Pros: Fantastic musicianship, soulful grooves, socially aware lyrics, dope emceeing. Cons: "Atonement" makes me want to go take a nap.
They've been going at it for well over a decade at this point, and it's safe to say that unlike the qualitative trajectory of many rap artists, The Roots have gotten better as they've gotten older. When they started out, they were a relative ...
Pros: Tight flow, great beats, and Radiohead makes a cameo! Cons: Final tribute to Dilla is sweet, but it's a difficult listen.
Oh, the hunger. My time listening to hip-hop music is still relatively short compared to most of the decent hip-hop writers here on this site, or anywhere, for that matter. As such, I'm still looking for what it is that I find appealing, what it is ...
Pros: Fiercely paced, diligent, militant, angry and joyful - the Roots at their most powerful Cons: You might find yourself gasping for breath when it's over.
First, a quick lyric by the illustrious Mr. E of Eels from his song “Last Stop: This Town”: You’re dead, but the world keeps spinning Take a spin through the world you left It’s getting dark, a little too early Are you missing ...
Pros: Genre spanning music, brilliant lyricism, laden with soul Cons: B'ah, take your cons and shove 'em
So there we were, driving down the road. The sky somewhere between daylight and starlight. The leaves between summer and autumn. My mom staring down the endlessly sea of concrete, nodding her head to the “Love Actually” soundtrack; me staring out ...
Pros: Terrific lyrics and messages, energetic and focused. Cons: A few insignificant, interlude-ish tracks
There are a lot of underground artists that are unafraid to be enigmatic, but the Roots are one who have always had that in them, regardless of where they are as a group. You could probably count on your toes the number of fans who weren’t skeptical ...
Despite what critics might have said about their two previous efforts, true hip-hop heads know that the Roots never fell off. On their seventh studio ...More at Buy.com Marketplaces
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