As being one of the lonely souls that will not be able to see some of the best performances on this side of Earth, I am asking the patrons of tonight's show to post your reviews. Have a good time and write down the songlists and guest stars....I want good notes.

"Rebirth....Reach the world but touch the street first"--Mos Def "My Life is Real"



"Niggas, we would never deliberately deceive you.. this is too sacred for that..."-- Mood ft. Talib Kweli "Sacred"

"The essence of life is more than mics and puff

that'd be sicko.

An adress where I can recieve LARGE attachments is: tom@tomsfiles.com

Feel free to mail them to me there.

I'll psot them somewhere.

An adress where I can recieve LARGE attachments is: tom@tomsfiles.com

Feel free to mail them to me there.

I'll psot them somewhere.

I am waiting for all the goodness I missed...

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"Cat's on here making blog posts
about not getting any pussy and
talking about not using washcloths
and too dumb to see the correlation"

Right now there's probably no better place in the entire Universe to be other than Radio City Music Hall home of the dopest live show on Earth. Wish I could be there. Everyone who got to go is lucky.

But I can't wait til Saturday to see The Roots Crew at HOB Orlando. Providing I can find a scalper.

Looking forward to reading all the reviews tomorrow.

So spill it. What happened? Who was there? Tribe? Pharcyde? Jigga?

*sniffles* So how awesome was it?

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who thought damn! i wonder what the hell is happening at radio city music hall right now...

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post from the show. i know some of yall from hitech gots to be there!!! help us out on the west coast! dayymn wish i was there

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Just got back and I have to say I was a bit let down, as I think it got kind of over-hyped as this historic show to end all shows with special guests coming out of every corner. In reality it was a good (though oddly structured) okayplayer show, not groundbreaking, that lost a lot of energy after the first half.

After the Roots warmed up the crowd a bit the first guest was Nas who flew through Made You Look, World Is Yours, and If I Ruled The World (amongst others I'm leaving out). Then they played a few more songs and Big Daddy Kane came out and did Raw and Warm It Up Kane and others. Then some more Roots, then Common who was hands down the highlight of the show (Testify, Go, The Food w/o Kanye, I Used To Love Her, Act Too). Then right into Talib Kweli's short set (Definition w/o Mos Def, Get By, Say My Name) and after that it was just the Roots, no suprises no ATCQ coming out to make a reasonably expected appearance. A lot of solo's that went on WAY too long (Rahzel I'm looking at your 25 minutes of diminishingly enjoyable "I bet you think I'm not doing this"'s). Like I said, simply an overhyped situation that was excecuted a bit backwards (I think like a sixth of the audience hadn't showed up by the time Nas was done) but with typical Roots quality. Oh, and there were some unexcusable problems with the mics at the beginning that were really really really annoying (when you pay for something like this, you expect the tech to come correct). Hope this doesn't offend anyone, I enjoyed myself but felt a bit lead on by all the hype that's been going round.

Historic this was not.

The Lincoln Center show from a few years back with appearances by Kool G Rap, Pharoahe Monch, Rock Steady Crew and Jay-Z was historic in all the ways this one failed to be. I still remember the show opening with "Respond/React" performed in the pitch black. I still remember the 3 members of Rocksteady coming out and breaking in their urban cowboy get-ups. I still remember Kool G Rap coming out of nowhere in a hoodie and ripping through the "Symphony" to raucous applause. And, of course, I still remember Jay-z coming to join the Roots on stage fresh from their unplugged session together.

What happened?

>Historic this was not.
>
>The Lincoln Center show from a few years back with appearances
>by Kool G Rap, Pharoahe Monch, Rock Steady Crew and Jay-Z was
>historic in all the ways this one failed to be. I still
>remember the show opening with "Respond/React" performed in
>the pitch black. I still remember the 3 members of Rocksteady
>coming out and breaking in their urban cowboy get-ups. I
>still remember Kool G Rap coming out of nowhere in a hoodie
>and ripping through the "Symphony" to raucous applause. And,
>of course, I still remember Jay-z coming to join the Roots on
>stage fresh from their unplugged session together.
>
>What happened?

thank you for bringing that show up son!...that shit was historic like a motherfucker...word up!!

Sorry to say this, but this was the worst Roots show I've seen and I've seen many.

The sound was awful, most guests mics were not working at all.

The pace of the show was off.

