History YMMV / TheRoots

* AcclaimedFlop: Most of their albums have garnered rave reviews from both critics and fans, not to mention numerous Grammy nominations. And yet, thus far, the only album they've released that has achieved Platinum certification is 1999's ''Things Fall Apart'', and even that took nearly ''fourteen years'' after release to reach that milestone. Meanwhile, except for 2002's ''Phrenology'', none of their other albums have even reached Gold certification yet.

* NightmareFuel / TearJerker: The spoken word passages by Ursula Rucker are often highly disturbing tales of rape and sexual assault. In fact, "Return To Innocence Lost" (off the otherwise cheery/upbeat ''Things Fall Apart'') may be the most disturbing bit of spoken-word poetry every put to tape.

* SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel: “Sacrifice” is a very soothing and dreamy song about the need to sometimes sacrifice the things you have to get what you want out of life.

* SweetDreamsFuel: “Sacrifice” is a very soothing and dreamy song about the need to sometimes sacrifice the things you have to get what you want out of life.

* NightmareFuel / TearJerker: The spoken word passages by Ursula Rucker are often highly disturbing tales of rape and sexual assault. In fact, "Return To Innocence Lost" (off the otherwise cheery/upbeat ''Things Fall Apart'') may be the most disturbing bit of spoken-word poetry every put to tape.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Tons of their songs. But special mention goes to “You Got Me”, “Dynamite!”, “Ital (The Universal Side)”, “The Seed 2.0”, “Can’t Stop This”, “Rising Up” and “Dear God 2.0.”

* AcclaimedFlop: Except for their 1993 debut and 2004's ''The Tipping Point'', just about every one of their albums has garnered rave reviews from both critics and fans, not to mention numerous Grammy nominations. And yet, thus far, the only album they've released that has achieved Platinum certification is 1999's ''Things Fall Apart'', and even that took nearly ''fourteen years'' after release to reach that milestone. Meanwhile, except for 2002's ''Phrenology'', none of their other albums have even reached Gold certification yet.

* NightmareFuel/TearJerker: The spoken word passages by Ursula Rucker are often highly disturbing tales of rape and sexual assault. In fact, "Return To Innocence Lost" (off the otherwise cheery/upbeat ''Things Fall Apart'') may be the most disturbing bit of spoken-word poetry every put to tape.

* NightmareFuel: The spoken word passages by Ursula Rucker are often highly disturbing tales of rape and sexual assault. In fact, "Return To Innocence Lost" (off the otherwise cheery/upbeat ''Things Fall Apart'') may be the most disturbing bit of spoken-word poetry every put to tape.

* BrokenBase: ''& Then You Shoot Your Cousin'' is pretty divisive, for its short run time and large number of guests.

* ColbertBump: Their work on ''Late Night With Jimmy Fallon'' gave them a pretty big boost in popularity. Some don't even realize that, in addition to his house band, they're also a highly respected hip hop group.