Undun
by The Roots

Undun by The Roots
Year: 2011
Release date: 2011-12-06
Overall rank: 1,711th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 185 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2011 (37th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (268th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,711th)

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The Roots bestography

Undun is ranked 3rd best out of 15 albums by The Roots on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Roots is Things Fall Apart which is ranked number 901 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,934.

The Roots album bestography « Higher ranked (1,634th)
How I Got Over
This album (1,711th)
Undun
Lower ranked (2,922nd) »
Phrenology

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 1,711th | 2010s rank: 268th | 2011 rank: 37th

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80/100 (from 185 votes)
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04/29/2026 01:56 oilnoilnoilnoil  Ratings distribution  26977/100
 
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04/08/2026 22:42 araidernomore  Ratings distribution  45470/100
 
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03/31/2026 00:35 evo  Ratings distribution  25772/100
 
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12/31/2025 10:41 VeVt  Ratings distribution  11465/100
 
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12/29/2025 17:27 mutant  Ratings distribution  1,67156/100

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.2/100, a mean average of 78.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.

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90/100
From 05/18/2022 09:43 | #285461
Album Rating: 84.18
(926/11)

1.Dun. N/A
2.Sleep. 80
3.Make My. 90
4.One Time. 88
5.Kool On. 88
6.The OtherSide. 85
7.Stomp. 84
8.Lighthouse. 79
9.I Remember. 80
10.Tip The Scale. 87
11.Redford (For Yia-Yia And Pappou) - instr. 85
12.Possibility (2nd Movement). N/A
13.Will To Power (3rd Movement). N/A
14.Finality (4th Movement). N/A
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100/100
From 02/07/2021 07:39 | #265946
My favorite hip hop album. The cohesion and flow in production from track to track, the concept, SUFJAN STEVENS.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 12/28/2020 19:30 | #263358
This is a really good album!
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Rating:  
75/100
From 12/12/2019 16:03 | #245577
One of my least favorite Roots album and it is still this high on the list. Lighthouse's chorus is infectious.
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85/100
From 05/28/2018 12:22 | #215703
Clever concept album. Very tight
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Rating:  
80/100
From 07/10/2015 10:21 | #145454
What will go down as one of the best and most important LP's of the 2010s.
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From 10/23/2013 19:41 | #89009
The Roots are in fine form on this one. It has the same great groove that is the signature of the band, plus some truly excellent story-telling. For being their first concept album, they really killed it here. It's dark and beautiful.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 07/18/2013 12:59 | #81826
I have to say, major kudos to The Roots for taking on the challenge of a rap concept album and doing incredibly well with it. Black Thought really amazes me with his rapping, it truly can be poetic. There’s even a short little instrumental suite at the end of the album that really finishes off the album nicely. It’s a really good album. Personally, I don’t think it was as good as their last album, “How I Got Over", but it certainly came close.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 06/27/2013 00:39 | #79912
How I Got Over is an excellent hip hop album, the best of all time on my list. So this is not as great. Still lots of sounds to love here.
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80/100
From 05/02/2012 00:52 | #41355
Solid, but not brilliant. The Roots churn out another strong hip-hop album with strong backing instrumentals and a groovy r&b flavour. Great storytelling as well. However, there are no memorable hooks or standout tracks. How I Got Over is much better.
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