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  2011 Black Music Best50 35位
2013 The 55th Grammy Nominees : 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)
John LegendやBetty Wrightなど他アーティストとのコラボーレションも活発で継続して制作意欲の高いRootsの1年半ぶりの作品。Album Creditによると現在は8人編成らしい。今回はRedford Stephensという人の反省をフィクションとして描いたコンセプトアルバム。なのでSound Trackのような雰囲気を持ち、ラスト4曲による組曲はインストのみとなっている。唄とRapはほぼ半々で、ストイックで暗めな印象やざらつき感は前作と同様。40分弱ということも合って、なかなか濃密な作品である。
Tracks 輸入盤  歌詞無し 42 minutes26seconds
Title Composer Time
1 Dun 1:16
2 Sleep Trotter 2:15
3 Make My Jenkins, Trotter 4:27
4 One Time Coleman, Jenkins, Trotter 3:55
5 Kool On Trotter 3:48
6 The OtherSide Jenkins, Trotter, Wright 4:03
7 Stomp Coppin, Matthews, Trotter 2:23
8 Lighthouse Jenkins, Trotter 3:43
9 I Remember Trotter 3:14
10 Tip the Scale Jenkins, Trotter, Wright 4:17
11 Redford Suite: Redford (For Yia-Yia & Pappou) Stevens 1:51
12 Redford Suite: Possibility (2nd Movement) 0:55
13 Redford Suite: Will To Power(3rd Movement) Jackson, Thompson 1:03
14 Redford Suite: Finality (4thMovement) 1:31
Producers
Ray Angry and Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson(1)
Hot Suger and Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson(2)
Kahri Mateem, Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson and Ray Angry(3)
Brent "Ritz" Reynolds and Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson(4)
Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson(5)
Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, James Poyser and Richard Nichols(6)
Sean C and LV(7)
Rick Friedrich and Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson(8)
Kahri Mateem and Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson(9)
Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, Ray Angry, Richard Nichols and Kahri Mateem(10)
Sufyan Stevens(11)
Ray Angry, Richard Nichols and Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson(12,14)
DJ Jackson, Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson and Richard Nichols(13)
Guests
Big K.R.I.T., Dice Raw, Phonte, Greg Porn, Truck North, Bilal Oliver
Links
http://www.defjam.com
http://www.okayplayer.com/therotts
http://www.theroots.com
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