Organix (album)

1993 studio album by the Roots

Organix!

Studio album by

the Roots

Released| 1993
Recorded| 1992–1993
Genre| Old school hip hop,[1] jazz rap[2]
Length| 62:31
Label| Self-released, Cargo (re-release)
Producer| The Roots
The Roots chronology
|  | Organix!
(1993)  | From the Ground Up
(1994)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [3]
The Philadelphia Inquirer| (favorable)[2]
RapReviews| 7/10[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide| [5]
Tom Hull – on the Web| B+ ()[1]
Winston-Salem Journal| [6]

Organix is the debut studio album by American hip hop band the Roots, released in 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. Organix was re-released in 1998 on Cargo Records.[6]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "The Roots Is Comin'"| Tariq Trotter, Ahmir Thompson| 1:15
2.| "Pass the Popcorn"| Trotter, Thompson, Kenyatta Warren, Joshua Abrams| 5:31
3.| "The Anti-Circle"| Trotter, Thompson, Abrams| 3:46
4.| "Writer's Block"| Trotter, Thompson, Leonard Hubbard| 1:42
5.| "Good Music (Prelude)"| Trotter, Thompson| 1:01
6.| "Good Music"| Trotter, Thompson| 4:33
7.| "Grits"| Trotter, Thompson, Scott Storch, Malik Basset, Tony Greene, Jamal Dorsey| 6:34
8.| "Leonard I-V"| Trotter, Thompson, Hubbard, Storch| 4:05
9.| "I'm Out Deah"| Trotter, Thompson, Storch| 4:08
10.| "Essawhamah? (Live at the SOULSHACK)" (recorded live in Slovenia, May 19, 1993)| Trotter, Thompson, Abrams, Hubbard, Storch| 4:20
11.| "There's a Riot Going On"| Thompson, Sylvester Stewart| 0:11
12.| "Popcorn Revisited"| Trotter, Thompson| 4:03
13.| "Peace"| Trotter| 1:14
14.| "Common Dust"| Trotter, Thompson, Abrams, Warren| 5:02
15.| "The Session (Longest Posse Cut in History, 12:43)"| Trotter, A. Thompson, Storch, Hubbard, Basset, Teresa Thompson, Rohanee, Conway Armstead, Jamal Dorsey, Joseph Simmons, Micah Pitts, Tony Greene| 12:43
16.| "Syreeta's Having My Baby"| Trotter, Thompson| 0:43
17.| "Carryin' On"| Trotter, A. Thompson, Storch, Hubbard| 1:28
Total length:| 62:19

## References

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1. ^ a b Hull, Tom (July 5, 2021). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
2. ^ a b Columnist. "Review: Organix". The Philadelphia Inquirer: F1. August 15, 1993. (Transcription of original review at talk page)
3. ^ Jacobs, Qa'id. Review: Organix. AllMusic. Retrieved on 2009-10-20.
4. ^ DJ Fatboy. Review: Organix. RapReviews. Retrieved on 2009-10-20.
5. ^ Hoard, Christian (ed.) "Review: Organix". Rolling Stone: 702–703. November 2, 2004.
6. ^ a b Johnson II, Douglas G. "Review: Organix". Winston-Salem Journal: 5E. June 26, 1998. Archived from the original[dead link‍] on 2009-10-20. (Transcription of original review at talk page)

## Notes

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* 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

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* Organix at Discogs

* v
* t
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The Roots

* Black Thought
* Captain Kirk Douglas
* Damon "Tuba" Bryson
* Kamal Gray
* Mark Kelley
* James Poyser
* Questlove
* Stro Elliot

* Ben Kenney
* Dice Raw
* F. "Knuckles" Walker
* Leonard "Hub" Hubbard
* Malik B.
* Martin Luther
* Nikki Yeoh
* Owen Biddle
* Rahzel
* Scratch
* Scott Storch

Studio albums|

* Organix (1993)
* Do You Want More?!!!??! (1994)
* Illadelph Halflife (1996)
* Things Fall Apart (1999)
* Phrenology (2002)
* The Tipping Point (2004)
* Game Theory (2006)
* Rising Down (2008)
* How I Got Over (2010)
* Undun (2011)
* ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin (2014)

| Collaborations|

* Wake Up! (2010, with John Legend)
* Betty Wright: The Movie (2011, with Betty Wright)
* Wise Up Ghost (2013, with Elvis Costello)

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Live albums|

* The Roots Come Alive (1999)
* Jay-Z: Unplugged (2001, with Jay-Z)

Extended plays|

* From the Ground Up (1994)
* The Legendary (1999)

Songs|

* "You Got Me" (1999)
* "The Next Movement" (1999)
* "The Seed (2.0)" (2002)
* "Wake Up Everybody" (2010)
* "My Shot" (Rise Up Remix) (2016)
* "You'll Be Back" (2016)
* "Who Tells Your Story" (2016)
* "It Ain't Fair" (2017)

Related articles|

* Discography
* Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
* The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
* Brooklyn Babylon
* Okayplayer
* Roots Picnic

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