The Roots- The Fire Remix ft. B.o.B and John Legend

[5knapp5]

Good song. Reminds me of Fight Nigh Champion :D

[DJRobBello]

BOB is tight, love the flow, but black thoughts lyrics and flow are God like

[K1LLERBEE11]

i rather listen to the original

black thought >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bob

[jdubs079]

B.o.B is a sick ass rapper. He may be mainstream, but that doesn't mean he sucks... not even close. He's actually got "The Fire" and if you don't hear it then maybe u should pick a new genre...

[sndsam]

1:50 - 2:34



[ZakBeatz]

@ArbyWanKenobi The roots are shit?!? yeah im not a fan of B.O.B but wow I dont know if your really narrow minded or you havent heard The Roots old stuff, Illadelph halflife is one of the best Hip Hop albums ever made imo. Black thought is without a doubt one of the most underrated rappers thats ever entered mainstream music.

[704Squidward]

@ZakBeatz He said The Roots ARE the shit.. not the Roots are shit.

[TheStudio82]

B.O.B Rips this song!

[MrKoty87]

very good song. and game too ;))

[Yagotem]

Real Tight

[dannywhittick]

Fight Night Champion !!!!! Im not a hip hop guy but this song still f****g awsome!!

[NextSundance]

@ArbyWanKenobi

1) This song isn't faggy mainstream bullshit. It's not Bieber, Gaga, or Kanye, or Wayne or anything like that. If The Roots are bullshit, then Jay-Z is a rookie.

2) Underground is not automatically better because of the fact it is underground. Though I would agree that there is a dilution of good rap on the radio, Lupe and Kanye still rap at a pretty high level, as well as Eminem.

3) My favorite artists are Lupe (mainstream), Blu (under), and Slaughterhouse...

[TehMightyMilkshake]

@NextSundance

I wouldn't really call Lupe mainstream. He is big, but not really mainstream.

Agreed on everything else.

[Client312]

Wow... Bob absolutely RUINED one of my favorite songs ever....

[mhdoggful]

best I've hear in years AND THUMBS UP 

[alexisNYK1]

original>than this

[ajiceman007]

god i fuckin hate bob

[MrReman23]

@ArbyWanKenobi Mainstream?! Are you kidding me?!

[ztme07]

original is better

[ollimadgwick]

fight night champion! :D

[TJones2013]

B.o.B is amazing for this song!

[MrPiffery360]

LMAO!!! Whos the 5 year old that said this is mainstream?!?!?! WTF are you smokin, you obviously dont know the first thing about music!!

[iowa7591]

this song is fire, no pun intended.

[laurinjal14]

I only like B.O.B's part <3

[punisher606]

@laurinjal14 you miss are in need of some medication. I prescribe more ROOTS!!!

[laurinjal14]

@punisher606 shut up man.I did not ask you to comment OK !

[mrskywalkerr]

@laurinjal14 lol nobody asked for yours either fool

[laurinjal14]

@mrskywalkerr fuck off bitch

[PeterLeNigerian]

Could you give me the instrumental of this song?

[aHoodieWearer]

realest shit I've heard in a long time. 

[khris89]

wtf the original kills this lol, b.o.bad

[ishallnever15]

Btw this remix sucked. I rather listen to the actual song.

[xterrorizinboys88]

FIGHT NIGHT CHAMPION 

[Logicalpsycho2323]

FUCKED UP THE SONG. UR LIKE ALL TEH OTHER REMIXIN; DOUCHEBAGS MESSIN UP CLASSIC HIPHOP

[DanDanTheBassman]

So you throw in one shit verse, take out one AMAZING verse, and you call it a remix? Fuck that.

[ehmazin]

Prefer the original

[nick13james]

illest song ive heard in awhile

[DatDudeMike09]

B.O.B Killed Dis...Love This Version then the original....But ITS a Good Song Anyways

[aLeXtHeAliEnCaSh]

John Legend and The Roots are great enough but then with some B.o.B on here too, this is one of my favorite songs right now.

[jnugiel]

Dis Track iz on Fire!

[franksguterjunge]

Nice to hear from B.o.B but he doesn't really fit in this.