The show climaxed in the first 30 minutes with Nas' performance. The Roots sounded great at first and it looked like they were poised for another classic performance, but it all fell apart.

Common came out and put so much energy into his set, but the sound and his mic ruined it.

And, where were all these surprise guests promised? We got Common, Talib and Nas, but they were announced.

The only other people to rock were Big Daddy Kane, Mad Skillz and Truck North. Dave Chappelle came out at the end, but he only said a sentence or two about the historic night - nothing else.

Big Daddy Kane came out during Boom and his mic was off for his entire verse. Mad Skillz came out and his mic was off for his whole set.

In all, a really disappointing night. If you have tickets for tomorrow, pray it gets better or sell your tickets now.

I can only imagine that the Roots got stood-up by a bunch of guests and that messed up their set-list and their cues.

I agree to a point. I thought the show was good but certainly not their best. The mic problem needs to be fixed for tomorrow's show.

Rich

_______________________________________
"I am sexy! And U cant take it" - ?uest

RIP Mitch Hedberg

...but that was not the root's fault. *edit: although, damn...i agreee with the others...it's radio city!*

and you can't shit on the solo's. but i was definately hoping for more guests...nas in the first 10 minutes?!?!?!?


*and...I'm glad, though I ran out of film, I got to see erykah at the end of the show outside, give love and tell her thank you for writing "green eyes"...kind of beats the picture...kind of...! as the cynical set-guy gives off the set list to the girl NEXT to me...ahhhhh! all in good fun...thank you!!!!!*

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No excuses for mic problems at a show of this status. When I play with my band, I get mic problems playing in shit hole bars and lounges, but that is expected... they get resolved withing 10 minutes. Case closed.

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>I can only imagine that the Roots got stood-up by a bunch of
>guests and that messed up their set-list and their cues.

NO! LIST
Tom Petty
M J
Zeppelin
Springsteen
Neil Young
Eagles
Ray Charles
Madonna
Chuck Berry
South Park TV Songs
Justin Timberlake
"Food Glorious Food"
"Twilight Zone" theme
"A Boy Named Sue"
"Night Moves"
"The Situation"
"Superbowl Shuffle"

or clues or questograms man

whats the word for tomorra

..|.,

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if you have the time, id love to see you breakdown what was originally planned and what the end result actually was. and yes... names!

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the Roots should play the songs of the peeps who didn't show up and have BT and Hov do some calling them out type of ish.

okay thats a bit immature, but names would be nice.

lol.

it just sucks, after block party, the bar is raised so high now. were spoiled man.

..|.,

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___________________________
OL' DIRTY BASTARD on himself:
"I may curse, I may have a bad mouth, whatever whatever. I'm not that bad, yaknow'mean. Bad to y'all, I dunno how y'all... I don't give a fuck. Um, I'm a good person at heart, for real and shit.

hes done so many shows with the roots that seeing him with them doesnt seem that special anymore.

he was with the roots at...

chicago HOB show in 04
the block party
VH1 special
both 9:30 Club DC shows in 04
and more..

