The Roots – undun (Track List)
The Roots’ first ever concept album will be released on December 6th, with its first single “Make My” featuring Def Jam labelmate Big K.R.I.T. dropping on iTunes November 1st.
undun is an existential re-telling of the short life of one Redford Stephens (1974-1999). Through the use of emotives and Redford’s internal dialogues the album seeks to illustrate the intersection of free will and prescribed destiny as it plays out ‘on the corner’. Utilizing a reverse narrative arc, the album begins as the listener finds Redford disoriented–postmortem–and attempting to make sense of his former life. As he moves through its pivotal moments he begins to deconstruct all that has led to his (and our own) coming undun.
“At this point in our career we’d like for our work to have a unifying theme, and an experiential quality,” says Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson, 40. “We’ve been intentionally making our albums shorter in length so that they can be experienced as a continuous work. The music is band-oriented with an eye on the moody cinematic. As a DJ, I am the King of playlists, but I don’t want our albums to feel like a playlist or a mixtape for that matter. We want to tell stories that work within the album format and we want the stories to be nuanced and useful to people. undun is the story of this kid who becomes criminal, but he wasn’t born criminal. He’s not the nouveau exotic primitive bug-eyed gunrunner like Tupac’s character Bishop in “Juice”… he’s actually thoughtful and is neither victim nor hero. Just some kid who begins to order his world in a way that makes the most sense to him at a given moment… At the end of the day… isn’t that what we all do?”
1) Sleep
2) Make My ft. Big K.R.I.T.
3) One Time
4) Kool On
5) The Jump
6) Stomp
7) Lighthouse
8 ) I Remember
9) Tip The Scale
10) Redford
Props: Aqua
Previously: The Roots for John Varvatos F/W 2011 (Video)
October 17th, 2011 at 1:11 pm
watching southern hihphop is like watching the special olympics…
^^
LMAO
October 17th, 2011 at 1:12 pm
*hugs A Chick*
*cosigns all southern rappers jumping off of bridges*
October 17th, 2011 at 1:12 pm
Jackson7 Says:
October 17th, 2011 at 1:09 pm
So u just gonna jump off the bridge today huh? k.
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i ain’…..
nevermind
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Big Pimpin is really a southern track. Jay-Z just happened to be on it.
So watch ya’ step.
October 17th, 2011 at 1:12 pm
So wait Jerz, you clowned on Friday when i dropped the link to that LMFAO song, but you be in spots that Play Perculator…
Its not quite the same thing, but they’re not that different
October 17th, 2011 at 1:14 pm
I also didn’t get the response that I expected when I played Mr. Nice Watch this weekend.
The people were not fucking with J. Cole. That track almost crushed the momentum i had built up. But i anticipated that, and quickly switched up to Jay’s Is that Yo Bitch.
October 17th, 2011 at 1:15 pm
Nice, new Roots album !
October 17th, 2011 at 1:15 pm
People who listen to J. Cole do not go to bars or clubs …
they go to middle school dances and hay rides
October 17th, 2011 at 1:15 pm
be clear Ma’am..
i HATED “big pimpin”
after “so ghetto” and “do it again”, i dont really even fuck wit vol 3 too much…
October 17th, 2011 at 1:16 pm
The people were not fucking with J. Cole. That track almost crushed the momentum i had built up. But i anticipated that,
^
Roff
cBc
narcolepsy rap
October 17th, 2011 at 1:16 pm
DJ Chase Says:
October 17th, 2011 at 1:14 pm
I also didn’t get the response that I expected when I played Mr. Nice Watch this weekend.
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Whatever.
Speaking of, I bet y’all didn’t catch his girlfriend in that Golf Video. She was cute, kinda looks like Megan Good.
October 17th, 2011 at 1:16 pm
DJ Chase Says:
October 17th, 2011 at 1:14 pm
I also didn’t get the response that I expected when I played Mr. Nice Watch this weekend.
The people were not fucking with J. Cole. That track almost crushed the momentum i had built up. But i anticipated that, and quickly switched up to Jay’s Is that Yo Bitch.
