The Roots - Here I Come (Letterman - 2006.08.30)

[MW2AVENGERS]

lol both the of the top comments have 31 thumbs which do i make #1?

[NOSIDDa0043]

the roots are incredibly original, idk anyone that doesn't respect them. if you guys want to hear some intricate lyricism, check out my channel you won't be disappointed.

[cjstoecklein]

All that talent with the instruments and none of them can sing a friggin note. While this band has way more talent than any other rap artist I know since they actually play their beats instead of a machine/dj, they still lack one major component: melody.

[phillybird711]

@cjstoecklein wrong. black thought and kirk (the guitarist) can and have sung many times, espeically as the house band on Jimmy Fallon.

[mochalattagrl]

gotta love this jam, these boys got soul!! hands down one of the best hip hop bands created! keep good music around, check out the group "INRG"

[worthless207]

@doc7114 MADLIB !!!



[TdrumsRHCP]

I'm here for ?uestlove.

[larsy1313]

YO CHECK OUT...

Eli G - Skills

[Mrprincejannisg]

This is Music!

[BLAZINGxBEAST]

I wanna learn how he plays the drums

[rikkrosss]

Thumbs UP if u love Jimmy Fallon's Theme Song!

[teebattack]

Black Thought = perfect.

[mangaluver931]

THE ROOTS FOR SUPER BOWL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[willokans]

Class...

[Blaxdon]

Guess what ? Hip Hop fans hate you ignorant bastards way more than you hate "Hip Hop/Rap music" ----------"I hate rap but this okay..............." ---"Rap music suck except for........." Go fuck yourselves. Word!

[MrDanman667]

questlove's drumming has the accuracy and tempo of a drum machine but has a human personality and has tons of funk and groove injected

[waverazor]

Sick

[jazzefingers]

damn, would love to see the video of this song....anyone know where it is??....regardless, this is great music ....check the group "INRG - TAKE A PICTURE" i been listenin to- keepin hip hop alive!

[Klompy2]

Did a good track together.

[Klompy2]

Raekwon black thought

[falpalemily]

AMAZING!

[suhmih]

zajebiste !!

[SRVisGOD1]

haha it's funny because they play this song every night on late night with jimmy

[wyvill5]

great show!!! one of the best live performances i ever see

[Ambiturner69]

Fucking astounding performance!



[Durrrr11]

unbelievable jeff

[notcoolenough94]

Quess luv!!!!!!

[Caintain]

This Verson IS FU*K in Ill

[universoeterno1]

Word!

[TimmysTube]

the roots are the only rap music i can stand. i think theyre amazing due to the fact they have real musical talent

[AdventEdge]

@TimmysTube

'real musical talent', could you be any more pretentious? shit if all you want is instrumental complexity then go and listen to the best in that field, classical. but you dont want to do you? no, because thats not all that matters in music.

[TimmysTube]

@AdventEdge saying someone has 'real musical talent' is NOT pretentious. its complimentive. telling me to go and listen to classical music because thats the best in that field is, in fact, pretentious.

[AdventEdge]

@TimmysTube

except you said they they were the only rap you could 'stand' because they're 'the only one with real musical talent, ergo you're pretentious. dont try to flip it back on me you dirty hipster.

[doc7114]

@TimmysTube Lol, there are plenty of other hip hop artists with musical talent. You think there isn't a difference between madlib and dj khaled? there is.

[Jagspear]

@TimmysTube you definetly know nothing about rap then.

[96Lisbeth14]

Waw

[kayvtv]

Freakin Awesum!!!!

REAL RAP SHIT

So bad they r underrated!!!!

[emaculate]

holy fuck that was awesome. They have a freight train style ready to run over anything.

[AddictionToGaming]

Here i cum

Here i cum

Here i cum

[alop133]

This man can rap, he sounds a lot like Big Daddy Kane.

[TheJLJuke]

the jimmy fallon opening theme is better

[aedzy]

this is in superbad

[angjiahau123]

Thumbs up If u heard this song in STEP UP 3 and love it

[crazypartyman1]

So full of energy

[kenhutsul]

Check out black thought in the cypher with mos def and eminem, that could aslo be defined as spitting

[blitzkreig40]

if u dont like this ur stupid

[imfamous326]

This is better than the studio version. Black thought shouldve done all 3 verses

[blksoul94]

it sounds lik the jimmy fallon version!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GeminiJune12th]

What 28 people disliked this:::?!@#$%%

[edwardatebella]

He's so freakin fast! LOVE IT.

[SnapmodeV2]

refreshing to see someone spit rhymes with the aid if an actual band and not just a beat machine with the same annoying ass sample repeating over and over

[hiphopguru81]

Definition of "spitting" right here

[findot1dot]

When does Black Thought breathe??...Dude is nice

[EatinCactus]

I LoVE The Roots!!!!!!

[marklsandford]

They RIPPED IT !!!

[sublimityeternal]

SICK!

[dastinob]

sidebar---the guy on keyboard is FINE lol.

The roots always kill it. One of the best groups ever

[EatinCactus]

@dastinob Yes!!! He's beautiful in person too!!

