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174460, I can't hear it but glad someone enjoys it
Posted by Bombastic, Wed May-21-14 12:02 AM
>It's a masterpiece.
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>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.
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>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.
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if they don't see it, they ain't looking hard enough.
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>That's why you see the leap between illadelph and TFA and
>Rising Down and HIGO.

the former feels like a Carl Lewis broad jump while the latter a bunny-hop.

The High brow layering can wear thin
>tho, but what do you expect from a group whose target audience
>has always been college kids?
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>I think the Roots take the same approach to their albums that
>Quest takes to his deejay gigs.
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Quest as a DJ is all about 'effective records', even if this was the most Okayplayery crowd possible in the Filo's or Fluid Tasty Treats days, DJ Quest wouldn't have dropped any Roots joint from the past three albums into the middle of set.
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