''Do You Want More?!!!??!'' is the second
studio album
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by American
hip hop band
The Roots
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, released January 17, 1995 on
DGC Records. The band's major label-debut, it was released two years after their independent debut album, ''
Organix'' (1993). ''Do You Want More?!!!??!'' has been considered by critics as a classic of
hip hop jazz.
In 1998, the album was selected as one of ''
The Source
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''s 100 Best Rap Albums. On November 2, 2015, twenty years after its release, the album was certified Gold by the
Recording Industry Association of America
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for shipments of 500,000 units in the United States. The master tapes for the album, including some unreleased tracks, were destroyed in the
2008 Universal Studios fire
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.
Track listing
*The track listing on some album releases denotes the first track, "Intro/There's Something Goin' On," as track #18, continuing the track count from Organix (17 tracks). The rest of the tracks continue upward from 18 to "The Unlocking" (being track #33)
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
Works cited
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External links
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Discogs
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Jam!
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Los Angeles Times
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1995 albums
The Roots albums
Albums produced by Questlove
Albums produced by Scott Storch
DGC Records albums
Albums recorded at Sigma Sound Studios