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Phrenology
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Studio album by The Roots
Released November 26, 2002
Recorded June 2000 - September 2002
Genre Hip hop
Length 60:47
Label Geffen Records
Producer(s) ?uestlove
Professional reviews
The Roots chronology
The Roots Come Alive
(1999) 		Phrenology
(2002) 		The Tipping Point
(2004)


Phrenology (released November 26, 2002) is the sixth album from The Roots. Immediately following the breakthrough success of Things Fall Apart, its release was highly anticipated and highly delayed, as recording took two years. The album includes guest appearances from artists including Nelly Furtado, Cody ChesnuTT, Musiq, Talib Kweli, and Jill Scott. Phrenology did not chart as high as Things Fall Apart, reaching #28 on the Billboard 200 in comparison to Things Fall Apart's eventual peak of #4. However, like The Roots' previous album album, Phrenology sold steadily and was eventually certified gold, signifying sales of at least 500,000 units.

The album was named for the discredited pseudoscience of phrenology, the study of head shapes to determine intelligence and character. Phrenology was sometimes used to justify racism in the past.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Phrentrow" - 0:18
  2. "Rock You" - 3:12
  3. "!!!!!!!" - 0:24
  4. "Sacrifice (featuring Nelly Furtado)" - 4:44
  5. "Rolling With Heat (featuring Talib Kweli)" - 3:42
  6. "WAOK (Ay) Rollcall" - 1:00
  7. "Thought @ Work" - 4:58
  8. "The Seed (2.0) (featuring Cody ChesnuTT)" - 4:27
  9. "Break You Off (featuring Musiq Soulchild)" - 7:27
  10. "Water" - 10:24
  11. "Quills" - 4:21
  12. "Pussy Galore" - 4:29
  13. "Complexity (featuring Jill Scott)" - 4:47
  14. "Something In The Way of Things (In Town)" - 7:16
  15. "(No Title)" - 0:20
  16. "(No Title)" - 0:20
  17. "Rhymes and Ammo/Thirsty! (featuring Talib Kweli)" (hidden track) - 7:59
  18. "(No Title)" - 0:07
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Discography
Organix (1993) | From the Ground Up (1994) | Do You Want More?!!!??! (1995) | Illadelph Halflife (1996) | Things Fall Apart (1999) | The Legendary (1999) | The Roots Come Alive (1999) | Phrenology (2002) | The Tipping Point (2004) | Game Theory (2006)
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