Jah Roots performing "Crucial" in the Moboogie Loft 8-3-07

[nknowledge11]

i wish i could have seen these guys live!

[gotitgoingon314]

Damn what an awesome video, RIP Jah Roots!

[delchubut21]

@gotitgoingon314 are they not playin anymore?

[ruthlessryan54]

jah roots....... you guys are sick man. cant wait to see you live

[dragonskankin]

Anyone who thinks white people can't play reggae hasn't heard Sublime, it's not about the colour of your skin it's whats in your heart and your soul! I for one love Jah Roots, so fuck the haters!

[desmodood1]

Bomb! Josh is in a league of his own. Pure spirit pouring out in front of us. One love.

[kjv0506]

Just dedicated this one to my man on his birthday. Stoked to meet Josh in April.

[XODUS4177]

wasn't the lead singer a contestant on "America's Got Talent"?

[coreykidperson1]

haha ur jaws gift X) haha that shark

[slingshot2009]

Ras Trent

[Ace4326]

im fuckn gone but his voic is like a minde taker hahahaha

[metis201]

The first time my husband took me out our friend played this song for us. It was our song ever after. Love it!

[nicoh0505]

Matisyahu's cousin.

[27thepusher]

Ahhh yeah man, weed, weed, weed. Dude I so fucking high. I wish I lived in Jamaica. I hate being a white man. Legalize it. I live a double standard life so legalize all drugz bro'z.

[khenderson420]

this is seriously my new favorite band its like cas haily and modest-yahoo made a band together. nasty jams please keep them coming

[halfpastisaiah]

@khenderson420 Matisyahu... not Modest-Yahoo. Just lettin you know

[halfpastisaiah]

@khenderson420 @khenderson420 Matisyahu... not Modest-Yahoo. Just lettin you know

[Ajax6154]

so much heart and soul... almost brought tears to my eyes, AMAZING!!!

[CrucialKBabe]

I really love the live version, almost better than the original...so pure

this song is REAL

[larry90944]

what a fuckin class song! lyrics are excellent. peace and unity.

[sebas9232]

the beggining is the same as the guy called gentleman... one of his songs

[sebas9232]

@sebas9232 its called dem gone

[IYESREBIRTH]

its called a riddim, Sizzla also uses it on "Woman I need You" , Morgan Heritgae uses it on "Works To Do" as well as many others. Look up the word "riddim"

[alexafish]

Jjah Roots are aswuome!!!!And the lead seinger is white!!UNBELEVIABLE!!!!!!

[layedout72]

whats being white have anything to do with the music?

[alexafish]

@layedout72 nothing it just amazes me how good he sings

[MrBlackoutagain]

Awsome song!!!

[thegongrasta]

Love all of these Moboogie vids.. So chill

[bja311]

@thegongrasta  way chill

[CerebalDystrophy]

Weed or no weed... this is a great tune.

[slegehunter911]

weed! weed! weed!

[KDubRollerblader]

this band is dumb

[joemac777]

@KDubRollerblader and your a fruit booter!!! lol

[alexspecht]

jah roots was fucking awesome, if you like jah roots check out josh heinrichs and the soul riddim band, i saw them at okc reggae fest and schwagstock, there fuckin awesome

[trueNBAballa]

jah roots broke up awhile ago guys...

[dgrupen12]

what guitars are they playing?

[stonedolives]

great performance

[rootsygirl]

love his voice and great band too, come to holland!

[bartguys]

being rasta isn't just about smoking weed. ignorant ass people on here

[MattDamonQQ]

i would love too see these guys live omg Crazy music fucking rocks

[diasvld]

Say,...isnt the begining just like "Dem gone" from Gentleman? =O

[IYESREBIRTH]

yes, its called a riddim, check it out, its very common in reggae

[Gromlich666]

:O hes right

[JackSheet818]

sick voices.

i think maybe better than

the guy from rebleution

[hyllusband]

Hello. We are a Reggae/Rock band from Miami named HYLLUS. check us out for something new and props to jah roots for this great song.

[mahfudna]

lance music rocco stoneeeee

[beyondtherave1]

Jah Roots, you lads keep the reggae alive and true, keep playin, keep smokin!

"Best reggae band alive bob would be proud!"

Do the world a favour...LEGALISE IT!

[apacheitfc]

sick!

