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“The Seed (2.0)” by The Roots featuring Cody Chesnutt

From the album Phrenology (2002) Featuring Cody Chesnutt

“The Seed (2.0)” by The Roots featuring Cody Chesnutt appears on 30 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 2003 and 2026. It was first released in 2002 on the album Phrenology. Its best result is #4 on the CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #63 alternative song of 2003 and #3,964 alternative song of all time.

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#4best position
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2top 10 finishes
2003–2026years charted

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The Roots - The Seed (2.0) (Official Music Video) ft. Cody ChesnuTT

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"The Seed (2.0)" was the second single from Phrenology, the Roots' fifth album, in 2002, and it's a remake: Cody ChesnuTT's song "The Seed" from The Headphone Masterpiece, sped up and plugged in. ChesnuTT sings and plays guitar, and he and ?uestlove produced it, with Russell Elevado recording and mixing and Yasiin Bey and Ishmael Butler along as guest voices.

What comes out is a hip-hop band playing grimy, distorted garage rock with a psychedelic soul streak, fat drums and a strutting, lustful swagger. Critics ate it up: Robert Christgau heard the centerpiece of the album, Pitchfork later put it in its 500 best tracks of the 2000s, and the video picked up a nomination at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2003 35 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2003 91
2003 8 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003 106
2003 93 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 101
2003 47 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2003 100
2003 77 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2003 65 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2003 89
2003 4 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 101
2003 51 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2003 26 WBCN Boston, MA WBCN Top 104 Songs of 2003 104
2003 69 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2003 103
2003 75 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2003 100
2004 69 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2004 106

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2003 1905 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1905 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 406 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 1893 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 227 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 1855 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1883 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1913 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1968 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2013 62 BBC Radio 6 Music BBC 6 Music 100 Best Tracks Of The Last 10 Years 100
2019 379 KEXP KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time 627
2022 76 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907
2022 180 KEXP KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022) 491
2024 66 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century 1055
2024 522 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs 850
2024 181 WXPN WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) 885
2025 369 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century 909
2026 784 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound 1055

Also listed as: The Seed; The Seed V2.0; The Seed 2.0.

Charting alongside it in 2003

Best songs of 2003 →
  1. 1Seven Nation ArmyThe White Stripes
  2. 2Like a StoneAudioslave
  3. 3Bring Me to LifeEvanescence
  4. 4Somewhere I BelongLinkin Park
  5. 5Times Like TheseFoo Fighters
  6. 6Weak and PowerlessA Perfect Circle

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