It's a masterpiece.

I have some issues with the new joint. I thought the last album was the operatic concept piece. There's not enough rappity-rap.I'm tired of all these other rappers sharing billing with thought. The albums have gotten increasingly shorter and this one is like 20 minutes long.

But at this point isn't buying a Roots album a little like going to a restaurant that doesn't have menus? Where you know the chef is gonna do his thing and not your thing? Reminds me of that movie 'Jiru dreams of sushi'. If you want it your way there's always burger king. These grandiose muhfuckas, however; play the shit that THEY like. This ain't a flabby Tyson staying in his corner to avoid a knockout. I don't think that they see themselves as going back to the same well twice.


That's why you see the leap between illadelph and TFA and Rising Down and HIGO. The High brow layering can wear thin tho, but what do you expect from a group whose target audience has always been college kids?

I think the Roots take the same approach to their albums that Quest takes to his deejay gigs.