[FABORITO1]

AHHHHH estos manes se dan garra en este tema que buen reggae esto me traslada hasta la lna no tengo necesidad de fumarme un porro para poder viajar esta cancion me hace ir lejor muy lejos que chimba de guitarras swe dan garrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaa son muy buenos ojala sigan haciendo musica asi faboritoart

[mahfudna]

i love jah roots son de lptm from lima peru stoneeee

[purple0zebrah]

puff puffin da herb

[kingstoner13]

Awesome!! Should have used an aucoustic bass though.

[DirtyNachoDipper]

Shame these guys aren't playin anymore for a while. Except Stock 42, Can't wait, always amazing when you hear them playin. Esp in the wonderful September weather at Campzoe! Much love and respect!

[DOM912lin1]

WEED::POWER

[rastazilian]

dope

[wrldwar1691]

Gon get irie to the musical vibrations. Respect

[pirranah]

badass... that is all

[Graceng13]

Josh "Ras Josh" Heinrich

[toastob]

i-ron's raps are sweet and heinrichs awesome voice for the chorus= perfection

[hanalooloo]

no disrespect cause these guys fucken rule but is that the name of the bigger dude on the right?

[toastob]

yeah heinrich is on the right

[ixxxtli]

simply beautiful...

[PadraicSR]

jah roots is tight and chris heinrichs voice is fucking awesome, but i-ron just ruins it for me. his delivery isn't catchy, his lyrics are lame, and his rhymes are weak. 0-3 in that category, but this song is good enough to endure it.

[scarykids619]

okay you can go die

[Shoet29250]

the fuckin best song. fuckin fer sher bra.

[cod4madass]

A W E S O M E I LOVE REGGAE & SKUNK

[sergiosniper10]

Jah extraordinary Roots

[Shoet29250]

the fuckin best song. fer sher bra.

[OneManArmy1421]

fake rastas! cool!

[sleepsr420]

they may not be rastafaris but they said they like to spread the word of jah and promote peace and love and bring good vibes

[comical]

Agreed

[punkster023]

Way better acoustic!!!!!

[BBWMoonsinger]

Much LOVE To the JAH ROOTS!!

PEACE!!

[prixtisa]

His voice is great!

[setjahroots]

I love these guys

[appleseed024]

fuckin love it

[jahmanbobbee]

it`s a very good riddim and for new listeners listen to Gentleman dem gone

[alexspecht]

gods of sound

[BDuBBxBWS]

sounds good acoustic..better than the studio version

[djturn530]

im hooked

[Jtsimss09]

anybody know the chords used in this song?

[bliiblablubb]

It's the same riddim which Gentleman use on " Dem Gone"

At the beginning: Aminor; Gmajor, Fmajor, Aminor, Gmajor,Dminor.

Main part: Amajor,Eminor,Dminor

[nickguerra]

That Bass Guitar sounds so good

[osamabindrinkin40s]

What band is Lucy with Diamonds in? I met her the other day when Jah Roots was performing.

[gadoul59]

please what's the name of the album thanck

[sounding8th]

crucial. it's right in the beginning of the video.

[thebestkeptsecret8]

is there a MP3 of the acoustic version?

[Zrskate38]

yeahhhh jah roots

great song, great band

peaceeeeee

[ziondread]

i prefer the acoustic version to the album version

[cky2kdunn]

hell yeah we smoked bud with josh last 4th.. ha he came over to his cousins place and i went to school with em all. but that was some funny shit we did that week..

[antfaney]

Selassie the Almighty great song! great band!!! Keep rising

[setjahroots]

just so long as the vibe is good who should say anything about what they sing or do I love the music they play

[LETLOVETURNUSGREY]

GOD,GANJA, LOVE, PEACE

[psychobilly80]

i took this from BRYCELOREY its farther back in the comments but its true SHUT UP and listen

chill man. anyone can dress how they want. they have that freedom to be however they want. The music is good, so i think you are not very tolerant of people my friend.

forget about what their name is and what they look like and just listen...

[setjahroots]

????????????

[DEFSTR1]

jah rastafari silassie i is the one roots

[fvhgdh]

lets get this straight I am not here to call these guys out. I just said "they never talk about Selassie I"

[jahblazin]

selassie i has denied and condemned rasta and his roots. selassie i, him jus borrow de throne.

big ups to jah roots, irie brethren

nuff respect

[fvhgdh]

You just talking say says. it say it in the Bible man how ya gonna deny the Bible? how?

