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2002 Black Music Best50 35位
2003 The 46th 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）
RhazelやMalik Bが実質的には脱退して6人になったRootsの新作。メンバー個々の活動が盛んだったためにあまり久々という気はしないのだが3年ぶりということになる。バンド形式をとるだけにロックよりのサウンドを持つTrackも少なくないが、それ以上に全体的に実験的でHip-Hopの枠をはみ出したような一種の大作になっている。豪華すぎるGuest陣はMusiqやJill Scottなどハマッた起用もあるが、いまいちピンとこない使い方もあるように思える。

Tracks 輸入盤　歌詞無し 49 minutes57seconds

1.		Phrentrow performed by Roots / Ursula Rucker - 0:18
2.		Rock You performed by Roots - 3:12
3.		!!!!!!! performed by Roots - 0:24
4.		Sacrifice performed by Roots / Nelly Furtado - 4:44
5.		Rolling With Heat performed by Roots - 3:42
6.		Waok (Ay) Rollcall performed by Roots - 1:00
7.		Thought @ Work performed by Roots - 4:58
8.		The Seed performed by Roots / Cody ChesnuTT - 4:27
9.		Break You Off performed by Roots / Musiq - 7:27
10.		Water: The First Movement/The Abyss/The... performed by Roots - 10:24
11.		Quills performed by Roots - 4:21
12.		Pussy Galore performed by Roots - 4:29
13.		Complexity performed by Roots / Jill Scott - 4:47
14.		Something in the Way of Things (In Town) performed by Roots - 7:16
15.		- 0:20
16.		- 0:20
17.		- 7:59
18.		- 0:07

Producers

2 So Called(?uestlove and Omar The Scholar) (1)
DJ Scratch(2)
Kamiah Gray(4)
Ahmir "?uestlove" Thonpson(7)
Ahmir "?uestlove" Thonpson and Cody ChesnuTT(8)
Kamal Gray(9)
Tahir(10)
Kareem Da Bawl(11)
Scott Storch and Zoukhan Bey(12)
The Grand Wizzards(3,5,6,13,14)

Guests

Ursula Rucker, Nelly Furtado, Kamiah "little Klang" Gray, Talib Kweli, Dice Raw, Knuckles, Alicia Keys, Ish "Buttefly" Butler, Mos Def, Cody ChesnuTT, Sarah Chun, Nuah Vi, Ken Golder, Michell Golder, Omar Edwards, James Poyser, James "Blood" Ulmer, Jeff Lee Johnson, James Gray, Hope Willson, Musiq, Tracy Moore, Jill Scott

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