The Roots, Explained with a Single Chord

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The Roots album “Things Fall Apart” from 1999 is a great album, and there’s one song in particular, one CHORD especially that feels so good. In trying to understand why, I kept going, kept analyzing, looking at the larger context of this chord, this album, and The Roots as a band - and then I figured it out. This one chord kind of explains…The Roots, and what they’ve managed to accomplish in the past, nearly 25 years since its release.

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SOURCES
►Mo' Meta Blues by Questlove: https://amzn.to/40H2BC3

https://www.udiscovermusic.com..../stories/the-roots-t
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/....albums/22132-things-
https://www.reddit.com/r/hipho....pheads/comments/fpei

Also, thanks to Andrew Reyes for his chord and voicing consultation. Check out more from Andrew here: https://youtu.be/UfPaqli0MsI

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TOPICS COVERED
The Roots
Questlove
Black Thought
Ahmir Thompson
Tariq Trotter
Things Fall Apart
The Next Movement
Hip Hop
Organix
Do You Want More
Illadelph Halflife
The Tonight Show
Jimmy Fallon
Music Theory
Music History