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The Roots, The Tipping Point
Audio CD
Disk ID: 1479250
Disk length: 45m 40s (11 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 2004
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. Star/pointro | 7:38 |
| 2. Duck Down | 2:36 |
| 3. Don't Say Nuthin' | 3:37 |
| 4. Boom | 3:00 |
| 5. Somebody's Gotta Do It | 4:10 |
| 6. The Mic | 3:56 |
| 7. Guns Are Drawn | 5:17 |
| 8. I Don't Care | 4:04 |
| 9. The Web | 3:18 |
| 10. Stay Cool | 3:36 |
| 11. Why | 4:19 |
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Review
On their sixth album, the Roots backslide a bit on the creative promise they showed with 2002's Phrenology. Instead of expanding into more ambitious and experimental areas--the way Outkast has, for example--the Roots tend to fall back to basics with vigorous, but ultimately conventional, lyricism. There are definitely some truly great moments here: the album opens with near-magic on "Star," a mesmerizing song that is one of the finest of the group's career, and Black Thought is a one-man tour de force on "Boom!" where he mimics Big Daddy Kane and Kool G Rap down to their velour sweats. But The Tipping Point also has some of their blandest production ever, and, at 10 tracks (plus two hidden cuts), the compactness of the album makes the problem spots stand out more than usual. "I Don't Care" and "Duck Down!" in particular seem derivative and commercially tailored. The main thing missing here is an overall guiding concept, something the Roots have never lacked before. --Oliver Wang
Other Versions
Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.
Tracks: 10 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 41m 43s (-4m 3s)
Tracks: 12 (+1 tracks), Disk length: 54m 52s (+9m 12s)
Tracks: 10 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 55m 7s (+9m 27s)
Tracks: 10 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 55m 7s (+9m 27s)
Tracks: 10 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 55m 7s (+9m 27s)
Tracks: 10 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 55m 12s (+9m 32s)
Tracks: 12 (+1 tracks), Disk length: 55m 14s (+9m 34s)
Tracks: 11, Disk length: 1h 5m 52s (+20m 12s)
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