How do you rank the Roots discography best to worst?

[Dusty Bake Activate]

I like Tipping Point

More so than Phrenology and Rising Down actually

I felt Tipping Point was great when it dropped, but it didn't age that well. Star/Pointro though.

 

[Tetris v2.0]

I felt Tipping Point was great when it dropped, but it didn't age that well. Star/Pointro though.

I like that little run in the middle where BT is spitting like Kane and G Rap....





this made the album worthwhile for me

 

[Hades]

Any album with Malik B is better than any album without Malik B. When you say "underrated", you are talking about him not Black Thought.

 

[Big Mel]

^^^ that was gonna be my other point.

 

[Prae]

This is still dope



This too

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Any album with Malik B is better than any album without Malik B. When you say "underrated", you are talking about him not Black Thought.

Their last 3 albums had enough dope crew and guest appearances to make up for a lack of Malik B. That dude Greg Porn is sick with his weirdo suicidal raps.

 

[Hades]

Their last 3 albums had enough dope crew and guest appearances to make up for a lack of Malik B. That dude Greg Porn is sick with his weirdo suicidal raps.

I disagree highly. I don't have a problem with those later albums but the recent public affirmation that Thought is this Summa Cum Laude underrated MC that is the world's best kept secret is atrocious. No feature or new crew addition matches anything that Malik was bringing on those albums. I'll confidently state that he was neck and neck with Thought all the time on those albums as well. I'm still waiting on a Thought solo. Do you remember hearing about the Thought/ Danger Mouse album, Dangerous Thoughts?

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

I disagree highly. I don't have a problem with those later albums but the recent public affirmation that Thought is this Summa Cum Laude underrated MC that is the world's best kept secret is atrocious. No feature or new crew addition matches anything that Malik was bringing on those albums. I'll confidently state that he was neck and neck with Thought all the time on those albums as well. I'm still waiting on a Thought solo. Do you remember hearing about the Thought/ Danger Mouse album, Dangerous Thoughts?

Malik B was always kinda meh to me. He's got lyrics, but he has a weak delivery. He'd be better to me if we wasn't in a group with BT because he came off like his backup singer. I really like his verses on Respond/React though.

No, I have never heard Dangerous Thoughts. Now that you mention it I may need to.

 

[Big Mel]

Dangerous Thoughts hasn't happened. It was supposed to. That's his point.

 

[Prae]

I disagree highly. I don't have a problem with those later albums but the recent public affirmation that Thought is this Summa Cum Laude underrated MC that is the world's best kept secret is atrocious. No feature or new crew addition matches anything that Malik was bringing on those albums. I'll confidently state that he was neck and neck with Thought all the time on those albums as well. I'm still waiting on a Thought solo. Do you remember hearing about the Thought/ Danger Mouse album, Dangerous Thoughts?

No way

Just did a quick youtube search of Thought, damn I hadn't heard this

 

[notorious8562]

Do You Want More?!!!??!
Illadelph Halflife
Things Fall Apart
Undun
Phrenology
Organix!
The Tipping Point
Game Theory
How I Got Over
Rising Down

The first three are on another level. "Game Theory," "Rising Down," and "How I Got Over" sort of run together for me; I should probably revisit them sometime.

 

[Anti-Anime]

Game Theory
Illadelph
Things Fall Apart
Rising Down
Undun
Do You Want More
How I got Over
Tipping Point
Phrenology

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

Not even gonna try to rank but low key, Game Theory is a deep album

 

[Anti-Anime]

This is still dope



This too

I liked those too but these joints were my fav on TP by far. v

 

[Prae]

I am truly perplexed as to how Illadelph can be anything other than #1 on anyone's list.