The Roots?

[Rafael]

I wantto give the Roots a try and see if I love their music. I've heard a few songs, and really liked them, but I'm just curious to see on which one of their projects I should start off on.

I've heard several people tell me that Undun is amazing, and it has a lot of critical praise, so I was gonna start there, but I just need yalls opinion on where to actually start. Any help is greatly appreciated

[PAINKILLƎR]

How I Got Over and Undun are fantastic breh, check those out nahmean.

[Rafael]

Both PK and Aone come through with a blessing whew

Thanks for giving me suggestions guys, it really helped. Gonna start bumping Undun tonight

[Francesco]

The Roots
whew
Black Thought is in my top 5, all time. Amazing lyricist and writer.
Undun and How I Got Over is definitely a great start. Everything they've been putting out since Game Theory (2006) - Undun (2011) has more of a social/political message, and much more attention is paid to production. However, all of the mentioned albums are feature heavy (most of them being Roots affiliates: Dice Raw, P.O.R.N, and Truck North).
Regardless, all of the albums are great. If you are going to go that route, just go backwards.
Undun, How I Got Over, Rising Down, Game Theory.... and so on.
Their 90's material definitely had a different vibe, though the social commentary always existed. My favorite album of theirs is probably Things Fall Apart.

You are making a great decision N-R-G, The Roots are low key GOAT.

Pretty much this... plus the fact The Roots are/have always been one of a kind group.
The only reason why they aren't always mentioned as one of the greatest groups of all time is 'cuz they only have one vocal artists in it.

[StanBase]

Only song I've ever heard is The seed 2.0 and I fucking love it

[StanBase]

Good shit, thanks kid!

[StanBase]

Just heard The Next Movement, dope af

Everybody should listen to The seed 2.0 doe! The drums. The guitar. The flow. The singing. The kid.

You know this is how Questlove got around as a kid:


This is too much man. I found my new shit.