The Tipping Point (album)

The Tipping Point (album)

Infobox Album | Name = The Tipping Point
Type = Album
Artist = The Roots


Released = July 13, 2004
Recorded = 2004
Genre = Hip hop
Alternative Hip Hop
Length = 55:05
Label = Geffen Records
Producer = ?uestlove, Scott Storch
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:nzrp282l052a link]
*HipHopDX.com Rating|5|5 [http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/reviews/id.433/title.the-roots-the-tipping-point link]
*RapReviews.com (7.0/10) [http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2004_07_tipping.html link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theroots/albums/album/6215265/review/6294674/the_tipping_point link]
*Pitchfork Media (5.4/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/21401/Roots_The_Tipping_Point link]
*Robert Christgau (A-)|Last album = "Phrenology"
(2002)
This album = "The Tipping Point"
(2004)
Next album = "Game Theory"
(2006)|

"The Tipping Point" (released July 13, 2004) is the sixth album from The Roots. It peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200, at #2 on the R&B chart and at #71 in the UK. It is arguably the most commercial of all Roots albums with radio-friendly tracks such as "Don't Say Nuthin'". At the same time, "The Tipping Point" stays true to The Roots style of going deep into a groove for longer than most hip-hop artists; this is evident on the album's hidden track "Din Da Da".

The album is named after the Malcolm Gladwell book of the same name, while the album photo is the mugshot of an 18-year-old Malcolm X before his conversion to Islam in prison. Some later releases of the albums, including the iTunes version, replace Malcolm X with a similarly-posed image of Black Thought as seen in on the "Stay Cool" single cover (see below).

Comedian Dave Chappelle is uncredited on the hidden track "In Love With The Mic."

Track listing

# "Star/Pointro" (featuring Waduud Ahmad)
# "I Don't Care" (featuring Dom)
# "Don't Say Nuthin'"
# "Guns Are Drawn" (featuring Aaron Livingston)
# "Stay Cool" (featuring Martin Luther)
# "Web"
# "Boom!" (featuring Dice Raw) (Black Thought impersonates hip-hop legends Big Daddy Kane and Kool G Rap on this track)
# "Somebody's Gotta Do It" (featuring Devin The Dude, Jean Grae & Mack Dub)
# "Duck Down!" (featuring Dom)
# "Why (What's Goin On?)"
# (Bonus Track) "In Love with the Mic" (featuring Dave Chappelle, Skillz & Truck North)
# (Bonus Track) "Din Da Da" (cover of George Kranz' single "Din Daa Daa")
# (Bonus Track on Japan version) "Melting Pot" (Booker T. & the M.G.'s cover)

amples

Star/Pointro samples "Everybody Is A Star" by Sly & The Family Stone.

Stay Cool samples "Harlem Hendoo" by Al Hirt

ingles

Band members

Vocals: Tariq Trotter
Bass: Adam Blackstone & Leonard Hubbard
Drums: Ahmir ?uestlove Thompson
Guitars: Anthony Tidd, Kirk Douglass & Martin Luther
Horns: Kevin Hanson
Keyboards: Kamal Gray & Omar Edwards
Percussion: Frank Knuckles Walker

External links

* [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/r/roots-tipping.shtml PopMatters]
* [http://www.theroots.com Official website]


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