The Roots - Illadelph Halflife
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Track List: Illadelph Halflife
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- Intro - RootsDownload & Buy
- Respond/React - RootsDownload & Buy
- Section - RootsDownload & Buy
- Panic!!!!!!! - RootsDownload & Buy
- It Just Don't Stop - RootsDownload & Buy
- Episodes - RootsDownload & Buy
- Push Up Ya Lighter - RootsDownload & Buy
- What They Do - RootsDownload & Buy
- ? Vs. Scratch (The Token DJ Cut) - RootsDownload & Buy
- Concerto Of The Desperado - RootsDownload & Buy
- Clones - RootsDownload & Buy
- Universe At War - RootsDownload & Buy
- No Alibi - RootsDownload & Buy
- Dave Vs. Us - RootsDownload & Buy
- No Great Pretender - RootsDownload & Buy
- The Hypnotic - RootsDownload & Buy
- Ital (The Universal Side) - RootsDownload & Buy
- One Shine - RootsDownload & Buy
- The Adventures In Wonderland - RootsDownload & Buy
- Outro - RootsDownload & Buy
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Album Details: Illadelph Halflife
- Release Date:
- 09/24/1996
- Label:
- Geffen Records
- UPC:
- 720642497227
User Reviews: Illadelph Halflife
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Their Best Production Yet
, October 28, 2006Reviewer: thedon191 - See all thedon191's reviews -
great album
, December 9, 2004Pros: props
Cons: none
this is one of the roots' best releases. Every track in this album will get you hooked on it that its impossible to skip any track while your listening to it. So for those who don't have it, buy it. You won't be dissapointed.
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Pro Reviews: Illadelph Halflife
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews The Roots always had ambition, which theoretically placed them ahead of many of their mid-'90s hip-hop contemporaries. Where many of their peers settled for gangsta clichés, tedious displays of lyrical skills, alternative hip-hop or half-hearted jazz-rap fusions, the Roots decided to take an entirely different route by merging street-level rhythms with jazz and old-school technique, and performing everything on live instruments. While their approach works well in theory, it doesn't always work in practice. Though it is decidedly tougher and more adventurous than the group's debut, Illadelph Halflife just misses the mark. Part of the problem with the record is the fact that it doesn't capture the relentless energy of their live show; without the reckless, rampaging momentum of their live show, the record is only sporadically engaging. Still, the best moments of Illadelph Halflife demonstrate the Roots are an exciting, inventive band that have great potential -- they just haven't quite fulfilled it yet. - Leo Stanley, All Music Guide |
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Though popular success has largely eluded the Roots, the Philadelphia group showed the way for live rap, building on Stetsasonic's "hip-hop band" philosophy of the mid-'80s by focusing on live instrumentation at their concerts and in the studio. Thou...Full The Roots Biography
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Pros: A true definition of Hip Hop
Cons: NONE
This album captures what hip hop really means to me. The songs here are just pure soul movers. For example you would have to be a brick not to be pumping your head to "respond/react" and "What they do", true lyrical genuis. I would buy this album a million times over if I had the means to.Permalink
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