"But now that-all praises to the Roots-everyone on the hip-hop/R&B stage, from Snoop Dogg to D'Angelo to Erykah Badu, has brought real musicianship back into our field of vision, and heads like Mos Def, Goodie Mob, and OutKast are giving the guitar player shine, maybe rock and melanin are getting to know each other again."

-It's American