Rising Down
by The Roots
- Type: Album
- Released: 28 April 2008
- Label: Def Jam
- Country: United States
- Length: 51:18
- Community rating: 3.7/5 from 8 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The Roots deliver their darkest, most political album to date with 'Rising Down'. Responding to the socio-political climate, the music is aggressive and synth-heavy. It features a dense guest list including Mos Def and Talib Kweli.
Genres
Descriptors: crime, political, rap, conscious, underground, live
Tracklist
- The Pow Wow (01:15)
- Rising Down (03:40)
- Get Busy (03:29)
- @ 15 (00:51)
- 75 Bars (Black's Reconstruction) (03:15)
- Becoming Unwritten (00:36)
- Criminal (04:08)
- I Will Not Apologize (04:34)
- I Can't Help It (04:39)
- Singing Man (04:07)
- Unwritten (01:22)
- Lost Desire (03:58)
- The Show (03:44)
- Rising Up (04:19)
- Pow Wow 2 (03:18)
- Birthday Girl - [Bonus Track] (Explicit) (04:03)
Credits
- Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter - Member
- Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson - Member
- Malik B. - Member
- Leonard "Hub" Hubbard - Member
- Scott Storch - Member
- Kamal Gray - Member
- Rahzel - Member
- Captain Kirk Douglas - Member
- Black Thought - rap
- Kamal Gray - Member
- Kirk Douglass - Member
- Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson - producer
- Leonard 'Hub' Hubbard - Member
- Frank 'Knuckles' Walker - Member
- Malik B. - Member
- Questlove - vocals [chorus]
- Leonard "Hub" Hubbard - Member
- Rahzel - Member
- Jay Brown - a&r
- Karl B. Jenkins - a&r
- Lenny Santiago - a&r
- Mercedes Martinez - backing vocals [atmospheric]
- Richard Nichols - executive-producer
- Dice Raw - featuring
- Porno - featuring
- Khari Mateen - producer
- Tahir - producer
- The Roots - producer