Rising Down

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hip hop album studio album

Rising Down is a politically charged hip-hop album by The Roots that blends dense lyricism with dark, experimental production.

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Rising Down (song)	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hip hop album ⓘ studio album ⓘ
artist	The Roots ⓘ
basedOn	themes from William T. Vollmann’s book Rising Up and Rising Down ⓘ
chronology	Game Theory (album) by The Roots ⓘ surface form: follows Game Theory (album) precedes How I Got Over (album) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
featuresArtist	Chrisette Michele ⓘ Common ⓘ Dice Raw ⓘ Malik B. ⓘ Mos Def ⓘ Peedi Peedi ⓘ Porn ⓘ Styles P ⓘ Talib Kweli ⓘ Truck North ⓘ Wale ⓘ
genre	hip hop ⓘ political hip hop ⓘ
hasPart	75 Bars (Black’s Reconstruction) ⓘ Criminal ⓘ Get Busy ⓘ I Will Not Apologize ⓘ Rising Down self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rising Down (song) Rising Up and Rising Down ⓘ surface form: Rising Up Singing Man ⓘ Unwritten ⓘ
hasQuality	dark production ⓘ dense lyricism ⓘ experimental production ⓘ
hasTheme	environmental issues ⓘ politics ⓘ racism ⓘ social commentary ⓘ urban life ⓘ violence ⓘ
instrumentation	bass guitar ⓘ drums ⓘ keyboards ⓘ live band ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainPerformer	Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ surface form: Black Thought
performer	The Roots ⓘ
producer	Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ surface form: Black Thought Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ surface form: Questlove The Roots ⓘ
recordLabel	Def Jam Recordings ⓘ Okayplayer Records ⓘ

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The Roots → album → Rising Down ⓘ

How I Got Over → follows → Rising Down ⓘ

Rising Down → hasPart → Rising Down self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rising Down (song)

How I Got Over → previousWork → Rising Down ⓘ