Black Thought

Philly

Known neither as a solo artist nor as the figurehead of the Roots, Tariq Trotter, aka Black Thought, is nonetheless widely recognized as one of the most skilled, incisive, and prolific rappers of his time, dating back to the '90s with Organix (1993), his group's recorded debut, and Do You Want More?!!!??! (1995), their first LP for a major label. Despite Trotter's anchoring of a dozen studio albums with the Roots, including the Top Ten, Grammy-nominated releases Things Fall Apart (1999), Game Theory (2006), and How I Got Over (2010), anticipation for a solo album has been high since the rapper scrapped an early-2000s project for MCA. With Streams of Thought, Vol. 1 (2018), Trotter placated listeners with a five-track set produced by 9th Wonder and Khrysis.