Roll with the New

Infobox Album
Name = Roll with the New
Type = live
Longtype =
Artist = Chris Rock


Released = April 8 1997
Recorded = October-December 1996
Genre = Comedy
Length = 57:14
Label = DreamWorks
Producer = Prince Paul
Reviews =
* "Allmusic" Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fxdkylmoxpzb link]
Last album = "Born Suspect"
(1991)
This album = "Roll with the New"
(1997)
Next album = "Bigger & Blacker"
(1999)

"Roll with the New" is a 1997 comedy album by Chris Rock. It is a combination of live material (also seen in his special "") and comedy sketches. The album won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album.

Tracks

# Opening/Crickets
# Marion Barry/Million Man March
# This Show Sucks #1
# Luther Campbell
# Cheap Pete
# Tossed Salad
# Press Conference
# O.J., I Understand
# O.J. & O'Jays
# Champagne
# This Show Sucks #2
# Niggas vs. Black People
# I Loved the Show
# Introducing Mary Wong
# My Favorite Joke
# This Show Sucks #3
# Bad Phone Sex
# I'm Back
# Another Face Song
# The Commitment Dilemma/Closing

Notes

*In Track 1, there is a brief instance of backmasking when the "opening act" is introduced. When played in reverse, the announcer can be heard saying, "Mr. Reginald Warrington. Give it up for Reginald Warrington!". This was the name of Dave Chappelle's stand-up comedian character in the film, "The Nutty Professor".
*There is another use of backmasking at the start of Track 15. When played in reverse, the "favorite joke" is as follows: "So I'm walking down the street, right? And I saw this prostitute, right? And I said, 'How much?' She said, 'For $300, I'll do anything you want.' I said, 'Bitch, paint my house!'" The joke, played forwards, is sampled in the Soul Coughing song "$300" on El Oso.
* Fellow comedian Dave Chappelle was actually one of the voices heard on the album. When a group of black people are complimenting Chris on the Black People vs Niggas skit, Dave is the one that asks Chris if he 'smokes weed'.

Personnel

* Produced by Prince Paul
* Associate producer: Merry Harper
* Executive producer: Chris Rock