The Roots - Masters of War

[aimsux3214]

Dylan's songs always sound better as covers lol.

[Hexenschuss007]

dylan is a genius and his lyrics are just amazing and the roots are an incredible band!

[ziggomaticker]

Just another evidence of Dylans genius, syncopated into now...

[TheStoicAgnostic]

:AppalachianMan420:'s comment is such generically perceived bullshit hip hop was first DJs Kool Herc, G.W. Theodore,.. beginning because it sounded dope it's huge and it does do everything but it didn't begin as protest music..WTF?, you pulled that out of no where the commercialized stuff has never been liked much. don't take a little fraction of pop culture hiphop and use that to justify all hiphop that's musical prejudice, lol sorry but the comment is retarded oh, yea The Roots are mega iLL

[sex6cult9revolution]

Of course, you're right that hip-hop's musical lineage begins with people like Kool Herc, but many of the better old school MC's (KRS-one, Chuck D, etc) would tell you that their lyrical inspirations were people like the Last Poets, Gil Scot-Heron and the Watts Prophets.

Maybe that's what the Appalachian dude was referring to... That sort of conscious street rap that made it onto vinyl - that's what I think of when I think early "rap". Not hip-hop, but rap.

[TheStoicAgnostic]

but also you (people) can't select the garbage rappers on the radio and say it's all money, bitches etc. rhetoric if you have not really inspected the depths and lengths of it

hiphop spawned in so many directions

i guess it just annoys me to see people sum it up from such a small fraction

it still exist and it still drops on vinyl

lol, I still buy it

"......went from battle rap to gun talk like we aint notice the change...yeah, right"

[beonnow]

is that black thought singing???

[zuluwarrior]

no that is captian kirk singing tubbing gooding jr on tuba/soosaphone(sp) and ?uestlove on drums.

[Garubolas]

Free Palestine and help defeat the last colonial power on earth

[nevrkenesr]

@Garubolas what about the united kingdom, the Usa? are they not colonial powers?

[babygilbert0]

?uestlove is the man

[AppalachianMan420]

These guys are for real. Hiphop has so much potential, but has lost it's way with booty and bling and bustin caps. Hiphop began as protest music against conditions in the inner cities, but The Roots seem to produce music that protests how other artists have really destroyed the genre with materialism and sexism. They actually have great, original instrumentation and a much strong social conscience.

I'm not a big hip-hop fan - because of the reasons I've just outlined - but Roots are incredible.

[AESOP818]

Then you must not know wassup with real hip hop then..

oh and that video on ur page is the laaaameest shit ive ever seen.. haahh.

[MrFaze5]

@AppalachianMan420 Not all of it is like that man...

[soulbrother8]

Best Dylan cover i have ever heard

[jairosoft]

brilliant! They have done what Jimi Hendrix did to Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower." They now own this song.

[fatbrotha71]

They need to put this on an album...Or have they?? Can't believe they took it there. This gave me crazy chills. Unbelievable. Please come back to Seattle so I can get my dose of your goodness!!

[Mick342]

Great audio

What camera u use ???

[omnivoreguy]

?uestlove is no joke. Seriously. Kirk did great here. I saw them in Denver twice in the same year. They're amazing.

[eagles0515]

wow never thought i'd live to see the roots covering bob dylan. good stuff.

[eeayt]

nice cover. also reminds me of the Doors "the unknown soldier". good thing there seems to be some concience in the USA after all even though you gringos reelected that idiot Bush. Bush hazle un favor al mundo y suicidate hijueputa!

[AlfreJuarez]

Does anybody know the song they are playing from 5:30 til 5:50? It sounds very familiar but I can't figure it out.

[tbean]

The Gap Band - You Dropped the Bomb on Me

[seanhanley1978]

@AlfreJuarez Not sure if you ever figured this out, but since no one answered.. It's the gap band's 'You Dropped a Bomb On Me'

[providenceb]

I saw the roots live in Asia, there stage performance was outstanding.

