Rising Down
by The Roots

Rising Down by The Roots
Year: 2008
Release date: 2008-04-28
Overall rank: 9,950th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 56 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2008 (174th)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (1,741st)
Award Best albums of all time (9,950th)

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The Roots bestography

Rising Down is ranked 9th 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 898 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,929.

The Roots album bestography « Higher ranked (7,454th)
The Tipping Point
This album (9,950th)
Rising Down
Lower ranked (12,208th) »
...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin

(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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Rising Down track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rising Down rankings summary
Overall rank: 9,950th | 2000s rank: 1,741st | 2008 rank: 174th  Overall chart history
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Rising Down ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 56 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.2.


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85/100
This might be their most underrated album
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I'm surprised this is so low on the overall roots favorites. I think it is their best. Darkest.
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80/100
Why doesn't the hip-hop world recognize what they have and elevate The Roots to the throne of rap? Forget Jay-Z, Kanye, or Eminem. The Roots are the most creative, most driven, most visionary group in hip-hop. Take a listen. Holy smokes.
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