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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）
Rootsの2年ぶりのアルバム。シリアスでコンシャスなLyricをライブなバンドサウンドにのせるスタイルは一層研ぎ澄まされたようだ。新機軸を目指した時期もあったが、ここ３作ほどで徐々に原点回帰してきている気がする。特に?uestloveによるドラムが目立っていて、サウンドを決定付けているように感じる。逆にTrackに派手さは無く、そのぶん単調になりそうなところを、ソウルは当然として、ロック、フォーク調の曲などの多様さで救っている。

Tracks 輸入盤　歌詞有り 47 minutes15seconds

	Title	Composer	Time
1	The Pow Wow	Nichols, Simmons, Thompson, Trotter	1:15
2	Rising Down	Farmer, Jenkins, Smith, Styles, Thompson, Trotter	3:40
3	Get Busy	Davis, Jenkins, McKenna, Patierno, Reynolds, Rio, Roper, Trotter, Zayas	3:29
4	@15	Trotter	0:51
5	75 Bars (Black's Reconstruction)	Thompson, Trotter	3:15
6	Becoming Unwritten	Jamal, Jenkins, Mateen, Mateen, Thompson, Trotter	0:36
7	Criminal	Carenard, Jenkins, Mateen, Miller, Trotter	4:08
8	I Will Not Apologize	Jenkins, Kuti, Nichols, Spearman, Trotter	4:34
9	I Can't Help It	Jenkins, Martinez, Nichols, Smart, Spearman, Thompson, Trotter	4:39
10	Singing Man	Jenkins, Mateen, Miller, Spearman, Thompson, Trotter	4:07
11	Unwritten	Jamal, Jenkins, Mateen, Mateen, Thompson, Trotter	1:22
12	Lost Desire	Greene, Jenkins, Mateen, Smart, Trotter	3:58
13	The Show	Jamal, Jenkins, Lynn, Thompson, Trotter	3:44
14	Rising Up	Folarin, Jenkins, Trotter	4:19
15			3:18

Producers

Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson(2,5)
The Roots and Ritz Reynolds(3)
The Roots, Tahir Jamar, Radji mateen and Khari Mateen(6,11)
The Roots and Mateen(7,10,12)
The Roots and Richard Nichols(8,9)
The Roots and Tahir Jamar(13)
Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson and James Poyser(14)

Guests

Mos Def, Style P, Dice Raw, Peedi Peedi, Trak North, Saigon, Porn, Malik B, Meredes Martinez, Talib Kweli, Common, Wales, Chirisette Michele

Links

http://www.defjam.com
http://www.okayplayer.com/therotts
http://www.theroots.com

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