its "i will not apologize" for me right now...that porn dude rode the hell out of that beat.




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but that may change after a few spins.....

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criminal and i will not apologize are both 5 star ratings in my itunes. the rhymes on this album are so nice

all fucking fantastic.

this album hits harder and faster than Game Theory.

with I Will Not Apologize 2nd
3rd Rising Up
4th Rising Down
75 Bars
Unwritten
Get Busy
Birthday Girl

and I can't groove to any of the other songs

or Rising up. It's a toss up. One moment it's Rising Up, another it Criminal. But, at this moment, right now, it's Criminal.


"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"

-Martin Luther King Jr.

criminal or I can't help it....get busy maybe aswell

Criminal / Rising Down / 75 Bars

And honestly I don't think Birthday Girl was as bad as people made it out to be.

Shout-out to "Unwritten", and the switch on "I Can't Help It" though.

Between "Rising Down," "I Will Not Apologize" and "Singing Man" I can't decide which one I like the best.

*waiting on liner notes*

that guitar solo on the grand return tho.. damn..

I concur.

asw

"I Will Not Apologize" & "Singing Man" are my current favorites .... @15 is nice too ... loving the entire album!

The Show- Beat is bangin'... every joint that has more than 1 BT verse is that shit lol.

Rising Up- This is gonna be my joint ALLLLL Summer.

Get Busy- Raw shit... classic post-TFA Roots type...

Lost Desire- When I hear Malik B, I'm reminded of how fuckin' ill dude is.

Von- I can't fuck with that first verse on "I Will Not Apologize". I cringe when I hear that shit lol... reminds me of some Lil Wayne shit. BT's third verse on that joint is live as fuck though.

Roots albums are wild though. Next week my list of favorites will be totally different. The only constants will be Rising Up and Get Busy.

yeah dude i was just thinking the same thing about malik b. its great how he's back on the albums

it's just got that murkiness and p.o.r.n.'s verse is the best on the album imo...and i love the song's structure

>it's just got that murkiness and p.o.r.n.'s verse is the best
>on the album imo...and i love the song's structure

yeah that joint is insane... P.O.R.N. came with the darkest moment of the album with his verse.. like some old school Mobb shit..

shit this joint is mos def Roots' most complex record to date. Like Quest said somewhere on the board he makes music not beats. and this record proves his words.

i copped the CD from the HMV store in Hong Kong and Birthday Girl is on it too. but it's not the last track cuz there's an outro titled Wanne-iCal after BG. I wonder if the US release has this too?



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Asheru- Insomnia
Deerhoof- Friend Opportunity
Miho- Drop By Drop
The Roots- Organix

>its "i will not apologize" for me right now...that porn dude
>rode the hell out of that beat.
>

That mu'fucka had me checking to see who was spitting cause i didn't look at the tracklist before playing. He destroyed that shit delightfully.


and to answer your question...

I Will Not Apologize and Unwritten are my faves thus far.

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Why does it sound like Talib on the hook for "I will not apologize"?

Is that porn?

That is Kweli on the hook.

"Singer Man"


Fiyah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Singing man
I will not apologize
Criminal
lost desire..

fuck...this whole joint is a fave...

from the UK and in no particular order

1. RISING UP
2. BIRTHDAY GIRL
3. CRIMINAL
4. I CAN'T HELP IT
5. 75 BARS

...and Singing Man followed by I Will Not Apologize then Rising Up and The Show.....in time this will be their best album ever!


Sonically the shit is just flawless....

Transition from @15 to 75 Bars=greatest transition in hip hop EVER!

I Can't Help It!
although not too far behind is
I Will Not Apologize.

Is it just me or does anyone else think of Busta Rhymes a little bit when listening to Porn's verse? I must say though, I could listen to "Rising Down" (the title track) all day long. That shit is so hard!!!

Get Busy
Rising Down *They always uP it on the a title track.


more to come

I'm not really feeling criminal the last verse is just so out of place with the roots, it sounds like a Jay-Z track. But I will not apologize is fire.

This is the best song I've heard in a minute.

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Pow Wow and @15/75 Bars!!!

to hear Blackthought @15 tho...what's fucking with that?

I've only listened to the album 4 times so far tho'
my favorite is bound to change, except for Pow Wow...that ish is crazy

There is nobody else...and I mean nobody...who can take some Fela and make it sound better than the original.

i can't get it out of my head.

Singing Man is incredible all around, and everytime I hear Rising Up I just wanna jump outta my skin.

criminal is hot too. i'd probably be all over get busy if i hadn't played the hell out of it before the album dropped.

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I cant even stress how on point those verses are!

My other early favorites:
Rising Up
Criminal
Rising Down
Unwritten
Get Busy
I Cant Help It
75 Bars
The Show

Fuggit, the whole damn album is on point!

