http://xxlmag.com/online/?p=2705

>http://xxlmag.com/online/?p=2705

Thanks

http://xxlmag.com/online/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/Rootspeedipeedi56K.mp3

>http://xxlmag.com/online/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/Rootspeedipeedi56K.mp3
And oh so compressed to death :)

now I'm hyped...

the best song on the album by far.

hahaha

anyhow its a dope song, wished there was a better quality mp3 of this song

we need to rip that

i ripped it at 320 kb/s, but the streaming sounds more like 128, so its going to sound more like 128

http://d.turboupload.com/d/742177/The_Roots_ft._Peedi_Peedi_-_A_Long_Time.mp3.html

dont take that the wrong way, unless u want to

thanks.....whoever said peedi outdid Riq aint tellin the truth, altho Peedi came strong

so u can rip a 56k stream at 320 if you want, but the quality wont be better.

after listening to them both more closely

The track is hot.


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nice. Thought used part of the verse off def poetry.

is this track sampled? it sounds too fimiliar.

That's nice - ?uest is on fire

Cheers

Des

this shit is beautiful.... this is so "big" sounding, with kirk studio work (FINALLY!) and the strings...

The hook was fire. Thought was relentlessly spitting. Peedi came well (particularly liked how he closed his verse...and the way they dropped the beat out near the start of his verse was so fresh).

And the production!?!??!?!

BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZING.

I. AM. BUYING. GAME. THEORY. ON. SIGHT.

edit: I think I like this better than 'Don't Feel Right' and that song is pretty dope. The band is just going bananas on here...all the changes...wowzers. The guitar riff is so jamming. How the strings come in and out? man oh man oh MAN. words don't do justice.

it's also cool how both thought and peedi hit that same mini-hook about 'we 50 cents away from a quarter where i come from' (ill line, by the way).

is like the anti-thesis of "The Tipping Point"....

so complex, so many "tricks", as ?uesto would say...

the only thing remotely like this ons TTP was "Star"...

(wrong spot)

i hope to see the roots go into, only i hope the sound of the album is more bright. yeah i know its supposed to be a dark album, but ill wuold like to see a brighter funkier roots album

Dope, August 29th can not come any sooner. Y'all bootleggers better not ruin it for me other. I'm weak

Peedi Peedi is not that bad on here.
This has my mouth watering for the album.

Song was dope. I liked it. Who ever said Peedi killed Thought on a song was wrong IMO. No way compared to it.

I want August 29th to be here sooo bad!

He just wasting away with that State Property shit.

That guy was good but Malik good.

i'm digging this...i've been waiting for them to go for something big and pull it off. great fucking vibe all around.

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listening to...
van hunt
head automatica
stevie wonder

sounds like the dude who did the introductions on the first track of the most recent Slum Village album. who is it?

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but it's my opinion, that Thought should not have spit another verse. after the hook after peedi's verse, they should've gone into some sort of change or whatever, Thought could return to maybe just say a lil' something, and then throw that outro on it, and move on to the next joint (whatever it is) on the album.

thought absolutely murdered his first verse. peedi came correct, his voice sounded good all natural, could've been brought down a lil' tho. the end of his verse was excellent.

kirk is owning that hook.

?uest, that was amazing.

Great song.

peace,
6th

BUNNY SIGLER!

i meant owning the hook as far as guitar work. i knew it wasn't kirk singing. like Kirk owns that hook and shit.

love it

I'm liking the track listing based on the titles alone.


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Peedi killed this shit! His verse was on point! I'm droolin' with anticipation for this album now. I remember how I first heard about Game Theory coming out in August a while back and thinking that was too far away but now that August is steadily approaching, I can't wait!

that he straight up used the verse from the "no stoppin us" remake off the larry gold project.

Thank you, I was trying to figure out where the start of riq's verses were from.

great track thanks for posting

great track thanks for posting

better quality version or how it plays into the album.

<----EKPE!!!!!

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This track is fantastic. Like someone else said, they are pulling out all the tricks now and it sounds great. They sound like a band again and they take this track places only the roots can go to. Thought and Peedie both kill this track thought's flow is ON POINT!

GT is gonna be an instant classic, I can feel it.

