Phrenology

"The Seed (2.0)" is the second single by The Roots from their fifth album Phrenology '' (2002). The track, which features Cody Chesnutt on the guitar and vocals, is an "uptempo retooling" of his song "The Seed" from the album ''The Headphone...

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...learning that the album wouldn't count towards The Roots' current contract commitments. Most of the songs demoed wound up on The Roots' Phrenology '' album. In 2006, he began working on a collaborative project with producer Danger Mouse...

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...after the pseudoscience of Phrenology) in 2002. Despite not charting as high as ''Things Fall Apart, reaching a peak of #28 on the charts, Phrenology was commercially successful, eventually going gold, and earning a Grammy nomination for Best...

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...cover artwork was created by artist/printmaker Tom Huck, who is known for his large scale satirical woodcuts. Primarily a hip hop album, ''Phrenology also contains elements of rock , jazz, and psychedelic soul. While it did not parallel the...

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...July 13, 2004 on Geffen Records. It is named after Malcolm Gladwell's book of the same name (2000), and it serves as the follow-up to Phrenology '' (2002). The album is a departure from their previous work, featuring a more diverse, yet...

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...Carl Douglas's Kung Fu Fighting, and is available on . Diedre vs. Dice (from Things Fall Apart ) Ain't Sayin' Nothin' New (from Things Fall Apart ) Don't See Us (from Things Fall Apart ) Rhymes & Ammo (Bonus track from Phrenology)

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...would come in '99 with Things Fall Apart, which rose to #4 on the Billboard charts. They would follow with the critically acclaimed releases Phrenology, Tipping Point, as well as the heavily socio-political Game Theory and Rising Down. In...

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...speaking, popular. No Roots album has been certified platinum: of the group's eight albums, only two 1999's "Things Fall Apart" and 2002's "Phrenology" have gone gold. The band has never had a top 10 song on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles...

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The group may be best known for their Grammy-winning collaboration with Erykah Badu, "You Got Me"; Their hit off their 2002 disc "Phrenology," performed with Cody Chesnutt -- "The Seed (2.0)" -- is one of the best rock songs of the...

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..."Serve This Royalty;" the singer-songwriter rose to fame in 2002 when the Roots re-recorded his song "The Seed" for their album "Phrenology." The Roots have national dates booked beginning Saturday in Tinley Park, Ill., as part of the Rock...

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