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▐░ ▀▓████║ The_Roots-Rising_Down-2008-DeBT_iNT ║████▓▀ ░▌
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▄░▓███████▄▄▄░ ARTiST.... The Roots ░▄▄▄███████▓░▀
░▓█████▄░░ ▄ ▀ TiTLE..... Rising Down █████▓░
▀░████▓░░▀ ░ ▀ LABEL..... Def Jam ▀ ░ ▀░░▓████░▀
░▓███▓▓░ ▀ ▄▓▄ GENRE..... Rap ▄▓▄ ▀ ░▓▓███▓░
▀▀░███▓░▄▄░ RiP.DATE.. 2011-05-26 ░▄▄░▓███░▀▀
▀ ▄███▀░░ STOREDATE. 2008-04-29 ░░▀███▄ ▀
░░▄▄██▀▀▀ SOURCE.... CD ▀▀▀██▄▄░░
░░▄▄██▀▀▀ QUALiTY... 233 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo ▀▀▀██▄▄░░
▄ ▄███▀░░ TRACKS.... 15 / 47:15 ░░▀███▄ ▄
▄▄░███▓░▄ ░ SIZE...... 83.84 MB ░ ▄░▓███░▄▄
░▓███▓▓░ ▄ ▄▓▄ RIPPER.... EAC Secure with LAME 3.98.4 ▄▓▄ ▄ ░▓▓███▓░
▄░████▓░░▄ ░ ▀ URL....... ░▓████░▄
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▄░███ NR. TRACKNAME TiME ████░▄
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░ ▄▓████ 1 The Pow Wow 1:15 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 2 Rising Down (Feat. Mos Def & Styles P) 3:40 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 3 Get Busy (Feat. Dice Raw & Peedi Peedi) 3:29 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 4 @15 0:51 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 5 Bars (Black's Reconstruction) 3:15 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 6 Becoming Unwritten 0:36 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 7 Criminal (Feat. Truck North & Saigon) 4:08 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 8 I Will Not Apologize (Feat. Porn & Dice 4:34 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ Raw) ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 9 I Can't Help It (Feat. Malik B., Porn, 4:39 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ Mercedes Martinez & Dice Raw) ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 10 Singing Man (Feat. Porn, Truck North & 4:07 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ Dice Raw) ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 11 Unwritten (Feat. Mercedes Martinez) 1:22 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 12 Lost Desire (Feat. Malik B. & Talib Kweli) 3:58 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 13 The Show (Feat. Common & Dice Raw) 3:44 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 14 Rising Up (Feat. Wale & Chrisette Michele) 4:19 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 15 Hidden Track 3:18 ████▓▄ ░
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░▓████▓▄ TOTAL TiME: 47:15 MIN ████▓░
░▓███████▄ TOTAL SIZE: 83.84 MB▄█████▓░
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Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº It would've been easy for the Roots to sell out. ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº Already one of the few groups whose fans extend ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº beyond the typical alternative rap base, tacking ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº on the acoustic-guitary pop-rap song "Birthday ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº Girl" -- which leaked the month before Rising ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº Down's release and features Patrick Stump ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº crooning "What is it we want to do, now that I'm ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº allowed to be alone with you?" -- could've been a ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº natural, and maybe even excusable move. Excusable ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº as a way to show that the Roots can be ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº lighthearted, fun, and tongue-in-cheek (though ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº anyone who's heard any of their interviews or has ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº frequented ?uestlove's blog already knows this to ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº be true); not excusable, however, as the ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº crossover track the label wanted it to be (and in ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº fact, in Japan and Europe, as well as on iTunes, ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº it remains as such). Fortunately, the Roots were ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº smart and thoughtful enough -- the very qualities ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº of whose criticism led to the creation of ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº "Birthday Girl" -- to realize that its inclusion, ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº even as an afterthought, a bonus track, was ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº detrimental to the effect of the entire album, ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº dumbing down their thoughts on poverty and race ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº and politics with poppy melodies and creepy ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº (albeit ironic) jokes about statutory rape and ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº predatory old men. ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº Because as it stands, Rising Down acts as a ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº powerful statement on contemporary society, a ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº society in which even though the specific issues ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº may have changed (global warming, BET, new ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº technologies), the problems remain the same. For ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº this reason the album begins and ends with a ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº discussion from 1994, where Black Thought and ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº ?uestlove are arguing about then-label Geffen ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº with their managers, and other bits of the past ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº are also spread throughout -- the 1987 freestyle ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº "@15," which complements "75 Bars (Black's ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº Reconstruction)," the reflection found in ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº "Unwritten" and especially in the cover itself, ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº which nods to the crude caricatures from early ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº America, the black devil wreaking havoc on the ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº white pilgrims below. But it is these very ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº reminders that make the Roots and their message ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº in 2008 so much more relevant: they give context. ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº So when Black Thought says "It is what it is, ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº because of what it was/I did what I did 'cause it ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº does what it does" in "Criminal," he's not just ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº looking as his character's current situation, ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº he's drawing from history, and his conclusions ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº are based upon lifetimes of "it being it" and ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº "doing what it does," of struggling and fighting ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº and trying to get by, to make it however he can. ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº These same thoughts are echoed by the Roots' MC ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº and the myriad talented guests who add their own ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº equally hard-hitting verses to the album's ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº tracks. "My life is on a flight that's going ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº down/My mother had an abortion for the wrong ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº child/...I felt love, that's gone now" Porn ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº rhymes in the disquieting "I Can't Help It" (the ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº other rappers on the song tackle ideas of ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº chemical and monetary addictions), while on ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº "Singing Man," the dark, reticent production ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº gurgles with the pain and anger heard and stated ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº more overtly in the three MCs' voices (Porn, ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº Black Thought, and Truck North) as they present ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº the sympathetic -- but not condoning -- ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº perspectives of suicide bombers and campus ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº shooters and child soldiers. It's dark and ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº serious and intense, but Rising Down does offer ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº hope, too, mostly in the form of the closing ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº track, "Rising Up," which features Def Jam ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº backing vocals queen Chrisette Michele, D.C. ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº upstart Wale, and a Jay-Z-friendly beat. "We ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº 'bout to dominate the world like Oprah did it," ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº Black Thought says to end the song, an optimism ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº that's far more powerful than anything "Birthday ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº Girl" can provide. Those words, confident but not ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº cocky, are the final punctuation -- an ellipsis, ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº though, leading to a yet-completed thought -- on ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº an album that's both revelatory and full of ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº questions, an album that understands its spot in ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº the Roots' history and American history, and an ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº album that continues to place the group as one of ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
Üß°ÛÛÛÛ²°ßº the country's most talented and relevant in any ºß°²ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜ
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