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Hip-Hop · 2011 · 14 tracks · 38m

undun

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A reverse-chronological concept album following a tragic life. Sparse, piano-led grooves meet existential dread and chamber-music sophistication.

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It's a tragic street opera told in reverse with some of the best drumming you'll ever hear.

A cold, cinematic tragedy that feels both deeply personal and systemically inevitable.

undun · vs · The Roots
Death Mortality+4.0σ

The writing leans far further into death mortality than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks · 38m
01
Dun
1:17
02
Sleep
2:16
03
Make My
4:27
04
One Time
3:56
05
Kool On
3:49
06
The OtherSide
4:03
07
Stomp
2:23
08
Lighthouse
3:44
09
I Remember
3:15
10
Tip the Scale
4:18
11
Redford Suite: Redford (For Yia‐Yia & Pappou)
1:52
12
Redford Suite: Possibility (2nd Movement)
0:55
13
Redford Suite: Will to Power (3rd Movement)
1:04
14
Redford Suite: Finality (4th Movement)
1:31
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition from the gritty boom-bap of Tip the Scale into the stark, neoclassical piano of the Redford Suite.
The way the drums on Make My feel heavy and slightly behind the beat, mirroring the protagonist's exhaustion.
The haunting, high-pitched vocal hook on Lighthouse that feels like a distress signal over a sparse bassline.
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