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9.0
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Drowned In Sound
If you’re really looking for where this album truly belongs, it’s up there with Sly And The Family Stone’s There’s a Riot Goin’ On or Marvin Gaye’s What’s Goin’ On – an album with a universal soul, heart and conscience, but a groove all of its own
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8.2
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Beats Per Minute
At this point in The Roots’ career, a falter would be far more surprising. How I Got Over continues the group’s tradition of quality records even as the band expands its horizons to television and beyond
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8.1
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Pitchfork
A particularly efficient album. It's the Roots' shortest, one of their most lyrically straightforward, and a work of strong stylistic cohesion
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8.0
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Spin
There are pleasures here, especially with ?uestlove's restless studio assemblages and co-producer Dice Raw's yearning hooks
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8.0
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The Guardian
The album is something of a rap equivalent of Marvin Gaye's era-addressing What's Going On
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8.0
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No Ripcord
Another rock-solid album from one of rap’s most consistently great collectives, with no discernable weak spots to attack
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8.0
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The Skinny
The Roots have created a most unusual hit
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8.0
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Prefix
A mellow approximation of the jazzy, old-school charm of The Roots circa Things Fall Apart. How I Got Over falls short of that classic, but this is the most fun Roots album since 2002’s Phrenology
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8.0
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PopMatters
The Roots have given us another brilliant album... It’s as strong as the last two albums but there’s a more unified feel to this album that makes it stand out
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8.0
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BBC
The message is, essentially, “Times are hard, but let’s make things better”. As honest and uplifting statements of intent go, it’s hard to fault – just like this album
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7.0
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Under The Radar
A bit slight to be among their best handful of releases, it's still their most immediate, another album that transcends any attempts at categorization
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7.0
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Rolling Stone
When they come back to Roy Ayers-style funk, they prove nobody does it better
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7.0
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Sputnik Music (staff)
How I Got Over is a great record and stands proud next to its contemporaries
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6.0
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State
Although The Roots must be given some credit for their soulful brand of positive hip-hop, a rarity today, many people will get over How I Got Over pretty quickly
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