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For the Roots' second major-label album, the band apparently recognized the weaknesses of the debut, since there are several songs which provide more structure than previous jam-session efforts -- two even became R&B radio hits. But for all its successes, Illadelph Halflife mostly repeats the long-winded jams and loose improvisatory feel that characterized Do You Want More?!!!??!. And while these songs may sound great live (a field where the Roots excel over any other rap act), in a living-room setting listeners need hooks on which to focus.
© John Bush /TiVo
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Bob Power, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Young, FeaturedArtist - Chuck D., FeaturedArtist - Harry Allen, FeaturedArtist - The Roots, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kelo, Producer - Dr. Cornell West, FeaturedArtist - Wendy Goldstein, FeaturedArtist - Jal Silk, FeaturedArtist - MC Power, FeaturedArtist - B.R.O.T.H.E.R. ?uestion, FeaturedArtist - Questlove, Producer - The Grand Negaz, Producer
℗ 1996 Geffen Records
Bob Power, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Black Thought, Producer, Co-Producer - Tim Donovan, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tariq Trotter, ComposerLyricist - Ahmir Thompson, ComposerLyricist - ?uestlove, Mixer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - The Roots, MainArtist - Kelo, Producer - Smart Abdul-Basit, ComposerLyricist - Kelo Williams, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 Geffen Records
Bob Power, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Nichols, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tariq Trotter, ComposerLyricist - Ahmir Thompson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - The Roots, MainArtist - Kelo, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Grey, ComposerLyricist - Smart Abdul-Basit, ComposerLyricist - The Grand Negaz, Producer
℗ 1996 Geffen Records
Richard Nichols, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brown, ComposerLyricist - Tariq Trotter, ComposerLyricist - RAHZEL, Producer - Ahmir Thompson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - ?uestlove, Producer - The Roots, MainArtist - Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Grand Negaz, Producer, Co-Producer - Rahzel "the godfather of Noyze", Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1996 Geffen Records
Leonard Hubbard, ComposerLyricist - Bob Power, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Nichols, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tariq Trotter, ComposerLyricist - Ahmir Thompson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Roots, MainArtist - Kelo, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Grey, ComposerLyricist - Smart Abdul-Basit, ComposerLyricist - Kelo Williams, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 Geffen Records
Bob Power, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Nichols, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mel Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Chaos, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tariq Trotter, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Ahmir Thompson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - ?uestlove, Producer, Co-Producer - The Roots, MainArtist - Karl B. Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Grey, ComposerLyricist - Tracy Moore, ComposerLyricist - Smart Abdul-Basit, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 Geffen Records
Bob Power, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Reed, ComposerLyricist - Tariq Trotter, ComposerLyricist - Ahmir Thompson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - The Roots, MainArtist - Kelo, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Grey, ComposerLyricist - Smart Abdul-Basit, ComposerLyricist - Bahmadia: the anti-gansta bitch, Participant - The Grand Negaz, Producer
℗ 1996 Geffen Records
Leonard Hubbard, ComposerLyricist - Bob Power, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Nichols, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brown, ComposerLyricist - Tariq Trotter, ComposerLyricist - Raphael Saadiq, Producer, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ahmir Thompson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - The Roots, MainArtist - Kelo, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Grey, ComposerLyricist - B.R.O.T.H.E.R. ?uestion, Producer - The Grand Negaz, Producer
℗ 1996 Geffen Records
Bob Power, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Scratch, Producer - Ahmir Thompson, ComposerLyricist - The Roots, MainArtist - Kyle Jones, ComposerLyricist - B.R.O.T.H.E.R. ?uestion, Producer
℗ 1996 Geffen Records
Bob Power, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Nichols, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lionel Bart, ComposerLyricist - Tariq Trotter, ComposerLyricist - Ahmir Thompson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Roots, MainArtist - Kelo, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kelo Williams, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 Geffen Records
