I wan’t really feeling The Roots 10th album, Rising Down, all that much. It felt as if it was missing something. Then I discovered the 15th song on the album, “Birthday Girl.”

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This is what is great about The Roots. They evolve with the times. While one good song does not an album make, I am keeping it in rotation…for now.