The Tipping Point (repress)

~ Release by The Roots (see all versions of this release, 9 available)

Annotation

Matrix / Runout: DIDX-152242 1 A01
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L328
Mould SID Code: IFPI 50D8

Annotation last modified on 2022-02-18 03:39 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
103Star/Pointro
producer:
?uestlove (Ahmir Thompson, American percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, music journalist, record producer and occasional actor)
lead vocals:
Black Thought (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)
samples:
Everybody Is a Star by Sly & the Family Stone
recording of:
Star/Pointro
writer:
Ahmir Khalib Thompson (Ahmir Thompson, American percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, music journalist, record producer and occasional actor), Sylvester Stewart and Tariq Luqmaan Trotter (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)
47:36
104I Don’t Care
producer:
Richard Nichols (Longtime producer and manager for The Roots), ?uestlove (Ahmir Thompson, American percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, music journalist, record producer and occasional actor), Anthony Tidd and Frank "Knuckles" Walker
lead vocals:
Black Thought (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)
recording of:
I Don't Care
writer:
Ahmir Khalib Thompson (Ahmir Thompson, American percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, music journalist, record producer and occasional actor), Karl Bert Jenkins (US rapper Dice Raw), Tariq Luqmaan Trotter (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter), Anthony Tidd and Frank "Knuckles" Walker
4.354:03
105Don’t Say Nuthin’
producer:
Scott Storch (producer)
lead vocals:
Black Thought (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)
recording of:
Don’t Say Nuthin’
writer:
Scott Storch (producer) and Tariq Luqmaan Trotter (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)
4.653:36
106Guns Are Drawn
producer:
Richard Nichols (Longtime producer and manager for The Roots), ?uestlove (Ahmir Thompson, American percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, music journalist, record producer and occasional actor), Anthony Tidd and Frank "Knuckles" Walker
lead vocals:
Black Thought (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)
recording of:
Guns Are Drawn
writer:
Ahmir Khalib Thompson (Ahmir Thompson, American percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, music journalist, record producer and occasional actor), Aaron Earl Livingston, Tariq Luqmaan Trotter (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter), Anthony Tidd and Frank "Knuckles" Walker
4.255:16
107Stay Cool
producer:
Melvin "Chaos" Lewis (US hip-hop producer Melvin Lewis)
lead vocals:
Black Thought (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)
samples:
Harlem Hendoo by Al Hirt
recording of:
Stay Cool
writer:
Paul Griffin (American pianist, session musician), Al Hirt, Karl Bert Jenkins (US rapper Dice Raw), Yolanda Paterno and Tariq Luqmaan Trotter (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)
43:34
108Web
producer:
Robert "LB" Dorsey
lead vocals:
Black Thought (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)
recording of:
Web
writer:
Ahmir Khalib Thompson (Ahmir Thompson, American percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, music journalist, record producer and occasional actor), Robert Dorsey, Al Goodman (US 70s R&B singer/producer), Leonard Hubbard (The Roots bassist Leonard Hubbard), Walter Morris, Harry Ray and Tariq Luqmaan Trotter (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)
43:17
109Boom!
producer:
Melvin "Chaos" Lewis (US hip-hop producer Melvin Lewis)
lead vocals:
Black Thought (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)
recording of:
Boom!
additional lyricist:
Antonio Hardy, Marlon Williams (QB hip hop producer & DJ of Juice Crew) and Nathaniel Wilson (Kool G Rap)
writer:
Ahmir Khalib Thompson (Ahmir Thompson, American percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, music journalist, record producer and occasional actor), Leonard Hubbard (The Roots bassist Leonard Hubbard), Melvin Joseph Lewis (US hip-hop producer Melvin Lewis) and Tariq Luqmaan Trotter (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)
42:58
110Somebody’s Gotta Do It
producer:
Tahir Jamal (US hip-hop producer Tahir Jamal)
lead vocals:
Black Thought (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)
recording of:
Somebody’s Gotta Do It
writer:
Floyd Carson, Karl Bert Jenkins (US rapper Dice Raw), Tahir Jamal (US hip-hop producer Tahir Jamal), Tariq Luqmaan Trotter (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter) and Tsidi Ibrahim (US rapper, formerly ‘What? What?’)
44:09
111Duck Down!
producer:
Scott Storch (producer)
lead vocals:
Black Thought (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)
recording of:
Duck Down!
writer:
Montez Roberts, Scott Storch (producer) and Tariq Luqmaan Trotter (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)
43:56
112Why (What’s Goin On?) / In Love With the Mic / Din Da Da
producer:
Zoukhan
lead vocals:
Black Thought (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)
416:40