Rising Down
by The Roots
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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 907 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,910.
(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
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Rising Down rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | PapaShiz86 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 50/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 43 Music Albums of 2008 | 31/43 | 2 |
| 2026 |  LebowskiRams | Top 16 Music Albums of 2008 | 6/16 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 81 Music Albums of 2008 | 10/81 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Music Australia Guide Best Albums 2008 | 24/50 | - |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 96/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 2008 | 8/20 | 3 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #1601-1700* | 8/85 | - |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 39/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | paladisiac | 2000s, #201-300* | 2/68 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 52 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 113 | |||
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Rising Down ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/10/2026 14:03 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,669 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/09/2026 16:15 | covecove | 6,700 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 15:00 | Araldo | 1,472 | 80/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
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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Rising Down forum mentions
paladisiac 03/13/2017 21:38 in What album are you listening to right now?
Lachapelle 11/12/2016 04:25 in Albums You Added To Your Collection Today
meccalecca 06/19/2014 14:03 in BEA ULL Mecca LeccaRising Down comments
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LebowskiRams TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/15/2021 03:49 | #266331 | TOP COMMENT
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This might be their most underrated album
I'm surprised this is so low on the overall roots favorites. I think it is their best. Darkest.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/15/2012 03:50 | #36902 | TOP COMMENT
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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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