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Jmcg85 said:
I'm not even gonna try rank Roots discography, too much quality amongst it all I would find it very difficult giving placements 😂
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I can’t rank all of The Roots’ albums either! It’s so difficult and it only makes me want to listen to their discography again in one day, so I can get a better idea of which albums I like more than others! But here is my ranking just by thinking about it!

1. Things Fall Apart
2. Phrenology
3. Do You Want More?!?!?
4. Game Theory
5. Illadelph Halflife
6. How I Got Over
7. Rising Down
8. Undun
9. Organix
10. The Tipping Point
11. ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin

All I can safely say is that Things Fall Apart is my favourite The Roots album! That album holds a special place in my heart!

The production on Things Fall Apart is simply moody, nocturnal and energetic! I love those Dilla sounding, crisp drums! The battle-rap kind of verses are matched so well with the production. I think our of all The Roots’ albums, Things Fall Apart sounds the most fresh! 💎🥦

There’s just something really special about Things Fall Apart. It’s political and urgent lyrically, but is funky and organic and has that underground, raw east-coast sound! Questlove’s drums dominate the overall sound and Black Thoughts bars just feel so raw. It really encapsulate what hip-hop is all about!

The theme is evidently consistent throughout the album, but the music is different enough that is feels diverse!

Things Fall Apart will always be my #1 The Roots album ♥♥♥
 
NathanRicaud said:
I can’t rank all of The Roots’ albums either! It’s so difficult and it only makes me want to listen to their discography again in one day, so I can get a better idea of which albums I like more than others! But here is my ranking just by thinking about it!

1. Things Fall Apart
2. Phrenology
3. Do You Want More?!?!?
4. Game Theory
5. Illadelph Halflife
6. How I Got Over
7. Rising Down
8. Undun
9. Organix
10. The Tipping Point
11. ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin

All I can safely say is that Things Fall Apart is my favourite The Roots album! That album holds a special place in my heart!

The production on Things Fall Apart is simply moody, nocturnal and energetic! I love those Dilla sounding, crisp drums! The battle-rap kind of verses are matched so well with the production. I think our of all The Roots’ albums, Things Fall Apart sounds the most fresh! 💎🥦

There’s just something really special about Things Fall Apart. It’s political and urgent lyrically, but is funky and organic and has that underground, raw east-coast sound! Questlove’s drums dominate the overall sound and Black Thoughts bars just feel so raw. It really encapsulate what hip-hop is all about!

The theme is evidently consistent throughout the album, but the music is different enough that is feels diverse!

Things Fall Apart will always be my #1 The Roots album ♥♥♥
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Things fall apart, phrenology & illadelph halflife are probably my favourites but when I say that I start feeling guilty about other albums lol it's too hard. So much quality its unreal 😂😂 but Things Fall Apart might be the one I'd pick if I could only listen to one ever again or Phrenology or....ya see what you've started 😂😂😂
 
Jmcg85 said:
Things fall apart, phrenology & illadelph halflife are probably my favourites but when I say that I start feeling guilty about other albums lol it's too hard. So much quality its unreal 😂😂 but Things Fall Apart might be the one I'd pick if I could only listen to one ever again or Phrenology or....ya see what you've started 😂😂😂
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Wish we could be roommates and listen to 2-3 The Roots album per day after work on vinyl! 🙋‍♂️😂

My dream would literally be, to be in the same room as @Selaws whilst spinning The Roots’ discography! Like I need to be in his presence because I just know he’s expressive vocally about what he hears and he is like The Roots #1 fan. And he’s so sweet and friendly and just reminds me of the cartoon character Arthur lol 🧸

But I’d also love to listen to The Roots with you too Jmcg85! You’re such a hip-hop head with great, diverse, open-minded taste! And imagine us blasting The Chronic 2001, Hell Hath No Fury and Summertime ‘06! The beats on all those albums are 🔥🔥🔥!!! It would be such a cute and fun music date! 😚
 
Mather said:
Hey @Clint Howard do you remember what year Roots played at The Opera House in Toronto? Was it 95? I feel like it was the tour for Do You Want More??!?! I was at that show and was unreal...

Or was it Phoenix? Pretty sure it was Opera House...
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They played Phoenix, Opera House and Guvernment at different times? I think DYWM was at maybe the Guvernment? So not 100% sure on that one but I think I missed that one and was at their next show for Illadelph.
 
