The Roots - Undun - New Album, 6th December, 2011

[RuffDraft]

Looking forward to the album. I got every album they made and will continue to support.

To be honest, I think this is the only album that will challenge Kendrick Lamar for album of the year :unno: Does Kendrick even have that sort of a title with that release?

 

[ustreet_monsta]

Aye

You can stream the new album on NPR's website.

Here's a link: http://www.npr.org/2011/11/28/142873013/first-listen-the-roots-undun

 

[RuffDraft]

Aye

You can stream the new album on NPR's website.

Here's a link: http://www.npr.org/2011/11/28/142873013/first-listen-the-roots-undun

Props on this, I'm still waiting for the CD to arrive though :tu What's it like in your estimations?

 

[ustreet_monsta]

Props on this, I'm still waiting for the CD to arrive though :tu What's it like in your estimations?

Its short @ 39 minutes and much more mellow than their previous albums.

Personally I like short albums. BE and Illmatic for example are albums you can listen to in one sitting start to finish and then replay.

Completely different feel from HIGO which IMO had really standout tracks like: Right On, How I Got Over, and Doin It Again.

I need to listen to it again before I put a #rating on it.

 

[RuffDraft]

Its short @ 39 minutes and much more mellow than their previous albums.

Personally I like short albums. BE and Illmatic for example are albums you can listen to in one sitting start to finish and then replay.

Completely different feel from HIGO which IMO had really standout tracks like: Right On, How I Got Over, and Doin It Again.

I need to listen to it again before I put a #rating on it.

Alright, props on this, did you gather the concept easily???

 

[ustreet_monsta]

Alright, props on this, did you gather the concept easily???

Nah. I just kinda zoned out and listened to it. Then I read up on it and listened to the story.

Its a dope album that you really get the most out of by listening to start to finish like The Love Below.

 

[RuffDraft]

Nah. I just kinda zoned out and listened to it. Then I read up on it and listened to the story.

Its a dope album that you really get the most out of by listening to start to finish like The Love Below.

Alright, props, I'm saving the concept for when I hear it!!! Glad it's a nice release, never expected less…

 

[ty the great]

Album is fantastic. Dark, but beautiful. Only listened to once so far but will definitely become one of the highlights of the year. Solid play from front to back. BT is spitting ferociously.

 

[Lou Cypher]

Hey guys. Undun = Album of the year.

That's All.

P.S. - Ruff you better get excited because i think they may have topped how i got over. only 2 listens into it. but once lunch comes today best beleive there will be a 3rd.

 

[stupot0607]

So its getting great feedback all over the IC....

hmmmm This is when living in UK sucks! mines on pre order.... i need it now!!!

im with Draft though, not opening til i get it in the post....

 

[lamontbdc]

yeah i'm giving the roots album of the year 2 years in a row

 

[RuffDraft]

Album is fantastic. Dark, but beautiful. Only listened to once so far but will definitely become one of the highlights of the year. Solid play from front to back. BT is spitting ferociously.

Man, it's always a blessing to hear from BT!!!

Hey guys. Undun = Album of the year.

That's All.

P.S. - Ruff you better get excited because i think they may have topped how i got over. only 2 listens into it. but once lunch comes today best beleive there will be a 3rd.

Mannnn, that's great news… it's great to see the album is living up to expectations, I really don't know how they do it, they're hip hop's greatest musicians…

I just don't understand how they've topped How I Got Over, although, when I heard it was their first concept album, I got goosebumps… they're always the best albums!

So its getting great feedback all over the IC....

hmmmm This is when living in UK sucks! mines on pre order.... i need it now!!!

im with Draft though, not opening til i get it in the post....

Yeah, but I don't think anyone has the CD yet Stupot, there's that live stream on the Net.

I've got mine on pre-order too, from Amazon - first class in hope of getting it on release day… where've you pre-ordered it?

yeah i'm giving the roots album of the year 2 years in a row

Can't fault that decision, The Roots almost had my album of the year last year, but I went with Eligh, upon revision, I think I changed to HIGO. And if not, upon reflection now, it is.

 

[Lou Cypher]

Yeah. Topping this one is gonna be a pain in the ass for them too!

 

[rip.dilla]

I'm kinda late but the album is getting crazy reviews. Peep this of The Independent

The Roots' 13th album may be their best.

Inspired by a Sufjan Stevens track from Greetings From Michigan, it's a concept album about the downfall of a young man, Redford Stevens, told backwards from the point of his death - thus avoiding both the sense of inevitability and the tragic bravado found in comparable hip-hop tragedies. Instead, it offers opportunities for more considered reflection on the values we choose in life, from the viewpoint of someone on the journey "from a man to a memory", trying to "leave with a little bit of dignity". Musically, it's a watery, wavery process of twinkling electric piano, echoey organ vibrations and scudding R&B grooves, leading to a four-part movement expansion of Sufjan's "Redford", his original piano progression followed by two further passages of sombre piano and strings, sandwiching a free-jazz maelstrom interpretation. The moral? "You either done doin' crime, or you done in".

The Independent

Have it pre-ordered already

 

[RuffDraft]

Yeah. Topping this one is gonna be a pain in the ass for them too!

Haha, if they've literally topped HIGO, I will literally put myself on the line and say that it will be their greatest release ever, regardless if they make it to 20 releases!!! Concept albums are just too perfectly crafted when done properly (and it'd have to be done properly to top HIGO). The thing is, BT is that talented, the man is just a gift… I don't really know of many emcee's who can mess with him… people rave about the current Nas, but look at the current BT. HIGO the track was the greatest verse of 2009, then the album was the best of 2010 and now they're topping it again?!?! Incredible (if the hype is anything to go by, which is likely given Essence sources).

I'm kinda late but the album is getting crazy reviews. Peep this of The Independent

The Independent

Have it pre-ordered already

Nice review… I don't really want to decipher the concept before hearing it though!!!

There's three cops in this thread :tu

 

[rip.dilla]

I just might cop their whole discography

Its amazing their still DOPE after nearly two decades in the game

 

[RuffDraft]

I just might cop their whole discography

Its amazing their still DOPE after nearly two decades in the game

AND have NEVER been lacking, EVER.

They're the greater group in comparison with Outkast, I've always had them higher!!

 

[stupot0607]

@ Draft, i just go to Amazon for easy option, although they sometimes fuck up pre orders (fifa 12 took like 2 weeks after)

 

[RuffDraft]

@ Draft, i just go to Amazon for easy option, although they sometimes fuck up pre orders (fifa 12 took like 2 weeks after)

Oh well, let's hope they get this one right! Let me know when you get it :tu

 

[rip.dilla]

Have had this shit on repeat for days now

It might just be The HipHop Album Of The Year until Common's shit drops though

The musicianship on it is bananas

The Roots >>>