Undun
Undun is the tenth studio album by American hip hop band The Roots, released on December 2, 2011, by Def Jam Recordings. Recording sessions for the album took place at several recording locations in Philadelphia and New York City. Production was handled primarily by Questlove, record producer and drummer for the band.
Undun incorporates neo soul and indie music elements. It is an existential concept album about the short, tragic life of fictional character Redford Stevens, set in urban poverty, and is told through a reverse-chronological narrative.
The album performed modestly on music charts and sold 112,000 copies in the United States. Upon its release, Undun received acclaim from music critics, who praised its existential subject matter, production quality, and the band's musicianship. It was included on several critics' year-end lists of best albums.
Background and recording
At the time of recording, The Roots comprised lead rapper Black Thought, drummer and producer Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, keyboardists Kamal Gray and James Poyser, percussionist F. Knuckles, guitarist Captain Kirk Douglas, sousaphonist Damon Bryson, and bassist Mark Kelley. The band also worked with other rappers for the album, including Big K.R.I.T., Dice Raw, Phonte, and Truck North, as well as vocalists such as Aaron Livingston and Bilal.
Lake Undun
Undun (Indonesian: Danau Undun) is a lake on the Indonesian island of Roti in the province of East Nusa Tenggara, in the Lesser Sunda Islands.
Geography
The Undun located in the district Landu Leko (in the Rote Ndao Regency) on the peninsula Tapuafu, which forms the northern part of the island of Roti. To the west is the greater salt lake Usipoka. The nearest town is Kupang.
Fauna
Only on Undun and Oendui, the lake located to the south of Usipoka, can one find the last extant population of Chelodina mccordi roteensis, a subspecies of the Roti Island snake-necked turtle. The range of the subspecies is confined only to this area due to severe persecution and is also here close to extinction. Researchers are urgently demanding a reserve, for example, on the peninsula Tapuafu that includes Lakes Usipoka, Undun and Oendui and the surrounding, untouched wetlands of Tanjung Pukuwatu. Since this area has a high biodiversity, it is possible undescribed species could be found in this area.
The area also contains endemic birds and is possibly an important stopover place for migratory birds such as the Australian pelican.
Undun (disambiguation)
Undun is a 2011 existentialist concept album by the hip hop band The Roots.
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by: Rootsbaby come back
[verse 1: black thought]
yo, we obviously need to tone it down a bit
running round town spending time like it's counterfeit
everybody catching hay fever like sinuses
step in my arena let me show y'all who the highness is
you might say i could be doing something positive
humbled head down low and broke like promises
soaking and broken in a joke like comics is
not enough paper to be paying folks compliments
but when that paper got low so did my tolerance
and it ain't no truth in a dare without the consequence
listen if it not for these hood inventions
id just be another kid from the block with no intentions
on the dock of that bay serving a life sentence
even if i'm going to hell i'm gonna make an entrance
yeah let em know i'm getting cheese like omelets is
but i'm the toast of the town like thomas is
[hook: bilal]
we're all on a journey
down the hall of memories
don't worry bout what you ain't got
leave with a little bit of dignity
never loved what i had
always felt like i deserved more
but when i
make it to the other side
make it to the other side
that's when we'll settle up the score
[verse 2: black thought]
yo, we did this in remembrance of
faces from the past
we no longer have an image of
carrying cold blood hearts
that never been for love
brothers keep going for theirs but never get enough
world travelers that seen it all
and did enough
only to return to learn
the world wasn't big enough
damn, how long has it been?
i guess the jig is up
now all i know is i'm about to wake this n*gga up
yeah that hindsight 20/20 now n*ggas dead on the money
trying to take something from me
it's a wrap like mummy
undone i am becoming and
when he's tired of running
through the layers of the onion
he'll probably shed a tear
cause they'll be no more fast times
just his weak mind scrolled out like a bad sign
he never had enough and got confused when they asked why
life is only a moment in time and it passed by
[hook: bilal]
we're all on a journey
down the hall of memories
don't worry bout what you ain't got
leave with a little bit of dignity
never loved what i had
always felt like i deserved more
but when i
make it to the other side
make it to the other side
that's when we'll settle up the score
[verse 3: greg porn]
i'm sitting on top of the world ready to jump off
thinking of various ways to break law
thinking that enough is enough but still i want more
thinking of how i'm playing with fire that burned my young boy
by any means necessary don't give a damn
so every night i'm on a flight that never lands
be an asshole when the shit hits the fan
or bet your life on a bluff and a bad hand
can't win, can't lose
get 'em gassed leave em leaking fuel
either way the market moves
cash rules kings, queens, prince and princess
every night i'm crossing a line that ain't the finish
every thought is dark as a glass of f*cking guinness
too far gone to come back to my senses
now i'm on the edge of my bed making love to my meds
every moments like a pistol to my head
when i'm getting mine
[hook: bilal]
we're all on a journey
down the hall of memories
don't worry bout what you ain't got
leave with a little bit of dignity
never loved what i had
always felt like i deserved more
but when i
make it to the other side
make it to the other side
that's when we'll settle up the score