>each album has songs that I could put on a Roots compilation
>but the albums as a whole don't last with me as long as they
>once did. I think I might've listened to The Tipping Point
>more than the last three or four albums. I know I've heard
>Phrenology and Game Theory a lot at this point.
>
>Of course, this new album has to settle in with me a little
>bit more before. And as many people have already said, it
>could use more Black Thought.
>
>Ultimately, I think what a lot of fans are looking for is an
>entire Roots album that carries that raw live energy they
>bring on stage over to songs that stay with you. I hate to
>use the term but it seems like what a lot of fans really want
>is for The Roots to be more poppy. Instead of albums that
>seemed to be more or less made for the critics, I want
>something that I know can only be made by The Roots: an album
>filled with awesome, raw, energetic rapping and live
>instrumentation.
>
>That's what drew me to them originally. I'm 29. In middle
>school I always messed with The Roots simply because Black
>Thought rapped for what seemed like an eternity at a time and
>the band played the shit outta those instruments. It wasn't
>just some half-baked playing and rapping: it was full-on
>musicianship.
>
>The Roots might actually be guilty of overthinking these
>albums at this point.
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