phunkdaddy said:

Timmy84 said:

Yeah he's the Face of the Roots...the Afro mainly though.

He may be the mouthpiece for the group as far as the media goes but

i know when i listen to the Roots i'm checking for Black Thought's rhymes.

Any true Roots fan would know.

The musicianship too. Quest and the guys are one of the greatest bands in the business. Black Thought is the star of the show though. He and Malik B. were beasts on the lyrical tip.

the Roots & Common are the 2 rappers that I support 100%,

thanks for the heads up

silverchild said:

Graycap23 said:

What's wrong?

I'm not feeling this one. Seems like they recorded the entire project in 2 days.

Graycap23 said:

silverchild said:

What's wrong?

I'm not feeling this one. Seems like they recorded the entire project in 2 days.

It's not an album for everyone. That's understandable.

Pretty sure this hasn't been posted yet. Here's the Undun short film containing five of the songs from the album. I believe this is an official posting, so it shouldn't suddenly disappear.

http://vimeo.com/32534820

Timmy84 said:

babybugz said:

He has a look.

Right once people saw that Afro, they could give a damn about any other member lol which isn't quite strange in hip-hop: Melle Mel had to share the spotlight with Grandmaster Flash. Plus he's also their spokesperson. I don't think Black Thought is that serious about the spotlight like ?uest is.

?uest is just more 'out there', than Black Thought. He's the geeky, write a blog member of the group in addition to the fro. Tariq isn't going to be commenting for vh1's back to the __'s anytime soon, which is cool. You get to know him through the fire he spits on the mic. They compliment each other and that energy between them is what gives us the Roots vibe.

Oh yeah, Undun is another CLASSIC! They just continue to grow...it's crazy.

I've listened to this about eight times since buying, it's one of their best indeed. It's concise with no filler or unnecessary tricks to make it better, the guest MC's are on point and flow smoothly with the whole story within the album. This is intelligence 101. Being that its an album that you DO have to listen to in one setting as supposed to pick apart singles I won't grant it top status for 2011, for me Amalia is still tops. This is definitely Hip Hop Music for ADULTS, they don't go overboard at all. Nine stars out of ten. *********

silverchild said:

Graycap23 said:

I'm not feeling this one. Seems like they recorded the entire project in 2 days.

It's not an album for everyone. That's understandable.

I'm going to give it more time - it starts off REALLY sleepy, that's for sure. But it does pick up.

not as good as how i got over. kool on is my jam from it