Illadelph Halflife is one of the greatest albums

[Capitol]

This album is still immaculate more than a decade later. Introspective lyrics still hold up. Production sounds timeless. Concepts, lyrics, rapping, everything still holds up. On the low it was one of the best albums in '96, which is already a dope year, and it made me really respect Black Thought for the first time. Been rocking with The Roots ever since






Do You Want More, Rising Down, How I Got Over, and Things Fall Apart have the more memorable singles, but I think this is the most cohesive project. Can't go wrong with any of them tho

 

[Theabbot]

No doubt!

 

[Brady-Carter]

Yup. But this album has alot of nostalgia for me.. It's one of my fav albums of all time.

 

[Capitol]

Yup. But this album has alot of nostalgia for me.. It's one of my fav albums of all time.

For sure. I didn't like Organix at all. I thought Do You Want more was heat. This was just . Classic then. Classic now

 

[mvp_status]

I'll fight a nikka who tries to front on the dopeness of "No Great Pretender"

 

[ManBearPig]

yep

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

Still prefer do you want more.

Illadelph is a good album, tho. Very dark.

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[torcher]

This is my favorite Roots album and easily their best IMO. I used to listen to this shyt everyday on my way to school

 

[Capitol]

Still prefer do you want more.

Illadelph is a good album, tho. Very dark.

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Really?

If I had to rank em it would go Ill > Things > How I got Over(this is where everything is pretty much equal in terms of quality) > Undun > DYWM > Rising Down > Game Theory > TP > Phrenology > Organix

Their catalog is insane. After Illadelph it's hard to rank everything

 

[tirademode]

Definitely one of their best . They always put out quality material but this one is overall seamless in a lot of ways . Particularly love this track :

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab-GPHZdwYo&feature=youtube_gdata_player"]The Roots - Section[/ame]

'I'm crooked like the 'I' on toxic malt liquor . The land whipper. The Dom Perignon champ sipper'

 

[criminology]

This is my favorite Roots album and easily their best IMO. I used to listen to this shyt everyday on my way to school

wish i could have appreciated those days....

 

[Chief]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wIdLtc97d4]The Roots - Clones [Illadelph Halflife] 1996 - YouTube[/ame]

Never clones

The piano simple but effective

 

[mr. smoke weed]

black thought really flexes on this album
5/5 classic

 

[bangbreh]

their catalogue is ferocious.
i'd have a hard time gettin convinced someone or some other group has been more consistent.
musically, these dudes are in other stratospheres than some of these cats making music these days.

 

[torcher]

This shyt opened up the album perfectly