{"product_id":"the-roots-things-fall-apart","title":"The Roots - Things Fall Apart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReissued September 27, 2019\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDef Jam\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3xLP\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAfter over three decades in the industry, The Roots have risen to the hallowed heights of music royalty. Aristocratic late show sinecures, Oscar awards, star-studded collaborations and impressive solo careers; for Questlove, Black Thought and company, there isn’t much left to achieve. So glamorous has been their recent success that it is easy to forget where they came from. Even members of the band would agree that it was the 1999 game changer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThings Fall Apart \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ethat finally won them the recognition they believed themselves due. Questlove was working on none other than D’Angelo’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eVoodoo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e at the time, and frustrated with the lack of popular success of their first three projects, despite acclaim, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThings Fall Apart \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ewas conceived. Darker and more subversive than the jazzy and aloof \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDo You Want More?!!!??!, Things Fall Apart \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ecaptured the magical sound of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSoulquarian \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ecollective and added a rebellious lyrical bite in line with other groups like Outkast\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThere still exists a few hidden gems on the album, including the paranoid anthem \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Spark, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eor the confidently declarative \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDon’t See Us\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, which reminds us that the hip-hop band could be one of the most criminally underutilized acts in music.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0qbl8aNaCUOvX8HGsZYLfh\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Def Jam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50722721399021,"sku":"mbg1790032037978","price":48.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0816\/2423\/6269\/files\/the-roots---things-fall-apart_1.jpg?v=1790032043","url":"https:\/\/trailmaps.shop\/products\/the-roots-things-fall-apart","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}