The Roots – Things Fall Apart (NM/VG+) – 2xLP, US 2013

Things Fall Apart is an LP by The Roots from 2013 released on the Geffen Records, Okayplayer Records label.

About this album

Things Fall Apart is The Roots’ landmark 1999 album, a dense and socially aware statement that helped bring live-band hip-hop into the mainstream. Built on the group’s tight musicianship, Black Thought’s sharp lyricism and Questlove’s inventive rhythms, it balances hard-edged urgency with melodic warmth. The record arrived at a crucial moment for alternative rap, with songs such as The Next Movement, The Spark and You Got Me helping define The Roots’ crossover breakthrough. Widely praised on release and later treated as a modern classic, it remains one of the most important hip-hop albums of the late 1990s.

Genre: Hip Hop & RnB

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