Nublax....you're on point! First of all, you all must understand that The Roots have not contradicted themselves. The whole point of "What They Do" was to say "be original", and not to indulge in the concept or stlye of materialism, flossin', and the "big Willie" lifestyle. The Roots have stayed true to the concept since the beginning. Just because they did "unplugged" with Jay-Z does not indicate a contradiction! They are simply making music! Selling out would be if they started sippin' Krys on stage, or rockin' iced-out Rollies, talking about whips, money, hoes, or bling-blinging. Because the Roots don't chose to have a materialistic style like Jay-Z does not mean that they can't make music together!! Some of y'all need to get your mind right!!!

Secondly, those of us who actually saw the movie "Bamboozled" realize that there was/is a deeper message than what was on the surface. Before y'all sit here and try to judge, watch the movie first....you just might learn something.

I like Nas, but he is confused! How can he even fix he lips to say the word "contradiction" when just a few albums ago he was rockin' a pink suit with Puffy, and riding in Bentley's????-WTF Now THAT's a contradiction!!!!!!

Personally, I hope that Thought gives him verbal beat-down!!!!