The Roots are one of the most exciting acts in hip-hop, mostly because unlike many acts they are not insular to hip-hop music. Amongst the musical reference points in last night's breathtaking non-stop 2hour performance were the Shadows, Black Sabbath, The Beatles, funkadelia and hefty chunks of soul, as well as some fantastic inclusions from the history of hip-hop (including grandmaster flash and tribe called quest).
The place was heaving and they rocked big style: extended solos aside, nothing ever sagged and when the musicianship is as fine as theirs, you can hardly blame them for grandstanding with their solos!
Awesome experience!
2 comments:
the roots take me back to high school (i know, im so young) and remain one of the best, illest live shows i've ever seen.
i used to have a big crush on scratch :) was he with them?
Sadly no Scratch, but there was some awesome percussion from the mighty ?uestlove (and an equally mighty afro in the front row of the audience!)
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