i mean, its always great seeing him with the roots, but when you hype this event up the way they did, and pull an old trick out of the bag instead of bringing someting new, it doesnt have the same effect on people. sure if it was your first time seeing kane with the roots, then yeah, that most definately is special. but in the context of things, it loses its impact.

~~~~~~~~~~~~

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www.twitter.com/allthewaylive

found this ignorant colored ...paid him to tie a tail to his ass & run around half-naked, making monkey sounds....made him eat *bananas* Oh, how the white boys danced that night...& when we slit his throat, u know that fool asked us what he did wrong.

in his blog, ?uest apologized for the show. Even he knows it didn't go well.

?uest hyped the special guests as huge names, bigger than the announced names (Nas, Kweli, Common)... And I'm sure the big guests were supposed to go, but renegged (Kanye and Jay anyone?)

Skillz, Truck North, Maimouna, Rahzel, and Kane, although all dope, are not SPECIAL for Roots standards... they pop up at random Roots shows, somewhat often.

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can't access myspace at work.
thanks homie.

Friday, May 19, 2006


Blog 55: No Vaseline
Current mood: disappointed

fuck this rap shit
i listen to classical.
-baatin

im sorry people. that is
all i can say about it.
sorry.

i'm really torn because the key to a victory is never admitting a defeat. but i'm so livid right now i need an outlet to just vent my anger. but im a smart businessman so i don't wanna burn no bridges either.

sigh.

defeat happens to the best of them. and yes i am willing to admit (and im sneaking this blog in much to the dismay of the "dont you go on myspace admitting defeat ahmir" cries of my family)

all night i heard "they never knew the wiser".

but fuck this rap shit. i didn't bust my ass all these years to just "get by" on the most important night of my life.

but that is what it wound up being.

the show i had in my head was a surprise around every corner. remember all that 2 hours and 59 mins talk of these blogs of late? sheeeesh my show was damn near over at 1 hour and 10 mins.

that is short for even ROOTS standards!!!!!!!

the thing is it's an art to pace a show for 3 hours. You gotta keep it 6 steps ahead: you gotta think "who is my weakest performer", "who will have the best responses", "who rambles?", "who has a tendency to stick to the script?", "who will fly off the handle" "best shit in the first 15 mins", "strongest shit in the final 15"---for all of the rep we got for spontaneity our shit is planned to the bone.

the last thing i wanna hear is the shit i heard tonight on my drumset:

or better yet:

me: yo is @..$%$.. here yet?
asst: no.....
me: what the @..$%$..!! what time did @..$%$.. say they were coming?
asst:7!!!!!

that was one scenario.

here is another:

my manager: @..$%$@ said they are not coming to rehearsal
me: huh?!?!?! the hell?!!?!?!
my manager: i spoke to !@..$%@@..$%'s manager and they said "i don't need to rehearse with the roots....they just freestyle i'll just go there and bust a verse and its all good"
me: the FUCK?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!??!!?!?!?

between my assistants giving me news of guests not showing up on time (or at all), and the technical problems with the monitors and mics....i have to say to nyc im sorry that you fell victim to the hip hop nation yet again.

i call for help and they let me down

---

www.gangstamittens.com

damn. disappointing.

From the 2nd Mezz you could clearly see ?uest's frustration.

But...The Roots put on a hot show everytime. F..k the no show special guests, they don't need em. You show me hip hop artists that actually create music that's not been "electronically" created. This group epitomizes the words hip hop artist in every sense. Was I let down yes but not because of the performers. It was the mic issues, the fact that the crowd was sitting while BT was rhyming his ass off and didn't really attempt to move until Braveheart came on. What F..k is that about????????????? Don't go to a Roots show to pose as a hip hope fan. I love Nas but lets be real, Black Thought.......one of most underated MC's if not the biggest.

Common-Dope. yes I said Dope
Kane-I damn near fell from 2nd Mezz to 1st. Could it be my age...this is the music that rocked me then and still does now. He can be at every show and it will NEVER BE PLAYED OUT.
Jazzy Jeff-I LOVE THAT RUN DMC finally gets some recognition at hip hip shows but why did Jam Master Jay have to pass before they did?

Props to him anyway..turntables are essentional for every hip hop show along with wax if you're not playing and instrument.

Most annoying for me..the smoked out white folk (ps I'm white too) that don't know a lick of lyrics unless it had radio play and sat on their asses and straight smoked all night and FAKED THE FUNK!


A Kingswife

>Most annoying for me..the smoked out white folk (ps I'm white
>too) that don't know a lick of lyrics unless it had radio play
>and sat on their asses and straight smoked all night and FAKED
>THE FUNK!
>
>
>A Kingswife

Agreed & black people do it too you know...just ask anyone that went to the Dave Chapelle in Charlotte NC...

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PAMBERI!

a roots show in general. like oh they doing the kane thing...again. making it seem like common's windmill. lol


found this ignorant colored ...paid him to tie a tail to his ass & run around half-naked, making monkey sounds....made him eat *bananas* Oh, how the white boys danced that night...& when we slit his throat, u know that fool asked us what he did wrong.

...so their whole set was dope to me ..but kane was just ridiculous

Level with me should I sell my ticket? I mean save me a plane ride right now. I love yall but you can shoot through Chicago anytime and I'll peep u at h.o.b.

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i'm coming tomorrow for the second night

sorry to hear people effed y'all over after all the stress

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pics...
http://www.imagestation.com/member/index.html?name=eleese04&c=201

listening to...
van hunt-van hunt, on the jungle floor
head autmoatica-decadence
christina milian-so ama

I hate to say it, but I agree. As far as a "roots only" show it was cool. Not the best I've seen and not the worst. But for what it was supposed to be, it disappointed. I have tix for tommorow. I hope it delivers.

The weirdest thing was the ending. Right when the show seemed like it was about to climax (With Chappell walking on stage) it just ended.

Highlights include:

- Rahzel's set
- Common's set
- Kirk' set

how was common? so it wasn't the best show? what about erykah? kweli?


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http://elisiaj.livejournal.com
pics...
http://www.imagestation.com/member/index.html?name=eleese04&c=201

listening to...
van hunt-van hunt, on the jungle floor
head autmoatica-decadence
christina milian-so ama

I really liked Common but I have never seen him live before. Erykah just came out at the end of the show and waved. Was a little surprised they did You Got Me tonight without her. Maybe since she is on tomorrow's bill they will do it again but freak it out a little. Kweli was pretty good, closed with Get By.

Rich

>how was common? so it wasn't the best show? what about
>erykah? kweli?
>
>
>http://www.myspace.com/danceonconstellations
>http://elisiaj.livejournal.com
>pics...
>http://www.imagestation.com/member/index.html?name=eleese04&c=201
>
>listening to...
>van hunt-van hunt, on the jungle floor
>head autmoatica-decadence
>christina milian-so ama

_______________________________________
"I am sexy! And U cant take it" - ?uest

RIP Mitch Hedberg

:)


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pics...
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listening to...
van hunt-van hunt, on the jungle floor
head autmoatica-decadence
christina milian-so ama

what about DJ Jazzy Jeff?
None of you noticed him? He was great throughout -- especially on the Next Movement and his little solo (noticed Quest watching carefully.)

I thought Rahzel was on point.

My highlights were Kweli - Get By, all of Common's set (except Testify), Nas - Made You Look, Captain Kirk's solo out of you got me, big daddy kane was good once his mic got working (ahem).

BT was a great mc, and i loved how he got Nas back on track when Nas lost the beat in who's world is this.

Ending was definetely anti-climatic, -- 10:35?? -- but I was happy and it was good to see rahzel back up there.

Hoping tommorow will start where tonight ended off. (extended Melting pot?)

Good job and thank you for the show.

Better than Summerstage and the free pier show last summer. Bowery Ballroom 98(?) still might be my favorite. Hammerstein was good too.

By no means did I think its sucked it just wasnt my favorite Roots performance. This is about the 8th time I have seen them and tomorrow will be the 9th. If there wasnt any mic troubles the show would have been great. Rahzel did a hell of a job, Jazzy Jeff was great as always and was a pleasant surprise. Nas was very good and I loved Common's performance. The Roots are the Roots. Their worst shows are better than a lot of other peoples best shows. I dont think this is the show ?uest had planned though since it ended a bit early.

Rich

_______________________________________
"I am sexy! And U cant take it" - ?uest

RIP Mitch Hedberg

>I dont think this is the show ?uest
>had planned though since it ended a bit early.

sounds that way to me.

VERY curious to hear his reply.

ill be at the show tomorrow, hopefully they make up for the road bumps they endured tonight.

