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The Roots' umpteenth album is titled after a Guess Who song mutilated by countless lounge bands since 1969. It incorporates a Sufjan Stevens recording, mixtape-style, for the purpose of starting a four-part instrumental suite that closes a program lasting only 40 minutes. Based on those details, it would not be irrational to think that the band’s well of inspiration might be dry or tainted. While the well might be slightly tainted, it is full. Undun is based on the life of Redford Stephens, a fictional product of inner-city New York who was born in the mid-‘70s and tragically passed in 1999, the point at which the album begins -- with a quiet EKG flatline. Appearances from MCs Big K.R.I.T., Dice Raw, Phonte, Greg Porn, and Truck North, as well as contributions by singers Aaron Earl Livingston and Bilal, flank principal voice Black Thought, yet this is no hip-hop opera or anything close to a typical concept album. The existential rhymes, seemingly created with a shared vision, avoid outlining specific events and focus on ruminations that are grave and penetrating, as if each vocalist saw elements of himself and those he has known in Redford. What’s more, Undun probably shatters the record for fewest proper nouns on a rap album, with the likes of Hammurabi, Santa Muerte, and Walter Cronkite mentioned rather than the names of those who are physically involved in Stephens’ life. (The album’s app, filled with video clips and interviews with Stephens’ aunt, teachers, and peers, provides much more typical biographical information.) Musically, Undun flows easier and slower than any other Roots album. The backdrops ramp up with slight gradations, from soft collisions of percussion and keys (“Sleep”), to balmy gospel-soul (“Make My”), to Sunday boom-bap (“One Time”). There's a slight drop into sinewy funk (“Kool On”) that leads into a sustained stretch of stern, hunched-shoulder productions, highlighted by the crisply roiling “Lighthouse,” that match the cold realism of the lyrics. The strings in the slightly wistful “I Remember” and completely grim “Tip the Scale” are a setup for the Redford suite, which is nothing like padding. It glides through the movements, involving mournful strings, a violent duel between drummer ?uestlove and guest pianist D.D. Jackson, and a lone death note that fades 37 seconds prior to silence.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, Producer - Ahmir Thompson, ComposerLyricist - Ray Angry, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Roots, MainArtist - Steve Mandel, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Jason Goldstein, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tariq Trotter, ComposerLyricist - Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, Producer - Ahmir Thompson, ComposerLyricist - The Roots, MainArtist - Hot Sugar, Producer - Aaron Livingston, ComposerLyricist - Chris Sclafani, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Son Little, FeaturedArtist - Aaron Earl Livingston, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Nicolas Koenig-Dzialowski, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Khari Mateen, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Karl Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Jason Goldstein, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Kutch, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tariq Trotter, ComposerLyricist - Ahmir Thompson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Ray Angry, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Roots, MainArtist - Dice Raw, FeaturedArtist - Justin Scott, ComposerLyricist - Big K.R.I.T., FeaturedArtist - Chris Sclafani, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Karl Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Jason Goldstein, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tariq Trotter, ComposerLyricist - Jon Smeltz, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, Producer - Ahmir Thompson, ComposerLyricist - The Roots, MainArtist - Phonte Coleman, ComposerLyricist - Dice Raw, FeaturedArtist - Tracey Moore, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mercedes Martinez, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Reynolds, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Phonte, FeaturedArtist - Chris Sclafani, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
D.J. Rogers, ComposerLyricist - Jason Goldstein, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tariq Trotter, ComposerLyricist - Jon Smeltz, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, Producer - The Roots, MainArtist - Jamal Miller, ComposerLyricist - Steve Mandel, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Truck North, FeaturedArtist - Gregory Spearman, ComposerLyricist - Greg Porn, FeaturedArtist - Chris Sclafani, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Bilal Oliver, FeaturedArtist - Betty Wright, ComposerLyricist - Richard Nichols, Producer - Karl Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Robert Dorsey, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Goldstein, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Poyser, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tariq Trotter, ComposerLyricist - Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, Producer - Ahmir Thompson, ComposerLyricist - The Roots, MainArtist - Angelo Morris, ComposerLyricist - John Morgan, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Mandel, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gregory Spearman, ComposerLyricist - Greg Porn, FeaturedArtist - Ralph Jeanty, ComposerLyricist - Sean McMillion, ComposerLyricist - Chris Sclafani, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Bengston, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
