>just fucking with you...
>
>I have to go with TFA.
>
>It's the most consistent. Thought and Malik killing shit.
>Straight ahead hip-hop. Great guest spots from Mos, Common,
>and Beans. The only thing that I can fault this album for is
>lack of content. And I would be cool with that if that's how
>it was sold to me. Kind of like Artifacts' "That's Them"...I
>know it's a straight up hip-hop record with 2 MCs just ripping
>shit about how nice they are. But TFA had the 5 different
>covers all with a political theme. Then you tack on the AWFUL
>spoken word bullshit (I can't express how much I hate those
>additions to the early albums) at the end in an attempt to
>bring in a deeper aspect and it does result in a flaw to me.
>Keep that spoken word shit and give me the I'm Out There bonus
>cut and I'm good. And while I like the covers and get the
>connection to "things fall apart" in a hip-hop context and
>having all track be straight up hip-hop shit with no concepts,
>I just don't feel the dark images with overly political themes
>fit the actual sound of the music. The album is much brighter
>which was a good change from Illadelph to me.
>

Dude, The Roots were at their best when Malik and Thought were sharing mic duties. I loved that duo. I agree on the content. Their albums seemed to lack content until later. Mainly on the Def Jam albums. lmao no love for Ursula huh?