The Roots - Undun (Audio CD - Dec 6, 2011) - [Explicit]

2011 release, the first conceptually-based album from The Roots. Undun quickly reaffirms the creativity of the outfit that are notorious for pushing the envelope. The album's first single is "Make My" featuring Big K.I.R.T. Undun is an existential re-telling of the short life of one Redford Stephens (1974-1999). Through the use of emotives and Redford's internal dialogues the album seeks to illustrate the intersection of free will and prescribed destiny as it plays out `on the corner'. Utilizing a reverse narrative arc, the album begins as the listener finds Redford disoriented--postmortem--and attempting to make sense of his former life. As he moves through its pivotal moments he begins to deconstruct all that has led to his (and our own) coming undun. Just weeks after releasing their full-length collaboration with Miami soul legend Betty Wright (Betty Wright: The Movie), the Roots keep firing with Undun, their 13th studio album. While many of the group†s albums have been unified sonically, Undun is cohesive from a lyrical standpoint, as it is an †existential retelling† of the life of a person named Redford Stevens, who was born in 1974 and died in 1999.

Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed.

TRACK LISTINGS

1 Dun
2 Sleep
3 Make My
4 One Time
5 Kool On
6 The Otherside
7 Stomp
8 Lighthouse
9 I Remember
10 Tip the Scale
11 Redford Suite: Redford (For Yia-Yia & Pappou) / Sufjan Stevens
12 Redford Suite: Possibility (2nd Movement)
13 Redford Suite: Will To Power (3rd Movement)
14 Redford Suite: Finality (4th Movement)