Illadelph Halflife
by The Roots
The Roots bestography
Illadelph Halflife is ranked 6th 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 902 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,934.
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Illadelph Halflife track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Illadelph Halflife ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 04/21/2026 15:43 | Exist-en-ciel | 11,414 | 70/100 | |
| 03/24/2026 08:14 | Leginlists | 3,605 | 83/100 | |
| 02/21/2026 16:19 | yotamdude | 21 | 68/100 | |
| 02/01/2026 21:30 | sweetness | 1,127 | 79/100 | |
| 08/28/2025 13:42 | Lazi | 244 | 85/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.0/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.9.
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Larcx13 10/21/2020 14:39 | #259534
The best hip hop record of 1996 in my opinion. Took me awhile to decide but this is now a solid stay at the top. As for compared to all Roots albums, I prefer Game Theory to this but it's a close runner-up.
bizarre site, I've never seen anyone put Illadelph almost in the bottom half of their albums. among fans of the roots and even heads in general, this is commonly lauded as their best album in a really strong discography. huh.
Lachapelle 11/29/2015 00:09 | #153620
This is hip hop at its finest. Every song has good vibes, great flows, and catchy hooks with great guest vocals and MCs.
Illadelph Halflife is always worth listening through from start to finish, but there are some standout tracks ('Respond - React', 'Episodes', 'Push Up Ya Lighter', 'What They Do', & 'No Alibi' to name a few).
This is the album where The Roots finally acquired that true hip hop sound that they've been building towards with their previous two full length projects.
junodog4 06/08/2014 19:44 | #114051
The sound is there, the lyrics are almost there, not quite as memorable as their other releases, but still quality work.
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