(12)
The Immortal J Dilla(13)

Guests

Malik B, Maimouna Youssef, Porn, Wadud Ahmad, John-John, Dice Raw, Peedi Peedi, Bunny Sigler, Meredes Martinez, Jack Davey

Links

http://www.defjam.com
http://www.okayplayer.com
http://www.theroots.com

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