[jahblazin]

???

[fvhgdh]

see you don't even know what I'm talkin about, just look if you don't want to worship Selassie then shut up for your own good

[IanSzzz]

Looking at the lead vocalist, you'd never think he'd sing like he does. Very good voice.

Nice live performance for sure.

[onehipdawg]

This song is great!

Simple.

Regardless what you think ab

[onehipdawg]

I was saying;

...think about the band.

His voice is great!

[jerryshelbie]

good for the heart and soul. start the day with this song

[shitsweak51]

insanely chill voice.

[JahRootsOfficial]

please watch the video above posted in the "VIDEO RESPONSE" area, not Rasta Not Christian, NOT ANY RELIGION, just one love & respect for all thoughts and beliefs.ONE LOVE

[fvhgdh]

Jah Roots arent even Rasta. they never talk about Selassie they only talk about smoking weed. if they claim they are they are not true

[LigerLoop]

WTF?... ur f-n krazy...obviously you do not know what you are talken about?...do you know them?....and i have heard all the songs and they do talk about Selassie?...get ur shit straight....

[fvhgdh]

name a song where they say Haile Selassie I and Jah. Jah Jah has no power, it sound like a joke. the power is in Selassie I the name itself. I read it I have Bob Marley to back me up TOO.

[fvhgdh]

to many idiots on here Rastafari is NOT complex its simple. Haile Selassie I is god, it is in the Bible

[JesseniaRabie]

Spread LOVE IN LIFE!

[LargeNoncaucasion]

This song is a 10,000 times better acoustic

[Graceng13]

i think this jam is better acoustic....well they're both fucking awesome.

[RasPatois]

pretty funny stuff

[Graceng13]

funny? is that good or bad?

[brycelorey]

chill man. anyone can dress how they want. they have that freedom to be however they want. The music is good, so i think you are not very tolerant of people my friend.

forget about what their name is and what they look like and just listen...

[newporno]

I just don't understand this whole white boy reggae dub and dancehall shit and the beards? People who grow those for religious purposes should be mad and to use their central figure in their names is claiming alot! Rastafarians think they are chosen! Stoners from springfield MO...FAKES!

[kingbeltran]

Wow you are the epitome of ignorance. DO you have the much elitist hate because they are white and they make a certain type of music that they obviously love and enjoy? Get a life dude.

[Graceng13]

did you take this from IYESREBIRTH?

[Graceng13]

A lot of rasta bands have jah in their name. they are just giving thanks and praises to their religion. do you strike down on christian artists? i doubt it...

[newporno]

I really doubt some stoners from Springfield MO believe that a dead ethiopian king is the hebrew god.

[Graceng13]

Smoking is a part of their religion. They don't have to be from a certain country to be a certain religion. Do you have to be from the middle east to be muslim...no. I doubt they would follow the rules of the religion, promoting it through their music and not believe in it...

[newporno]

Again. Rastafarianism was a black separatist Religious movement who felt they were the small number of chosen people. How are these boys being repressed? And don't say because weed is illegal.

[Graceng13]

Most Rastas do not believe in the inherent superiority of the black race, though many are Pan-African nationalists. One of the three major modern sects, the Twelve Tribes of Israel, have specifically condemned all types of racism, and declared that the teachings of the Bible are the route to spiritual liberation for people of any racial or ethnic background.

[fvhgdh]

there not repressed. thats not what Rastafari is about. its about Righteousness, Respect (for everything), and the most important Rastafari. thats all we dont have a religion. so I&I just do what the Bible say. about Herb it says the Moses gave a burnt sacrifice in the name of the Lord.

[newporno]

And them smoking has nothing to do with this. The core of the religion is believing a dead ethiopian is the one true god. I seriously doubt they actually believe in that.

[Graceng13]

ever hear the term "I and I?"

I and I is a complex term, referring to the oneness of Jah (God) and every human. yes...EVERY HUMAN. You can't base all rasta's off the starting of their religion.

[BrotherAsher]

you make it sound dumb beacuse you can't understand it? is that it?

I seriously doubt that people bealive that The father is made of flesh, The bible preaches that God is spirit.

RasTafarI people follow Ras TafarI which is the name and title of Haile Selassie before crownation.

For god is truth and that is what Selassie dealt with, RasTafarI is a complex spiritual teaching, it is and reveals the truth, life and love, all of which are inseperable from Yah.

