13 Oct
Had to give em props on this one. In a way it kinda reminded me of old Roots shows where they go though a medley of classic Hip Hop tracks with Rahzel. Granted, this was a little on the corny side, but it was still pretty entertaining, and I had throw up a hand up with a HipHop salute when they dropped Tribe, and the Roots own track. Schekitout…
21 Jul
I was watching Jimmy Fallon again last night. As corny as he is, he can’t really go wrong with The Roots. Last night Tom Jones performed Never with the Roots as his band for the performance.
I mentioned it on facebook and twitter as I was watching, and my homie Scharisse told me bout this track he did with Portishead.
Emmanuelle Chriqui was also on the show last night… Yup, she’s pretty hot.
4 Mar
There’s been talk about it on the internet, and last night we finally got to see it. The Roots are on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The greatest Hip Hop band, ever, have turned into a late night talk show house band. Does that mean that we’re not getting a new Roots album anytime soon? I know there’s been talk on the internet about ?uestlove saying that The Roots are retiring from major tours. Sucks for everyone overseas. But when you work as hard and travel as much as these guys have… I think they deserve it. Nothing wrong with a steady gig!
Its cool to see them on TV on a daily basis… and its cool that they’re not just there to play some background music. When Jimmy Fallon decided to “Slow Jam the News”, Black Thought got on the vocals and sang, as part of the bit. Check out the clip below.
Its gonna suck to not be able to see them live as often as before, but at least Jimmy Fallon introduced them properly, by saying “I almost can’t believe how lucky I am…The Roots!” The show opening even gives them a proper introduction by referring to them as “The Legendary Roots Crew”. To top it off, when Justin Timberlake comes out… he just points and says “wow”, while Jimmy Fallon says “Amazing right?” and also mentions that “The Roots can play anything”.
If this doesn’t put the Roots in a mainstream category, I don’t know what will. Cause seriously… at this point… who hasn’t heard of The Roots? Well… I’m sure there might be some people out there that are being introduced to The Roots for the first time, through this show. I figure I’ll share the first time that I was introduced to The Roots. Check out Silent Treatment.