THE ROOTS 101:DON’T SAY NUTHIN’
Yoa what can I say about this BAND!!! I would just call them a “group” but usually a “group” in Hip-Hop doesn’t play there own instruments!!! THE ROOTS a.k.a. The Legendary Roots Crew consist of Owen Biddle, Black Thought, Captian Kirk Douglas, F. Knuckles, Kamal Grey and of course the man with the Fro ?uestlove. These gentlemen are perhaps without a shadow of a doubt, one of the most amazing ensemble of men ever to enter Hip-Hop.(Other than the Wu)In retrospect they always remain fresh and ahead of there time. Originally from Philly in 1992 or 1993 they left to go perform in Europe. Their first album Organix went on to sell about 150,000 copies and then they signed with DGC over there. Then they released “Do you want more” until they came back to the states and released 1996’s “Illadelph Halflife” with the smash hit “What they Do” This is when they cracked the top 40 on the Billboards album charts!!!1999’s THINGS FALL APART was their breakthrough album sales-wise, peaking at #4 on the Billboard album charts. But this was just the beginning of their amazing talent, versatility, vision and depth. They have so many album’s, compilations, and remixes it’s far to many to name here. Also their lead lyricist “BLACK THOUGHT” is in my opinion the “unofficial” brother of the “R” he is that heavy man!!! I mean BLACK THOUGHT is so “dope” that you have to listen to each song 3 to 4 times before you can even get a fragment of the science & knowledge of what he is saying. He can flow fast or slow it really doesn’t matter, you still have to study what he is saying!!! Their fan base is also what every M.C. wishes that they had!!! Their fans range from Jazz enthusiast, to Hard core Hip-Hop head’s to commercial R & B fans. Their range is absolutely Legendary in the world of Hip-Hop and beyond!!! With song’s like “Don’t say nothin” “BLACK THOUGHT” mesmerizes you with the satirical wit of a psychologist!!! I mean “Don’t say nothin‘” can be taken like Don’t say nothing to THE ROOTS or you m.c.’s out there aint saying nothing’!!! That’s how deep BLACK THOUGHT is!!! This “one song” and “video” is so futuristic and multi-layered that people often think it’s “commercial” and don’t realize they are actually being educated!!! Now I could go on about their grammy for the song “You Got Me" a duet with R& B(Hip-Hop) singer Erykah Badu and all of their other accolades, but this is a Blog not a history lesson. And like I said before they have released so much material that It would take far to long for me to write and I would begin to sound redundant. Let me put it to you this way, they are one of the hardest working bands in Hip-Hop or R&B!!! and just seeing ?uestlove on drum’s with that trademark Afro is dope enough 4 me!!! So with that all said and done I’ll let their music speak for it's self with 4 of the dopest video’s ever “What they do”,"You Got me featuring Miss Eryka Badu" then “The Next Movement” and finally the futuristic masterpiece“ Don’t say Nothin’” Now that’s some food for BLACK THOUGHT!!! Now who brings you the real yall???!!! HALLA AT YA BOY!! WHO??? CALLOUS THAT’S WHO!!!
Let’s start with What they Do
Then You Got Me
The Roots Feat Eykah Badu - You Got Me
Then The Next Movement
the next movement
And finally the futuristic masterpiece Don’t say nothin
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