33. "RE: first time you ever heard the roots????" In response to In response to 0
A friend of mine put me on to 'em just after DYWM came out -- I remember he'd always be singing lines from "Mellow My Man" (La di da di, who likes to party like Slick Rick the ruler I'm cooler than an ice brick...).
He kept on telling me I HAD to check the Roots out, but when I went to the record store and looked at the cover it looked like some kind of thugged out shit I wasn't trying to hear (Black Thought and them ice grillin' the camera).
Eventually I ended up picking it up, though, and DAMN...I was open.
Ended up being my favorite album for years after that -- actually, it still is, I guess.