[Lyingaboutmyage]

@franksguterjunge

I think that's why it works. They could always get Common or Dice Raw to rock over this. I like the fact they got someone a bit different.

[KoolKabob23]

To all the haters out there...B.o.B is one of the few real honest rappers out there right now. So look him up a little before you decide to bash on him. Btw, his verse in this remix was sick. He went out on this one.

[ArbyWanKenobi]

@KoolKabob23 I fail to see how B.o.B. is honest, or real.

Not to mention how he deserves to work alongside The Roots and John Legend.

[KoolKabob23]

@ArbyWanKenobi Oh really now? Go look at any of one his mixtapes. Go look up any of his songs right now. I'll be in the Sky, Generation Lost, No Man's Land, Dying to Live just to name a few. Then come and talk to me.

[ArbyWanKenobi]

@KoolKabob23 I did, still fail to see how he's even in the ballpark of these artists.

Especially seeing other people The Roots have worked with.

[BalouchzZz]

ThIs is SOng Of my best days !!

[theonewhochillsout]

BT is nasty..

[TomMurphy2010]

anybody critiquing b.o.b right now hasn't heard his whole repertoire of songs......truth

[ShutTheFuckUp0809]

@TomMurphy2010 IMO his verse was so fucking sick and inspiring... U can tell he has that passion in this verse. Ppl were trying to hate? wtf? LOL.... lame ass niggas.

[robinhofan1]

Black Thought is much better than B.O.B., my opinion.

[MrTimeless28]

Props To B.o.B. For Gettin On This Track Remix.

[RelishDevil]

Everyone who's hating on B.o.B has obviously only listened to the songs of his that made it on the radio....open your mind and listen to his mixtapes and other shit.

[JinjokageS]

When did everyone start hating on B.O.B.? His verse is sick. His album went against the grain. Stop hating on the actual good artists we still have left.

[louisville1fan]

@JinjokageS i agree 100%. B.o.B is killing it rite now. His verse is crazy on this song.

[liviti]

B.O.B. is ass on this track.....the original version with just BT and John Legend is PERFECTION.

[TheNewRapGame]

@ArbyWanKenobi

huh, cool story bro! must be you couldn't read who the song is by. It's right up there in the title. (I know, I know, a lot of reading to do). But good luck looking for your song.

[ArbyWanKenobi]

@TheNewRapGame Thank you for the sincerity and snarky remarks! (As you can tell I'm a huge fan of those :D)

[ArbyWanKenobi]

@TheNewRapGame Oh no, not The Roots, I've got them on my iPod. I'm talking about the shit choice to add B.o.B.

[Cornfry32]

@ArbyWanKenobi Now there I can agree with you on that I have no flipping clue who he is, but he does sound super mainstream. Just un-health and Not positive what so ever. Next you should be a tad bit clear brother.

[Cornfry32]

@ArbyWanKenobi Ok!? What make "The Roots" mainstream Bullshit!? Do you have any kind of proof to back this uncalled for comment.

[Kbrenton]

@ArbyWanKenobi if you consider this mainstream, your proof that hip hop still live.. motha fucka

[ArbyWanKenobi]

@Kbrenton Wait, are you agreeing with me?

[Kbrenton]

@ArbyWanKenobi well i read what u said as a negative comment of the roots version of the fire.. and in my opinion, this track is one of the best songs out there right now

[ArbyWanKenobi]

@Kbrenton No, no negativity on The Roots, only B.o.B, who represents almost everything I hate about mainstream rap today.

The other song I'm talking about is completely unrelated to this song.

[Kbrenton]

@ArbyWanKenobi ohh alright. in my opinion i think b.o.b is actually a great artist keeping this form of music alive as well. that's comparing him to most rappers that are out there nowadays. his lyrics are usually meaningful from what i heard of him. that's just how i see it man.

[ArbyWanKenobi]

@Kbrenton Hmm, you must be hearing something I'm not. All I can say is at least he's no finger-snapping Soulja Boy, but I still think there are better alternatives.

[y2kdestruction]

@ArbyWanKenobi you know what? your a fagg. have a nice faggy day fagbag.