[kingofthemilk]

Masters of Music.

[thefreehuey]

wait, is that Kirk singing? He's great.

[tgraham3]

yeah it's kirk. i saw them last night... insane.

[bullzeyeno1]

too sick last night.

[Oipunxunite]

Saw them yesterday here at UT's 40 acres fest, it was AMAZING!

[blasphemoustool]

Just saw them last night at UT, it was killer. Best live band I've seen.

[scatterish]

they did this cover at Langerado 08 and it was freakin KILLER.

[am624426]

best live band in music

[madskillz1260]

yeaa Tuba Gooding Jr. haha rode up the elevator with him after their show in Atlantic City

[hotformarina]

drum solo, huh? was it really worth omitting the final verses?

[proffessionalbaddass]

Yes, because ?uestlove is a beast.

[urfavpedagogue]

they didn't ommit final verses, the video just wasn't long enough...the song performed lasts about 20 minutes

[urfavpedagogue]

they didn't ommit final verses, the video just wasn't long enough...the song performed lasts about 20 minutes

[hotformarina]

Ah, I thought it was over because ?uest paused at the end. My bad.

[urfavpedagogue]

here's more of it... search: The Roots Masters Of War Live @ Coachella 2007 Pt 2

[poopiebuggie]

OH SNAP A TUBA. BADAZZ!!!

[ohmercy]

Holy fricking moly!

this is great.

I'd love to see this done at the opeining of a game on sunday football!

whoa!

[solat319]

That is fucking awesome!!!! Always liked them anyway but with this interpretation, they just got a little higher in my book.

[zachp303]

is that cody chestnutt on guitar?

[hodnett53]

no its "captain" kirk douglas. Chestnutt doesn't tour with the roots and was on the seed 2.0 only

[zachp303]

thanx.

[Rshanks22]

I caught this show (well not this particular one) where was this recorded?

[iwasborntorage]

the coachella version is up just look under the roots coachella, its on there

[cpk0110]

I second the notion to put the coachella version up. SOMEONE has to has it!

[DejahVu1978]

This was one of the hottest parts of the show. I caught in DC and I am a BIG ROOTS fan. I am never disapointed when I'm at one of their shows. I drove to Philly just to see them perform and they are even more amazing in their hometown!!!!

[pandorasun6]

i was too hungover to drive to this show. I overdrew my bank account and credit card getting tickets. I'm still upset.years later... nice at least it's here....(sobbbbb)

[kmil319]

I saw this in DC too - with Lupe - The Legendary Roots Crew rocked from beginning to end.

[modestbuddhist]

bless you for sharing this, i have shivers:D roots and dylan, beautiful fusion

[whitelabeldub]

I saw this show in DC and it WAS amazing! One of the best shows I've been to.

[bebitte]

That show was freakin amazing!!! was there and i can only hope to see a show half as good.

[thatsucksdude]

I love The Roots and I love Bob Dylan. Sure hope that The Roots will come to Iceland. Man I want to see them live.

[jerseyrocks]

Thank God for people like THE ROOTS!! Anyone who covers "Masters of War" knows whatz up!! Universal Music! Dylan wrote this in his early 20's! Unbelievable!

[Ariecret2AL]

I saw them a month later at Coachella and this was the highlight of the entire weekend for me. Thank you for putting this up, and if anyone has the full version of them doing this song at Coachella, PLEASE post it!

[AbbottSupreme]

I was at the show and I will never miss a Roots show that is in Montreal. Best concert i've ever been too.

[critzelsworth]

I was there... this was an amazing part of the friggin 2.75hr show. Thanks for the up. Does anyone have footage of the brass band portion with ?uest on the small drum kit?

[kevro13]

nice.. i think this was right before i fainted haha

[dsdao]

thanks, i was at this show.

[jaymtl]

this was the highlight of the concert imo.

[petercockroach]

Thank you for posting this! I was at the show the night before in TO and it was amazing.

[jaymtl]

this was the highlight of the show.