[ThaNotoriousBEN]

?uesto for Prez 2012. BlackThought for King of the Universe!

[treygroove65]

27 pelotudos ....

[stevomania12]

im embarrassed these guys only have 700k hits. these guys are friggin amazing.

[hristoh2006]

27 idiots dont wanna cume

[jcksnmcivor]

@hristoh2006 cume isnt a word...

[hristoh2006]

@jcksnmcivor

i know.

[jcksnmcivor]

@hristoh2006 why did you write it then?

[ilovech33s3]

Hank & Cupcakes opening for The Roots in Philly on Saturday, June 4th. Check it out!

[EatinCactus]

OMG!! I Love The Roots! The most Wonderful Men play live instruments...4 REAL!!! ...and Football Players!!! I Love You Black Thought!

[Slugg44]

How I Got Over is a masterpiece.

[ElCubano941]

I wake up to Lil Wayne, it infests my FB Newsfeed, musically its all kids talk about, and its all i hear...But this is like a lost treasure. The Roots: Actually spittin about shit.....and Black Thought is the definition of underrated.

[joec100]

1 of the sickest live performances Ive seen

[90mv]

bt's breathe control is crazy notice how he didn't sound tired at all during the performance

[DiagramOfTruth]

@90mv ya, he is probably the most underrated mc out there

[masterj131]

no other hip hop group can do this with instruments..huge skill!!

[4eyessss]

he looks like kanye

[TheCarson985]

this is the shit right here... Roots are best hip hop group out there, even if it's not always the most pleasing to listen to it's the most creative and artistic stuff out here. this song kicks ass, as does ?uestlove's fro

[ottoig83]

Vita said you' re pretty good.

[obiwashere]

hip hop at its finest

[sammmy404]

yeah thats thy song ever welly coooooooooool

[slamsta5950]

anybody else catch the classic brother handshake with black thought nd letterman at the end

[bt55]

this effin video shouldn't any dislikes...c'mon now...this video should be liked by every single person in the world

[iam01]

26 people that got caught by housing!

[gflood]

you look up 'on the one' in the dictionary, and you'll see ?estlove's picture!!

[digflo]

If you are feelin this, you will also love akua naru's new album "The Journey Aflame." pure dopeness. Real Hip Hop, yall.

[ghosthunternumerouno]

This is my favorite rap song of all time. :D By the way, are they really short, or is David Letterman freakishly tall?

[Peserapicos]

@ghosthunternumerouno Dave is 6.2 ft. Pretty tall.

[BumbaRasclot]

25 blind folks missed the like button

[Elbacable]

My honky ears just can't handle this flow

[obiwashere]

isn't this the song they play on fallon's intro?

[BumbaRasclot]

@obiwashere yes, kinda ironic

[irishjuwan]

this is what krs meant by BREATH CONTROL

[ytgfgf]

They don`t look like Kanye West, Kanye West looks like them :D just kidding :)

[mikeythedikey]

He looks like Kanye and Baron Davis!!! how awesome!!!

[Lbionic]

Dislikers stick yo headz back in the sh!tter

[Hoggles49]

they all look like Kanye

[logiejamie]

to rushed, awesome but no flow

[logiejamie]

too rushed, awesome but not flow

[oldoipunk]

Now this is the REAL talent in the Hip-Hop genre. They actually write AND play their OWN MUSIC, and bust out with some heavy rhymes!!

Are there any other Hip-Hop bands like these dudes? REAL musicians in addition to rappers?

[Ashwin42]

@oldoipunk ONE I know. Guy Sebastian who wrote / sang "Who's That Girl" , Eve did the rap for the CD & live performance November last year, but Guy can rap her part for live performances, radio etc, awesome. These guys are fantastic - thanks for putting up.

[TurboTurbulence22]

@oldoipunk If you come out here to California, a lot of people do collabs from different genres and play their own instruments. I play some piano, rap, and I'm trying to learn the drums lol. Just broke for now though

[SkyWalter]

The Roots is what hip hop should've been.

[vitto]

best band ever..!!

[6402680]

a hip-hop group in suits, playing instruments, the roots pressing the reset button!

[CrazedTeenz]

I LOVE QUEST LOVE

[BumbaRasclot]

its funny seeing them do this on letterman now that they have to do it every night on jimmy fallon

[sarabieber14]

heard this song in step up 3d

[betawicupu]

Real hiphop!

[JEWKproductions]

they're back, theyre black, and they're here to fuck shit up!

[council]

Fucking yes Questlove you tight bastard.

[r7diego]

very powerfull, amazing lyrics, incredible voice

[UsedUpDope247]

SuperBad :D

[Bn1ZFXN4]

the matching suits and the set up sort of make them look like the black beatles. which i guess is about right.

[matthewg001]

with the roots came to texas

[ffvsartoris]

If you can't rhyme, just pour on the monotonous rhythm?

That isn't a performance, it is pure assault

As boring as any superwoofer in pimpmobile....

And all the white guys condescend to pretend they like this crap...

[skoops91]

@ffvsartoris you suck

[masaba1]

@runningwithapipebomb obviously they sample u dumbass......sampling is the basis of production

[zhuboy]

how can you dislike this?

