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The Roots - Tipping Point

Cropduster84Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
edited November 2008 in Other Music
This really deserves it's own thread....


One of the best Hip Hop albums I've ever heard, Black Thought owns this album.....
'The more I studied religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.' - Sir Richard Francis Burton
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  • CM1847CM1847 Posts: 577
    Wow, I thought I was alone on this one. This album gets the least respect out of anything they've done since Things Fall Apart, but it is my clear favorite of theirs. It's just a fun, loose album, it really goes against their serious mood they push out on most of their other LPs.

    Great album, it's always a lot of fun to listen to.
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,543
    I love The Roots and while I like this album I would not say its their best. I'd say Things Fall Apart is their best by far. But this one was nice to hear after Phrenology, which I felt they tried too hard on.
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  • Cropduster84Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    I'm relatively new to the Roots, and personally find Things Fall Apart hard to get into, where as Game Theory, Tipping Point and Rising Down knocked me out instantly.....
    'The more I studied religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.' - Sir Richard Francis Burton
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,543
    Cropduster84 wrote:
    I'm relatively new to the Roots, and personally find Things Fall Apart hard to get into, where as Game Theory, Tipping Point and Rising Down knocked me out instantly.....
    Just keep listening to it :).

    It took me some time to get into but now I almost know it by heart. Amazing stuff. My favorite rap album ever.
    severed hand thirteen
    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
    2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
  • CM1847CM1847 Posts: 577
    I think Things Fall Apart is probably their best album, but it is nowhere near as fun to listen to as The Tipping Point. Some of the songs on TFA are just amazing, it's a very strong album from start to finish, but TTP has such a great vibe to it, it's been my most listened to of theirs since it came out.
  • redmosquito10redmosquito10 Posts: 568
    you know to be honest, i enjoyed ttp when it came out, but after a few months it just kind of slipped off my radar, which is pretty rare when it comes to the roots. i'm gonna have to break it back out tonight, so thanks for the reminder. it's so nice that people are discussing hip hop on here again, there was a serious drought for a while
    "Ah, life is a gate, a way, a path to Paradise anyway, why not live for fun and joy and love or some sort of girl by a fireside, why not go to your desire and LAUGH..."
  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    redmosquito10 wrote:
    you know to be honest, i enjoyed ttp when it came out, but after a few months it just kind of slipped off my radar, which is pretty rare when it comes to the roots. i'm gonna have to break it back out tonight, so thanks for the reminder. it's so nice that people are discussing hip hop on here again, there was a serious drought for a while
    I was the exact opposite. I hated it at first. Since then it has really grown on me.
    NERDS!
  • firecrotch23firecrotch23 Posts: 586
    their early stuff is the best, give it time it will grow on you, they are incredible live too!
    Cropduster84 wrote:
    I'm relatively new to the Roots, and personally find Things Fall Apart hard to get into, where as Game Theory, Tipping Point and Rising Down knocked me out instantly.....
    Small my table, seats just 3, its not crowded, its just lucky me
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