- hip-hop, hip hop, alternative hip hop, jazz rap
- 70 min
- 18 tracks
- MCA Records
Phrenology is the fifth studio album by American hip-hop band the Roots, released on November 26, 2002, by MCA Records. Recording sessions for the album took place during June 2000 to September 2002 at Electric Lady Studios in New York. It was primarily produced by members of the band and features contributions from hip-hop and neo soul artists such as Cody ChesnuTT, Musiq Soulchild, Talib Kweli, and Jill Scott.
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Character
Character-led, spare, grave and contemporary.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
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Metacritic 87/100
- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Blender5/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times3.5/4 ★
- Pitchfork8.1/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Spin8/10
- The Village VoiceA−
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Tracks
- 87Phrentrow0:18
- 88Rock You3:13
- 89!!!!!!!0:25
- 90Sacrifice4:45
- 91Rolling With Heat3:42
- 92WAOK (Ay) Rollcall1:00
- 93Thought @ Work4:59
- 94The Seed (2.0)4:28
- 95Break You Off7:27
- 96Water10:24
- 97Quills4:22
- 98Pussy Galore4:29
- 99Complexity4:48
- 100Something in the Way of Things (In Town)7:16
- [silence]0:20
- [silence]0:20
- Rhymes and Ammo / Thirsty!7:60
- [silence]0:07
18 tracks, 70 minutes.
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