~~~~~~~~~~~~

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www.twitter.com/allthewaylive

Even today ?uest was hyping this on his blog...

what happened?

were they stood up by all the guests?

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luna e (and kirk) did a bang up job of you got me.

no encore.

skillz not in love with his mic.

YEAH KANE.

accoutics during web were awesome.

rahzel, seriously? dude was trying out his standup act. i like his act, but i liked it better in 2000.

im glad they got to do their solos in rcmh, but hopefully theyll be shorter tomorrow.

hearing the crowd yelling "brave-hearts. brave-hearts" was chillin.

if this was your first roots show, mustve been awesome.

ms yancey is tiny.

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>rahzel, seriously? dude was trying out his standup act. i like
>his act, but i liked it better in 2000.

i could've sworn they were getting ready for the end of his act about 2-3 times but he just hogged the mic and went on and on.

it was nice, but why does he get to come back and get 20 something minutes all by himself?? i gotta think that he either pissed everybody off or i'm completely wrong and some guests didn't show and he was filling time. but i thought they all looked like they were waiting for him to finish for a long time like they were gonna drag him off stage.

rahzel was dope, but when ur expecting tribe or jigga or ghost or all of them and nas can only get a few songs something seems off. for him to get more time then everybody just seems weird.

overall though it was a great show, except that for 80 bucks i agree, the mics should work. i go to roots shows all the time so i hate when ppl bitch about seeing great shows.

this was a great show if you didn't know that all these ppl were showing up. but for the most part the guests were the ones announced. and the others are regulars at live shows besides nas. i mean i've seen kane with them before even if he's not a regular.

