West Coast Connection Forum
Elements => Tha Vault => Album Review => Topic started by: xz on April 14, 2001, 10:57:48 PM
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1. intro: an average intro, not as good as the "do you want more" intro-3.5
2. respond react-4.5
3. section-4.5
4. panic: perfect execution, possibly the best track on the album, although it is short-5
5. it just don't stop: this track drags on to long, not bad, but not great-3.5
6. episodes-4
7. push up ya lighter-4.5
8. what they do: another nice track, nice instrumentals on this one, similar to tracks on their first album-5
9. ? vs. scratch(interlude)-3.5
10. concerto of the desperado-4
11. UNIverse at war: another album highlight, nice guess spot from common sense-5
12. no alibi: great track-5+
13. dave vs. US(interlude)-3.5
14. no great pretender-4
15. the hypnotic: nice laid back track, D'Angelo does a nice job on the vocals-5
16. ital(the universal side): nice collabo between q-tip and the roots-5
17. one shine-3.5
18. adventures in wonderland-4
19. outro-3.5
Overall a nice effort from the roots. A different feel from the first album (2nd) as illadelph halflife had that studio feeling, while do you want more had the live feeling, which I thought was better. overall a 4.25, close to 4.5
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and Clones which comes after concerto of the desperado is a 4.5
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panic is mad ill
y'all need to check all the roots shit.....
they did some stuff with scott storch whos workin with dre and snoop and them now....check 'adrenaline' off things fall apart for a good example.....
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Illadelph Halflife is a classic. Great lyrics, and on top of that they use REAL instruments instead of computer shit. Definatly a talented group, and this is their best album in my opinion. A must have. "What They Do" is my joint!!
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yea i'd give this 5 mics now
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yeah im into the roots , i got this album
i like the cover to this, its got that street feeling