Halflife [EP]

Halflife [EP]

Track Listings

1. Halflife

2. Trance Awake

3. Senzafine

4. Hyperfast

5. Stars

Tracks:

Intro
Respond/React
Section
Panic!!!!!!!
It Just Don't Stop
Episodes
Push Up Ya Lighter
What They Do
? Vs. Scratch (The Token DJ Cut)
Concerto Of The Desperado
Clones
Universe At War
No Alibi
Dave Vs. Us
No Great Pretender
The Hypnotic
Ital (The Universal Side)
One Shine
The Adventures In Wonderland
Outro

Amazon.com

Philly never gets its props, but the City of Brotherly Love has pioneered its fair share of hip-hop innovations. Schooly D was the first gangsta rapper; DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince perfected rap comedy, and the Roots became the first rap act to put together an impressive live show without samples and sequencers. On their third album, "illadelph halflife," {cq} the Roots capture in the studio the same chemistry between rhymes and live instruments that they've generated on stage. The album does include samples, but they're samples of the band's own exploratory jam sessions in Philadelphia's legendary Sigma Sound Studios. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

I love your style.......2007-03-29

I've seen these gentlemen in concert and they are phenomenal on and off the stage. I am a complete Roots fan. I love their ecclectic style and the joy of being pleasantly surprised after listening to any of their cd's. I love music in all it's forms and The Roots allow me to enjoy different styles of music without changing the CD. In this generation of mass produced music, it's good to see REAL musicians. I hope the group continues on its path of being innovative and not fall into the money trap that so many groups have succumbed.

Top Musical Album of all time.......2007-01-07

From all the music i have listened to. This CD is in my top five albums of all time. It is my favorite Roots album. What makes an album a classic is the time it stands through. If you have an album for ten years, and the new cds you buy, you compare them to the albums that you have had that have been through the times you have tried to play them out and listened to the same song over and over and they don't get old. That is when you know you have a true classical musical album. From: What they do, hypnotic, great pretender, and episodes. Those are tracks were you would put in your favorite hip hop songs of all time. There are not any negatvies to the album, you are never wondering why they put this wack song on this album, or why they let this guy produce one of there tracks because there are none. There are 20 beautifully produced tracks on this album. We all know that when Black Though brings it he is one of the best Mcs of all time. Truely listen to this Cd from front to end and it will become one of the most inspirational cds you will ever listen to.

The definitive Roots album!.......2006-12-10

This is one of the few albums I have that I can listen to from beginning to end without skipping one track. To say this album is a hip hop classic is not even doing it justice. I have been a Roots fan since 1994 and been listening to hip hop for 20 years. This album is so much better than what we listen to now, it is not even funny. Instead of buying new music I find myself buying albums from the 1994-1998 era alot. If you are a fan of rap/hip hop and don't have this album then you are ****ing up big time. Go get it if you don't have it!

Great!.......2006-11-16

Simply put, this is a classic. The album is basically perfect and not one of the tracks are 'fast-forward-able'. Black Thought gets better with each release and the band seems to get tighter and tighter with their chemistry and sound. The guest appearances are great too. This is the album that clearly defined them as the pioneers they are.

The Roots - Unmatched Talent. Yet Not Enough Sales.........2006-08-14

The Roots have, and always will be known, as one of the most underrated acts in hip hop music. Besides having two incredibly talented lyricists as their leaders: Black Thought, and Malik B, they still don't get the respect they rightfully deserve as being considered legends. Their musicanship abilities are above anybody else in rap due to the fact that they dont even create instrumentals with a synthesizer. Nope. The Roots are actually a live band, who records their beats live in the studio, then fine tunes them on the computers. They've created a very unique style of combining jazz elements into hip hop to produce a fresh new sound, as only they can provide.

Since their onset, the Roots have continuously grown as better musicians and lyricists. They've experimented from every style you can think of. From soul, to even beat boxing, the more unorthodox style of hip hop music. Nobody can produce a record in the same fashion or on the same level as the Roots, and they prove on 1996's Illadelph Halflife that the first two albums were NOT a joke, and that they are indeed here to prove themselves.

Track List & Rating

34. Intro (NOT RATED)
35. Respond/React (5 Stars)
36. Section (5 Stars)
37. Panic?!!!??! (4 Stars)
38. It Just Don't Stop (5 Stars)
39. Episodes f/ Dice Raw, The Jazzfatnastees (4 Stars)
40. Push Up Ya Lighter f/ Bahamadia (4 1/2 Stars)
41. What They Do f/ Raphael Saadiq (5 Stars)
42. ? vs. Scratch (NOT RATED)
43. Concerto of the Desperado (4 1/2 Stars)
44. Clones f/ Dice Raw, M.A.R.S. (5 Stars)
45. UNIverse at War f/ Common (5 Stars)
46. No Alibi (4 1/2 Stars)
47. Dave vs. US (NOT RATED)
48. No Great Pretender (5 Stars)
49. The Hypnotic (4 1/2 Stars)
50. Ital (The Universal Side) f/ Q-Tip (4 1/2 Stars)
51. One Shine (NOT RATED)
52. The Adventures in Wonderland f/ Ursula Rucker (NOT RATED)
53. Outro (NOT RATED)

Average customer rating:

A Must Have For Any Classified Fan!
Awesome CD
brilliant
more hip hop from canada

Union Dues
Classified
Manufacturer: Halflife
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brilliant.......2003-08-20

This is the sickest underground hip-hop cd i have heard in a long time. If u love up beat,straight up real underground hip-hop, u MUST MUST MUST buy this CD, some songs arent to exciting, but the good ones make up for all that and more! In my book, its a MUST BUY!

more hip hop from canada.......2003-07-07

these cd is alright,some songs really good some need to be skipped. anyone heard the song yuh ded now with Dan-eo? well classified is on that track. anyone that likes underground stuff from canada check this out.

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Psychedelic Rock Wonderland!

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Ok. I bought this album on a whim but I have to say that it is one of my favorite CDs this year!!! HalfLife's Imprinting is a musician's album full of top notch writing. It's a real break from the cookie cutter pop stuff that is all over the radio these days. But that's not to say there are no hooks. There are 13 Tracks that are each very unique. Some songs have wild, tripping guitars and Acid Fem vocals. Other songs, such as the beautiful "Collide" have all acoustic instruments and even a guitar instrumental ("Lava Lamp Hypnotist) that will make you feel light-headed. My favorite tracks would be the massive "One with the Universe", and the very identifyable "People Bother Me". Do something good for yourself - buy this CD and fix your pop woes.

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