>facts you should know about the roots since y'all get
>amnesia whenever a new single comes out.
>
>-we have been sampling since DYWM

I know that. Nothing wrong with that.


>
>so all this fantasy shit about us being in the room at the
>same time recording is just that. a fantasy. i loop and
>stack my drums sometimes. i may suppliment my drums with
>other drum noises, i may program them shits my delf, i may
>even just go with the sampled demoed version.

Nothing wrong with that.

>
>if shit bangs it bangs. and at the end of the day, shit has
>to bang.

I have not heard anything that banged from The Roots since the early 90's.


>-the roots are more than the actual members you see on stage
>kelo, chaos, scott, tahir have all been making beats for us
>since the start. we may suppliment their beats if need be,
>we may re do whole jawn over---but at the end of the day.
>shit has to bang.

Shit's not banging anymore. And that Sly Stone Hip Hop shit needs to stop.

>-since most of ya'll care about the live experience
>anyway---does it really matter HOW the music gets made?

Live, I dunno BEP's live show is on par with The Roots. There is something about the lack of personality on stage of the front man of the group.

>
>i program shit just as convincing as i drum (im not known as
>a "beatmaker" because i know how to keep secrets. maybe one
>day we will take that --no homo-- details "asian or gay"
>test with roots songs and i guarantee you guys will never
>get a 100 on my test of "did i play this straight or loop
>myself?"

Who cares, as long as it's banging.

>
>-sounding mainstream or sounding commercial is a crock of
>shit to me. just because the sound of today is incorporated
>in our work dosn't mean "we tryna sound mainstream"---but
>y'all cant play this "no one but us can play in our
>sandbox---get your own toys!!!!!" but for so long

Yall aint trying to sound mainstream, I can vouch for that, as of late the sound has been no stream.

>
>
>i mean it is 2004 already.
>
>we are not the same group.
>and clearly we have made a career in
>throwing yall for a loop.

So it's ok for The Roots, but not for others.

>
>not even excuses.....just a reminder of the group yall claim
>to know



>
>any questions?

Have you come to the conclusion that a hip hop band is just not going to work?

Have you realized that The Roots make better r and b songs than hip hop songs?

Have you realized that The Roots are becoming septic, rap music you can play in
Barnes and Nobles?

When will The Roots get back to simplier things, instead of trying to out wierd everyone?

Would you drop Black Thought and replace him with Andre 3000 and Big Boi as the front men for one album?

When are you going to admit, that your not happy with The Roots?

Why so septic? Why not hook up with lil Jon, Lil Wayne, David Banner, Scareface, GZA, on an album? Sure Devin The Dude is cool, but he is also a little septic, he is a rapper with a conscious and thoughtfull lyrics.


What's the goal for The Tipping Point?