The Roots - Rising Down

[jwheyer]

Definitely the illest band I've seen live..

[MalcolmHeardSB]

Hello Hello Hello Quest love!

[t3ch420]

i swear the was a video for this

[SecularAnimist]

"It don't matter how your gates is latched, you ain't safe from the dangers jack!"

That line sums up the global clusterfuck beautifully

[MrTryfe]

Styles P killed it, shit goes hella hard. Mos Def ill, Black Thought too ill

[ahmed12345678900]

i dont really listen to the roots.. anyone know any songs similar to this?

[Onkojaque]

@ahmed12345678900 I think Don't say nuthin is kind of similar to this one, although The Roots have countless amounts of sick tracks. You should definitely dig very deep.

[jwheyer]

@ahmed12345678900 so many good songs.. this whole album was great.. check out their greatest hits... never do what they do... great song relaxing

[KaiL3127]

this is the best roots song IMO

[wasteman99]

could u say HELLO or could you say that 'HELL IS LOW'? Am i a Nigga Or a Negro(w).. come on man styles p man...

[mecsoljae]

Lil wayne's (lil wayne can be used to symbolize commerfcial garbage rap as a whole)self loving music < Real hip hop

[BrotherAliShuffle]

It don't matter how ur gates is latched, you aint safe from the danger jack!

[TheWutang69]

if yall want too no why people hate on "supposabally" lil wayne is beacause there trying to say fuck the mainstream and lilwayne is the mainstream nowa days but i completley agree this is some true hip hop this is the shit im about

[altarsofmadness]

hey hey hey Lil Wayne, take notes, BITCH This is fucking hip hop

[TheWutang69]

thats the true sound

[eachneverydaynosleep]

Mos Def and Black Thought >>>

[ArturoYamashita]

The Beat! The Drums! What the roots makes alive is his raw beat especially.

[mannymra]

Dope!

[suhaybhafiz]

LOVE MOS DEF. Strongest track on the album.

[addressingallproblem]

i need diss beattttttt

[inmylifetime]

BLACK THOUGHT describing really whats goin in the world March 11th 2011. His verse like forsaw the tragedy smh

[ecko4192004]

hello hello hello hello!

[kefindifidofo]

MOS DEF!!!

[Mosqn]

dope track

[laraisonmeme20]

yes it is



[rateb08]

is that mos def at 0:20?

[BBoy2Galoo]

@rateb08 yeh

[FR1TZmoney]

first time i heard this track i was stuck behind a accident on bklyn bridge burnin a realxin cig..since then my FAV SONG niggas.. styles p kills this shit

[SuperSonicPsykic]

Who is the first one that raps cause he kills it.

[brianl34]

@SuperSonicPsykic He MOS DEFinately did

[SuperSonicPsykic]

@brianl34 Thanks, I liked the hint.

[theforceanator]

love this song

[iaintmadatcha]

O My ! Legendary Rap right Here !

[0bs3s]

@iaintmadatcha hiphop

[Maliceyee]

sickk beat, love this

[mvdiablo]

Who tha fuck dislikes this? It's a perfect mix right here.

[rjunahiphop]

perfect blend of street and intellect

[camelface1]

@rjunahiphop For sure.. That balance is hard to find that's what makes The Roots my favorite group.

[misterkeph]

hello, hello, hello, hello....

[winjose805]

"The engine oil purr, lights flash to a blur. Speed work through the earth make your motor go scurrr" fucken love that part a lot......real hip hop

[KnockoutNed1]

@winjose805 me too! and "bone gristle poppin from [continuous grindin]"

[CrystalTrees5mcs]

Blackthought is my absolute favorite MC! Every verse my lid is flipped f*Ck!!

also one of the best Styles P verses ive heard solo.

This album changed my life, i just got it wow.

<3 thanks for posting.

[misterkeph]

the first verse is Mos Def

[wiIlEEum]

giving hip hop life support

[yondaimesweet]

@wiIlEEum mos def can be the I.V.

[goony11]

mos def so siccccck...

[GodsS0N1]

This is one of my favorites on this album!!

[WhyIdonTlikeYou]

awesome .. Finally some decent hip hop !

[DerrickJeromeM]

If you want to hear some fresh tunes, check out my music. The new voice of the West. Fresssshhhhh!!

[lindaab229]

This is soul!!!!!

[SuperhelterYNWA]

@lindaab229 Oh yes!!

[SuperhelterYNWA]

hell yeah!

[adprokid]

Heavy track

[siin830]

You know that people who listened to hip hop in the 90's are tru hip hop heads. Even

people like mos def, Tribe, roots and others that are supposed to be underground were liked by mainstream listeners.

