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No. 416Rolling Stone’s 500 greatest albums1999
Things Fall Apart album coverNo. 416

Things Fall Apart

The Roots

Things Fall Apart by The Roots is No. 416 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time (2020 edition). It came out in 1999, has 18 tracks and runs 71 minutes. It sits between The Shape of Jazz to Come (No. 417) and Looka Py Py (No. 415).

1999 · 18 tracks · No. 416 of 500

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Track list

  1. Act Won (Things Fall Apart)
  2. Table of Contents (Pts 1 & 2)
  3. The Next Movement (feat. DJ Jazzy Jeff & Jazzyfatnastees)
  4. Step Into the Realm
  5. The Spark
  6. Dynamite!
  7. Without a Doubt (feat. Lady B)
  8. Ain't Sayin' Nothin' New (feat. Dice Raw)
  9. Double Trouble (feat. Mos Def)
  10. Act Too (Love of My Life) [feat. Common]
  11. 100% Dundee
  12. Diedre Vs. Dice
  13. Adrenaline! (feat. Dice Raw & Beanie Sigel)
  14. 3rd Acts: ? Vs. Scratch 2... Electric Boogaloo
  15. You Got Me (feat. Erykah Badu & Eve)
  16. Don't See Us
  17. Things Fall Apart…The Center Will Not Hold
  18. Act Fore...The End?

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