   Yo, I would like to say that I've been coming to this site
for just about as long as it existed, and I never had the urge
to actually become a registered member until after tonight's
show! So I guess this is a blessing in disguise....
   I agree with the other members that although the show was
dope, it didn't live up to the hype at all, and the fact that
whole verses were silenced due to the sound guys F-ing up is
just crazy!, but those are small things. 
   The reason that I finally became a registered user is to
tell the Okayplayers "Powers That Be" that the fact
that there were no vendors selling T-shirts, Programs,
Buttons, Hats, CDs or anything of the sort was very
inexcusable. I always go to events, concerts or festivals and
the lesson I learned is that the show's "cherry on the
top" is the merchandise that you take home from the show.
I searched before and after the show hard for a dude selling
something, shit I was even looking for bootleg dude that be on
the street after the show, selling $10 Tees and $2 Pictures
with the cardboard frames, lol (I bought one of those from the
Jill Scott show at Radio City w/Common, my son loves that
picture frame set-up with Com on one side and Jill on the
other; he swore that they were a couple!!) I was even more
amazed that since the concert's proceeds went to Dilla's
mother, that they didn't have any Dilla merchandise available
to sell for his foundation. 
   Listen, I had a great time as I always do at Roots' show
but I felt somewhat incomplete and a little cheated for not
being able to buy some sort of t-shirt or something like that.
Quest, you are a smart dude, tell me it was Def Jam's
fault!@#$%
   Anyway Hip-Hop at Radio City felt surreal Ladies and Gents,
despite the let downs who would have ever thought I would see
The Roots headlining at such a landmark! Lastly, I did see
video cameras all around, so I'll bet my money that the DVD is
soon coming!!
       --- and yes I know I could buy merchandise at the
okaystore, but I had a dream of meeting the guys backstage,
and gettin' the band to autograph my freshly purchased t-shirt
(hint, hint...Quest holla @ Me!!!) Stay Cool--- Black Ty
Affair   

I Want to Feel Good(GOD)!!!
-Dr. Wayne Dyer

talked about this many times and it always falls on def
ears....I've sold merch for okp a few years back and the
response excellent. 


>The reason that I finally became a registered user is to
tell the Okayplayers "Powers That Be" that the fact
that there were no vendors selling T-shirts, Programs,
Buttons, Hats, CDs or anything of the sort was very
inexcusable. I always go to events, concerts or festivals and
the lesson I learned is that the show's "cherry on the
top" is the merchandise that you take home from the
show. I searched before and after the show hard for a dude
selling something, shit I was even looking for bootleg dude
that be on the street after the show, selling $10 Tees and $2
Pictures with the cardboard frames, lol (I bought one of those
from the Jill Scott show at Radio City w/Common, my son loves
that picture frame set-up with Com on one side and Jill on
the other; he swore that they were a couple!!) I was even
more amazed that since the concert's proceeds went to Dilla's
mother, that they didn't have any Dilla merchandise available
to sell for his foundation. 


this isn't a big priority after the drama tonight....

yea i, i dont understand the merch thing as well. seems like
they could up there revenue even more, and leave you and many
others happy. sheeit if they didnt sell all the shirts for a
"roots at rcmh" shrt, id still buy em even if i
didnt go, lol. please bring some merch when yall make it to sf
or sacto in june

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First of all, I am sending this message via my son's account,
something I have never done before. Secondly, I have been a
Roots fan since my oldest son (now 24) hipped me to their
artistry when he was in high school.  Third, seeing last
night's show gives me faith in the undying/innovative talent
of ?uestlove and company.

I have read many of the posts here and just want to say that
as a momma of 3 undying Roots fans and as one of the group's
older fans myself, I have to say that last night's concert was
one of the best that I've seen.  The experience for me is
likened to seeing Bob Marley and The Wailers back in the mid
'70s and one that I'll not likely forget.  Seeing a hip hop
concert at RCMH was rather surreal; seeing Big Daddy Kane was
like watching a variation of James Brown; standing for nearly
2 hours and rocking to the groove of the band was something I
haven't done in.....I can't tell you how many years. 

