The Roots – Phrenology [Stereo] (VMP Essentials Series Edition)

(DDA) — Lacquers cut from a digital master by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound.

$55.00

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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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