The Roots
Album : Things Fall Apart
Release Date : February 23, 1999
Label : Mca

Customer Review :
They’ve long been hip-hop’s best band, for whatever that’s worth, and in their amazing live shows they’ve shown an ability to pay homage to the past and look to the future—all while living firmly in the now. But on Things Fall Apart, the Roots finally pull their promise and ability together, and the world’s started to pay attention.

With "Things Fall Apart", The Roots have silenced any doubters and have brought people the real hip hop we’ve been searching for. "Do You Want More ?" and "Illadelph Halflife" are both hip hop classics and I will have people arguing with me for days about what the best Roots CD is. In my opinion, this is the best Roots album to date. This is hip hop at it’s finest. Black Thought is one of the best MCs in hip hop today. (I can’t wait for his solo CD) and with The Roots being a "hip hop band" it just makes everything flow in place.

One reason why I like this CD a little better than others is because Malik B and Dice Raw get more mic time. As I said, Black Thought is one of the best MCs, but it’s almost like A Tribe Called Quest with Q Tip and Phife. Q Tip on the 1st CD got the mic time and Phife was on about two songs. On later Tribe CDs this eventually balanced out. On "Things Fall Apart", Malik B and Dice Raw get to give quality performances around Black Thought, which makes for a better all around CD. The Roots production is at its finest as well.
The best songs on this CD in my opinion are my jam, "The Next Movement", "Adrenaline" w/Beanie Sigel, "Dynamite !", "You Got Me" w/Erykah Badu & Eve, and "Don’t See Us". You should also hear the bonus track on the end of the CD. To anyone that likes real, down to earth, Rawkus Records hip hop here you go. You won’t be disappointed.

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