- hip hop, conscious
- 47 min
- 13 tracks
- Def Jam Recordings
Game Theory is the seventh studio album by American hip-hop band the Roots, released August 29, 2006, on Def Jam Recordings. The group's first release for the label after leaving Geffen Records, the album was recorded by the Roots mostly using the Apple-developed software application GarageBand.
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Spare, contemporary, character-led and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
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Metacritic 83/100
- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubA−
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times3/4 ★
- Mojo4/5 ★
- MSN Music (Expert Witness)A−
- Pitchfork7.7/10
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Spin4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Dilltastic Vol Won(derful)0:29
- 2False Media2:44
- 3Game Theory4:01
- 4Don’t Feel Right4:08
- 5In the Music4:07
- 6Take It There2:51
- 7Baby2:51
- 8Here I Come4:11
- 9Long Time4:22
- 10Livin’ in a New World1:48
- 11Clock With No Hands4:23
- 12Atonement2:36
- 13Can’t Stop This8:36
13 tracks, 47 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Roots
- Label
- Def Jam Recordings
- Released
- August 25, 2006
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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