[nonfickshun]

And it's hard to claim the land when my great-great-great Grands were shipped to it.

I may have slept on Styles P.

[blingting]

its mos def feat. mos def

[blaccstacy]

@hiphopbop16 that is mos def.....stupid

[Great0ne1]

@hiphopbop16 Get your ears checked

[CheezZzZzZzo]

Everything's for sale even the souls ...

true one, dope track 5/5!

[SilentBombr]

This sent shivers down my spine the first few times I heard it, still does.

[warfakaneopets]

grapes of wrath

in a shapely glass

ingredients influential on your ways and acts

damn

[Nutterbutterz95]

Oh hell no. Is that Mos Def I hear?

Just made the song better.

[ateekoonz]

tré fort,,real song real instrru

[2cland]

The ROOTS! are the TRUTH!

[warfakaneopets]

dis song goes hard

[ecanelon]

mos def homie

[5Sam94]

ismellcake06

hip hop is at risk of death becouse of new wak rappers every1 from 50 to drake are devouaring hip hop and rap( with a few exeptional rappers)

[5Sam94]

one of the Greatest rap/hip-hop songs ever 5/5 just perfect.

[0nLin3187]

deep shit 6/5!

[libya22008]

i love the roots they are real hip hop!!!

[norulez7]

a yo does anyone know where i can get this instrumental??

[wuoaschi1]

der track ist absolut gelassen, entspannend und ausserdem sehr bewegend...

[urbn1nja]

This song is so damn sick

[ismellcake06]

PlymouthRock313 whats wrong with a new, diff look hip hop has?

if niggas did the same shit they did in the 90's then no one would care cuz they just recycling..

[jwoodard79]

Hip Hop at its finest!

[PlymouthRock313]

With the state of the game as it is, I've been forced to stock my car with cds from the mid-late nineties.  Nice to be able to hear SOME current music like this and Killer Mike's 'The Devil is a Lie' that give hope to the world.

[mifster83]

love it

[bilusm95]

fukin 2 all da peeps lisening 2 lil wayne n 50 cnt u lot unda stand itz dis shit dats real fukin hip hop & @ itz finest i fucks wit dis

[FiascosFreshness]

This is MUSIC!!!!

[hiphopsoccer1]

this is "organic music for u digital thieves"

[crayyawn]

def's verse gave me fucking chills. dopest shit ive heard in mainsrteam hip hop in probably 10 years

[jamieldnnn]

yall a bunch of oldskool fagits

[hetzyhetz]

hahaha. you wouldnt know real hip hop if it smacked you across your lil wayne rappin lips

[Johnnyteti012]

@hetzyhetz yee im with you foo

[Quikster220]

@hetzyhetz and because you listen to The Roots you are suddenly a pro and know real hip hop yourself? get real, you don't know no better... ridin other artists dicks dont mean you know whats what...

[BitHarmony]

@Quikster220 Well, considering Lil Wayne sucks, he might be on to something.

[Quikster220]

@BitHarmony on the right path....

[rayallen0]

@hetzyhetz whats the point of bringing up wayne. u gotta discredit one artist to uplift another? i mean wayne has nothing to do with anything and u must have an unreasonable obsession filled hate about him to mention him in a roots vid.

[will11167111]

why wont it let me give another thumbs down godammit

[cammidycam12345]

wow you are officially the lamest fuck i have found on youtube, and thats quite a big call youngin.

[BillyBananaz619]

Your are jut another product of Bushanominics.

[mictightener]

Peace TFAAPS Love every last first.

[trannen]

Phukn Jonblaze shyt son!!!!!

[songotenz02]

With hip hop like this, who needs all that mainstream trash?

[meanyjack]

I definitly agree THEY should be on top of the charts instead of so much poor fake RnB shit! their studio tracks are great but on stage it's just a massive wacks destruction they propose. As usual real musicians make the difference. Respect to Quest love and the entire roots band. Legendary!

[trannen]

Fa sho my dude, this is muzik wit substance!!

[gjt86]

Weezy fucks babies

[danielzorila]

hip hop aint dead

[subwayyeatfresh]

oohh shit <3

[Gangstal0ve]

NICEST.

[snm3000]

honestly, I like the roots where they are. With no radio play, no money grubbing execs corrupting them, the roots continue making good music. Fuck the money, it's all about the quality.