LeVar Coppin, ComposerLyricist - Robert Dorsey, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Goldstein, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tariq Trotter, ComposerLyricist - The Roots, MainArtist - Deleno Matthews, ComposerLyricist - John Morgan, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gregory Spearman, ComposerLyricist - Greg Porn, FeaturedArtist - Chris Sclafani, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Bengston, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sean C and LV, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Karl Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Jason Goldstein, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tariq Trotter, ComposerLyricist - Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, Producer - Ahmir Thompson, ComposerLyricist - Rick Friedrich, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Roots, MainArtist - Dice Raw, FeaturedArtist - Tracey Moore, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mercedes Martinez, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Friedrich, ComposerLyricist - Chris Sclafani, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Larry Gold, String Arranger, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Khari Mateen, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jason Goldstein, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tariq Trotter, ComposerLyricist - Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, Producer - Ahmir Thompson, ComposerLyricist - The Roots, MainArtist - Tracey Moore, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mercedes Martinez, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Sclafani, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Khari Mateen, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Betty Wright, ComposerLyricist - Richard Nichols, Producer - Karl Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - Robert Dorsey, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Goldstein, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tariq Trotter, ComposerLyricist - Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, Producer - Ahmir Thompson, ComposerLyricist - Ray Angry, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Roots, MainArtist - Angelo Morris, ComposerLyricist - Dice Raw, FeaturedArtist - John Morgan, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Mandel, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Sclafani, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Bengston, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Sufjan Stevens, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2003 Asthmatic Kitty Records
Richard Nichols, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jason Goldstein, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, Producer - Ahmir Thompson, ComposerLyricist - Ray Angry, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Roots, MainArtist - Kristin Lee, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Lee, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Felsenfeld, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Sclafani, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hiro Matsuo, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Kramp, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
D.D. Jackson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Richard Nichols, Producer - Jon Smeltz, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, Producer - Ahmir Thompson, ComposerLyricist - The Roots, MainArtist
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Richard Nichols, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jason Goldstein, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, Producer - Ahmir Thompson, ComposerLyricist - Ray Angry, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Roots, MainArtist - Kristin Lee, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Lee, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Felsenfeld, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Sclafani, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hiro Matsuo, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Kramp, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Approfondimenti
The Roots' umpteenth album is titled after a Guess Who song mutilated by countless lounge bands since 1969. It incorporates a Sufjan Stevens recording, mixtape-style, for the purpose of starting a four-part instrumental suite that closes a program lasting only 40 minutes. Based on those details, it would not be irrational to think that the band’s well of inspiration might be dry or tainted. While the well might be slightly tainted, it is full. Undun is based on the life of Redford Stephens, a fictional product of inner-city New York who was born in the mid-‘70s and tragically passed in 1999, the point at which the album begins -- with a quiet EKG flatline. Appearances from MCs Big K.R.I.T., Dice Raw, Phonte, Greg Porn, and Truck North, as well as contributions by singers Aaron Earl Livingston and Bilal, flank principal voice Black Thought, yet this is no hip-hop opera or anything close to a typical concept album. The existential rhymes, seemingly created with a shared vision, avoid outlining specific events and focus on ruminations that are grave and penetrating, as if each vocalist saw elements of himself and those he has known in Redford. What’s more, Undun probably shatters the record for fewest proper nouns on a rap album, with the likes of Hammurabi, Santa Muerte, and Walter Cronkite mentioned rather than the names of those who are physically involved in Stephens’ life. (The album’s app, filled with video clips and interviews with Stephens’ aunt, teachers, and peers, provides much more typical biographical information.) Musically, Undun flows easier and slower than any other Roots album. The backdrops ramp up with slight gradations, from soft collisions of percussion and keys (“Sleep”), to balmy gospel-soul (“Make My”), to Sunday boom-bap (“One Time”). There's a slight drop into sinewy funk (“Kool On”) that leads into a sustained stretch of stern, hunched-shoulder productions, highlighted by the crisply roiling “Lighthouse,” that match the cold realism of the lyrics. The strings in the slightly wistful “I Remember” and completely grim “Tip the Scale” are a setup for the Redford suite, which is nothing like padding. It glides through the movements, involving mournful strings, a violent duel between drummer ?uestlove and guest pianist D.D. Jackson, and a lone death note that fades 37 seconds prior to silence.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
A proposito dell'album
- 1 disco(i) - 14 traccia(e)
- Durata totale: 00:38:43
- 1 Libretto digitale
- Artisti principali: The Roots
- Compositore: Various Composers
- Etichetta: Def Jam Recordings
- Genere: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group ℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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