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Reacting to "Things Fall Apart" by The Roots (Patreon)

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2023-02-03 23:15:09
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Anonymous

Bob, the thing that you have to put into perspective is that The Roots are not only a band, they're also a collective of battle rap MCs...Black Thought, Malik B., the "extended family" of Dice Raw and Rehani Sayeed (and even the guests Mos Def and Beanie Sigel) were all essentially competing with each other to come up with the best battle rhymes. A big component of battle rapping is dissing your opponent and explaining why you're a dope MC lol, and this album came out at a time when hip-hop was becoming highly commercialized with watered-down lyrics and beats, and a lot of MCs started wearing shiny suits, colorful attire (such as Coogi sweaters), etc...which is why "soft" MCs are referenced throughout the album. "You Got Me" was huge because it had a phenomenal music video (which you should check out), had tons of radio play, and won a Grammy...it was the song that broke The Roots into the mainstream (ironically, as they had more of an underground aesthetic).

Anonymous

You'll have to be patient with Black Thought as an MC...on all of these early Roots albums, he always has at least one or two DOPE storytelling tracks, which are always worth the wait.

Anthony Almandeto

It's important that this group in 99 was trying to compete with what people decided was the new hip hop, it turned over a page where people became more abstract. You are going to be happy when you here "How I Got Over" and even "Game Theory" --- that's all messaging instead of just influential music at a certain time

Tim Marlowe

Must watch their videos of the singles:

Tim Marlowe

https://youtu.be/qm7Xt2Qsjcg

Tim Marlowe

https://youtu.be/MJCHeEQV454

Tim Marlowe

Here's the live version of You Got Me feat Jilly from Philly:

Tim Marlowe

https://youtu.be/_TuspAezYBI

FuzzyDunlop

To respond to your opening rant/thoughts.. WATCH THE WIRE

FuzzyDunlop

Dave Matthews feat Derek Trucks, Lie in our Graves is the best thing I've heard in a while, since you mentioned it.

Mason

bob are you ever going to do asap rocky? He is a cornerstone of why rap is the way it is today and you have gone 2 years without hearing a single song by him. His album "At Long Last. ASAP" is extremely good and has multiple themes you would enjoy dissecting on it.

bobthepoppop
>>101302401

I need to, for sure. There are still a lot of artists I haven't even heard yet, which is pretty wild when you think about it

Anonymous

Bob please more Earl! His next album is brisk, dark, grimy, and addictive, with bars sharper and more mature than in his early works. I think it's gonna be one of your favorites.