Album
Illadelph Halflife
1996 · Hip Hop
20 collectors on Gatefold own this
Illadelph Halflife is a Hip-Hop album by The Roots, originally released in 1996. On Gatefold: 36 pressings tracked, owned by 20 collectors.
About
The Roots’ third album took the group’s conscious, jazz-jam vibe to grittier places. Fronted by a newly confident Black Thought, they focused their lyrical crosshairs while Questlove and the band textured their live sound with samples lifted from extended jam sessions—a process that brought them closer to rap's center while still keeping a stiff arm’s-length distance. The villains remained the same, but the Roots' counterattack felt sharper and more assured, eschewing commercialism and gangsta mythmaking for sermons about realness, responsibility, and the moral gratification of using your head. Released at the dawn of rap's shiny-suit era, the album established the Roots as stewards of authenticity in a world that seemed increasingly—perilously—fake.
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Tracklist
- 34Intro0:34
- 35Respond / React5:07
- 36Section4:08
- 37Panic!!!!!!1:24
- 38It Just Don't Stop4:33
- 39Episodes5:56
- 40Push Up Ya Lighter4:36
- 41What They Do5:57
- 42? vs. Scratch1:47
- 43Concerto Of The Desperado3:38
- 44Clones4:45
- 45UNIverse At War4:55
- 46No Alibi5:11
- 47Dave vs. US0:50
- 48No Great Pretender4:25
- 49The Hypnotic5:19
- 50Ital (The Universal Side)4:53
- 51One Shine5:40
- 52The Adventures In Wonderland4:34
- 53Outro0:15
Sound DNA
- Hip-Hop
- Jazz Rap
- bassheavy
- laid-back
- smoky
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- 1/3 Of The Umma
- Amel LarrieuxSOPRANO VOCALS VOCALS
- Angela SlatesVOCALS
- Arlynn PageVOCALS
- Bad LieutenantVOCALS
- BahamadiaFEATURING VOCALS
- Black ThoughtLEAD VOCALS VOCALS
- Brother ?DRUMS DRUMS, ELECTRIC PIANO , PERFORMER , TAMBOURINE DRUMS, ELECTRIC PIANO , TAMBOURINE
- Cassandra WilsonFEATURING VOCALS
- CommonFEATURING
- D'AngeloELECTRIC PIANO ELECTRIC PIANO , ORGAN, VOCALS, GUITAR FEATURING
- David MurraySAXOPHONE
- Dawn BeckmanVOCALS
- Dice RawFEATURING VOCALS
- Fatin DantzlerVOCALS
- Graham HaynesTRUMPET
- HubBASS CELLO
- JazzyfatnasteesVOCALS
20 collectors on Gatefold own this · 36 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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