i was thinking crack addict.

Looks like one of those starving african children.

He's supposed to play a guy with cancer IIRC.

looks like i win

[i]yet again[/i]

dunno if you guys know about this already, but this looks like a laugh:
http://www.nme.com/news/roots/51289

the Roots are recording an album featuring joanna newsom, dirty projectors and monsters of folk.

i am a hipster douchebag ergo i will most likely jizz my pants when this comes out

The Roots are great though.

*they have a few good albums

C'mon Mitch I know you're not saying that The Roots aren't good.

The Roots are awesome.

since when did i say the roots werent good

theyre just overrated and people jizz all over them cuz OMG THEY USE REAL INSTRUMENTS

It seemed as if you were insinuating that they weren't. And honestly they deserve most of the credit they get. They're ****ing good.

[QUOTE=illmitch;18005684]since when did i say the roots werent good

theyre just overrated and people jizz all over them cuz OMG THEY USE REAL INSTRUMENTS[/QUOTE]

so ****ing true.

Guys clearly real instruments are for more talented people than samples and shi.
You could hand logic pro 8 to a monkey and they could use it right and rock music is difficult.
Plus instrumental skill is more important than songwriting.

whatever the roots are ****ing awesome. sure they have one or two weak albums, but what have they released? eight or nine records?

i think they'd be really boring live but like.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4k3Hv_RhGE

how can you not love that?

The Roots are my favorite band, so I'm really pumped up for this one.
Here's a leaked song for the album : [URL]http://www.okayplayer.com/news/Audio-The-Roots-Dear-God-2.0-plus-Artwork.html[/URL]
Here's the artwork (plus the tracklist, but it was already posted : [URL]http://www.okayplayer.com/news/The-Roots-How-I-Got-Over-Tracklist-not-final-.html[/URL]

And the Roots are ****ing awesome, and not only because they use live instruments.

idk the rapping has never astounded me and the beats are cool but yeah

i dont really see the mass appeal

They're the Dave Matthews Band of rap.


They have good songs and are really fun to see live but they've never put together a really solid album.

And Black Thought is garbage.

^^^^ thank you

new kanye

http://usershare.net/ftypqybexqmg

It's confusing how good Black Thought was on "Super Lyrical" and then how awkward he is with the Roots. Maybe the beats are too slow for him?

im the author for gangstas and tough guys
did the whole ohio but i started off a buckeye
columbus to natti, them towns i raped em
few clowns was hatin, moved my pounds to dayton
and the akron, my niggas they would throw things
not king james, these were coke kings
and you actin grown, doggie you aint back at home
the smack its on, wrapped in chrome, u better get a chaperone

Black Thought is awesome.

not rly

ive listened to 2 roots albums and i cant think of one memorable line from him

[URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_6SE58Il20[/URL]

still not wowed

Well sucks for you I guess :)

Probably a matter of personal taste, but I find him amazing.

like hes obviously a good rapper but nothing ive ever heard from him is good enough to put him on the pedestal that he gets

i guarantee that if he werent in the roots nobody would give a **** about him

But he is, so people do give a **** about him.

so youre saying that his appeal is mainly due to being in one of the only hip hop groups with live instrumentation

cool glad we agree

I'm agreeing that The Roots boost his popularity.