Non Sequitur
Creep.
because that never happens
To a so-called flawless group? Come on man, try harder.
It seems as though The Roots has a flawless discography
- Thread starter Emperor Sol
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To a so-called flawless group? Come on man, try harder.
Michael Knight
Pro
1. Illadelph Halflife
2. Things Fall Apart
3. How I Got Over
4. Do You Want More?!??!?
5. Rising Down
6. Game Theory
7. Phrenology
8. Organix
9. Wake Up
10. Undun
11. The Tipping Point
2. Things Fall Apart
3. How I Got Over
4. Do You Want More?!??!?
5. Rising Down
6. Game Theory
7. Phrenology
8. Organix
9. Wake Up
10. Undun
11. The Tipping Point
SirSmokeCrackAlot
Senior Crackhead
At least you live up to your username.
Non Sequitur
Creep.
did em outshine the self-proclaimed GOAT on renegades
roots fan and all, nothing out there is flawless. you can nitpick and all that bullshyt. i think they have a consistent cataloge w/no huge shytstains like jay, nas, ye, common etc...
if you're a fan you'd probably agree, if you're one of the roots haters you won't.
nothing more/less.
Their discography is damn near unparalleled when you factor in quantity, quality, longevity and consistency.
Non Sequitur
Creep.
did em outshine the self-proclaimed GOAT on renegades
roots fan and all, nothing out there is flawless. you can nitpick and all that bullshyt. i think they have a consistent cataloge w/no huge shytstains like jay, nas, ye, common etc...
if you're a fan you'd probably agree, if you're one of the roots haters you won't.
nothing more/less.
Not hating, just trying to say there"s nothing special about them. They're like vanilla ice cream; nothing wrong with them, per se. But they don't really stand out. That's why OP needed an obviously false, inflammatory thread title just to get views for them.
Your Common's and Jay's and Nas' have "shytstains" in their discogs because they challenge themselves and take artistic risks. As a fan I respect that more than playing it safe for 20 years.
Dusty Bake Activate
Fukk your corny debates
I never understood how they're so overlooked by regular hip-hop heads and often cast into the incense & headwrap "alternative" box. There's been times back in the days in high school and college when I would try to put people on to them who liked similar artists as I did like Nas, Mobb Deep, Wu, etc. and I would get
Black Thought is a ridiculously dope all time great spitter and they drop bangers for days. But 
Dusty Bake Activate
Fukk your corny debates
Lol...if you think the Roots "play it safe" you have never listened to a Roots album in your life. That statement couldn't be more wrong.
far as that goes, jay and ye-they're the ones playin it safe.
throwin out bullshyt to sell rather than really havin much to say, minus nas and common when he wants.
ye and jay's shytstains are just that.
roots musically are in a league of their own, one album really doesn't sound like the next.
rising down sounds close to undun but only because the dark nature.
how i got over more like phrenology or maybe the tipping point.
?uestlove may be an a$$hole and run a tight ship, but you cannot not wanna tip your cap in appreciation.
thought stays consistent w/his spits and that may be his problem. not enough "75 bars" where he just spits that fire ?
years from now this is the kinda music that will be remembered and appreciated most, rather than a dude makin faces like this
in the studio.
throwin out bullshyt to sell rather than really havin much to say, minus nas and common when he wants.
ye and jay's shytstains are just that.
roots musically are in a league of their own, one album really doesn't sound like the next.
rising down sounds close to undun but only because the dark nature.
how i got over more like phrenology or maybe the tipping point.
?uestlove may be an a$$hole and run a tight ship, but you cannot not wanna tip your cap in appreciation.
thought stays consistent w/his spits and that may be his problem. not enough "75 bars" where he just spits that fire ?
years from now this is the kinda music that will be remembered and appreciated most, rather than a dude makin faces like this
in the studio.
SirSmokeCrackAlot
Senior Crackhead
As do you!
touche :D
Non Sequitur
Creep.
I seriously don't see how any of their music can elicit more than a "yeah, that's cool, I guess.." Listen to their music. You can see the next chord progression from a mile away, you can see exactly where Black Thought is going to take his rhyme, etc, etc...
Dusty Bake Activate
Fukk your corny debates
far as that goes, jay and ye-they're the ones playin it safe.
throwin out bullshyt to sell rather than really havin much to say, minus nas and common when he wants.
ye and jay's shytstains are just that.
roots musically are in a league of their own, one album really doesn't sound like the next.
rising down sounds close to undun but only because the dark nature.
how i got over more like phrenology or maybe the tipping point.
?uestlove may be an a$$hole and run a tight ship, but you cannot tip your cap in appreciation.
thought stays consistent w/his spits and that may be his problem. not enough "75 bars" where he just spits that fire ?
years from now this is the kinda music that will be remembered and appreciated most, rather than a dude makin faces like this
I don't know if I've ever read a statement more opposite of the truth here than the Roots play it safe. They're a fukking hip-hop BAND first of all. They do left field experimental shyt consistently and come different almost every time. They made a song rapping over bagpipes. They made a song scatting. They fuse rock, R&B, blues and soul influence into their music and use obscure samples and spoken word poetry from Ursula Rucker and Amiri Baraka's rambling ass over music. If anything they should play it safe more and they might have a larger audience.
Non Sequitur
Creep.
far as that goes, jay and ye-they're the ones playin it safe.
throwin out bullshyt to sell rather than really havin much to say, minus nas and common when he wants.
ye and jay's shytstains are just that.
roots musically are in a league of their own, one album really doesn't sound like the next.
rising down sounds close to undun but only because the dark nature.
how i got over more like phrenology or maybe the tipping point.
?uestlove may be an a$$hole and run a tight ship, but you cannot not wanna tip your cap in appreciation.
thought stays consistent w/his spits and that may be his problem. not enough "75 bars" where he just spits that fire ?
years from now this is the kinda music that will be remembered and appreciated most, rather than a dude makin faces like this
That face is exactly what's missing from their music.
By the way, it's always the super-poppy stuff and the avant-garde stuff that's remembered and appreciated most. The Roots are neither.
SirSmokeCrackAlot
Senior Crackhead
Yeah ending your albums with Ursula Rucker poetry is hardly "playing it safe."