Do You Want More?!!!??!

by The Roots

Do You Want More?!!!??! cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 17 January 1995
  • Label: DGC
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:11:07
  • Community rating: 3.9/5 from 9 ratings

Artists on this release: Malik B., Rahzel, Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson, Wendy Goldstein, Sista Urban, Shortie No Mass, Rufus Harley, Steve Coleman, Cassandra Wilson, Rachel Graham, Joshua Roseman, Graham Haynes, Ursula Rucker, Brother ?, Bun, HUB

Album Notes & Community Reviews

On their major-label debut, The Roots radically set themselves apart from sample-heavy East Coast boom-bap by utilizing entirely live jazz instrumentation. 'Do You Want More?!!!??!' is an incredibly playful, highly rhythmic hip-hop experience centered on conscious lyricism, mellow grooves, and organic improvisation.

Genres

Descriptors: conscious, rhythmic, improvisation, rap, soulful, live, funky, classic

Tracklist

  1. Intro / There's Something Goin' On (1:19)
  2. Proceed (4:35)
  3. Distortion To Static (4:18)
  4. Mellow My Man (4:41)
  5. I Remain Calm (4:07)
  6. Datskat (3:40)
  7. Lazy Afternoon (5:06)
  8. ? Vs. Rahzel (3:17)
  9. Do You Want More?!!!??! (3:21)
  10. What Goes On, Pt. 7 (5:32)
  11. Essaywhuman?!!!??! (4:59)
  12. Swept Away (3:50)
  13. You Ain't Fly (4:43)
  14. Silent Treatment (6:52)
  15. The Lesson Pt. 1 (5:12)
  16. The Unlocking (5:29)

Credits

  • The Roots - primary artist
  • Wendy Goldstein - a&r
  • Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson - arranged by, mixed by
  • Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter - arranged by [vocals], mixed by, rap, lead vocals, backing vocals, scat
  • Ari Forman - artwork
  • Rachel Graham - backing vocals
  • Shortie No Mass - backing vocals
  • Sista Urban - backing vocals
  • Cassandra Wilson - backing vocals, vocals
  • Rufus Harley - bagpipes
  • HUB - bass, bass [string], double bass, violin [bass], fiddle [bass], harp
  • Brother ? - drums, piano [rhodes], voice, backing vocals, kazoo, organ [hammond b-3]
  • A. J. Shine - executive-producer, mixed by
  • Richard Nichols - executive-producer, mixed by
  • D! - executive-producer [co-]
  • Francesca Spero - executive-producer [co-]
  • Rahzel - human beatbox
  • Watch Your Back Management - management
  • Tom Coyne - mastered by
  • Bob Power - mixed by, recorded by
  • David Ivory - mixed by, recorded by
  • George Spatta - mixed by
  • Jim "Jiff" Hinger - mixed by
  • Jim Bottari - mixed by
  • Robert "Taj" Walton - mixed by
  • Steve Howard - mixed by
  • Tim Latham - mixed by
  • Alison Dyer - photography by
  • Scott Storch - piano [rhodes], synthesizer
  • Grand Negaz - producer
  • Dice Raw - rap [guest]
  • ELO The Cosmic Eye - rap [guest]
  • Malik B. - rap, backing vocals, voice
  • Gordon Rice - recorded by
  • Otto Capobianco - recorded by
  • Vince Kershner - recorded by
  • Steve Coleman - saxophone
  • Joshua Roseman - trombone
  • Graham Haynes - trumpet
  • Bun - vocals
  • Ursula Rucker - vocals

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