My boy VIK over at BioChemical Slang wanted me to drop a kite about how everybody that didn’t make it to Radio City Music Hall for the ‘Roots and Friends’ benefit concerts were all humps, but y’all knew that already.
If you had never seen the Roots crew live it would have been an epiphany for you. For those of us that have seen them many, many, many times it was business as usual. I will veer away from all the other internets reviews by just issuing you some bullet points on both shows. OkayPlayer has more details about the evenings if you still feel like you need to read more about it.
1.] When I am in my 60’s the Roots will be performing at Caesar’s in Vegas, still tearing the roof off the motherfucker. Since I prah’lee won’t live that long I will go to see them every chance I get.
2.] ?UESTLOVE = genius, pure musical genius
3.] I don’t give BLACK THOUGHT too much credit because his flow doesn’t really transfer to studio produced LP’s, but this dude has a beautiful flow on stage and a beautiful mind. Your boy NAS forgot his own damn song and tried to tell ?UESTLOVE to bring the beat back to the beginning. ?UESTLOVE kept on time and BLACK THOUGHT started that nigga NAS song for him.
4.] NAS should prah’lee stop smoking weed since he dropped out of his songs so often, Either he was out of breath or he kept forgetting his rhymes. Let’s get it all in perspective lil’ homey…
5.] TALIB KWELI has shades of G-RAP in his delivery. It’s being too good for your own good. Either that or he spits with a lisp.
6.] COM SENSE = G.O.O.D. (no brokeback)
7.] BADU will be my generation’s LaBELLE
8.] Contrary to what some people say, white dudes are the most generous cats with their weed. They will always share a ‘j’ with you and it is usually some good shit. Blacks and Mexicans(Dominicans, P.R.’s, etc.) are the stingiest weed smokers on the planet. If you ask them for a hit they will look at you like you are a crackhead.
9.] DAVE CHAPPELLE is still the man.
10.] No BUSTA and no Q-TIP?!? After all JAY DEE did for A.T.C.Q. that was a stunning and profound silence not to see any of those brothers represent. Turns out that Q-TIP was in a NYC recording studio with black head pea producer WILL.I.AM. So I guess JONATHON goes from DILLA to WILLA.
Q-tip is a hump. No Brokeback.
thanks for the “talking points” style review.
i’m glad others feel the same way about black thought.
nas forgetting lines….let’s hope it’s because he’s puttin in to much work with dj premier puttin together his new lp.
i’ve given up on talib “conscious” kweli.
common, overrated last-album, but he knows how to put on a show.
busta is full o shiite. he’s had two friends die untimely deaths recently, and he hasn’t done anything. shame.
here’s hopin chapelle finds a venue to be himself.
you lucky bastard.
peace.
Nas has been doing craptacular shows for years…I will be up in Ceasers when I’m 60 “throwing my cane in the air”.
Word?
The show was hot like that?
I heard Jay-Z came out on the second night.
At this point in my life I need to see him in concert.
oooh man, you are so right on that weed tip! (#8) and i know you not even hatin’ just statin’…