NathanRicaud said:
My dream would literally be, to be in the same room as @Selaws whilst spinning The Roots’ discography! Like I need to be in his presence because I just know he’s expressive vocally about what he hears and he is like The Roots #1 fan. And he’s so sweet and friendly and just reminds me of the cartoon character Arthur lol 🧸
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We should have a Roots listening party for sure! There's a great event series called 'Classic Album Sundays' which is run by Coleen 'Cosmo' Murphy. She essentially hires a quirky venue and bring a super high quality set up to play a specific song in its entirety. She then has a guest speaker who is somehow connected to the album to chat about it and to take questions from the audience. I went to one they did with VMP for the release of Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma (VMP actually hooked me up with a load of free tickets) and it was superb. I'd love to set up an event like that.

I just looked through my Roots collection and the current count is 17 albums (including live) plus a handful of 12" singles. I just cant rank them, its too difficult. I definitely have ones that I prefer over others (...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin would not rank that high) but when it comes to the top theres too many to choose from. The Tipping Point is one that I always love playing but doesnt always rank very highly on peoples list.

Also, I dig Arthur! :love:

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Selaws said:
We should have a Roots listening party for sure! There's a great event series called 'Classic Album Sundays' which is run by Coleen 'Cosmo' Murphy. She essentially hires a quirky venue and bring a super high quality set up to play a specific song in its entirety. She then has a guest speaker who is somehow connected to the album to chat about it and to take questions from the audience. I went to one they did with VMP for the release of Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma (VMP actually hooked me up with a load of free tickets) and it was superb. I'd love to set up an event like that.

I just looked through my Roots collection and the current count is 17 albums (including live) plus a handful of 12" singles. I just cant rank them, its too difficult. I definitely have ones that I prefer over others (...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin would not rank that high) but when it comes to the top theres too many to choose from. The Tipping Point is one that I always love playing but doesnt always rank very highly on peoples list.

Also, I dig Arthur! :love:

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OMFG! They have Erykah Badu‘s Mama Gun as the spotlight for London! I love that album so dearly! The event is in 10 days! Imagine us going to that! 😩

I would so turn up to that regardless! 🙋‍♂️💯
 
NathanRicaud said:
OMFG! They have Erykah Badu‘s Mama Gun as the spotlight for London! I love that album so dearly! The event is in 10 days! Imagine us going to that! 😩

I would so turn up to that regardless! 🙋‍♂️💯
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I got an email from them about this when they announced it. I was so close to getting tickets but Im busy that day annoyingly.

On a side note, im just listening to The Tipping Point at work and 'Guns Are Drawn' is an absolute tune!
 
NathanRicaud said:
Wish we could be roommates and listen to 2-3 The Roots album per day after work on vinyl! 🙋‍♂️😂

My dream would literally be, to be in the same room as @Selaws whilst spinning The Roots’ discography! Like I need to be in his presence because I just know he’s expressive vocally about what he hears and he is like The Roots #1 fan. And he’s so sweet and friendly and just reminds me of the cartoon character Arthur lol 🧸

But I’d also love to listen to The Roots with you too Jmcg85! You’re such a hip-hop head with great, diverse, open-minded taste! And imagine us blasting The Chronic 2001, Hell Hath No Fury and Summertime ‘06! The beats on all those albums are 🔥🔥🔥!!! It would be such a cute and fun music date! 😚
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Sounds pretty awesome Nathan 😂😂👌🏼
 
Selaws said:
We should have a Roots listening party for sure! There's a great event series called 'Classic Album Sundays' which is run by Coleen 'Cosmo' Murphy. She essentially hires a quirky venue and bring a super high quality set up to play a specific song in its entirety. She then has a guest speaker who is somehow connected to the album to chat about it and to take questions from the audience. I went to one they did with VMP for the release of Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma (VMP actually hooked me up with a load of free tickets) and it was superb. I'd love to set up an event like that.

I just looked through my Roots collection and the current count is 17 albums (including live) plus a handful of 12" singles. I just cant rank them, its too difficult. I definitely have ones that I prefer over others (...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin would not rank that high) but when it comes to the top theres too many to choose from. The Tipping Point is one that I always love playing but doesnt always rank very highly on peoples list.

Also, I dig Arthur! :love:

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Wait, you own 17 of their albums on wax? Wow, I had to double check with Discogs and it looks like they have 18 full albums out (not including samplers and the like).. so which one are you missing?
 
Clint Howard said:
Wait, you own 17 of their albums on wax? Wow, I had to double check with Discogs and it looks like they have 18 full albums out (not including samplers and the like).. so which one are you missing?
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Funnily enough im missing 'The Roots ‎– Do You Want More?!!!??!', which is one of their best IMO. I have been so close to getting it a few times but either been outbid last minute (ebay) or convinced myself I shouldn't drop over £50 on an album.

Worth mentioning that I also included their collaborative albums in that number, which I think there are 3 of 'Wake Up' (with John Legend), 'Wise Up Ghost' (Elvis Costello) and 'Movie' (Betty Wright). Then theres live albums 'The Roots Come Alive' and 'Live Au Festival Rock En Seine'.



