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The Best of the Roots
Hip-Hop · 2006 · 51 tracks

The Best of the Roots

The Roots

A high-energy, mixtape-style retrospective blending live band precision with gritty street lyricism. Fifty-one tracks of relentless Philadelphia hip-hop history.

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It's like a 51-track masterclass in how hip-hop sounds when a real band is in the room.

A sophisticated and soulful celebration of technical mastery and urban storytelling.

The Best of the Roots · vs · The Roots
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The production is built around sample based than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 51 Tracks
01
Rock Star (intro)
1:05
02
Malcolm X / Roots of a Tree (interlude)
0:21
03
Pity the Child / Come Together
2:50
04
The Next Movement
2:39
05
Thought Is Like Freestyle
2:32
06
Clones
2:35
07
Subliminal Minded Freestyle
1:45
08
Push Up Ya Lighter
1:58
09
Push Up Ya Lighter
1:54
10
Concerto of a Desperado
1:53
11
Concerto of a Desperado (J.Period remix)
0:52
12
Rakim (interlude)
0:29
13
Been Thru the Storm
3:03
14
Superlyricism / R.I.P. Big Pun (interlude)
0:49
15
Superlyrical
2:23
16
Suppossed to Represent (interlude)
0:31
17
In the Music
1:31
18
Don't Feel Right
2:10
19
Members of the Band (Proceed interlude)
1:04
20
Essaywhuman?!!!??!
1:47
21
Live From the PJ's
2:19
22
PJ's (J.Period remix)
1:16
23
Influences / Native Tongue (interlude)
0:59
24
Pussy Galore
1:57
25
Stay Cool
2:01
26
Stay Cool (J.Period remix)
1:29
27
De La Soul (interlude)
0:42
28
What They Do
2:26
29
You Got Me (Me Tienes remix)
1:28
30
Me Tienes (J.Period remix)
1:32
31
Don't Say Nuthin (J.Period Knight remix)
1:08
32
Don't Say (J.Period Stick Up remix)
1:06
33
Nuthin (J.Period Shot Ya remix)
0:58
34
Adrenaline
2:11
35
Adrenaline (J.Period remix)
1:08
36
Yes Y'All (J.Period Goodness remix)
1:01
37
Beat Street / B-Boy Interlude
0:54
38
Thought @ Work (J.Period Apache remix)
1:37
39
Crazy Legs / Rock Steady Crew Interlude
0:30
40
Boom! / Wrath of Kane (J.Period Blend)
1:38
41
Din Da Da (J.Period Volume remix)
1:46
42
Rahzel Interlude
0:34
43
Act Too... Love of My Life
1:46
44
Love of My Life (remix)
1:28
45
Streets of Philly
2:11
46
What You Want
1:24
47
Like Water
1:09
48
You Got Me (J.Period remix)
2:54
49
Jill Scott Interlude
0:23
50
Break You Off
1:50
51
Murder in the First
2:01
Moments Worth Waiting For
The seamless transition from the Malcolm X interlude into the driving rhythm of Pity the Child.
The explosive energy of the Adrenaline remix where the tempo pushes the limits of live hip-hop.
The soulful, stripped-back vulnerability of the You Got Me remix featuring Jill Scott's influence.
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