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Track Listings
| 1. ?uestlove - Intro |
| 2. Aceyalone & Madlib - K.O. Player |
| 3. Little Brother - On And On |
| 4. Dilated Peoples - Okay |
| 5. Skillz - Take It Back |
| 6. Jean Grae - Keep Livin' |
| 7. Hieroglyphics - Respect Deez |
| 8. Dice Raw - I Do What I like |
| 9. Nicolay & Supastition - The Williams |
| 10. The Roots - Y'all Know Who |
| 11. Little Brother - Shake It |
| 12. Blackalicious - Just What Can Happen |
| 13. Truck And Mac - Bang Bang |
| 14. Skillz - Pastor Skillz |
| 15. Baby Blak & Adam Bomb - Can't Help Them With That |
| 16. Jean Grae - Fall Back |
| 17. The Chapter - For The Wreckord |
| 18. Rjd2 - Act 2 |
| 19. ?uestlove - Outro |
Editorial Reviews
Okayplayer: True Note 1
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a good album. You've probably heard better work from just about every artist on this album though (with the exception of Skillz, Little Brother, and Nicolay & Supastition). Most of the material comes off as throw away tracks from the artists' albums. Want an example? Just listen to the 5 year old track from The Roots or listen to "Keep Livin" from Jean Grae (which is actually on one of HER albums). And Dilated Peoples are slowly fading off of my radar. If you own a Dilated Peoples LP or single, then you've heard EVERYTHING Evidence has to say because he never improves. The Dilated track could've been left off of the album and no one would've missed it. And I'm not even gonna get into the wackness that Dice Raw (yes, THAT Dice Raw) brought to the table. Remember that dude that ripped "Clones" on the Illadelph Halflife album? Where is he? Anyway....Heiro and Aceyalone & Madlib come through to drop joints that are good, but they don't stand out at all and they come off as skippable joints. There are strong points on the album that outshine the bad things though. Skillz stands out the most because he has two bangers on the album. "Take It Back" is a typical Skillz track, but hot nonetheless. And "Pastor Skillz" (a parody of a church sermon) is just plain sick. Little Brother (you gotta love these cats) drops two joints with "Shake It" being the stronger of the two. But "On & On" is a strong track too. Blackalicious drops a tight joint that shows Gift Of Gab at the top of his game (as usual). Baby Blak has always been a favorite of mine and he drops more heat over an Adam bomb track. Jean Grae also drops two joints, but "Fall Back" is the only one worth talking about because it's a tight joint while the other one isn't. The track that shines the brightest on the album is called "The Williams" which is performed by Nicolay & Supastition. It's not a lyrical masterpiece, but it's a perfect blend of Nicolay's production and Supastition's lyrics. Truck & Mac drop a good joint, but the hook is suspect. The Chapter also drop a hot joint, but it could've been longer. The album ends on a high note as RJD2 blesses the album with more of his genius.
Overall the album is solid, but if the material was as strong as the lineup was it would've been a great album. Too many of the tracks border on average and the fact that there's a 5 year old Roots track (from the 1999 movie soundtrack "The Wood") really hurts things. As a Roots junkie, I'll buy just about anything with their name on it, so I was expecting some new material. So as you can imagine, I was a little irked when I heard it. I love everything The Roots do and I want to support Okayplayer in any way possible, but I would reccomend that you listen to it before you buy it. There are some gems on the album that make it worth the money, but a large portion of it is skippable. Proceed with caution.
Standout Tracks: On And On, Pastor Skillz, The Williams (My Favorite), K.O. Player, Take It Back, Shake It, Act 2, & Just What Can Happen
Overall the album is solid, but if the material was as strong as the lineup was it would've been a great album. Too many of the tracks border on average and the fact that there's a 5 year old Roots track (from the 1999 movie soundtrack "The Wood") really hurts things. As a Roots junkie, I'll buy just about anything with their name on it, so I was expecting some new material. So as you can imagine, I was a little irked when I heard it. I love everything The Roots do and I want to support Okayplayer in any way possible, but I would reccomend that you listen to it before you buy it. There are some gems on the album that make it worth the money, but a large portion of it is skippable. Proceed with caution.
Standout Tracks: On And On, Pastor Skillz, The Williams (My Favorite), K.O. Player, Take It Back, Shake It, Act 2, & Just What Can Happen
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Seeing the Okayplayer label made my heart skip a beat. "An album masterminded by ?uestlove? A lineup including Hiero, LB GoG AND the Roots!?" After listening to it, I came out satisfied, but not amazed as I expected. While the tracks by the aformentioned artists as well as the madlib produced second track and RJD2's instrumental are superb a lot were skippable including the old Roots track. Still worth buying.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
True Notes Vol. 1 really isnt nearly as good as it could have been. I wanted the album to succeed, and I bought True Notes to support Okay Player, as I respect them more than any other crew in Hip-Hop, but there are simply too many tracks that fall short for this album to be a classic. While Little Brother's The Listening was a fantastic album, and their track on Pete Rock's Soul Survivor II was tremendous, the track they serve on True Notes is bland. The Roots track is actually old, and the Dialated People's track I could do without completely. The Jean Grae and Skillz tracks are gems, but other than that, I cant really say Im impressed with the album as a whole. If you want a banger from Okayplayer, get The new Roots album.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Enjoyable compilation
Standout tracks:
#2 - K.O. Player. Ace's distinctive flow with Madlib's skills make for a good intro track.
#5 - Take It Back. Read more
#2 - K.O. Player. Ace's distinctive flow with Madlib's skills make for a good intro track.
#5 - Take It Back. Read more
Published on November 30, 2005 by James B. Emmons
Its okay ( 3.5 )
This album is nice w/ the exception old the already mentioned " throw back " tracks disguised as new tracks. Read more
Published on October 26, 2004 by Tony B.
This is Pretty Tight
I like this album. Hopefully the underground scene can come back into effect like 1998. But with bootleggin and the cursed "MP3s" good music like this won't sell once again. Read more
Published on October 10, 2004 by I. Rockwell
The Roots track
Why is the Roots song from the soundtrack of the movie The Wood(1999)? They should of put a new song on the cd.
Published on September 30, 2004 by Ranald7
This Review's For The Newbie White Boys Like Me
I'm a 36-year-old suburban white boy music fanatic beginning to explore the world of hip hop about 30 years late -- dating from '74 around the time of P-Funk and Earth Wind and... Read more
Published on September 25, 2004 by koreaman
album is hot
(...). but ive gotta say that the hottest track in the album is the one from blackalicious. the entire album is tight.
Published on June 25, 2004 by the real
good stuff
With about the exception of 2 or 3 tracks, this is a top notch effort. Standouts include: Skillz - Take it Back, The Roots - Y'all Know Who, Heoroglyphics - Respect Deez, Nicolay... Read more
Published on June 24, 2004 by K. Irwin
More Than Just Okay
I just picked up this cd NEW, which is saying a lot for me because I buy almost all my cds used. I could not be more happy with it. Read more
Published on June 20, 2004 by "hooprules"
amazing
the only track i dont like is - I do what i like- but other than that SKILLZ is off the hook, along with Jean Grae and Little Brother. Read more
Published on June 16, 2004 by Jordan Gray
OkayPlayer
If you like underground and like real hiphop go get this album as soon as possible. This is the hottest summer album so far. Read more
Published on June 14, 2004 by ?
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