The RootsThe Tipping Point

Label:

Okayplayer Records – 0602498624166

Format:

2 x Vinyl , LP, Album

Country:

Europe

Released:

Genre:

Hip Hop

Style:

Jazzy Hip-Hop

Tracklist

Side 21 (Tracks 103 To 106)
A1 Star
Performer ["Everybody Is A Star" Sample]Sly And The Family Stone*
Written-ByTrotter*
Written-By ["Everybody Is A Star" Sample]Sylvester Stewart
A2 I Don't Care
ProducerRichard Nichols
Written-ByTrotter*
A3 Don't Say Nuthin'
ProducerScott Storch
Written-ByTrotter*
A4 Guns Are Drawn
ProducerRichard Nichols
Written-ByTrotter*
Side 22 (Tracks 107 To 109)
B1 Stay Cool
Performer ["Harlem Hendo" Sample]Al Hirt
ProducerMelvin "Chaos" Lewis
Written-ByPaterno*
Written-By ["Harlem Hendo" Sample]Yolanda Paterno
B2 Web
ProducerRobert "LB" Dorsey
Written-ByTrotter*
B3 Boom!
ProducerMelvin "Chaos" Lewis
Written-ByTariq Trotter
Written-By ["Poison" Resung Elements]Nathaniel Wilson
Written-By ["Wrath Of Kane" Resung Elements]Marlon Williams
Side 23 (Tracks 110 To 112)
C1 Somebody's Gotta Do It
ProducerTahir
Written-ByIbrahim*
C2 Duck Down!
ProducerScott Storch
Written-ByTrotter*
C3 Why (What's Goin On?)
ProducerZoukhan*
Written-ByBey*
C4 In Love with the Mic
Side 24 (Track 113)
D1 Melting Pot
D2 Din Da Da

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanyUMG Recordings, Inc.
  • Record CompanyUniversal Music
  • Licensed FromSony Music Entertainment
  • Licensed FromRCA Music Group
  • Licensed FromBMG Music
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Geffen Records
  • Copyright ©Geffen Records
  • Pressed ByOptimal Media Production – B405687
  • Published ByWarner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
  • Published ByMijac Music
  • Published ByFive Sisters Music, Inc.
  • Published BySongs Of Marl
  • Published ByC.A.K. Music, Inc.
  • Mastered AtSterling Sound
  • Lacquer Cut AtOptimal Media Production

Credits

  • A&RRichard Nichols
  • [A&R]Alicia N. Graham
  • Art Direction, DesignGravillis Inc.
  • BassHUB (2)
  • Drums?uestlove*
  • Executive-ProducerRichard Nichols
  • KeyboardsKamal*
  • Lacquer Cut ByMK*
  • LegalBrad Rubens, Esq.
  • ManagementWatch Your Back Management
  • Management [Business Manager]GEE Financial Group, LCC
  • Mastered ByTom Coyne
  • VocalsBlack Thought

Notes

The Jam Session Bench Warmers (illadelponics): Asam Blackstone, Kirk Douglass, Omar Edwards, Kevin Hanson, Martin Luther, Anthony Tidd, Frank "Knuckles" Walker.

"Star" contains samples of the composition "Everybody Is A Star" by Sly and The Family Stone written by Sylvester Stewart.

"Stay Cool" contains samples of the composition "Harlem Hendo" written by Paul Griffin and Yolanda Paterno. Performed by Al Hirt.

"Boom!" contains resung elements from the composition "Poison" written by Nathaniel Wilson and Marlon Williams. Also contains resung elements from the composition "Wrath Of Kane" written by Antonio Hardy and Marlon Williams.

C4 is not listed on release.
D1 is not listed on release. Available only on UK & Japanese CDs and vinyl pressings. It's a cover of a Booker T. & The M.G.'s song.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Printed): 6 02498 62416 6
  • Barcode (String): 602498624166
  • Label Code: LC 07266
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped): B405687-01 A1 MK
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped): B405687-01 B1 MK
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, stamped): B405687-02 C1 MK
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, stamped): B405687-02 D1 MK
  • Rights Society: SABAM/MS

Other Versions (5 of 32)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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The Tipping Point (CD, Album) Geffen Records 9863067, 986 306-7 UK 2004
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The Tipping Point (2×LP, Album) Geffen Records B0002573-01 US 2004
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The Tipping Point (2×LP, Album) Geffen Records 986 241-6 Europe 2004
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The Tipping Point (CD, Album) Geffen Records 0602498323763, 0602498623763 Europe 2004
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The Tipping Point (CD, Album) Geffen Records UICF-1023 Japan 2004

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Reviews

  • MANuckles's avatar
    MANuckles
    Okay Player is releasing and 15th Anniversary copy out with 2LPs black vinyl or gold translucent vinyl this year!!! I preordered my copy. There will only be 500 copies of the gold translucent vinyl.
    • Funky-Child's avatar
      Funky-Child
      C4 track is "In Love With The Mic"
      D1 track is "Melting Pot"

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