Between this and "Don't Feel Right", the anticipation is reaching a fever pitch. This is gonna be one of their best, I can feel it.

probably sounds stupid to most of you, but im lookin forward to coppin the cd and then going home to listen to it all (apart from dont feel right which i listened to 3 times) for the first time on my hi-fi.

amazing, they're not trying to sound like a machine anymore, this is so fucking great, funky, the vibes are definitely strong. Roots haven't had vibes like this since....Proceed II. I love it. They need to keep making tracks like this. In that I mean with this kind of complexity and fearlessness, no more drum machine influence. This shit is just plain amazing.

>amazing, they're not trying to sound like a machine anymore,
>this is so fucking great, funky, the vibes are definitely
>strong. Roots haven't had vibes like this since....Proceed II.
>I love it. They need to keep making tracks like this. In that
>I mean with this kind of complexity and fearlessness, no more
>drum machine influence. This shit is just plain amazing.

Haha, I totally agree. And lol at the Proceed II comment, let's get some more Roy Ayers collabos.

God damn, that shit is hot. Wasn't expecting that.

The hook is wild nice. Kirk won.

breath of fresh air. this blows me away as much when I heard "Kashmir" and "Stairway To Heaven" for the first few times.

let's not get carried away

ill give you some time if you want to retract it.

Crazy talk

I do like this track though

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I can't agree with your statement! Thought killed it, Peedi was above average.

almost like ot money
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to the beat and ya dont stop

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n/m

it's really uplifting. which suprises me a little, after Quest said this album would be their "kid a", and their darkest record to date.

one

57 responses and all positive, an OKP first!

someone hurry up and bash this shit before ?uest shuts down the site!!

ok i bashed it, you happy now?

whew...

is there anywhere else to here it

the xxlmag website has apparently been hacked

Damn i wish quest would ask me to play strings for him....but other than that. Im speechless....

track is hot

let's see who's left for Collabo's....Young Chris, Freeway, Oschino...that's all i wanna hear....oh yea and Hov.
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...did Jigga drop a load in his briefs when he heard this?

I am floored.

this shit is like Led Zep with Clyde Stubblefield.

fade to strings at the end???? wow.

and lyrically.... yeah.

how many tracks of the lead guitar? it's smushed in with that Rhodes perfectly, in a way that doesn't sound like any previous usage of the Rhodes that you've ever done. I will be biting that... just play it in the bottom couple octaves!!

this is epic arena rock-hop! gotdayum!

and i'm not joking.

>and i'm not joking.

oh i know your not joking, because i heard that too. I was thinking 'that guitar has a dash of jacksons feel to it in a way'.

i'm loving this track...

thats 58's rip at 320k of the 56k source file.

thats like me taking a small picture file at 60x60, blowing it up to 800x600 and saying its higher quality cause its bigger... but it isnt.

Definitely a good quality link. I don't know who said Peety kiled thought, but they crazy. His verse was nice by Thought is the Nicest. Anyone know a date on the itunes EP? or is it out already.

from TTP - IMHO!

can't wait to cop.

peace.

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This joint CRANKS!

The quick intro with the guitar and base sneaking in, the guitar just riding through the whole song, the chorus, the breakdowns during the chorus. All I'm going to say is, that's how drums are supposed to be played. Then how they let it close out with just the melody. This just made my day seem a whole lot more promissing than it did this morning. lol

Now in typical DC/MD fashion, I'll take to playing the song in my head in go-go form.

this has summer jam written all over it...

loving the production and the 'thickness' of it.

i gotta go listen again...

Thank You.
I know your thinkin philly but im thinkin france when i hear this and where ever anyone hasnt been in a while is where they are thinkin when they hear this so Ya
its a long time commin!

I love this song.
I'll thank y'all in advance for whatever's coming up!!!!
Thank you.








R.I.P. Jay Dee

It's rare that I won't buy anything with the Roots name on it (Homegrown is an exception because there was a new baby on the way) but if I just needed a confirmation on purchasing Game Theory, this is definitely it. If the rest of the album sounds like this then I understand why so many folks are saying this is the most musical Roots album since TFA. Oh. My. Goodness. This jawn is hizot. ?, yo, this really could be the breakout jawn that the crew never had.

to be quite honest this is one of the best songs i ever heard from the roots, and its low quality!!!

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DiceRaw.

its about time people take him seriously. He absolutely kills this mixtape I have from him.

Its different from what i expected when I heard Peedi was gonna be on the album. I was thinkin it would be more like the song with Thought and Kweli, or even the Pun and Thought jawn. Im pleasantly surprised tho...