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The Roots: Game Theory (Def Jam)

Andy Gill, The Independent, 25 August 2006

THEIR FIRST ALBUM for Def Jam is also The Roots' darkest — and more worryingly, their least diverse, as if they were under heavy manners at the venerable hip-hop label to come up with a more straightforward rap album than was the case at their previous home, Geffen Records.

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