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Originally Posted by noisereductions
the house band thing... too many it's actually really smart. They can do whatever they want. They've got a steady check coming in right? It's a lot like SY buying their own studio.
But that aside, just straight talking music, I'd say this is my fav thing they've done since Tipping Point, which was ultra good and overly slept on and fucking 10 years ago now.
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Yeah, I missed that one. I missed most of what came after "The Seed" because that song absolutely ruined my summer, 2003. What a disgusting and stupid song.
But the Roots were among that first group of hip hop artists that I started to "respect" in the mid-90's. I really liked their first set of albums, and even though I thought they were kind of pussy (not a lot of "parental advisory" on Do You Want More?, and Illadelph Halflife kills but also felt weak compared of the hard production of the gangsta era) they were really high up in my favorite hip-hop groups list until that fucking song.
And them being on Fallon is not, by itself, a negative thing. It's just that it made ?uestlove such a fucking pop culture, VH1 special commentary giving, twitter tweeting bore. I feel like they're a semi -novelty act now , even though I know that's wrong.
Most people know them for Fallon at this point. They're still making albums like crazy but shit, I don't buy them. It's only been this recent one that's brought some of their edge back. I don't know - maybe I'm just hatin' but they used to be known for their music. Nothing else . Not even videos or feuds or anything like that. They sounded organic back when I felt that NOT sounding organic was a bad thing, but they still sound like that more or less.
Kind of like Pearl Jam. What I loved about them in the early 90's was their relentless energy, and their unapologetically lyric/guitar/bass/drum focused music. They were political and primal and they felt like the real deal, even sometimes in comparison to better bands like Nirvana.
Roots had all the same shit going on. And both bands just sound like an experiment in long term sonic mundanity.
But I'm not some roots hater. I just don't care enough for that label to fit me. But I'm glad their new album is compelling and dark and feels like TFA.