Title: GETTING BACK TO THE ROOTS
Product review: This is with out a doubt the hip hop album of the year and quite possibly one of the top ten made in music in 2002. This is the album the Roots were destined to make. After a lackluster last album, then receiving some highly deserved exposure with the Jay-Z unplugged sessions, the Roots upped the ante with Phrenology. Don't judge the potential of the album off the first wasted single, Break You Off. At first the song feels out of place in the running order but makes up for its inclusion with an extended free form session that last upwards of three minutes. Unlike Jay-Z who had the tools and the know-how to make a revolutionary hip hop album but came drastically short in taking any real chances, the Roots prove that there's more to hip hop than meets they eye.
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