The Roots - Organix (1993) | First Indie Released LP

Organix is the debut studio album of American hip hop band The Roots, released on May 19, 1993 by the band, independently. It was originally sold at the band's shows in Europe. The album earned enough industry buzz to earn The Roots offers from major record labels, after which they signed with DGC Records, which at the time was better known for its grunge music releases. Organix was re-released in 1998 on Cargo Records. -wikipedia

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The Roots' low-profile debut set out many of the themes they would employ over the course of their successful career. An intro, "The Roots Is Comin'," is barely over a minute long, yet long enough to exemplify the band's funky bassline (here played by Leonard Hubbard), their dreamy and emotional organ chords (thanks to Scott Storch), and their ferociously swift yet clear rhymes from the group's focal MC Black Thought. The song that follows, "Pass the Popcorn" would have been called a "posse cut" in 1993. Everyone could've used a little more practice before stepping up to the mic on this song, but the spirit of the song are not lost in the amateurishness. The creative venture "Writers Block" is an example of just the opposite, as Black Thought flows with spoken word, comically and creatively expressing the experience of a day in the life of a Philadelphian using mass transit. The instrumentation is appropriately frantic and punctuated by [cymbal] crashes (like any mass transit system). Fans of Do You Want More, the Roots album released immediately following Organix, will recognize the music of "I'm Out Deah," "Leonard I-V," and "Essawhamah?" Another track to note is "The Session (Longest Posse Cut in History)," -- no false claim at 12 minutes and 43 seconds. This album should be a part of any Roots fan's collection -- not so much because it is an example of their artistry at its best, but because it allows you to see where they came from and how fruitful of a journey it's been. - allmusic.com

1. "The Roots Is Comin'" Tariq Trotter, Ahmir Thompson
2. "Pass the Popcorn" Trotter, Thompson, Kenyatta Warren, Joshua Abrams
3. "The Anti-Circle" Trotter, Thompson, Abrams
4. "Writer's Block" Trotter, Thompson, Leonard Hubbard
5. "Good Music (Prelude)" Trotter, Thompson
6. "Good Music" Trotter, Thompson
7. "Grits" Trotter, Thompson, Scott Storch, Malik Basset, Tony Greene, Jamal Dorsey
8. "Leonard I-V" Trotter, Thompson, Hubbard, Storch
9. "I'm Out Deah" Trotter, Thompson, Storch
10. "Essawhamah?" (Live at the Soulshack) Trotter, Thompson, Abrams, Hubbard, Storch
11. "There's a Riot Going On" Thompson, Sylvester Stewart
12. "Popcorn Revisited" Trotter, Thompson
13. "Peace" Trotter
14. "Common Dust" Trotter, Thompson, Abrams, Warren
15. "The Session (Longest Posse Cut in History, 12:43)" Trotter, A. Thompson, Storch, Hubbard, Basset, Teresa Thompson, Rohanee, Conway Armstead, Jamal Dorsey, Joseph Simmons, Micah Pitts, Tony Greene
16. "Syreeta's Having My Baby" Trotter, Thompson
17. "Carryin' On"

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