Roots, The - The Tipping Point

Label:

Geffen Records

Catalog#:

B0002573-02

Format:

CD, Album

Country:

Released:

13 Jul 2004

Genre:

Hip Hop

Style:

Conscious

Tracklist

1A	Star	X
	Written-By - Stewart*
1B	Pointro
	Featuring - Wadud Ahmad
2	I Don't Care	X
	Producer - Anthony Tidd , Frank "Knuckles" Walker , Richard Nichols Vocals - Dom (2) Written-By - Tidd* , Walker*
3	Don't Say Nuthin'	X
	Producer - Scott Storch Written-By - Storch*
4	Guns Are Drawn	X
	Producer - Anthony Tidd , Frank "Knuckles" Walker , Richard Nichols Vocals - Aaron Livingston Written-By - Livingston* , Tidd* , Walker*
5	Stay Cool	X
	Producer - Melvin "Chaos" Lewis Vocals - Martin Luther Written-By - Lewis* , Griffin* , Paterno*
6	Web	X
	Producer - Robert "LB" Dorsey Written-By - Dorsey*
7	Boom!	X
	Featuring - Dice Raw Producer - Melvin "Chaos" Lewis Written-By - Hardy* , Williams* , Lewis* , Wilson*
8	Somebody's Gotta Do It	X
	Featuring - Jean Grae , Mack Dub Producer - Tahir Vocals - Devin The Dude Written-By - Carson* , Ibrahim*
9	Duck Down!	X
	Producer - Scott Storch Vocals - Dom (2) Written-By - Roberts* , Storch*
10.a	Why (What's Goin On?)	X
	Producer - Zoukhan* Written-By - Williams* , Bey*
10.b	The Mic	X
	Backing Vocals - Ol' Dirty Bastard Featuring - Skillz , Truck North Producer - Grand Wizzards, The Vocals - Dave Chappelle
10.c	Din Da Da	X

Credits

Bass - Adam Blackstone , Hub*
Drums - ?uestlove*
Executive Producer - Richard Nichols
Guitar - Anthony Tidd , Kirk Douglass , Martin Luther
Horns - Kevin Hanson
Keyboards - Kamal* , Omar Edwards
Mastered By - Tom Coyne
Percussion - Frank "Knuckles" Walker
Producer - Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson (tracks: 1A to 2, 4, 10C)
Vocals - Black Thought
Written-By - Thompson* (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6 to 8, 10) , Gray* (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 8, 10) , Jenkins* (tracks: 2, 5, 7, 8) , Douglas* (tracks: 2, 4, 8, 10) , Hubbard* (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10) , Trotter*

Notes

"Star" contains samples of the composition "Everybody Is a Star" by Sly and the Family Stone written by Sylvester Stewart.

"Stay Cool" contains samples of the composition "Harlem Hendo" written by Paul Griffin and Yolanda Paterno, performed by Al Hirt.

"Boom!" contains resung elements from the composition "Poison" written by Nathaniel Wilson and Marlon Williams, also contains resung elements from the composition "Wrath of Kane" written by Antonio Hardy and Marlon Williams.