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The Roots
Phrenology
Album US 2002 on MCA Records label
Hip-Hop/Rap (Conscious)
Tracks 15, 16 & 18 are just silence, track 17 consists of two tracks ℗ 2002 MCA Records © 2002 MCA Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Musicians
 | The Roots , *1987 US album by |
 | Tom Huck , illustration, various |
 | Omar Edwards key, US keyboards, arp |
 | Frank "Knuckles" Walker perc, US percussion |
 | Questlove dr, sequenced by |
 | Ken Golder , cello |
| Michelle Golder , cello |
| Nuah Vi , cello |
| Sarah Chui , cello |
 | Ursula Rucker voc, US featuring |
| Kamiah Gray , electric piano, rhodes |
 | Talib Kweli voc, *1975 US featuring |
 | Dice Raw , US vocals, featuring |
 | Cody ChesnuTT voc, g, *1968 US vocals, guitar |
 | Musiq voc, *1977 US arranged by, vocal, producer, vocal, vocals |
 | James Poyser key, ep, *1967 US strings, keyboards, moog |
 | James Blood Ulmer g, voc, *1940 US guitar |
 | Jef Lee Johnson g, 1958-2013 US guitar |
 | James Gray key, US instruments, thermion |
| Hope Wilson , voice, scream |
 | Tracey Moore voc, US vocals |
| Andy Brooks , mixed by, assitance |
 | Jill Scott voc, bvoc, *1972 US vocals |
 | Amiri Baraka voc, 1934-2014 US featuring |
Producers
| Gravillis Inc. art direction |
| The Grand Wizzards co-producer, producer |
| Kenny Gravillis design |
| Matt Taylor design |
| Richard Nichols executive-producer, mixed by, mixed by, assistance |
| Watch Your Back Management management |
| Chris Gehringer mastered by |
| Tom Coyne mastered by, mixed by |
| Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson producer, mixed by, recorded by, mixed by, mixed by, assistance |
| Omar Edwards producer |
| Steve Mandel recorded by, engineer, assistance, mixed by, assistance, recorded by, assistance |
| Shinobu Mitsuoka recorded by, assisted, mixed by, assistance |
| Jon Smeltz engineer, recorded by |
| Russell Elevado engineer, mixed by, recorded by, mixed by |
| Caliph Gamble engineer, assistance, mixed by, assistance, mixed by, recorded by, assistance |
| Vincent Dilorenzo engineer, assistance, recorded by, assistance, mixed by, assistance |
| Ray WIlson mixed by, assistance |
| DJ Scratch producer |
| Robert "LB" Dorsey recorded by, mixed by |
| Charles McCrorey recorded by, assistance |
| Ben Kenney mixed by |
| Carlos "Storm" Martinez recorded by, recorded by, assistance |
| Ray Wilson recorded by, assistance |
| Jeff Chestek recorded by, mixed by |
| Nelly Furtado backing vocals |
| Kamal Gray co-producer |
| Bob Power mixed by, recorded by, mixed by |
| Andy Brooks mixed by, assistance, mixed by, assistance, recorded by, assistance |
| Kamiah Gray producer |
| Gordon Gass recorded by, assistance |
| Jason Goldstein mixed by |
| Pablo Arraya mixed by, assistance |
| The Roots producer |
| Jon Adler mixed by, assistance |
| Steef Van De Gevel recorded by, assistance, mixed by, assistance |
| Tommy Brown recorded by, assistance, mixed by, assistance |
| Cody ChesnuTT producer |
| Jesse Shatkin recorded by, assistance |
| Kurt Nepogoda recorded by, assistance |
| Jim Bottari recorded by |
| Andre Dandridge recorded by, assistance |
| Gordon Goss recorded by, assistance |
| Kelo co-producer |
| Tahir producer |
| Shawn Taylor recorded by, assistance |
| Karriem Riggins producer |
| James McKrone recorded by, assistance |
| Tracey Moore backing vocals |
| Scott Storch producer |
| Zukhan Bey producer |
| Scott Whiting recorded by, assistance |
Composers
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phrentrow | The Roots | Thompson/Rucker/Edwards | 0:20 |
| 2 | Rock You | The Roots | Trotter/Spizey | 3:12 |
| 3 | !!!!! | The Roots | Thomspon/Kenney/Hubbard | 0:24 |
| 4 | Sacrifice | The Roots | Trotter/Thompson/Gray/Hubbard | 4:44 |
| 5 | Rolling With Heat | The Roots | Trotter/Thompson/Gray/Jones/Greene/Jenkins | 3:42 |
| 6 | WAOK (AY) Rollcall | The Roots | 1:00 | |
| 7 | Thought @ Work | The Roots | Trotter/Thompson/Hubbard/Gray/Kenney | 4:43 |
| 8 | The Seed 2.0 | The Roots | Trotter/ChesnuTT | 4:27 |
| 9 | Break You Off | The Roots | Trotter/Thompson/Hubbard/Gray/Jones/Kenney/Jenkins/M. Soulchild/Scott | 7:27 |
| 10 | Water (A. The First Movement) | The Roots | Trotter/Williams | 10:24 |
| 11 | Water (B. The Abyss / C. The Drowning) | The Roots | Thompson/Hubbard/Gray/Kenney | |
| 12 | Quills | The Roots | Trotter/Riggins | 3:46 |
| 13 | Pussy Galore | The Roots | Trotter/Storch | 4:29 |
| 14 | Complexity | The Roots | Trotter/Thompson/Hubbard/Gray/Scott/Edwards | 4:47 |
| 15 | Something In The Way Of Things (In Town) | The Roots | Thompson/Kenney/Baraka | 6:45 |
| 16 | Untitled | The Roots | 2:00 | |
| 17 | Untitled | The Roots | 2:00 | |
| 18 | Rhymes & Ammo | The Roots | 2:00 | |
| 19 | Thirsty! | The Roots | 7:20 | |
| 20 | Untitled | The Roots | 0:05 |
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