- hip-hop, hip hop, alternative hip hop, conscious hip hop
- 64 min
- 13 tracks
- Geffen
The Tipping Point is the sixth studio album by American hip-hop band the Roots, released July 13, 2004 on Questlove's Okayplayer Records and Geffen Records. It is named after Canadian journalist Malcolm Gladwell's book of the same name (2000), and is the follow-up to Phrenology (2002).
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Character
Spare, contemporary, classical in form and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
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Metacritic 72/100
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Blender3/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- The Independent4/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times2/4 ★
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork5.4/10
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 ★
- SpinB
- The Village VoiceA−
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Tracks
- 1Star6:13
- 2I Don’t Care4:21
- 3Don’t Say Nuthin’3:55
- 4Guns Are Drawn4:52
- 5Stay Cool3:30
- 6Web3:28
- 7Boom!3:18
- 1Somebody’s Gotta Do It4:05
- 2Duck Down!3:54
- 3Why (What’s Goin On?)4:15
- 4In Love With the Mic3:47
- 5Melting Pot10:31
- 6Din Da Da7:56
13 tracks, 64 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Roots
- Label
- Geffen
- Released
- 2004
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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