Driving this week through the midwestern states to New York, I
told my youngest son the story about Sam Cooke.  During the
drive, I had him listen to a cd of one of Sam Cooke's live
concerts that took place in Florida back in 1953.  My son was
floored b/c he couldn't believe how similar the show was to
the Roots Live album.  This just goes to show that while hip
hop is new and different, it is the same as gospel/soul music.
 

I say all of this so that The Roots, Jazzy Jeff, Common,
Talib, Nas and others who shared the vision presented last
night and again tonight will realize the importance of what
they have accomplished and will continue to do what they do
best.

While there may have been backstage drama and haters within
the hip hop industry, the show for me was an experience that I
never dreamed of having in my lifetime.  The show was
extraordinary and will go down in history as one of my most
memorable experiences with my children.  

Momma Maitai/Chicago

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here are a few photos from the show.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bking/sets/72057594139040429/

and just for kicks, some photos from a show in ohio about a year ago:
http://www.juiceheaddesigns.com/html2/photos_exp_15.html

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Ahhh...Just to be in there would have been cool...

Im still jealous...

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"Cat's on here making blog posts
about not getting any pussy and
talking about not using washcloths
and too dumb to see the correlation"

I cant blame the mic problems on the roots, that's senseless

nas forgot "the world is yours" - the blame lies on him

rahzel did go too long, and it felt like captain kirk's extra long solo was to appease the rock (read: white) crowd. The Roots/resurgence of Big Daddy Kane thing is no longer fresh (meaning new, it's fresh as hell as in fresh for '88 you suckers)

i have a completely new respect for ?uest's dual role as bandleader and stage director, i fidgeted in my seat watching him deal with his staff and bandmembers while playing the drums, editing and reworking on the spot when someone went too long in order to meet the 11 pm deadline. I cant wait to read his insight on it

thought is still flawless

while the show and surprise guests were greatly hyped, there's always tomorrow and i have a ticket for that as well

>it felt like captain kirk's extra
>long solo was to appease the rock (read: white) crowd.

Black people like rock too damnit

>
>i have a completely new respect for ?uest's dual role as
>bandleader and stage director, i fidgeted in my seat watching
>him deal with his staff and bandmembers while playing the
>drums, editing and reworking on the spot when someone went too
>long in order to meet the 11 pm deadline. I cant wait to read
>his insight on it
>

OKP has been a gift and a curse of sorts... being able to interact with ?uest or at least read his thoughts has meant that i have learned that you can usually tell how the show is going by looking at him.. .so i tend to spend a lot of time looking at him and the ppl talking to him and seeing how he thinks things are going. Last night it was clear by the way he pushed Chappelle off of him as he walked off the stage that he was NOT a happy camper. It made me kinda uncomfortable too watching him get upset... I guess as a huge Roots fan and an even bigger ?uest admirer, i'm always rooting for things to go right for them and it was clear that wasn't the case last night.

All in all it was a good show... i just know it could have been better

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Last night it was clear by the way
>he pushed Chappelle off of him as he walked off the stage that
>he was NOT a happy camper.

i noted this as well, but it didnt really hit me until now.

it was still a hell of a show, but longtime roots fans had to be asking themselves 'how is ?uest/thought letting rahzel go on this long?' not knowing that they needed to fill space. I've seen Thought brody the mic from Dice Raw while looking notably disturbed

like when there were 90 minutes left i was like wow... they bout to do one surprise after another... but by 10:10 i was like o... that's it huh?

That bein said, i'm amped about tonight.

Bout to head into the city now. i'll call you

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Can we get a complete set list?

"If your not feeling me fine you cost me nothing pay me no mind" ~ Jay-z

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i wasnt there for the thursday show, so i cant comment.

im sure it wasnt bad... just didnt live up to the hype of 'wait til you see the unnanounced guests'

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roots were on point as usual. woulda been great if it was just any other nyc night. but this show was an 80dollar superhyped show.

no complaints if this was hunter a couple weeks ago. (anyone even go to that?)

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What I want to know, and we probably wouldnt be able to get it from this site, is what the casual or new fan thought of the show. Guests or no guests youd like to hope they at least turned some people on.

