{"product_id":"the-roots-things-fall-apart-2-lp","title":"The Roots - Things Fall Apart (2 LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHINGS FALL APART was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.\u003cbr\u003e\"You Got Me\" was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHip-hop is about presence. Whether party- or street-oriented, it tends to keeps its listeners firmly centered in their own skin: hands in the air, guard your grill, watch your back. In spite of the blunted ethos of the late '90s and the emergence of trip-hop, it's a rare hip-hop record that causes your eyes to go out of focus and your brain to operate freely in that space that makes us describe music as \"deep.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHINGS FALL APART achieves that distinct sort of transcendence perhaps because it is not trying to save, reinvigorate, or resurrect the artform. As the title (taken from Chinua Achebe's novel on the loss of traditional African culture during colonization) suggests, the record takes the death of hip-hop as its starting point. Where earlier Roots albums captured the live feeling of the open mic\/jam sessions for which they are now internationally famous, TFA adds a newer wrinkle of arrangement and studio mastery. The layers and echoes occasionally (as on \"100% Dundee\") give you the sensation that you're wandering through one of those jam sessions in a detached, even feverish state--a perfect snapshot of hip-hop on the eve of the millennium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Roots: Black Thought, Malik B, Leonard Nelson Hubbard, Kamal, Shou-Out, Rahze.\u003cbr\u003eAdditional personnel: Ursula Rucker (spoken vocals); Anthony Tidd, Warren Wimbly, Spanky (guitar); Igor Szwec, Emma Kumrow (violin); David Garnet, Larry Gold, Deidra Murry (viola); D'Angelo, Scott Storch, James Poyser (keyboards); Bob Powers (synthesizer); Shawn Gee (hand claps); DJ Jazzy Jeff (DJ); The Jazzy Fatnastees, Lady B, Dice Raw, Eve Of Destruction, Mos Def, Common, Marie Daulne, Beenie Siegal, Erykah Badu (background vocals).\u003cbr\u003eProducers: The Grand Wizzards, Chaos, Scott Storch, James Poyser.\u003cbr\u003eEngineers include: Keith Cramer, Axel Niehaus, Kelo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 LP\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Hip Hop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemember, for our lowest prices, always order directly from \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(184, 49, 47);\"\u003e Joco Records\u003c\/span\u003e!\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack Listing:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1        Act Won (Things Fall Apart) 0:54\u003cbr\u003eA2        Table Of Content (Parts 1 \u0026amp; 2) 3:38\u003cbr\u003eA3        The Next Movement 4:10\u003cbr\u003eA4        Step Into The Relm 2:49\u003cbr\u003eA5        The Spark 3:52\u003cbr\u003eB1        Dynamite! 4:46\u003cbr\u003eB2        Without A Doubt 4:14\u003cbr\u003eB3        Ain't Saying Nothin' New 4:34\u003cbr\u003eB4        Double Trouble 5:51\u003cbr\u003eC1        Act Too (The Love Of My Life) 4:55\u003cbr\u003eC2        100% Dundee 3:53\u003cbr\u003eC3        Diedre Vs. Dice 0:47\u003cbr\u003eC4        Adrenaline! 4:28\u003cbr\u003eC5        3rd Acts: ? Vs. Scratch 2...Electric Boogaloo 0:51\u003cbr\u003eD1        You Got Me 4:19\u003cbr\u003eD2        Don't See Us 4:30\u003cbr\u003eD3        The Return To Innocence Lost 5:40\u003cbr\u003eD4        Act Fore... The End?    4:45 \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joco Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48097756578051,"sku":"HQCSM3-Q24B-00","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/phishstonesproducts.myshopify.com\/products\/the-roots-things-fall-apart-2-lp","provider":"PhishStones Products","version":"1.0","type":"link"}