The Roots RISING DOWN (EX) LP 140g Red Translucent Vinyl Marlene Dietrich's Favourite Poem A5

Marlene Dietrich's Favourite Poem A5

Its 11 songs range in scope from the personal to the political

Songs like “Ezra”

A’s “Panic Zone” single and features people who do not appear on the record

it was recorded in Berlin with the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg

The Roots RISING DOWN (EX) LP 140g Red Translucent Vinyl Marlene Dietrich's Favourite Poem A5On album number eight, the Roots continue to pursue their more nihilistic tendencies in the same vein as 2006's exceptional GAME THEORY. With a title inspired by W. T. Vollman's voluminous history of violence, RISING DOWN sees Black Thought (alongside Malik B, Dice Raw and a thick list of formidable guest MCs and vocalists, including Mos Def, Styles P, Talib Kweli, Common, Peedi Peedi, Saigon, Truck North, and Mercedes Martinez, among others)