The Roots – Phrenology [Stereo] (VMP Essentials Series Edition)
(DDA) — Lacquers cut from a digital master by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound.
$55.00
Product Description
After three years reeling from a new visibility, The Roots resurfaced on the other side of the new millennium by making the deliberate choice to move forward. Phrenology, a flip of the discredited racialized pseudoscience, surges to life through a retracing of the lineage of Black music. The album revels in reinvention, leaving traces of Soulquarian magic while blatantly swerving the neo-soul box that brought them success.
On its face, it’s frantic, indulgent, and the signature raucous Roots energy; beneath, it’s an extended meditation on what happens to hip-hop post-commodification, supported by a ceaseless barrage of beats and rhymes. The social tensions loop in the background, Black Thought aims in every direction, and The Roots crew lean into their pop/crossover potential without compromising their massive vision. While something’s always in the way of things, The Roots never stray from keeping one in the chamber, pivoting towards a darker future with the blueprints of our own.
(Above description from VinylMePlease.com)
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Featured Artist | Cody ChesnuTT, Jill Scott, Musiq, Nelly Furtado, Ursula Rucker |
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Producer | Cody ChesnuTT, DJ Scratch, Kamal Gray, Kamiah Gray, Karriem Riggins, Omar the Scholar, Questlove, Scott Storch, Tahir, The Grand Wizzards, Zukhan Bey |
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Recording Engineer | Bob Power, Carlos "Storm" Martinez, Gordon Goss, Jeff Chestek, Jim Bottari, Jon Smeltz, Questlove, Ray Wilson, Robert "LB" Dorsey, Russell Elevado, Steve Mandel |
Mixing Engineer | Ben Kenney, Bob Power, Jason Goldstein, Jeff Chestek, Questlove, Richard Nichols, Robert "LB" Dorsey, Russell Elevado, Steve Mandel, Tom Coyne |
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