Read your bible, one chapter aday!

[newporno]

That's fucking retarded. The bible is bullshit, you're not into this shit for some spiritual bullshit reason and any one who believes this shit is a goddamn idiot in denial.

[bigblacksock]

Anyone who hates on Jah roots is a piece of dirt. Jah roots is real and knows what they stand for it doesnt matter if you dont agree with it their music is tight as shit. I still have mad love for you even though you guys skipped philly on your tour haha <3

oh and Ps keep up the hot bass lines

[guelopunkoi]

jah roots in madriz now plz... moah fayah

[pavoloco]

The MC in the middle looks and sounds a little like Matisyahu haha

[xarvk]

great good vibes....great good high ^^

bless for jah roots

[jlarsen4]

these guys are my hero's.

[hydromechanix]

i want to start my day wit a kiss an a spliff-perfection

[jrsone2]

great band

[stackthedeck]

this is one of the few bands that sounds as good live (if not better) as it does on cd.

[noloss13]

This video is awesome & I bought the album. Can't wait to see you guys in DSM on the 29th.  One Love!!

[alexc233]

roooooooooooooooots, get jahhhhhh

[sounding8th]

I remember seeing Jah Roots in Corpus Tx. They were playing the opening of a surf museum there. Me and my buddies asked them to go and smoke with us and they turned us down! What a joykill! Regardless, Jah blessings.

Also, I remember the Port A/Corpus shows from spring break a few years back, do it again!

[pavoloco]

Damn, that is a joykill. What was their reasoning?

[theblackjunkie69]

ya, ya, ya!

[shacked805]

love the music. so good yeah.

[colinrobinson]

it's rare for singers to sound so flawless live, love it. always lifts my mood.

[trojanman458]

Dont listen to that idiot who called you guys fake. You guys are awesome real music in a world where we dont hear it at all. Come to the west coast

[Graceng13]

agreed. I live in the west and we desperately need you guys over here!

well we do have Slightly Stoopid, The Expendables, Pepper and all those guys...but still, Jah Roots is my favorite band.

[rastamon311]

expendables are GR8!!!

[Fatnugz]

wow you really think this this the expendables...what a fucking retard....This band blows the expendables out of the water...Mad Respect to JAH ROOTS

[rastamon311]

lol never said they were better ha just said there good u fucktard

[XxToothpixX]

One day i gona hear some live Jah Roots..such good vibes!

[JahRootsOfficial]

NOTHING BUT LOVE FOR THE KID WHO CALLED JAH ROOTS FAKE ASS RASTAS, THANKS FOR YOUR OPINION, NOTHING BUT LOVE TO YOU BRO

JOSH from JAH ROOTS

[Diabeticuss]

thats is the coolest shit i have ever heard

[ehoffer23]

sick song

[mykulangot92]

fake ass rastas

[JahRootsOfficial]

NOTHING BUT LOVE FOR THE KID WHO CALLED JAH ROOTS FAKE ASS RASTAS, THANKS FOR YOUR OPINION, NOTHING BUT LOVE TO YOU BRO

JOSH from JAH ROOTS

[Graceng13]

True Rasta right there. Thanks you so much for the good vibes Josh! I love the music and love JAH ROOTS!

[crkemppainen]

springfield MO represent Jah Roots is the shit man theyr blowin UP

[maryp0u]

((( LOVE THE SONG )))

[FAKALAITI]

HOPE YAL COME DOWN TO THE

801 AND PREFORM!..(SALT LAKE CiTy

THAT iZ! U GUyS ARE HELLA GOOOD!!)

[Graceng13]

Salt Lake?

Mormons like rastafaris?????

[HookedOnHooka]

Mormon hate everything

[Graceng13]

so true....

[MattyRasta]

most respect to jah roots!

jah bless!

[ixxxtli]

absolutely amazing...

BEAUTIFUL, POWERFUL...

[kaaplosh]

rasta brah lovin it! you killed it!

[AkOOSTiKz]

RAS RAS....BLESS BLESS

[alexspecht]

helllll yea im goin to see them tonight!

[nathanmc28546]

Simply badass!

[RASTAH4EyEz]

big up... jah bless... jah rastafari.... jah bless

[ckd1]

man he has a beautiful voice. They sound alot like UB40

[TROyaLOCCS]

no he doesn't...go watch sum mo ub40 videos.