Ratings
1 rating · avg 4.5
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Critics
10 publications
- AllMusic5/5
- The Source4.5/5
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- Spin9/10
- Los Angeles Times3.5/4
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5
- Chicago Tribune3/4
- Rolling Stone3.5/5
- Alternative Press3/5
- NME4/10
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Cover art
4 credits

- Design
- Emily-Kate Berger, Julius L. Niskey
- Photography
- Michael Lavine
- Art direction
- Julius L. Niskey
Tracklist
19 tracks · 74 min
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Illadelph Halflife is the third studio album by American hip hop band The Roots, released September 24, 1996 on Geffen Records. It features a tougher and broader sound than their previous album, Do You Want More?!!!??! (1995). The album also contains integration of programmed drums and guest contributions by R&B musicians such as Amel Larrieux and D'Angelo, as well as jazz musicians such as David Murray, Steve Coleman, Cassandra Wilson, Graham Haynes. In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums. In 2006, the album was selected as one of Hip-Hop Connection's 100 Best Rap Albums from 1995 to 2005.
In brief
- Is Illadelph Halflife good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Illadelph Halflife 4.5/5 from 1 rating.
- When was Illadelph Halflife released?
- Illadelph Halflife was released in 1996 on DGC.
- How many tracks are on Illadelph Halflife?
- Illadelph Halflife has 19 tracks, with a runtime of 74 minutes.
- What genre is Illadelph Halflife?
- Illadelph Halflife is catalogued under Hip-Hop, R&B.
- What BPM is Illadelph Halflife?
- Illadelph Halflife runs at a median tempo of 93 BPM across its tracks, most often in A# major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Illadelph Halflife?
- Listeners of Illadelph Halflife also rate The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest, It Was Written by Nas, Aquemini by OutKast.
Illadelph Halflife at a glance
- Labels
- Geffen Records, DGC Records, MCA Records
- Produced by
- Questlove, Raphael Saadiq
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