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Although it did not parallel the commercial success of the band's previous album, Things Fall Apart , the album reached number 28 on the US Billboard chart and sold steadily, remaining on the chart for 38 weeks. Following the breakthrough success of Things Fall Apart , its release was highly anticipated and delayed, as recording took two years.

Primarily a hip hop album, Phrenology features lyrical themes of hip hop culture and its commodification , with musical elements of rock , jazz , techno , hardcore punk , and soul music. Set to a fusion of several African-American music influences, his poem observes "something in the way of our selves" and uses unusual imagery such as death "riding on top of the car peering through the windshield" and a " Negro squinting at us through the cage" with a smile "that ain't a smile but teeth flying against our necks".

Phrenology received widespread acclaim from critics. At Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating out of to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 87, based on 23 reviews. In a less enthusiastic review, Uncut magazine said Phrenology shows the Roots' "willingness to push the envelope of their organic jazz-rap" that is unparalleled but sometimes musically pretentious or indulgent, particularly on "Something in the Way of Things" and the coda to "Water".

At the end of , Phrenology was named one of the year's best albums.

Phrenology is the fifth studio album by American hip hop band the Roots, released on November 26, , by MCA Records.

Information is adapted from the album's liner notes. Track numbers continued from Things Fall Apart. Credits for Phrenology adapted from Allmusic. Contents move to sidebar hide.

Kamal Gray is a keyboardist, rapper, vocalist, and producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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