- hip hop, jazz rap
- 79 min
- 20 tracks
- Geffen
Illadelph Halflife is the third studio album by American hip-hop band the Roots, released September 24, 1996, on DGC and Geffen Records. It features a tougher and broader sound than their previous album, Do You Want More?!!!??!
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Character
Character-led, grave, spare and classical in form.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Alternative Press3/5
- Chicago Tribune3/4 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- Los Angeles Times3.5/4 ★
- NME4/10
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 ★
- The Source4.5/5 ★
- Spin9/10
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Tracks
- 34Intro0:35
- 35Respond/React5:07
- 36Section4:09
- 37Panic!!!!!1:25
- 38It Just Don’t Stop4:34
- 39Episodes5:56
- 40Push Up Ya Lighter4:36
- 41What They Do5:57
- 42? vs. Scratch (The Token DJ cut)1:48
- 43Concerto of the Desperado3:38
- 44Clones4:54
- 45UNIverse at War4:56
- 46No Alibi5:11
- 47Dave vs. US0:50
- 48No Great Pretender4:26
- 49The Hypnotic5:20
- 50Ital (The Universal Side)4:54
- 51One Shine5:40
- 52The Adventures in Wonderland4:34
- 53Outro0:16
20 tracks, 79 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Roots
- Label
- Geffen
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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