And it was not even on my original list. That joint is rediculous!

i will not apologize and criminal are my two fav as of right now, but i guarantee that I will like a few more better than those in a day or so

growing on me fast...I cant stop listening to it

One of the best intros I have heard in years; in any genre.
?uest out did himself and Dixpop is fuckin' out of his mind.

Yo! We REALLY need to promote this joint.

i really like criminal

this and singing man are my favs.

kev



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for now.

stickers and what not that just says "i will not apologize." put 'em on bumbers, walls, bathrooms,etc. let ric cordero do the video.

YEP Im wit cha! A gooood movement there


>stickers and what not that just says "i will not apologize."
>put 'em on bumbers, walls, bathrooms,etc. let ric cordero do
>the video.

Criminal or Rising Up...sheesh..
Rising Down is the PERFECT lead off track. Every time I play it Im like "DAMN that shit bangs!" lol

Honorable mentions go to Get Busy, Singing Man, Becoming Unwritten and for some reason I cant get "I will not Apologize" chorus outta my head today...yesterday it was the one for "Criminal" ...SO good n catchy.

Even though it has its off balance moments..its over a nice listen.





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anyways..

Man, that Porno dude killed it.

Though Rising Down and I Can't Help It are especially dope. Like most though I have a ever changing list of favorites the more I listen.
I usually rock around 92 bpm. (c) Dilla

Porn killt that shit.
I love that song.

I will not apologize is the shit. Maybe one of my favorite Roots joints ever!!!

Dope Hook.....reminds me of Stay Cool a bit.

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that line alone had me hooked on this track

but after that performance on letterman

Ill go with rising up


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On the strength of Mos' classic intro verse, which I've had running through my head since the pre-order landed. Also diggin' Not Apologize, which has a Dr. Dre meets Fela vibe.

im like, yo jazzy fantasy shorty CANT outdo the hook to CWNH....i heard unwritten and im looking for a dustpan to scoop my jaw up off the floor

that whole speal on how the first/last 15 minutes are most important shit was no lie...pow wow - rising down - get busy had me stomping on the floor.

75 bars is my new web...im probably gonna dedicate muuuuuch time to learning that motherfucker.

criminal is my #1 being that this is the week i got word off the sean bell verdict disaster...this hits home really well. and the flow on saigon's verse totally makes up for the difference in subject matter. his aggression keeps the !!!!!! from the previous tracks going. this album hits and dont really let up much, and even when it does it still has alot of 3-d type contrast.

rising up is my shit, yo...nuff said.

im thinking about how i can get people to get this shit. i know im gonna buy more copies when i can afford it, but till then whats the best way to spread the word?

The first two are classics.

I Can't Help It is just some absolute next ish . . . the rumbling low end noise, the 80's like vocal sample chorus, the incredible deliveries, it's unlike anything I've ever heard before.

n/m

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Styles P MURKED that joint

I really Like Lost Desire, My boy questo on the chorus, and im feeling malik b on I cant help it, he kills it, but its hard for me to my pick my favortie joint.

:)

1. 75 Bars
2. I will not apologize
3. Criminal

the show must go on featuring one of my favorite emcees common but the album is hot.

Been giving the album a really good listen for a week now, and it seems to me that I may be in the minority but; Criminal is in dire need of a remix. Don't get me wrong, the poetry & subject matter is on point but i'm not feeling the track like that. The music doesn't really mesh with the message. Needs to be HARDER!

honorable mentions = "criminal," "rising up," and "rising down"

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peace & love

I usually rock around 92 bpm. (c) Dilla

i'm SO gonna cop that new t-shirt now that i've actually heard the song and love the shit outta it.

Rising Down, I can't help it, get busy. and if that Grand Return joint was on the US release it'd be in my top 4

Rising Up & Down!

they both are placed perfectly on the album, and have such different feels, but are dope...

whole album is ILL!!!

Love it

and the rest of the song of course. Martir or masss-murderer? thats your call.

I love love love Rising Up - Chrisette Michelle is amazing - I also love Rising Down - but then again I am loving the entire album....

Maybe I'm rhythmically challenged but am I the only one that can't follow the count once P.O.R.N. starts his verse. I get a 16th ahead (or is it behind) and don't even notice until the chorus comes back in. Somebody? I'm not sure if it's I will not apologize or singing man that wins for me. But I have to admit that P.O.R.N. is ripping it on whatever song. He's my favorite

Is a BIG tie right now....I get da face on both of those joints

That was hard to choose my favorites, because I like them all a lot.

can't decide between
rising down
criminal
or
i will not apologize

and it's Criminal

ALL F*cking day. I put that on while im driving and i go crazy. Swerving in and out of traffic, cutting people off, slaming into pedestrians. I should be locked up when that songs on. If i get locked up, ?uest, imma need you to post bail.

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The new album "Stop Looking At Me" coming soon.... just waite and listen!

Rising Up.

maybe "GET BUSY"

that's my current number 1! and has been for a while now...

Probably the best opening verse to an album since Illmatic.
I said it.
I even posted about it.

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