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Vinyl LP pressing. Long-awaited 2010 album from Hip Hop pioneers The Roots. The album, which takes it's name from Clara Ward's Gospel classic, is The Roots' first new since joining Late Night with Jimmy Fallon for a full time gig as the show's house band. Grammy Award winners The Roots characterize the songs on the album as Inchdepicting the everyman's search for hope in this dispiriting post-hope zeitgeistInch. The lead single, InchDear God 2.0.Inch, re-imagines the Monsters of Folk song InchDear GodInch and features MOF members Yim Yames from My Morning Jacket, Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis from Bright Eyes and M. Ward. Also includes two appearances from Grammy-winning Soul man John Legend. Other guests on HIGO include Joanna Newsom, Blu, Peedi Peedi, Mercedes Martinez, Icelandic alt-pop singer Patty Crash, newcomer Sugar Tongue Slim as well as long time Roots' Crew members Dice Raw, Truck North and P.O.R.N. Album Tracks 1. A Peace of Light 2. Walk Alone 3. Dear God 2.0 4. Radio Daze 5. Now or Never 6. How I Got Over 7. Dillatude The Flight of Titus 8. The Day 9. Right on 10. Doin' It Again 11. The Fire 12. Tunnel Vision 13. Web 20/20 14. Hustla
