Being in the game for SOOOO long, having a pretty flawless catelogue, one of the best live acts in music period and now they have to share the prime time spot with some newbies.
Ive got nothing against Gym Class heroes, but they need to earn the headline.
Fuck it must be frustrating to put in that amount of work for that amount of, time receive internal industry respect and critical recognition but still feel shunned by the record purchasing public.
The Roots opening for Gym Class Heroes sounds like a joke to me. The Roots opened for the Beastie Boys and De La Soul (I think) way back when and now they have to share their stage with these folk.
1. "I Bet That Check Still Clears the Same..." In response to Reply # 0 Fri Sep-19-08 08:20 AM by HIM
In my opinion (disclaimer), I cant imagine that The Roots care first and foremost because, They Agreed to do it and they knew the deal going in. Secondly, I dont see what the big deal is. They are OGz with this live hiphop thing...GCH is not a "threat to the thrown" LEGACYwise...
Third, they prob. didnt take a pay cut as a result of not being sole headliners.
5. "i never like headlining." In response to Reply # 0
NEVER.
(re listen to 100% Dundee to understand my steeze)
check the resume
organix-93 (from the ground up)-94 do you want more?!!???!-95 illadelph halflife-96 things fall apart-99 (the legendary)-99 the roots come alive-99 phrenology-2002 the tipping point-2004 (the roots present...) 2004 homegrown: the beginne
8. "RE: i never like headlining." In response to Reply # 5
but for ur fans if ur always opening for some1 else its like they always get a fairly similar 45 min-1hr set every time. ive always heard of legendary 2-3 hour sets the roots play and ive seen u twice and i basically got the same hour set. i saw u at ucla and then open i saw u open for erykah. now u coming back to play the paliadium and im not going bcuz a) i spent most of money to get the ticket to see jay re-open the place b) i figured it'd be the same set since ur co-headlining
IF O.J. FUCK WITH MY SISTER YOU'LL FIND SOME BLOODY GLOVES AT MY HOUSE
10. "I see that happening immediately after the first show ^^^^" In response to Reply # 6
>...Ain't no way we can rock after them....LOL!...poor kids don't know what their tour managers have gotten them into. i bet this experience will make them that much better next time around tho.
11. "Not adding anything to the original post but...." In response to Reply # 0
I havent received my tix yet that I ordered from OKP presale... any idea who I can tlak to about that, on the contact page it doesnt offer link to who to get at about tickets
14. "they've toured with all those artists" In response to Reply # 13
>see: Jill, Eyrkah, Rahzel, Beanie Siegel, Peedi, Dice, >Maimouna Youssef the list goes on... > >Why not take someone who plays better more relevant music with >you on tour and help fill this gap in great music...
maybe they wanna tour with someone new.
maybe they like gym class
maybe they wanna get heard by a different, younger audience
18. "RE: closing back to back shows..." In response to Reply # 17
i feel that as long as i can see a full roots set... im satisfied... im not a fan of GCH but i have nothin against them... just dont fuck w/ roots set... and 15 why is it that you dont like headlining?
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