>go to a roots show and everybody looks like you
>niggas in harlem dont bump the roots
>again, the roots sale out shows abroad because they do "duets"
>with Zero7 and Greg Porter

lmao and how many have u been to? are they all over hot 97? obviously not. but you're stretching this to be way more polar than it is. i did hear about the roots right around 96 through a college funk station. and who did i see at the show? none other than rick james! there is no black attendee of a concert, anywhere, ever.

>im sayin the roots make great music and i've been to their
>shows
>
>but they dont have that mass appeal
>
>they are a "niche" rap band
>they are a band
>a fucking BAND

yeah but they are a hip hop band. this isn't like talking about zach de la rocha (or worse), i mean thought is definitely an emcee. and i dont consider mass appeal to be a big plus, i'd say of my top ten some have it and some don't. that's true of most people, i think.

>and they are on late night talk show every night
>what young kid watches johnny carson type shows?
>are those under 25 really checking for them shits?
>Letterman?
>Conan Obrien?
>
>tell me where does "hip hop" fit in with them shows and that
>demographic?
>again, it's for some blended art gallery type rappers
>they've already been shown to have been heavily censored and
>muted with that Sarah Palin shit
>
>they make good music and sell out shows so that's all that
>matters
>
>but you notice how in the movie Chris Rock said "the roots"
>was in his Top5 but it's only one nigga actually rappin in the
>roots
>could Black Thought stand alone and be Top5 with ?uest on
>drums?
>or interchange any one of them niggas thats on keys, tuba or
>trombone or sax?

skipping past this goalpost-moving shit about demographics (and the laughable notion that hip hip is an "under 25" thing in 2015), uh, i dunno man the roots have only had TWO consistent members. thought has rocked with a lot of different personnel. that point was extremely unconvincing.


>The Roots are palatable for the white audience and gave them
>enough gravitas to cross over and venture into other forms of
>rap
>
>
>and it's a BUNCHA rappers that sell out shows in Europe and
>Japan but dont do SHIT in the states
>them farners like what they like i guess

oh ok so they are not selling out shows in the states? and who are these other acts with the same "gravitas?" foh, dude, come on i have heard this schtick before in person lol