The Roots Phrenology
2002 2x Vinyl

Main image
MCA Records
a&r Tom Sarig
administrator [administration] Alicia N. Graham
art direction Gravillis Inc.
band [the manyunk malt liquor players] Ben Kenney
band [the manyunk malt liquor players] Christine Cauble
band [the manyunk malt liquor players] Kizzie Artis
band [the manyunk malt liquor players] Omar Edwards
band [the manyunk malt liquor players] Questlove
band [the manyunk malt liquor players] Steve Mandel
band [the manyunk malt liquor players] Tom Sang
bass Leonard Hubbard
beats [king of the beat jr] Rahzel
beats [king of the beat jr] The Godfather Of Noyze
booking Cara Lewis
booking Nigel Hassler
tracks b94 co-producer Cody ChesnuTT
tracks d99 co-producer Omar Edwards
tracks d99 co-producer Questlove
tracks a88, c96a, c97 co-producer The Grand Wizzards
tracks a90 co-producer [co co co co co...] Kamiah Gray
design Kenny Gravillis
design Matt Taylor
drums [drums and thangs] Questlove
executive-producer Richard Nichols
illustration Tom Huck
keyboards [keys and klangs] Kamal Gray
keyboards [keys and klangs] Maldoc
lacquer cut by Ray Janos
management Watch Your Back Management
mastered by Chris Gehringer
mastered by Tom Coyne
tracks a88 producer DJ Scratch
tracks c97 producer Karriem Riggins
tracks c98 producer Scott Storch
tracks c96a producer Tahir
producer The Grand Wizzards
tracks c98 producer Zukhan Bey
sequenced by Questlove
turntables [turntable audioistics] DJ Scratch
turntables [turntable audioistics] Kalzone
vocals Black Thought
tracks riq c's vocals Tarik Luqmaan Collins
Phonographic Copyright (p) MCA Records
Copyright (c) MCA Records
Recorded At Electric Lady Studios
Recorded At Battery Studios, New York
Recorded At A House Called ?uest
Recorded At Motive Studios
Recorded At The Studio
Recorded At Encore Studios
Recorded At Homecookin Studios
Recorded At Sony Music Studios, New York City
Recorded At Enterprise Studios
Mixed At Electric Lady Studios
Mixed At Sterling Sound
Mixed At The Studio
Mixed At Sony Music Studios, New York City
Mastered At Sterling Sound
Lacquer Cut At Sterling Sound
Distributed By Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp.
Produced For Tuff Jew Productions
Produced For Zoukhan O'Bey
Ursula Rucker as (gasp!) hip hop!
Dice Raw aka BERT JENKINS
?uestlove aka A Scribe Called Quest
The best name never used in a porno: BOB POWER
Leonard Hubbard Aka Lenny Flynt
Rahzel aka The Godfather
Malik B. aka Slacks
Kamal aka Maldoc
Tracey Moore of the Jazzyfatnastees
Black Thought aka RIQ C'S

Recorded and mixed at Electric Lady Studios.
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York, NY.
℗ & © 2002 MCA Records
Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution.

Tracks are listed A87 to D100. It should be noted that song 92 is not mentioned on the artwork or center labels and is not to be found on the release itself either.
Sides are listed 21 to 24.
Tracks 101 and 102 are not listed on the back cover, only on the center label of Side 24.

Track A87 Phrentrow
Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, NY. NY
Mixed at Sterling Sound

Track A88 Rock You
Recorded at Battery Studio , NY, NY
Mixed at THE STUDIO, illadelph

Track A89 !!!!!!!
Recorded at A HOUSE CALLED QUEST
Mixed at THE STUDIO, illadelph

Track A90 Sacrifice
Recorded at Motive Studios inside THE STUDIO and THE STUDIO (confused yet?), illadelph
Mixed at SONY STUDIOS, NY, NY

Track A91 Rolling With Heat
Recorded at THE STUDIO, illadelph
Mixed at Sony Studio, NY, NY

Track B93 Thought @ Work
Recorded @ ?uest's fruits and berry ranch. THE STUDIO, illadelph, pa; Electric Lady Studios, NY, NY; and Encore Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Mixed at Electric Lady Studios, NY, NY
Contains elements from the composition Apache by The Sugar Hill Gang [Sugar Hill Music (BMI)]. Used courtesy of Warner Special Products (North America) and Sanctuary/Castle (for the world outside North America).
Also contains elements of Jam On The Groove by Ralph McDonald [AntisiaMusic/Cherry Lane Music (ASCAP)]. Used courtesy of Cherry Lane Music. Lastly, contains elements og Human Beat Box by The Fat Boys (EMI Longitude Music).
Used courtesy of Sutra Records. For all samples: All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

Track B94 The Seed (2.0)
Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, NY, NY; THE STUDIO, illadelph, pa
Mixed at Electric Lady Studios, NY, NY

Track B95 Break You Off
Recorded at THE STUDIO, illadelph, pa; Sony Studios, NY, NY and Homecookin Studios
Mixed at Sony Studios, NY, NY

Track C96a Water
Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, NY, NY
Mixed at Electric Lady Studios, NY, NY; THE STUDIO, illadelph, pa
Contains elements of Her Story, by The Flying Lizards [Quartz (BMI)/Rough Trade (BMI)]. Used courtesy of Virgin Records. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

Track C96b The Abyss & Track C96c
Recorded and Mixed at Electric Lady Studios. New York, NY

Track C97 Quills
Recorded at THE STUDIO, illadelph, pa, by; Encore Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Mixed at THE STUDIO, illadelph, pa
Contains elements of Breakout by The Swingout Sisters [EMI Virgin Songs, Inc. (BMI/PRS)]. Used courtesy of Mercury Records UK. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

Track C98 Pussy Galore
Produced for Tuff Jew Productions and Zoukhan Bey
Recorded at Enterprise Studios
Mixed at Sony Studios, NY, NY,
Contains elements of Because I Got It Like That by the Jungle Brothers [Prodisc Music/Tonk Music/We Blows Up Music (ASCAP)]. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

Track C99 Complexity
Recorded at THE STUDIO, illadelph, pa
Mixed at Sony Studios. NY, NY

Track D100 Something In The Way Of Things (In Town)
Recorded and Mixed at Electric Lady Studios

DJ Scratch appearing as Scratch aka Kalzone.

STERLING is stamped in the runouts. All other runout text is etched.
Barcode: 0 08811 29961 3 (Text)
Barcode: 008811299613 (Scanned)
Matrix / Runout: 088 112 997-1 (Label sides A + B)
Matrix / Runout: 088 112 998-1 (Label sides C + D)
Matrix / Runout: 088-112-998-1A RJ STERLING (Runout Side A, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: 088-112-998-1B RJ STERLING (Runout Side B, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: 088-112-997-1C RJ STERLING (Runout Side C, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: 088-112-997-1D RJ STERLING (Runout Side D, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: 088-112-998-1A RJ STERLING 1 (Runout Side A, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: 088-112-998-1B 1 RJ STERLING (Runout Side B, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: 088-112-997-1C RJ STERLING 1 (Runout Side C, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: 088-112-997-1D RJ STERLING 1 (Runout Side D, variant 2)



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