[ArbyWanKenobi]

@y2kdestruction Constructive.

[datoneaznkid69]

@ArbyWanKenobi dude this shit is way better than whatever youre listening to. go back to whatever rock you crawled out form under.

[ArbyWanKenobi]

@datoneaznkid69 Aside from B.o.B. I love The Roots, especially Black Thought (frigging amazing on Def Poetry as well), but choosing B.o.B. for this remix was fucking stupid.

[Lyingaboutmyage]

@ArbyWanKenobi

B.o.B. is one of the best new mainstream rappers out in a while.

[ArbyWanKenobi]

@Lyingaboutmyage Which doesn't say much in the company of Lil Wayne, Drake and Kanye West.

[Lyingaboutmyage]

@ArbyWanKenobi

Kanye West is the shit. His first three albums are great (Talib Kweli called it: College Dropout is a hip hop classic).

Drake isn't a great rapper, but has good songwriting ability and an ear for melody.

Lil Wayne sucks.

Dude it's okay to like mainstream and underground rap. I mean, how many underground rappers claim to "be bringing hip hop back" by doing shit that was played out in the nineties?

Innovation starts in the mainstream just as much as the underground.

[ArbyWanKenobi]

@Lyingaboutmyage No, they were well PRODUCED, steadily going downhill from College Dropout. He was NEVER a good rapper, he's a fairly talented producer, but a TERRIBLE rapper.

From what I've heard, Drake has a ghostwriter, who he should probably fire.

I agree that that old "bringing it back" gets old real quick, but I'd be hard pressed to find THAT much innovation in mainstream.

[Lyingaboutmyage]

@ArbyWanKenobi

If you don't think College Dropout has hot lyrics, then I have nothing to say to you (because I'm probably not going to convince you otherwise). He held his own with greats like Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Common, and Jay-Z. Of course he could improve on his pronunciation and breathe control, but that doesn't mean hes wack. His verse on Two Words is crazy

.

Drake has never killed a verse in his life though. He's kind of jockin Blu's style of rapping (Below the Heavens is dope btw)

[mr3000ts]

@ArbyWanKenobi r u talking about fire by elzhi or elzhi the fire remix?

cuz i cuddent find the one with the roots

i love elzhi and b.o.b is good and how is this faggy mainstream bs?

[ArbyWanKenobi]

@mr3000ts The Elzhi Fire Remix.

And B.o.B. is faggy mainstream bullshit.

[mr3000ts]

@ArbyWanKenobi i wuddent call all mainstream artists bullshit there are good ones like

b.o.b, nas, mos def, eminem, jay electronica, bishop lamont, plan b, lowkey, kid cudi, the roots, john legend, alicia keys, slaughterhouse, j cole,

there are mainstream rock bands that i like, ac/dc, guns n roses, def leppard, motley crue, led zeppelin

and i didnt think b.o.b's verse fit this song very well but it was ok

[ArbyWanKenobi]

@mr3000ts No, not all mainstream artists are shit, but B.o.B. is very shitty.

[aLeXtHeAliEnCaSh]

@ArbyWanKenobi When artists get successful people always say they went mainstream or they sold out.

Go back and listen to B.o.B's EP's and old mixtapes, he's been mixing different genres of music since day one. The music off his album is the same type of music off 12th Dimension, May 25th, B.o.B -v- Bobby Ray and Hello my name is Bob. They all got some elements of Hip Hop, Rock, Pop, and even some Blues.

[ArbyWanKenobi]

@aLeXtHeAliEnCaSh I've heard it, doesn't make him a good rapper.

[SwimmJake]

@ArbyWanKenobi it makes him a great rapper =)

[IKidAcesI]

@ArbyWanKenobi ...your a fagot you fucking twink.

[ArbyWanKenobi]

@IKidAcesI Productive.

[IKidAcesI]

@ArbyWanKenobi Da Bes* Fix'd. :D

[ishallnever15]

@ArbyWanKenobi Go back to jacking off to Miley Cyrus you fucking faggot. Btw, this isn't mainstream you illiterate fuck.