Steve Boone, ComposerLyricist - Bob Power, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Sebastian, ComposerLyricist - Richard Nichols, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tariq Trotter, ComposerLyricist - Ahmir Thompson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Phillip Blenman, ComposerLyricist - The Roots, MainArtist - Kelo, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dice Raw, FeaturedArtist - Karl B. Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Smart Abdul-Basit, ComposerLyricist - Kelo Williams, ComposerLyricist - Mark Douglas Sebastian, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 Geffen Records
Leonard Hubbard, ComposerLyricist - Bob Power, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Nichols, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mel Lewis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Chaos, Producer - Tariq Trotter, ComposerLyricist - Common, FeaturedArtist - The Roots, MainArtist - Kelo, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rashid Lynn, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 Geffen Records
Leonard Hubbard, ComposerLyricist - Richard Nichols, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chaos, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Tariq Trotter, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Ahmir Thompson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - The Roots, MainArtist - Jimmy Grey, ComposerLyricist - Smart Abdul-Basit, ComposerLyricist - The Grand Negaz, Producer - Kenny Eiflle, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1996 Geffen Records
Dave Murray, ComposerLyricist - Bob Power, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brown, ComposerLyricist - Ahmir Thompson, ComposerLyricist - The Roots, MainArtist - The Grand Negaz, Producer
℗ 1996 Geffen Records
Bob Power, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brown, ComposerLyricist - Tim Donovan, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ahmir Thompson, ComposerLyricist - The Roots, MainArtist - Kelo, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Smart Abdul-Basit, ComposerLyricist - The Grand Negaz, Producer
℗ 1996 Geffen Records
Bob Power, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Nichols, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tariq Trotter, ComposerLyricist - Ahmir Thompson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - D'Angelo, Participant, FeaturedArtist - The Roots, MainArtist - Kelo, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hardison, ComposerLyricist - B.R.O.T.H.E.R. ?uestion, Producer - L.A. Jay, Producer, Co-Producer - D.J. L.A. Jay, Producer - Slim Kid 3, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1996 Geffen Records
Q-Tip, FeaturedArtist - Fareed, ComposerLyricist - Tariq Trotter, ComposerLyricist - THE UMMAH, Producer, Co-Producer - Ahmir Thompson, ComposerLyricist - The Roots, MainArtist - Jimmy Grey, ComposerLyricist - Bob Powers, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Grand Negaz, Producer
℗ 1996 Geffen Records
Amel Larrieux, Participant - Leonard Hubbard, ComposerLyricist - Bob Power, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Storch, ComposerLyricist - Tim Donovan, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Cassandra Wilson, FeaturedArtist - Tariq Trotter, ComposerLyricist - Ahmir Thompson, ComposerLyricist - The Roots, MainArtist - The Grand Negaz, Producer
℗ 1996 Geffen Records
Ahmir Thompson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Ursula Rucker, ComposerLyricist - ?uestlove, Producer, Co-Producer - The Roots, MainArtist - The Grand Negaz, Producer
℗ 1996 Geffen Records
Bob Power, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Young, FeaturedArtist - Chuck D., FeaturedArtist - Harry Allen, FeaturedArtist - The Roots, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kelo, Producer - Dr. Cornell West, FeaturedArtist - Wendy Goldstein, FeaturedArtist - Jal Silk, FeaturedArtist - MC Power, FeaturedArtist - B.R.O.T.H.E.R. ?uestion, FeaturedArtist - Questlove, Producer - The Grand Negaz, Producer
℗ 1996 Geffen Records
Album review
For the Roots' second major-label album, the band apparently recognized the weaknesses of the debut, since there are several songs which provide more structure than previous jam-session efforts -- two even became R&B radio hits. But for all its successes, Illadelph Halflife mostly repeats the long-winded jams and loose improvisatory feel that characterized Do You Want More?!!!??!. And while these songs may sound great live (a field where the Roots excel over any other rap act), in a living-room setting listeners need hooks on which to focus.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:18:31
- Main artists: The Roots
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: DGC
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2012 Geffen Records ℗ 2012 Geffen Records
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