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“Sleep” is first vocal track on the Roots' concept album undun. The album chronicles Redford Stephens, a young man growing up in the streets who is caught up in a life of crime due largely to his circumstances and society’s inequalities.

The story of undun proceeds in reverse chronological order after the violent death of the protagonist, so “Sleep,” as Questlove has written, finds “Redford disoriented post mortem.”

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Downtown Music Studios, New York, NY
Release Date
December 2, 2011
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