[kcad541]

rising down, carter 3, and untitled (nas) this best year for hip hop in my eyes in a long time

[poppinsquirtle]

man,plz do not even put weezy's name along with the roots and nas, weezy does not belong with them, im sorry but i just dont see the "art" in the lollipop that he puts out, and trust me i have homebois that force me to listen to him, i still think hes garbage,even just his voice is like so annoying

[Nitt003]

@kcad541 that isnt nas its styles p

[Crazy88Gorilla]

Breath of fresh air. Music with purpose! Rock Rock On!

[JHengst3]

hello to you people this is hip hop.. mos, p, and black thought.. oh for sure, and I copped the album the day it dropped and only took it out to put in that new NAS..

Roots are legendary people, get it straight..

[kapajita9]

these r what i call hiphop stars.fuc ya'll niggaz.shiiiiit!

[celloO90]

i like

[FromFlushingtoMarcy]

I hadn't heard this track in a while. Good stuff.

[CrisisHipHop]

whoa are you guys unfamiliar with rap, that third verse was obviously styles p, dice raw doesn't flow or sound anything like that, what's wrong with you dudes, and the first verse was mos def, wow listen better clowns

[BobGarbo]

I haven't bought a CD in years, but I just bought this one, I think it's about the best album I own. Amazing.

[bratboy187]

I LOVE DIS SONG

[Lightning1823]

if only this was what they played on the radio and not hurricane chris and soulja boy crap.

[detroituntilidie]

amen

[redrocket009]

amen amen

[desi1987]

true. Its what the majority of people want tho,and its "whats hot" and at the end of the day that is what makes money which is all the record companies and radio stations care about. Sad

[karoloandria]

not is soulja boy, is mama's boy

[bboybaroo]

anybody know what the guitar sample is

[ad1000z]

dont know what its from originally but masta ace used it b4, the music man. (think it was masta ace n.e. way)!!

[DatDudeDEnd]

this just make all those commercial ass rapping faggots look wack as fuck

this shit to beyond raw!

[AzTrojan44]

this is what hip hop should sound like

[JimmyD4288]

these guys are far more than hip hop even....... this is great MUSIC

[raymond837]

the beat is so gutter. rhymes are hot too. i fuckin love this shit

[tenderloin360]

damn......gutter under the crackhouse with roaches beat.

[fjones1914]

Don't they have a song on the Hancock soundtrack? I thought I heard The Roots as the credits were rolling?!?

[cardebaun12]

Yeah It was Here I Come from Game Theory

[fjones1914]

Good lookin' out cardebaun12. I'll have to go get that album ASAP. The last Roots album I bought was "The Roots come alive".

Long overdue!!!

[warrior92992]

I havn't heard a verse that good from mos def since he was in blackstar, HOLY SHIT!

[neutron41]

this is some gritty down and dirty hip hop, true roots style

[ghodsonic]

100/10 =O

[shhhaaaddd]

wow....wow...too crazy..too many layers...black, mos and ghost killed it!!!!!!!

[kakalak165]

yes the layers...

[warrior92992]

Just one thing, the third verse is Dice Raw(an underground guy from philly) not ghostface, good song though

[shhhaaaddd]

third verse is styles p tha ghost

[Brost31]

I think the third verse is by Styles P and that the chorus is done by Dice Raw.

[th1snme1sn0tTakn]

3rd verse is styles p nigga

[God7son]

Mos Killed this s**t!!! "Bone gristle popin from continues grindin"

Someone get God on the phone. Lol

[kaziersouze]

word!

[Volckening]

An amazing album, I love the direction the Roots are going.

[daavis21]

i like the roots music!

[kakkikakkikakki]

I also am making PV. Please look my tube

Song>The Seed 2.0

[stumpycandle]

does TheSHred91 suck dick?

[micguevara]

By far the best hiphop record of 2008,i love the roots and i think this could be thier best album ever,this track is insane

[awsides]

this shits is tight. Black Thought spits some fire!

[Basslayer007]

The Roots do it again...Awesome Track

[chikenchika93007]

j'aime trop l'instru!

[hypovereinsbank]

the beats of the roots are awesome

[betocupey]

this is track a lil bit too ill..wich is perfect!

[skyler2dope]

dope song man

[rebelrebirth]

I heard this song in my friends car on Sirius fm. fucking amazing. I wish they gave this kinda hiphop on fm radio. fucking beautiful track, once again.

[benandreas369]

um...lupe too right?

[deadmenwalkin91]

I was drinking half of my usual last few weeks just to save up some cash for this album. I damn hope it's worth it!

the track sounds quite good but I hope there's more of questlove's drums.

To all these, who already got the album: do the roots still sample so much or maybe use guitars again?

