Things Fall Apart
Album by The Roots
Released	February 23, 1999
Recorded	?
Genre	Rap
Length	?
Label	MCA
Producer(s)	?
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
The Roots chronology
Illadelph Halflife (1996)	Things Fall Apart (1999)	The Roots Come Alive (1999)

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Track listing

1. Act Won(Things Fall Apart) :55
2. Table of Contents(Parts 1&2) 3:37
3. The Next Movement 4:10
4. Step Into The Relm 2:50
5. The Spark 3:52
6. Dynamite 4:46
7. Without A Doubt 4:13 feat. Lady B
8. Ain't Sayin Nothin' New 4:34 feat. Dice Raw
9. Double Trouble 5:50 feat. Mos Def
10. Act Too (The Love of My Life) 4:55 feat. Common
11. 100% Dundee 3:54
12. Diedre Vs. Dice :47 feat. Dice Raw
13. Adrenaline! 4:27 feat. Dice Raw & Beanie Sigel
14. 3rd Acts:? Vs. Scratch2...Electric Boogaloo :52
15. You Got Me 4:19 feat. Erykah Badu & Eve
16. Don't See Us 4:30 feat. Dice Raw
17. The Return To Innocence Lost 5:36 (preformed by Ursula Rucker)
18. Hidden Track 6:19

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Credits

Producer(s): The Grand Wizards

Cover Image: Corbis/NewYork

Photographry: MobHouse

Design: Kenny J. Gravillis

External links

Roots Home Page