THE TIPPING POINT (ALBUM)

'''The Tipping Point''' (released July 13, 2004) is the seventh album from The Roots. It peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200, at #2 on the R&B chart and at #71 in the UK. It is arguably the most commercial of all Roots albums with radio-friendly tracks such as "Don't Say Nuthin'". At the same time, ''The Tipping Point'' stays true to The Roots style of going deep into a groove for longer than most hip-hop artists; this is evident on the album's hidden track "Din Da Da".
The album is named after the Malcolm Gladwell book of the same name, while the album photo is the mugshot of an 18-year-old Malcolm X before his conversion to Islam in prison. Some later releases of the albums, including the iTunes version replace Malcolm X with a similarly-posed image of Black Thought as seen in on the "Stay Cool" single cover (see below).
Comedian Dave Chappelle is uncredited on the hidden track "The Mic."

Contents

Track listing

Singles

Album chart positions

Singles chart positions

Band members

External links

Track listing

# "Star/Pointro" (featuring Waduud Ahmad )
# "I Don't Care" (featuring Dom)
# "Don't Say Nuthin'"
# "Guns Are Drawn" (featuring Aaron Livingston)
# "Stay Cool" (featuring Martin Luther)
# "Web"
# "Boom!" (featuring Dice Raw)
# "Somebody's Gotta Do It" (featuring Devin The Dude, Jean Grae & Mack Dub)
# "Duck Down!" (featuring Dom)
# "Why (What's Goin On?)"
# (Bonus Track) "In Love With The Mic" (featuring Dave Chappelle, Skillz & Truck North)
# (Bonus Track) "Din Da Da"
# (Bonus Track on Japan version) "Melting Pot" (Booker T. & the M.G.'s cover)

Singles

Single cover	Single information
	'''"Stay Cool"''' ★ Released: August 24, 2004 ★ B-side: "Duck Down"

Album chart positions

'Year'	'Album'	'Chart positions'
		Billboard 200	Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums	Top Internet Albums
2004	''The Tipping Point''	#4	#2	#15

Singles chart positions

'Year'	'Song'	'Chart positions'
		Billboard Hot 100	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	Hot Rap Singles
2004	"Don't Say Nuthin'"	-	#66	-

Band members

Vocals: Tariq Trottier

Bass: Adam Blackstone & Leonard Hubbard

Drums: Ahmir ?uestlove Thompson

Guitars: Anthony Tidd, Kirk Douglass & Martin Luther

Horns: Kevin Hanson

Keyboards: Kamal Gray & Omar Edwards

Percussion: Frank Knuckles Walker

External links

★ PopMatters

★ Official website