Yeah I might have a problem....... 🤣
 
Selaws said:
Funnily enough im missing 'The Roots ‎– Do You Want More?!!!??!', which is one of their best IMO. I have been so close to getting it a few times but either been outbid last minute (ebay) or convinced myself I shouldn't drop over £50 on an album.

Worth mentioning that I also included their collaborative albums in that number, which I think there are 3 of 'Wake Up' (with John Legend), 'Wise Up Ghost' (Elvis Costello) and 'Movie' (Betty Wright). Then theres live albums 'The Roots Come Alive' and 'Live Au Festival Rock En Seine'.



Yeah I might have a problem....... 🤣
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Wow, again.. colour me impressed. I'm missing Phrenology, Wake Up (god, I want this so bad), Undun, those Costello and Wright joints as well as the Roots Come Alive.. not sure I know the Live Au Festival Rock En Seine at all but I do have a copy of that instrumentals 2LP too though.
 
Clint Howard said:
Wow, again.. colour me impressed. I'm missing Phrenology, Wake Up (god, I want this so bad), Undun, those Costello and Wright joints as well as the Roots Come Alive.. not sure I know the Live Au Festival Rock En Seine at all but I do have a copy of that instrumentals 2LP too though.
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Ah nice, thats a decent collection! Have you heard the 2 'Home Grown: Beginner's Guides'? They are both really good as well, I have the first Volume on order, just waiting for it to be delivered.
 
mdmost said:
At this point, you stick with VMP if you're fine with the massive mistakes they might make with your order. If not, I'd cancel. Vinyl collecting shouldn't be a source of undue stress.
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I personally haven't had any real issues with mistakes in my orders. I've only had minor quality issues (Beach House and Willie Bobo), but both were replaced. The only time I was missing something was Biggie, but they rectified that. The only other issue I had was when they sent me a bunch of extra records (which I can't really complain about). Maybe I'm lucky, but my experience has been pretty positive and their customer service has always been responsive to me. I've seen the issues on the boards, and if I had some of those issues, I would be pretty upset to, but until I start having them, I'm still OK with VMP.
 
Paul1023 said:
I personally haven't had any real issues with mistakes in my orders. I've only had minor quality issues (Beach House and Willie Bobo), but both were replaced. The only time I was missing something was Biggie, but they rectified that. The only other issue I had was when they sent me a bunch of extra records (which I can't really complain about). Maybe I'm lucky, but my experience has been pretty positive and their customer service has always been responsive to me. I've seen the issues on the boards, and if I had some of those issues, I would be pretty upset to, but until I start having them, I'm still OK with VMP.
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See, while this was nice for you, what very likely happened is that those records were intended for someone else. So it worked out on your end, but someone potentially got screwed over.

Not unlike the recent case where someone reported getting 6 copies of Beck's Hyperspace (they ordered none) and then later that day people started to receive cancellation notices about their Beck orders.
 
Selaws said:
Funnily enough im missing 'The Roots ‎– Do You Want More?!!!??!', which is one of their best IMO. I have been so close to getting it a few times but either been outbid last minute (ebay) or convinced myself I shouldn't drop over £50 on an album.

Worth mentioning that I also included their collaborative albums in that number, which I think there are 3 of 'Wake Up' (with John Legend), 'Wise Up Ghost' (Elvis Costello) and 'Movie' (Betty Wright). Then theres live albums 'The Roots Come Alive' and 'Live Au Festival Rock En Seine'.



Yeah I might have a problem....... 🤣
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Also Jay-Z’s MTV Unplugged, an album I absolutely love that I don’t think has ever been pressed. The Roots serve as Jay’s backing band throughout the set which also features some Pharrell and Mary J too. Probably not essential but a really super fun album nonetheless.
 
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TenderLovingKiller® said:
Also Jay-Z’s MTV Unplugged, an album I absolutely love that I don’t think has ever been pressed. The Roots serve as Jay’s backing band throughout the set which also features some Pharrell and Mary J too. Probably not essential but a really super fun album nonetheless.
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It was pressed at the time but expensive and hard to find now. There are also a bunch of bootlegs available too so beware when buying. Needs a repress. I bet it gets an overpriced RSD release someday
 
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TenderLovingKiller® said:
Also Jay-Z’s MTV Unplugged, an album I absolutely love that I don’t think has ever been pressed. The Roots serve as Jay’s backing band throughout the set which also features some Pharrell and Mary J too. Probably not essential but a really super fun album nonetheless.
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Been on my wantlist forever. Not about to spend over £100 though haha. MTV Unplugged
 
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