What are The Roots' best albums?

[bufu]

Put me on brehs, the last (only) one I've listened to was Illadelph Halflife. Don't even know where to start.

 

[blazn101]

I've always liked 'Do you want more??!! It's the first album.

[ame=http://youtu.be/JVYVNa3gyoY]The Roots - Do You Want More?!!!??! - YouTube[/ame]


Also 'How I Got Over'

[ame=http://youtu.be/zI4D1QOLGuM]The Roots - How I Got Over - YouTube[/ame]

And this classic from 'Things Fall Apart'

[ame=http://youtu.be/MJCHeEQV454]The Roots - You Got Me ft. Erykah Badu - YouTube[/ame]

 

[the cool]

Put me on brehs, the last (only) one I've listened to was Illadelph Halflife. Don't even know where to start.

you can stop right there tbh

 

[vaudevillevillain]

Things Fall Apart, Phrenology. All of their albums contain piff

 

[Ezus Jezus]

I think Game Theory is their best album.

 

[JulesWinfield]

Things Fall Apart and Game Theory are my favorites. Do You Want More is dope if you're into more jazzy type beats. Regardless of what album you pick up, Black Thought is guaranteed to spit fire.

 

[bufu]

Damn y'all, this is why I've had trouble finding a starting point, 3 of you who gave answers all listed different albums DL'd "How I Got Over" and giving it a spin, keep them suggestions coming tho

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

I've always liked 'Do you want more??!! It's the first album.

The Roots - Do You Want More?!!!??! - YouTube


Also 'How I Got Over'

The Roots - How I Got Over - YouTube

And this classic from 'Things Fall Apart'

The Roots - You Got Me ft. Erykah Badu - YouTube

This. Add Illadelph Half-life, and those are the 4 essential albums that capture the Roots at their best--they're superlative work.

I'd personally listen to them in this order: Do you want more?!?!?!, How I got Over, Things Fall Apart, and then Illadelph Halflife. I wouldn't rank them like that, but I think that sequence will give you the best Roots vibe

 

[Ian1362]

Damn y'all, this is why I've had trouble finding a starting point, 3 of you who gave answers all listed different albums DL'd "How I Got Over" and giving it a spin, keep them suggestions coming tho

The responses you're gonna get are all basically gonna be personal preference.

Illadelph is generally considered their best album, Things Fall Apart was their breakthrough album, and outside of The Tipping Point all of them have wide critical acclaim.

Can't really go wrong with any of them IMO. I'd start and just listen to them in order.

Piff on every album:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lpujDkJWs8]The Roots - Guns are drawn [HD] - YouTube[/ame]

Even off-tracks here and there are awesome:

[ame="http://soundcloud.com/jelofanticon/02-zen-approach"]Zen Approach by jelofanticon on SoundCloud - Hear the world’s sounds[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig5bGIrJW3o"]DJ Krush & The Roots - Meiso (Da Beatminerz Remix) - YouTube[/ame]

and this is the track that solidified Black Thought as a GOAT-quality emcee for me:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhM2HTs0QVY"]The Roots Silent Treatment (Da Beatminerz Mix) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

Damn y'all, this is why I've had trouble finding a starting point, 3 of you who gave answers all listed different albums DL'd "How I Got Over" and giving it a spin, keep them suggestions coming tho

Go read my post. I would not recommend listening to anything out of those 4 I listed first. Game Theory, Phrenology, Rising Down, etc are cool, but they aren't The Roots at their finest, and you won't really get the proper impression that you would if you hear the four I listed first.


How I Got Over is a good way to beginning the journey, though

 

[JulesWinfield]

Damn y'all, this is why I've had trouble finding a starting point, 3 of you who gave answers all listed different albums DL'd "How I Got Over" and giving it a spin, keep them suggestions coming tho

what makes the roots so interesting to me is that each of their albums represents a different era in hip hop imo. things fall apart was during the neo-soul era with the soulquarians (erykah badu, black star, common, d'angelo, j dilla, etc.) so if you like that sound you'll like that album. do you want more could easily be categorized as jazz rap along with stuff like guru's jazzmatazz.

 

[Car RamRod]

game theory, do you want more, and how i got over are my top 3.

i don't get how the roots are so slept on. every album is different, but they all contain at least a few joints that make you go

 

[Anti-Anime]

I think Game Theory is their best album.

Either that, Illadelph, or Things Fall Apart.

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

All of them. Can't go wrong with a Legendary Roots Crew album. Flawless discography

 

[blazn101]

The responses you're gonna get are all basically gonna be personal preference.




and this is the track that solidified Black Thought as a GOAT-quality emcee for me:

The Roots Silent Treatment (Da Beatminerz Mix) - YouTube

'Silent Treatment' one of my favorite tracks!