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The Seed (2.0)

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Released
  
March 31, 2003

Recorded
  
November 2001

Label
  
MCA

Format
  
CD single

Length
  
4:27

Genre
  
Alternative hip hop, psychedelic soul

"The Seed (2.0)" is the second single by The Roots from their fifth album Phrenology (2002). The track, which features Cody Chesnutt on the guitar and vocals, is an "uptempo retooling" of his song "The Seed" from the album The Headphone Masterpiece. The song's music video was nominated for the MTV2 Award at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. Jeff Vrabel of Billboard described the track as "a genre-bending mix of rock guitars and Prince-styled keyboards and drums".

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Music and reception

"The Seed (2.0)" is a hybrid mix of "distorted rock, hip-hop and psychedelic soul". Brett Berliner of Stylus Magazine called the track "a rock song, featuring a little bit of funk and just a very little bit of hip-hop." The song was favorably received from music critics. Robert Christgau called it the album's "centerpiece", "2002's freshest roots rock track and jammingest avant rap track". Pitchfork Sam Chennault described the song as an "orgiastic garage funk number" and called it the album's "most immediately satisfying track". In 2009, Pitchfork listed it at number 330 in "The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s". Stylus Magazine's Brett Berliner declared it the album's "best track" with its "catchy hook that stays with listeners for days". In The A.V. Club's 2002 top fifteen "Songs of the Year", Stephen Thompson listed the single at number nine. Jake Coyle of the Associated Press called it "one of the best rock songs of the decade". It was ranked as the 43rd best song of the decade by Rolling Stone.

Cover versions

  • American rock band Person L covered the song for the Fearless Records compilation Punk Goes Crunk in 2008.
  • References

    The Seed (2.0) Wikipedia