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Album · 1999

Things Fall Apart

by The Roots

Things Fall Apart is a 1999 hip-hop album by The Roots. It runs 18 tracks across 71 minutes on Geffen. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.5/5 from 3 ratings.

Hip-Hop

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4.5 /5
3 ratings
87 /100
9 critics
18
Tracks
71 min
Runtime
95 bpm
Tempo
F minor
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3 ratings · avg 4.5

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18 tracks · 71 min

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Things Fall Apart is the fourth studio album by American hip hop band The Roots, released February 23, 1999 on Geffen Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at Electric Lady Studios during 1997 to 1999, coinciding with recording for other projects of the Soulquarians collective, including D'Angelo's Voodoo (2000), Erykah Badu's Mama's Gun (2000), and Common's Like Water for Chocolate (2000). According to Spin magazine, the album is a landmark moment for The Roots and the collective, as it "swelled the Roots clique into a movement-style posse".

In brief

Is Things Fall Apart good?
Riffiter listeners rate Things Fall Apart 4.5/5 from 3 ratings.
When was Things Fall Apart released?
Things Fall Apart was released in 1999 on Geffen.
How many tracks are on Things Fall Apart?
Things Fall Apart has 18 tracks, with a runtime of 71 minutes.
What genre is Things Fall Apart?
Things Fall Apart is catalogued under Hip-Hop.
What BPM is Things Fall Apart?
Things Fall Apart runs at a median tempo of 95 BPM across its tracks, most often in F minor, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to Things Fall Apart?
Listeners of Things Fall Apart also rate The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest, Aquemini by OutKast, It Was Written by Nas.
Who produced Things Fall Apart?
Things Fall Apart was produced by Scott Storch, J Dilla and The Grand Wizzards. Scott Storch produced 3 of them.

Credits

Mixed by
Bob Power?uestloveAxel NiehausTom Coyne
Engineered by
Axel Niehaus?uestloveKeith CramerTom Coyne
Played by
James PoyserScott StorchD’AngeloDavis GarnetEmma Kumrow
+6 more
Igor SzwecLarry GoldAnthony TiddShawn GeeSpankyWarren Wimbly
Vocals by
EveErykah BaduBlack ThoughtMalik BUrsula Rucker

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