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Title: The Roots - Do You Want More?!!!??!
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1995, Hip Hop, Live Jazz Rap, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 7/26
Matrix #: B0022918
Condition: VG, light wear sounds good (TC) | Members: Black T (73' - Alive), Questlove (71' - Alive), Malik B (72' - 20'), Leonard H (59' - 21'), Rahzel (64' - Alive)
Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle: Malik B’s long struggle with addiction eventually pulled him away from the group, with Black Thought later addressing their damaged friendship and concern for him directly in song.
2. Studio Lore: The Roots built the album with live drums, bass, keyboards, beatboxing, and loose jazz improvisation, rejecting the sampler-dominated construction of most mid-90s rap.
3. Scene Ecology: The record brought Philadelphia’s open-mic and live-band culture into hip-hop’s national conversation, creating a lane between jazz clubs, cyphers, and alternative rap.