[ArbyWanKenobi]

@ishallnever15 ? Yeah, people who don't like mainstream music jerk off to Miley Cyrus <:(

I love Roots+John Legend, but B.o.B.=Steaming pile of suck.

[urmothersmom18]

@ArbyWanKenobi. If Elzhi is so good why don't more people listen to him? And when more people start to listen to him, won't you be just another person enjoying faggy mainstream music? Don't try to say people don't know what good music is either, because if there's 50,000 listening to this song, and only 6,000 listening to the other one, I'd say the difference of 44,000 people argues strongly against the point I know you would like to make. Good day.

[ArbyWanKenobi]

@urmothersmom18 You could also point to the fact that any given Justin Bieber song has much more views than this song, does that automatically mean it's better?

And mainstream music is characterized not by popularity, but by the distinct sound and lack of awareness. More people would listen to Elzhi if the radio would play him, but why play an artist who hinders your marketing?

[urmothersmom18]

@ArbyWanKenobi Good point brobiwan kenobi

[OrionWSSU]

@ArbyWanKenobi You Faggot Did u See "The" Fire Dumass

[ArbyWanKenobi]

@OrionWSSU "Dumass"? Yes, yes I must be.

[ArbyWanKenobi]

@me421421 Yeah, think before you speak :)

[HueyEscobar56]

@ArbyWanKenobi I'm getting really tired of people calling mainstream BS. Not all mainstream artist are bad and most mainstream artist went from underground to mainstream because they worked their way up there. I bet you that if one of your fav underground artist go mainstream your probably gonna go two-face and start bashing them. Ignorance ain't accepted in music, don't think that just because something is mainstream is BS.

[ArbyWanKenobi]

@HueyEscobar56 No, I wish all of my favorite artists were mainstream. Then mainstream wouldn't suck.

The only mainstream artists who doesn't suck is Kanye West, and I only mean his beats.

[JLJorgenson18]

@ArbyWanKenobi Wow, you are so cool. Thank you for enlightening me and letting me know that The Roots were mainstream. If only I had known what good music was earlier, it would have saved me years of mediocrity

[ArbyWanKenobi]

@JLJorgenson18 The Roots and John Legend are the shit, B.O.B. can suck a dick.

[11djmarky11]

@ArbyWanKenobi you can suck a dick man b.o.b rips it 

[JavonnMOwens]

THIS TRACK IS FIRE

[westchasemaint]

let it burn!!! Legend is the fuckin' shit

[eeedel]

John Legend sounds a LITTLE bit like Anthony Kiedis on this track. I think I bump this track the most out of all the trips on HIGO

[kg21mack]

this song is awesome :)

[Cashprofi]

cooler Kanal, schau doch mal bei mir vorbei :-)

[Shapperson]

XM 45 been playing this a lot recently, sick track!! That's good harmony.

[Jrmcg20]

@Shapperson i dont see why everyone is saying stuff like that yea hes not the normal apperance u would expect on a roots track but i thought his cd was was very good lyricly

[Shapperson]

@Jrmcg20 What does this have to do with what I said?

[iTylah]

@Shapperson Yeah Shade 45:D I loved hearing this on my roadtrip

[busto10]

b.o.b suprized me a lil

[iTylah]

@busto10 Check him on teach me how to dougie REMiX

[jweav93]

@iTylah yeah bob kills in every remix he's in

[THEBARFO]

b.o.b. doesnt have the talent or respect in hiphop to actually do a track with the roots, considering that they're legendary and b.o.b. is horrible.

[KCCheifsFTW]

I love this. But i prefer the original without B.o.B.

[ayoungbape]

fire.

[ProductionzTimeless]

Roots whole new album is FIIIREE

[100elementos]

Who starts rapping after B.o.B.? Sounds so clean!

[TaajAlon]

@100elementos: that's Black thought.

[THEBARFO]

@100elementos black thought? the mc of the roots.... hahaha

[mrdanbob95]

This is the best song I have heard for a LONGGGGG time :D

[lessthanrob16]

The song is fiyya

[ProductionzTimeless]

@lessthanrob16 Absolutely just hope I could make music like this one day.

[simpo931]

great song!!