Undun (studio album)
by The Roots
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 927 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,866.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Undun track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/16/2025 16:16 | araidernomore | 411 | 76/100 |
| ! | 06/15/2025 18:53 | juanr1096 | 6,094 | 78/100 |
| ! | 06/01/2025 19:00 | Larynx | 102 | 81/100 |
| ! | 05/22/2025 09:38 | sebfox | 2,630 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2025 02:10 | matterhornrider | 4,785 | 81/100 |
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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 80.6/100, a mean average of 79.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
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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
My favorite hip hop album. The cohesion and flow in production from track to track, the concept, SUFJAN STEVENS.
Larcx13 12/28/2020 19:30 | #263358
This is a really good album!
One of my least favorite Roots album and it is still this high on the list. Lighthouse's chorus is infectious.
Clever concept album. Very tight
KingNoCrown 07/10/2015 10:21 | #145454
What will go down as one of the best and most important LP's of the 2010s.
zdwyatt 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.
RockyRaccoon 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.
jhuik 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.
junodog4 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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