The Roots What They Do

[leopardseal1]

Not often Hip Hop is prepared to laugh at itself. Brilliant track and video.

[LowKeyAus]

Woah, The Roots sold out to Illuminati too!?! Very subtle, and they kept some integrity unlike Lil Wayne or Jay Z, but still Illuminati since What They Do.

Check it out son.

[REDBONEsouth]

MORE THAN A CLASSIC AS LONG AS HIP HOP IS HERE THIS VID WILL BE PERPETUAL

[DreezStation]

Lol, love this video.

[jTapia93]

The first line already speaks the truth, luv this song

who was the guy in *How does he always get in these videos*

[Ricky80838]

Luv this album...illadelph halflife. Thats mad skill right there. Much respect for the roots

[Ipunch1st]

What they do...

[eastrnboardrboi]

This beat is ABSOLUTE fire!

[fanxeddiereymysterio]

Are they dissin Digable Planets with that open mic scene?

[eph26er]

AWESOME!

so glad someone posted this WITH captions, the brilliance is lost without them.

unless you understand the roots at this time frame.

thanks

[Jay0929]

I thought The Roots sold out when I first saw the video without the captions However, when I heard the chorus "Never do what they do," then I understood. Great song, Keep it real!

[ladymadagascar]

This is the truth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ralphrules8]

i want to live in ?uest love's hair

[riphmailtonfan]

omg finaly i found the clasic video. i just wasted alot of time lookin for this but it was all worth it love this video alot of meaning to it

[86kinky86]

one thing that bugs me is that it looks like its summer, chicks are dancing in swimsuits and these guys are dressed as if it was FREEZING.

[lolyougotpwned]

I love this Video and the Roots so much. They aim for a more educated society with the lyrics they write and realize whats wrong with hip-hop and rap while others simply ignore it and continue to try and make bank. This is true hip-hop

[skuff22]

thats just chillin and listen

[OUSooners03]

Hardest video to find on Youtube

[riphmailtonfan]

@OUSooners03 by far!!!!!!!

[solomonjazz]

This song will never get old. Classic.

-Solomon Jazz

[kinro2]

Fuck  Hip Pop!

[blackstar21595]

love the captions LmAo

[LouisJr]

running from what?...lol, (yeah right) lmao! cool ass video bruh

[Skidhblanir]

LOL severe butt cramp 

[CommentingApple]

the dude twirling the drum stick then catching it wrong and fixing it like wtf is too funny

[Kennedy1345]

the captions make so much more sence

thank god i found this :D

[MsRiley1980]

Good song and message. Sadly, it's more relevant now than it was 14-15 years ago.

[kokangsx]

WHy are they so much underrated,,,,is the drummer name Questlove???

[landefeldfilms]

@kokangsx Well, Jimmy Fallon put them on national TV, so it only took 20 years to get a little shine.

And ?uestlove is the drummer- best afro in the game

[kokangsx]

@landefeldfilms oo thnx fo the info....they were in jay's concert..in the garden....dat was ausum...they call themselves illadelphonics...i guess...

[TheSunRisesInTheEast]

One Love !!!! Real Shit !!!!

[xPirus26]

genius video...even better sound

[koakopskillah]

excelent video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrGraz20]

Finally.. with captions haha that took forever to find

[newjackcityuk]

listenin to the roots with a phat j.

life is good!

[ALuvLikeNoOther]

I love this song and this video. This is like one of the funniest videos I've ever watched because it's a paradoy of everything a hip-hop video is supposed to be. Brilliant. The Roots are just brilliant artists.

[pathduck]

Too bad the sound's out of sync... :(

[pathduck]

Captions yay!

[SuperMarcus29]

vevo sucks they dont the funny caption

[caramella831]

certified classic right here...one of my fave hip hop joints ever

[PAHZAZZ]

right!fuckers

[mcbublick]

lovin the captions. this need to be on vevo.

[TheHiddenAnswer]

the opening verse by black thought here is rapping at its best

[DikDazTardly]

this video (with captions) is almost as hard to find as the full length big daddy kane "show and prove" video! if anyone has found that send me a message by the way! nice 1

[Stampit88]

kids today who think they know hip hop should take this message instead of all the horrible stuff that's out there these days.

[tswagg504]

hopefully Vevo won't butt rape this video like they do any other old school video that's hard to find.

[bulluni]

@tswagg504 true!

[Chtud]

so true....the captions make it one of my favourite hip hop videos ever.....

DROP .....pharcyde.,...is better i think.....

but i dont want to compare apples with pears:)

[21Everth]

Excellent song and even better video. Why in the other videos you find here in youtube there's no captions?. Without the captions the video actually loses all sense

[fearmytigerstyle]

because the captions are true and if a channel like vevo shows it they attack themselves because most of their videos follow these lines lol

[Putnegre]

I know and im pretty sure that The roots not really happy with it. The captions is the whole purpose of the vdo!

[sweety2285]

@21Everth Thats so true, With out captions it looks like another normal hip-hop video. Years later, videos never seem to change.

[argh1989]

@21Everth It would be hard in the beginning but one would still be able to get it after a while (see the drum stick fail, or the "car on a trailer" for instance).

[UndergroundResidu]

yes it was

[jwatwater]

finally, one w/ the captions :)

[cillycilla1985]

LOL. yea i know, that was hard to find wasn't it?! ;)

[LammAIRskitten]

PHAT!