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Happy Birthday to Tariq Trotter a.k.a. Black Thought, Born October 3, 1971

October 3, 2024 Albumism Staff
Photo: Rick Kern | Getty Images

Photo: Rick Kern | Getty Images

Please join the Albumism team in celebrating Black Thought’s musical legacy and revisit audio & video highlights from his career below!

Born: October 3, 1971
Biography | Discography (Studio Albums):

The Roots

Organix (1993)
Do You Want More?!!!??! (1995)
Illadelph Halflife (1996)
Things Fall Apart (1999) | Read More
Phrenology (2002)
The Tipping Point (2004) | Read More
Game Theory (2006) | Read More
Rising Down (2008)
How I Got Over (2010) | Read More
Undun (2011) | Read More
...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin (2014)

Solo

Streams of Thought, Vol. 1 (2018) | Read More
Streams of Thought, Vol. 2 (2018)
Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane & Able (2020)
Cheat Codes (with Danger Mouse) (2022) | Read More
Glorious Game (with El Michels Affair) (2023) | Read More

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