[drinks2muchbeer]

Fukkin sic jam

[CrisisdienstRecordz]

the roots stayin real

[epic8]

blown whistle poppin' from continuous G-R-I-N-D-I-N'!

[RBGdUP]

bone gristle, not blown whistle lol.

[SmackYoDumbAssss]

Best Hip-hop album out in stores right NOW!

Straight up, no chaser.

[CrisisdienstRecordz]

this is one the best new REAL hiphop trax dope

[dopadelic]

By the way, they really stepped back up with this album. Extremely recommended.

[crazyfrogs12345]

thanks

[crazyfrogs12345]

can anyone give some hip hop that is worth checking out. i've heard: a tribe called quest, dizze rascal, eminem.

[d4j0k3r]

gza - liquid sowrd

raekwon - only built 4 cuban linx

the roots - do you want more?

the roots - illadelph halflife

mos def - common - talib kweli - masta ace

IAM - L'école du micro d'argent (for some french hip-hop)

etc...

[dopadelic]

Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens Pharaoh Monche - Desire Nas - Illmatic Crown City Rockers - Earth Tones Digable Planets - The Rebirth of Slick Black Sheep - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing Queen Latifah - Black Reign Black Moon - Enta Da Stage Common Sense- Resurrection NYOIL - The 9th Verses MF GRIMM - Scars and Memories Jeru the Damaja - Wrath of the Math ...... actually, let me just list some rappers worth checking out. Hold that thought.

[dopadelic]

@crazyfrogs:

Guaranteed you will find something you like:

Gangstarr, J Dilla, Public Enemy, The Roots, Rakim, Redman, Ahmad, Aceyalone, Aesop Rock, Devin The Dude, Del The Funky Homosapien, Pep Love, Hieroglyphics, Heavy D, CL Smooth, NINE, Blackmoon, Heltah Skelta, Boot Camp Clik, O.G.C., Cypress Hill, NYOIL, Blu & Exile, K-Solo, Pharaoh Monche, O.C., Ras Kass, Saafir, Common(sense), Talib kweli, Mos Def, Gift of Gab (Blackalicious), SuperNatural, Immortal Technique, Atmosphere, Eyedea,

[KuhnsKing]

Yeah atmosphere, eyedea, immortal technique are dope. Try out Jurassic 5, they are sick. Jedi Mind tricks is good too. Sorta like immortal technique.

[dopadelic]

..(Cont)MF DOOM, MF GRIMM, Kool Keith, Shock G, Myka9, PEACE, Abstract Rude, MC Juice, Rhymefest, Pharcyde, Lord Finesse, Diamond D, Andre Nicotina, KRS-One, Madlib, Swollen Members, Too Short, Keith Murry, EPMD, Kool G Rap, Naledge, AZ, Nas, Dres, De La Soul, Lyrics Born, Latyrix, Lupe Fiasco, Chino XL, Leaders of the New School, WuTang, Jurassic 5, Zion I, Funkdoobiest, Lords of the Underground, Dead Prez, Large Professor, Jeru The Damaja, Bahamadia, Mystik... that's all I can think for now.

[demnow2]

Check out The Cunninlynguists, One Be Lo, Binary Star, Little Brother, Atmosphere, Blue Scholars, Evidence, Paris, K'naan, and The Living Legends

[StepIntoTheRealm]

when yall gonna stop talking about other rappers and actually say something about this hot ish

gosh everyone just says "lil waynes hot or sucks" everyone know that yall listen to that lollipop song and other kids be sayin that lupe sucks then how come everyone rocking his clothing style ITS ALL HYPOCRITICAL

[idiotkrati]

This shitt is the real shitt!!

[realhh4e87]

love this shit...what i expected from the iledelphia crew

[bassmanjr14]

this song is too ill. can't wait to get the new album

[mocoking]

yea man f lil wayne its all about that lyrical true hip hop ish not getin hoes and cars and drinkin syrup. lupe is keepin hip hop alive thoe along wit the roots, common, talib kweli, mos def, and wale, that may jus b me thoe cuz im from the DMV area, but yea thats that

[D5L2]

fuck lil wayne fuck lupe fuck all the t pain hip hop shit where all they do is brag about fucking girls, cars, cribs, etc. this song is awesome.

[rick1n]

did you just hate on lupe cuz you think he brags about his cars/girls? i hope you didn't

[realhh4e87]

no becuase he's a fake muslim and only sounds good by comparison to whats popular today

[rick1n]

i agree he aint the best and makes alot of medioker tracks, but he sure is a great rapper compared to whatever. just listen to "gotta eat". and who the f*ck are you to comment his belives?

[yaboytreyy]

Dats true except Lupe