^ is there an always go to song, to get the party rocking a gain. Like some shit you keep in a gold case for occasions the shit is dying and you gotta do something drastic?
October 17th, 2011 at 1:16 pm
This weekend tho, Howard homecoming. I get to play for all these 18-25 year olds.
Man, I’ve been waiting to unleash this Gucci Mane set for the longest. Gucci, Wacka, Big Sean, Cole, Wiz gonna be in heavy rotation on Friday
October 17th, 2011 at 1:17 pm
Beezy Says:
October 17th, 2011 at 1:15 pm
People who listen to J. Cole do not go to bars or clubs …
they go to middle school dances and hay rides
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yup, ALL 217k of em!
October 17th, 2011 at 1:17 pm
So wait Jerz, you clowned on Friday when i dropped the link to that LMFAO song, but you be in spots that Play Perculator…
Its not quite the same thing, but they’re not that different
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Totally different!!!
I’m from a different era than that,that’s pop bullshit. Newark was one of the staples of the beginning of that genre coming outta disco music in the 70′s,there’s a lot of history. That was just some watered down recycled white kids rave shit.
Ask about Club Zanzibar(NJ) or Paradise Garage(NY)
October 17th, 2011 at 1:17 pm
also i’m not one of those uninformed, youtube educated “conspiracy theorists”
negus gotta do the knowledge on the Adam Weishaupt Illuminati and their role in the French and US “revolutions”, not this Drake owl tattoo to drum up controversy for TMZ type shit
October 17th, 2011 at 1:17 pm
smh @ this nigga cOLD doing the electric slide in vegas
October 17th, 2011 at 1:17 pm
I got that dro, drank
Know I do my thang…….. I move that, coke…….caaaaaaaaaineeee
You can call me Kenuffffffffff
October 17th, 2011 at 1:18 pm
(3) Discovery of the Illuminatti (makes everybody think that there’s a secret group of kizzas who run the world simply because they get together, piss on trees, and listen to the Grateful Dead…news flash…Bill Clinton was the most powerful man in the world for 8 years and it’s widely accepted that all of the “elite” clubs (including the dudes who piss on redwood trees) refused to invite him, so what’s really hood, I guess Bill doesn’t/didn’t really run shit…K…)
^ Thats exactly what they want you to believe.
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K, lemmie get this straight.
There’s a group called Bohemian Grove.
Supposedly they’re Killuminatti.
They didn’t invite Bill Clinton to their shit.
Bill Clinton mocked them, saying all they do is piss on trees.
Now what you’re saying is that the Clinton really IS a member of Bohemian Grove, and that they had a publci spat to mislead people.
C’mon guys.
Srsly, now.
Don’t you think the real rub here is that those in power want Blacks to believe that there’s a power structure that prohibits the advancement of Black people?
Ursula Burns, Richard Parson – all black CEOs, some of the most powerful people in the world…how did they break through?
By leading multi-billion dollar companies, they’re more powerful than Prime Ministers of shitty little countries like Haiti.
So did they get initiated by Killuminatti?
LOL. No. They worked hard, niccas. Try it some time. Crack open a fucking book. Nobody’s holding you back except YOU.
October 17th, 2011 at 1:18 pm
smh @ this nigga cOLD doing the electric slide in vegas
^ zero inhibitions b…. Im talking air guitar, Tom Cruise risky business steez.
October 17th, 2011 at 1:18 pm
i HATED “big pimpin”
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Mr.Me Too. I fuck with the majority of the rest of that LP though.
What up, *daps all*
October 17th, 2011 at 1:19 pm
is there an always go to song, to get the party rocking a gain. Like some shit you keep in a gold case for occasions the shit is dying and you gotta do something drastic?
^Several. But it varies depending on the make-up of the crowd. But whenever I’m losing the crowd, I revert to Biggie or Jay. BIG Interlude will turn the party around really quickly.
Benjamins, Frankie Beverly Before I let go (for the older crowd), Damn near ANY beyonce song, but right now, Party get the chicks on your side.
