Rising Down

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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 canonical 13
Rising Down (song) 1

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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
Rising Down hasPart Rising Down self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rising Down (song)
How I Got Over previousWork Rising Down
How I Got Over follows Rising Down
Game Theory (album) by The Roots followedBy Rising Down
subject surface form: Game Theory
Get Busy album Rising Down
Get Busy partOf Rising Down
I Will Not Apologize album Rising Down
I Will Not Apologize partOf Rising Down
I Will Not Apologize isTrackOn Rising Down
Unwritten album Rising Down
Unwritten partOf Rising Down