"If your not feeling me fine you cost me nothing pay me no mind" ~ Jay-z

I just got back from the show and I too was dissapointed. Mic problems reallys hurt the show I thought. Kane not able to do his verse from Boom took any impact of his set out right away. And Skillz seemed really into it too. Jazzy Jeff and Rahzel were both great to see, but I thought it would ahev been better if there were some proper introductions for them I could obviously tell it was Rahzel but from the second mezzanine you couldnt tell that was Jazzy Jeff until Nas said it. Was really looking foward to at least one crazy guest spot. Thought Erykah or Jill were gonna come out for you got me, thought Kanye was gonna come out for Rahzel's Jesus walks or Kweli and Common for Get Em High, thought Lauryn might come out for If I Ruled The World, thought Mos would do his verse on definition. Aside from those I was expecting at least one crazy appearance either Jay or Tribe or somethin. Chappelle was cool but he said nothing. Pacing was defenitely an issue. Nas coming on so early wasnt necessarily bad because the crowd got so hyped when he came on, but they just couldn't keep up that pace for teh rest of teh show. The set list was something like this:
Nas- Made You Look, It aint hard to tell, the world is yours, and if i ruled the world.
Kane- Boom Verse, set it off, raw, and warm it up kane
Common- go, the corner, the light, testify, i use to love h.e.r., and act too with black thought
Kweli- get em high freestyle w/common, definition, the blast, and get by
Rahzel- misc crazy rahzel shit, some reggae songs, jesus walks, if your mother only knew, etc.
The Roots- web, dynamite, don't feel right, proceed, boom, break you off, thought at work, the next movement, stay cool, dont say nothin, the seed 2.0, a little jungle boogie cover in between songs i had never seen before, a long kirk solo, a short quest vs. knuckles solo, a cool jazzy jeff solo, and the same very long yet always amazing hub solo (comes after break you off).
I think i named about everything, once again dissapointing because of the hype, i do agree it sounds like people backed out. "it aint hard to tell" was the highlight of the show for me, it sounded so good played by the roots and is my favorite nas song. i thought Ghostface was a definite but i guess i was wrong. Excited that we will at least get to see it on dvd, possibly packaged with Game Theory. I am kind of hoping that no big surprises go tomorrow because i wont be able to live with picking the wrong date, but i hope everyone has a good time tomorrow.

at least the money went to a good cause.
and for all the free root shows i been to, 80 bucks evens out. god knows i drank that much at webster hall.

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this show was awesome, but not. i went to the show at the kimmel center months ago in philly and that show was more fun than tonite. both shows were in performance hall type venues, but with the show in philly lacking the hype. the crowd didnt get into this one until nas came on stage. the energy of the show was just uneven. why bring erykah and dave out if theyre not gonna perform...such a tease. id rather have not known they were there. where was erykah on 'you got me'; she's enough of a fan to show up, but too much of a diva to do her own song? no respiration? rhymes n ammo? something with kweli and the roots? i feel the worse for skillz, at least bdk got to make up for his lost verse.

i patheticly sat for ten minutes after the roots' exit, while the flocks filed out and dizzle stood on stage signing autographs. I could have sworn there was supposed to be an encore. someone was worried about exceeding the time limit and you close at 10:37? rahzel v. jazzy jeff should have happened. kamal didnt get a solo. u.n.i. verse at war? that would have been my 'wet dream' show. if this had been my first roots show i would have been amazed, but im in the double digits and expectations got the best of me. hasta manana.

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am i the only one that thinks that having nas come on first wasn't a smart move?? i mean it's nas probably the highest profile name on the bill and it IS new york city...

nas came out first because of the 10 guests i had planned?

(see atrueheads post)

nas was....well a "nice" start. coulda only went higher from there.

lightening aint gonna strike twice tonight.

NO! LIST
Tom Petty
M J
Zeppelin
Springsteen
Neil Young
Eagles
Ray Charles
Madonna
Chuck Berry
South Park TV Songs
Justin Timberlake
"Food Glorious Food"
"Twilight Zone" theme
"A Boy Named Sue"
"Night Moves"
"The Situation"
"Superbowl Shuffle"

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it'll be worth it in the end.

You could tell something was up by how many people were coming up on the riser. I mean, if things were going fine, 758 people don't have to come yell "everything is fine" in your ear.


Did you have b-plans for people not showing? Or just went into normal set...

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i knew something was up


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