Rising Down

~ Release by The Roots (see all versions of this release, 6 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	The Pow Wow	The Roots	3	1:16
2	Rising Down recording engineer: Steve Mandel (US engineer, producer, songwriter) and Jon Smeltz additional sound engineer: Jan Fairchild producer: ?uestlove (American percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, music journalist, record producer and occasional actor) assistant mixer: Tim Sturges mixer: Jason Goldstein guest vocals: Mos Def and Styles P (aka Styles of the LOX)	The Roots feat. Mos Def & Styles P	4.35	3:40
3	Get Busy additional recording engineer: Steve Mandel (US engineer, producer, songwriter) recording engineer: Ritz Reynolds and Jon Smeltz producer: Ritz Reynolds and The Roots (US hip hop group) assistant mixer: Tim Sturges mixer: Jason Goldstein guest vocals: Dice Raw and Peedi Crakk (a.k.a. Peedi Peedi)	The Roots feat. Dice Raw & Peedi Peedi	4.65	3:29
4	@ 15	The Roots	3.5	0:52
5	75 Bars (Black’s Reconstruction) recording engineer: Steve Mandel (US engineer, producer, songwriter) and Montez Roberts producer: ?uestlove (American percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, music journalist, record producer and occasional actor) mixer: Steve Mandel (US engineer, producer, songwriter) and ?uestlove (American percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, music journalist, record producer and occasional actor) drums (drum set): ?uestlove (American percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, music journalist, record producer and occasional actor) sousaphone: Dame "Tuba Gooding, Jr." Bryson lead vocals: Black Thought (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)	The Roots	5	3:16
6	Becoming Unwritten recording engineer: Steve Mandel (US engineer, producer, songwriter), Jon Smeltz and John Stahl producer: Khari Mateen (American producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist), Radji Mateen, The Roots (US hip hop group) and Tahir Jamal (US hip-hop producer Tahir Jamal) mixer: Steve Mandel (US engineer, producer, songwriter) and ?uestlove (American percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, music journalist, record producer and occasional actor) guest background vocals: Mercedes Martinez lead vocals: Black Thought (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)	The Roots	2.65	0:37
7	Criminal recording engineer: Khari Mateen (American producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist) and Jon Smeltz producer: Khari Mateen (American producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist) and The Roots (US hip hop group) assistant mixer: Tim Sturges mixer: Jason Goldstein guest background vocals: Mercedes Martinez guest lead vocals: Saigon (US rapper) and Truck North guest vocals: Kevin Hanson lead vocals: Black Thought (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)	The Roots feat. Truck North & Saigon	4.35	4:09
8	I Will Not Apologize assistant recording engineer and assistant mixer: Tim Sturges recording engineer: Jason Goldstein, Steve Mandel (US engineer, producer, songwriter) and Jon Smeltz producer: Richard Nichols (Longtime producer and manager for The Roots) and The Roots (US hip hop group) mixer: Jason Goldstein guest lead vocals: Dice Raw and Greg Porn (US rapper) guest vocals: Talib Kweli lead vocals: Black Thought (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)	The Roots feat. Porn & Dice Raw	4.5	4:34
9	I Can’t Help It recording engineer: Jon Smeltz producer: Richard Nichols (Longtime producer and manager for The Roots) and The Roots (US hip hop group) assistant mixer: Tim Sturges mixer: Jason Goldstein guest lead vocals: Malik B (American rapper) and Greg Porn (US rapper) guest vocals: Dice Raw and Mercedes Martinez lead vocals: Black Thought (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)	The Roots feat. Malik B, Mercedes Martinez & Dice Raw	4.35	4:40
10	Singing Man recording engineer: Steve Mandel (US engineer, producer, songwriter) and Jon Smeltz producer: Khari Mateen (American producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist) and The Roots (US hip hop group) assistant mixer: Tim Sturges mixer: Jason Goldstein guest background vocals: Mercedes Martinez guest lead vocals: Greg Porn (US rapper) and Truck North guest vocals: Dice Raw lead vocals: Black Thought (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)	The Roots feat. Porn, Truck North & Dice Raw	4.5	4:08
11	Unwritten recording engineer: Steve Mandel (US engineer, producer, songwriter), Jon Smeltz and John Stahl producer: Khari Mateen (American producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist), Radji Mateen, The Roots (US hip hop group) and Tahir Jamal (US hip-hop producer Tahir Jamal) assistant mixer: Tim Sturges mixer: Jason Goldstein guest vocals: Mercedes Martinez lead vocals: Black Thought (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)	The Roots feat. Mercedes Martinez	4	1:23
12	Lost Desire assistant recording engineer and assistant mixer: Tim Sturges recording engineer: Jason Goldstein, Khari Mateen (American producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist) and Jon Smeltz producer: Khari Mateen (American producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist) and The Roots (US hip hop group) mixer: Jason Goldstein guest lead vocals: Malik B (American rapper) and Talib Kweli lead vocals: Black Thought (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter) vocals: ?uestlove (American percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, music journalist, record producer and occasional actor)	The Roots feat. Malik B & Talib Kweli	4.35	3:58
13	The Show recording engineer: Anthony Kilhoffer, Steve Mandel (US engineer, producer, songwriter) and Jon Smeltz producer: The Roots (US hip hop group) and Tahir Jamal (US hip-hop producer Tahir Jamal) assistant mixer: Tim Sturges mixer: Jason Goldstein guest background vocals: Mercedes Martinez guest lead vocals: Common (US rapper) guest vocals: Dice Raw lead vocals: Black Thought (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)	The Roots feat. Common & Dice Raw	4	3:45
14	Rising Up recording engineer: Steve Mandel (US engineer, producer, songwriter) and Jon Smeltz producer: James Poyser and ?uestlove (American percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, music journalist, record producer and occasional actor) assistant mixer: Tim Sturges mixer: Jason Goldstein guest lead vocals: Wale (US rapper) guest vocals: Chrisette Michele lead vocals: Black Thought (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter) vocals: ?uestlove (American percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, music journalist, record producer and occasional actor)	The Roots feat. Wale & Chrisette Michele	4.65	4:19
15	The Pow Wow 2	The Roots	4	3:19

Credits

Release

executive producer:	Richard Nichols (Longtime producer and manager for The Roots)
mastering:	Dave Kutch

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/1322063 [info]
ASIN:	US: B000ZK08HK [info]

Release group

artist & repertoire support:	Jay Brown (A&R for Jay-Z, LL Cool J, Rihanna) Karl Bert Jenkins (US rapper Dice Raw) Lenny Santiago

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/38361 [info]
other databases:	http://www.musik-sammler.de/album/31801 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000784514 [info]
Wikidata:	Q847199 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 602517672567
Format:: CD
Length:: 47:25

Additional details

Type:: Album
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Def Jam Recordings
B0011138-02

Release events

United States
2008-04-29

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