For real hip hop heads, i never lose the crowd. As long as you listen to and fuck with Nas, Jay and Big, we’ll rock out all night. But those crowds are rare out here, at least not for the entire night. There’s a lot of Bar hopping on U street
October 17th, 2011 at 1:19 pm
The people were not fucking with J. Cole. That track almost crushed the momentum i had built up. But i anticipated that, and quickly switched up to Jay’s Is that Yo Bitch.
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Why would you place Mr. Nice Watch anyway??? Can’t get Enough would make more sense for a party.
*sigh*
October 17th, 2011 at 1:19 pm
this nigga cOLD be in the club doing the Cotton Eye Joe to B.E.P
October 17th, 2011 at 1:20 pm
MK3, you need to lighten up… let loose and enjoy more. No women wants a corn with dry humor who can’t act a fool at times.
October 17th, 2011 at 1:20 pm
zero inhibitions b…. Im talking air guitar, Tom Cruise risky business steez
^
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
i respect it
October 17th, 2011 at 1:20 pm
There’s a group called Bohemian Grove.
Supposedly they’re Killuminatti.
They didn’t invite Bill Clinton to their shit.
Bill Clinton mocked them, saying all they do is piss on trees
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They knew Bill liked to fuck women and not boy pussy,that’s why…
October 17th, 2011 at 1:20 pm
smh @ this nigga cOLD doing the electric slide in vegas
^ zero inhibitions b…. Im talking air guitar, Tom Cruise risky business steez.
^Thats how it should be tho.
October 17th, 2011 at 1:20 pm
David Gergen
find him, and you’ll find ‘illuminati’on …
October 17th, 2011 at 1:21 pm
also didn’t get the response that I expected when I played Mr. Nice Watch this weekend.
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That song is fucking awful. Should’ve played that joint with Trey Songz, no homo.
October 17th, 2011 at 1:21 pm
*daps b-ease*
October 17th, 2011 at 1:22 pm
co-sign 40ft stone owls at Bohemian Grove
October 17th, 2011 at 1:22 pm
MK3, you need to lighten up… let loose and enjoy more. No women wants a corn with dry humor who can’t act a fool at times.
^
liquor fixes that real fast like tho
from wallflower to life of the party in about 16 oz
October 17th, 2011 at 1:22 pm
Thats how it should be tho.
^ word.
October 17th, 2011 at 1:23 pm
whaddup b-ease
LMAO @ parents playing J Cole to wind down sleepovers
October 17th, 2011 at 1:23 pm
Why would you place Mr. Nice Watch anyway??? Can’t get Enough would make more sense for a party.
^That song wouldn’t work with the tempo that i was working with at the time. Mr. Nice Watch did. But the crowd wasn’t feeling it.
As a DJ, its also my job to introduce people to music that they wouldn’t otherwise think knocks. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt
October 17th, 2011 at 1:24 pm
Never a fan of The Roots …. respect Black Thought as an MC and Questlove as a drummer and his wisdom of music
probably pointless to want a solo record from Thought, it would have happened by now If he was really interested.
October 17th, 2011 at 1:25 pm
shitty little countries like Haiti.
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October 17th, 2011 at 1:26 pm
If I wanted to move into one of yall kizzas neighborhood the property value automatically goes down, one brother gets elected and all of a sudden shit is all good huh. yasser u must be soft shoeing it to death over there playa
October 17th, 2011 at 1:26 pm
There’s a group called Bohemian Grove.
Supposedly they’re Killuminatti.
They didn’t invite Bill Clinton to their shit.
Bill Clinton mocked them, saying all they do is piss on trees.
Now what you’re saying is that the Clinton really IS a member of Bohemian Grove, and that they had a publci spat to mislead people.
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where you even get your information from bro?
who linked Bohemian Grove and the Illuminati? Do you know even know what the Illuminati is, or what their mission statement was when they were founded by Adam Weishaupt? The dissolvement of all governments and world religions?
Since you so fond of mentioning Bill Clinton and taking soundbites out of context, check out the book Tragedy and Hope written by Carol Quigley, Clinton’s mentor…You can also check out The Anglo American Establishment, also by Carol Quigley