Organix

Organix!
Studio album by The Roots
Released May 19, 1993
Recorded 1992-1993
Genre Hip hop, jazz
Length 62:31
Label Self-released
Cargo Records (re-release)
Producer The Roots
The Roots chronology
Organix
(1993)		 Do You Want More?!!!??!
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Philadelphia Inquirer (favorable)[2]
RapReviews (7.0/10)[3]
Rolling Stone [4]
Piero Scaruffi (6.0/10)[5]
Sputnikmusic [6]
Winston-Salem Journal [7]

Organix is the debut album of American hip hop band The Roots, released May 19, 1993 by the band, independently. It was originally sold at the band's shows in Europe. The album earned enough industry buzz to earn The Roots offers from major record labels, after which they signed with DGC Records, which at the time was better known for its grunge music releases. Organix was re-released in 1998 on Cargo Records.[7]

Contents

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "The Roots Is Comin'"   1:15
2. "Pass the Popcorn"   5:31
3. "The Anti-Circle"   3:46
4. "Writers Block"   1:42
5. "Good Music (Prelude)"   1:01
6. "Good Music"   4:33
7. "Grits"   6:34
8. "Leonard I-V"   4:05
9. "I'm Out Deah"   4:08
10. "Essawhamah?" (Live at the Soulshack) 4:20
11. "There's a Riot Going On"   0:11
12. "Popcorn Revisited"   4:03
13. "Peace"   1:14
14. "Common Dust"   5:02
15. "The Session (Longest Posse Cut in History, 12:43)"   12:43
16. "Syreeta's Having My Baby"   0:43
17. "Carryin' On"   1:28

Notes

  1. ^ Jacobs, Qa'id. Review: Organix. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2009-10-20.
  2. ^ Columnist. "Review: Organix". The Philadelphia Inquirer: F01. August 15, 1993. (Transcription of original review at talk page)
  3. ^ DJ Fatboy. Review: Organix. RapReviews. Retrieved on 2009-10-20.
  4. ^ Hoard, Christian. "Review: Organix". Rolling Stone: 702–703. November 2, 2004.
  5. ^ Scaruffi, Piero. Review: Organix. Piero Scaruffi. Retrieved on 2009-10-20.
  6. ^ Abdul-Rakhman, Sobhi. Staff Rating: Organix. Sputnikmusic. Retrieved on 2009-10-20.
  7. ^ a b Johnson II, Douglas G. "Review: Organix". Winston-Salem Journal: 5E. June 26, 1998. Archived from the original on 2009-10-20. (Transcription of original review at talk page)

References

  • Nathan Brackett, Christian Hoard (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely Revised and Updated 4th Edition. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. 

External links

The Roots
Studio albums
Organix (1993) · Do You Want More?!!!??! (1995) · Illadelph Halflife (1996) · Things Fall Apart (1999) · Phrenology (2002) · The Tipping Point (2004) · Game Theory (2006) · Rising Down (2008) · How I Got Over (2010) · Wake Up! (2010) · Undun (2011)
Live albums
Extended plays
Songs
"You Got Me" (1999) · "The Next Movement" (1999) · "The Seed (2.0)" (2002) "Wake Up Everybody" (2010)
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