[Richirida]

Thought spitting pure fire as per...

[nicowontkillyou]

@Fjord76 ? Sorry dude, but if you wanna say they're better than RHCP, it's crap. I mostly listen to Rock, Punk etc. but also much HipHop. And I think you can say The Roots are as genious as RHCP! But definitely not better. Apart from the fact that it's a totally different genre of music!

[Fjord76]

@nicowontkillyou LOL u must be a RHCP fan lost in this page :P

what i was trying to express is that this is the rock'n'roll real deal right here with a real vocalist...definately not better than RHCP? LOL

[nicowontkillyou]

@Fjord76 Can't you imagine that there're people who are listening to more than just one genre? So why should I be lost here^^ And you can't say the Anthony from RHCP isnt a good vocalist. That is wrong. Thought and Anthony are both definitely awesome vocalists; but the question who of them is the better, is a question of opinion

[nicowontkillyou]

@nicowontkillyou Moreover, "normal" singing and rapping are two different types of using your voice for which you also need different skills!

[nicowontkillyou]

@Fjord76 I can't take u serious while calling RHCP a joke. But yea, no use to continue discussing ;)

[safenders]

@Fjord76 RHCP don't try, they do, have done and will keep doing it. They have been around the since the 80s and keep making millions.

[kawaiiaix]

i second 'Surfianhmed's comment lol..Thank you :)

[kevinnotevan]

jimmy fallon is the best host ever, having the fucking roots as the house band!? awesome!!

[enhshammy]

How you doin? what do you got there, what is that? Good for you. fucking letterman

[Crow5853]

The power of these performers outstanding. I have chills.

[sufianahmed]

DAMN!!!!!

[FLSCarnage]

it's just like watching Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, except the whole song instead of just the little bit of it that they use for the theme song.

[LepaShandy]

Black thought's delivery is just... God.

<3

[mrsknutt]

I love this live version even more than the album.

[000MidnightSun]

teh pwn

[Hannibalscousin]

Black thought is the GOD. Flows too tight for TV.

Rapping at that pace, live and sounding so clear is even harder.

That's immaculate delivery.

[brandonrosas]

@Hannibalscousin you know why it sound so clear? Because there aren't 20 hype men on the stage trying to repeat everything he says. This is brilliant!

[Hannibalscousin]

@brandonrosas He sounds that clear becase he has great projection, energy, and empthasism. - oh an a tight mic.

[Hannibalscousin]

@brandonrosas He sounds that clear becase he has great projection, energy, and empthasism. - oh an a tight mic, and ill breathing technique.

[claytonic87]

@Hannibalscousin Also because there is only basically drums and vocals mixed in.

[Horyzeson]

How the HELL could anyone dislike this??????????

[nikotwasik]

delish...

[ZantaClawz]

how can you not like this?

[monocrom101]

?uestlove is da man...any objection?

[landonramos]

i love em, the best of all time. The Roots forever!

[90mv]

tell me after hearing this that rapping doesn't take skill ....

[LvsoOne]

@90mv I'm with you!!!

[brandonrosas]

@90mv I used to think that rap didn't take any skill at all, until the studio I work at started producing hip-hop records. I have a completely different view. Not everyone can do what hip-hop artists do. People may not like the content, but there's a reason why not everyone is a hip-hop artist. It's not that easy.

[getter3in1]

@90mv it does take skill, however the roots, black thought's skill is out of this world man, he could rap and still sing like nate king cole dude!!

[Eifler121]

@90mv The Roots are a special group.

[DrizzyDrakeIsGod]

@90mv

The Roots = NO talent. Drake is what talent is

[HesTERb23]

@DrizzyDrakeIsGod dude hop of drakes dick u fuckin idiot u obviously just started listenin to rap recently and one of those idiots that think drake is so good hes shit your shit and u have no idea what real hip hop is the roots are pioneers of it im guessin u probably think drake is better then pac biggie naz wutang big l nwa eminem too well ur stupid dude dnt respnd to me either im just lettin u know how dumb n ignorant u are

[DrizzyDrakeIsGod]

@HesTERb23

Fuck you. Drake >>> Roots by a mile

[almightyvoss]

@DrizzyDrakeIsGod are u serious????? stop listening to z100 and develop some opinions of your own. drake raps more slowly than people speak, and backs it up with computers and autotune. FAMOUS=/=TALENTED. especially in rap.

[DrizzyDrakeIsGod]

@almightyvoss

Drake >>> Black Thought. Roots are garbage

[Slugg44]

@DrizzyDrakeIsGod You have to be clinically insane.

[2011Lakeshow]

@DrizzyDrakeIsGod

you clearly dont know music and probably are completely retarded. All drake is is a bunch punchlines with lines that dont have anything to do with the others. The Roots are poets not a group of shitty rappers who are famous because they have cool beats

[gangstastatis619]

@DrizzyDrakeIsGod fuck drake and blackberry freestyles

[mlhayes91]

@DrizzyDrakeIsGod this has to be the most obvious troll attempt I've ever seen.

[ManUnited013]

@DrizzyDrakeIsGod haha you wanna ride his dick any harder?