Trance Rap Antidote
The Roots f/ Dice Raw, Jazzy Jeff & Peedi Crakk- “Get Busy”
from Rising Down (Def Jam, 2008)
Black thought is still sort of bo****, I hear he’s hard at work on his specialist rhyming dictionary of poetically licensed -al suffixes. Peedi is still a little dusted and/or disgusted (in a good way, I think). Jazzy Jeff is still the best DJ alive. And Dice Raw still has the best lisp since G Rap. But that beat. That damn beat. The direction Quest n’ em are taking this record is really interesting, bringing those Rick Rubin hard synth as sort of a kick in the groin to lilly fairy trance rap. Synths are not just for arpeggiated rave girl bliss. You can start fights to them too. Ask Paul & Juice.
March 5th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
When will BT ever shut up about how “my city isn’t like your city, I’m from the iladelph, blah blah blah blah”? He’s about as much of a philadelphian as I am. We’re probably next-door neighbors and I don’t even realize it. (I’m from the suburbs.) I just find it really vacuous. If you want to go the conscious rapper route, don’t try to boost your cred with incessant references to “your” city’s crime rate.
And that Princess song is stuck on my head. She’s very dull on it though. I liked her on Circles and things, but here she just sounds half-asleep.
March 5th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
essaywhuman??!!?! this isn’t the noz i know. noz doesn’t like the roots. noz doesn’t like okayplayer. i’m disappointed. i want close-minded, gutter noz back.
March 5th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
“If you want to go the conscious rapper route, don’t try to boost your cred with incessant references to “your” city’s crime rate.”
where the roots ever a “conscious” rap group to begin with ???, hardly
will Rising Down be the complete antithesis of Game Theory, i hope so
March 6th, 2008 at 1:21 am
Wow, beat is very hard. Really good stuff. Even though I still don’t really about them The Roots have had a few songs I really liked in the last few years.
March 6th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
“Black thought is still sort of bo****, ”
Way to CYA against Black Thought apoligists
March 6th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
This song is a yawn but the rest of the album is pretty damn dope. I fucks with Black Thought as a rapper, even though his flow hasn’t changed since 1996.
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March 7th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Forgive me, but what is the b-word that Black Thought is? Booty and bitch didnt fit…
March 8th, 2008 at 10:52 am
The beat is boring.
March 11th, 2008 at 8:12 am
Is Questlove the best hip hop drummer ever or the best drummer ever? banging it out. turboooo!!!
March 11th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Are these guys going to be doing this cornball garbage when they’re in their 60s? Audience: the two disgruntled mailmen still left working the outskirts of Keepinitrealzville. Check back in 5 years for the answer.
July 8th, 2010 at 11:46 am
Have you heard Tiestos new single? Its great