23. "RE: Are the Roots a hip hop version of the Clash?" In response to In response to 0 Fri Nov-04-05 10:45 AM by RAPSPACK
The roots might be the last of what hip-hop represents as punk. No real political messages. But if you want to look at them as representing the left to hip-hop's gangster right, yeah, they are punk. But not the Clash.