>E40 hasn't charted higher than 42 since 2006
>
>The roots hit 11 last year
>
>Black Thought is also on national TV *every* day. E40
>is...not.
>
>Dude is a legit celebrity. E40 isnt. Just the way it is.


You're telling me ANY Roots single charted hi....
maaaaaaan
I don't care where albums charted
I'm talking HEAVY ROTATION
who cares the roots play on some sleepy time ass white boy Johhny Carson ass show where he interview Gwenneth Pauchrow and let Hillary do the naenae

They shit do not BANG

anyway here is your tale of the tape:

roots: http://www.billboard.com/artist/419012/roots/chart
e40: http://www.billboard.com/artist/276018/e-40/chart


keep in mind Ahmir is carrying that entire fucking group
none of them niggas wouldn't eat without Ahmir
sorry but that's the way it is

I know this is they site but Ahmir is a GOAT drummer and them other niggas is replaceable


Again,
I'm telling for real
The Roots shit do not KNOCK in nobody trunk or tape deck in the hood
it just don't
it's artsy fartsy music

when the last time you heard a roots song played at a club?
oh, but you hear they shit played as elevator music in the background for commercials tho (dewayne wade gatorade commercial)

we have DJs here
Ask Double 0 and R-Tistic which Roots tracks they throw on to get shit poppin
ask which e40 tracks BESIDES THE SIX I ALREADY LISTED that get shit poppin

i know BT is yall's boy but he stuck in the 90s with his style

e40 still being featured to this day
remember this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZaJYDPY-YQ

what is the roots BIGGEST song?
it's that track with ERYKAH and SHE made that shit what it is
remove her, put Algebra Blesset or J Davey on it and you got a C-side of a demo tape track.

staying current...
who is draymond paying homage to here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBPzLopf5rw

E-40 is a FUCKIN ICON
why won't nobody give the man his props?

they got ya boy BT playing fuckin Fisher Price instruments and church tamborines singing backup to trendy ass white girls that can't sing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc9MzCcmNCU

yeah he gettin money but how he gone be talking about "sending niggas to your block" on that 75 Bars shit and then his ass
ooooooohhhhh
and then they made the nigga wear a fucking WIG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMQRfliyznQ

cmon yo


i know we grow and get money
but he still on some tuff shit at the same time damn near in drag

these dudes really are wearing wigs
i know it's "cute" and all but cmon yo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17QQcK4l6Yw



If that's what you call "success" in the rap game, then yes, BT has Earl Stevens from the Valley Joe beat.


lastly, give me Black Thought's Top 6 tracks (in your mind)
I need to hear this cause I honestly ain't listened to the roots since Things Fall Apart