The Roots - Game Theory

[ozarp13]

Malik B is so fucking missed! Black Thought is the Best MC hands down, but he and Malik B, perfection!

[restinpeacerapmusic]

voted unlikely to succeed cuz my class was full of nay-sayers, cheaters, and thieves, all it gave me was a good enough reason to leave, and put the writin on the wall for yall to read it and weap...THOUGHT!!

[randay92]

I swear, all you need in your iPod are all the Roots albums.

[headzaintreddy]

malik b has a sound and flow like gfk... anybody agree? esp on the things fall apart album

[ISLAMATRON]

Dreams of M-16's with Infrared beams

Blowin up presidents' cribs with cans of kerosene

Highjack the limousine with a strategic routine

Then blast my enemy, head for the Caribbean

Malik B killed it

[BAGAKOOS]

instant classic album. the beats get better and better with every listen and thought's lyrics are crazy on this one.

[loyd242]

Doooooope !

[RiseDemUp]

This shit hit so hard... If you about hip hop you gotta love it, if not than fuck it

[cantseewomyglasses]

@RiseDemUp And if you not even slightly about hip hop YOU GOTTA LOVE IT ANYWAY.

[RiseDemUp]

@cantseewomyglasses That's what's up..........

[VV1ls0n]

its like love at first hearing!!

[matdamachine]

this is REEALL hip hop, literally

[MrLilten]

da 5 people suck dick all day llllloooooooooooooonnnnnnnnngg i tell u. dis is some real shit.

before i die help me, if i die still help

ur da soul n im a soul

eat me out, fuck dis shit is hard

[JWPanicz]

ZAJEBISTE!

[Nireves33]

This is easily my favorite roots song.

[CoolGuy95ya]

Black Thought = Top 5 dead or alive

[damiononupsal]

@CoolGuy95ya AMEN!

[FeldErDair820]

Dude, just because someone doesn't like this song, doesn't give you the right to start hating on them. Everyone has their own opinions. Just listen and calm your life

[DjRaindrop]

whatever 5 people gave this song thumbs down...come find me ill beat your ass haaa. this is real hip-hop.

[DaanOFF321]

this right here is the reason I miss Malik B, the Roots are still very good, but without Malik not as good as they were

[IceMann402]

i luv the roots not only for their hip hop but becuz they can excel in any genre of music they really want to cuz their also actual musicians. they are truly talented man, thats why i own all their albums :)

[jay1jayf]

@IceMann402 *+1 of ignorance*

[anarkie]

‎"voted unlikely to succeed

cuz my class was full of nay sayers,cheaters & thieves

all it gave me was a good enough reason to leave

& put the writing on the wall for ya'll to read it & weep"-BT

[iTurf805]

This is hip-hop.

[supern00b]

that snare is sooooooooooOOOOooOOOOoOOOO TAAAAAEEEEEEAAAAAAAEEEET.

[lorcaliph514]

oooooooohhhhhh wwwwweeeeee

[1293tvo]

AZ herrr :). stay up

[ozarp13]

Man, I miss Malik B!

[ObamAwBusH]

this album is so fucking good! i love skiing to this cd

[DjDialogic]

@loveofsk8

are you kidding.....?Ghetoo is a mind set...and Any town that has to buy alcohol from the french is.worse then thee ghetto. Less...that what you are...some white bready BS...pine...you feel it... I know you do..

Get out. Embrace people..not class, not material wealth.......Right now....you are death..with bling

[loveofsk8]

@DjDialogic

The Ghetto is a culture and it is in a bunch of places like new york and warsaw. Ontario is a Province not a town. Im black you asshole, my dad is black and my mom is french and there is no way in hell that I will ever get any money to buy bling and im too young to die so shut the fuck up and enjoy the motherfucking music!

[DjDialogic]

@loveofsk8

hahah you removed your comment....guess you agree with me in some way.

[69Bentley]

@loveofsk8 word up to Ontario :D <3

[neotri45]

@69Bentley :) Kingston here!

[1Canadahockey1]

@69Bentley

ya toronto right here!

[secCheGuevara]

haha.xD is it real or have the best bands no VEVO.

[JosephAndrewHicks]

Ah, it's on Life of Fortune and Fame by Sly Stone as well. It's at about 3 minutes on the original tune. They must have added the chords themselves. That's why I was interested haha i wanted to learn it on guitar if there was more but I worked it out myself lol

[JosephAndrewHicks]

Whats the song sampled for the first 40 seconds? Where it's saying 'This is a game....I'm your special man' ? I've worked out the chords for it. Just wondered if anyone knows the original tune? Or if it's actually the band themselves on that bit?

[Sceptorful]

Game theory -- attempts to mathematically capture behavior in strategic situations, or games, in which an individual's success in making choices depends on the choices of others.  -'Wikipedia'

[JOESPILLZ]

makes me proud 2 be from Philly!! 4 more real hiphop check me out...

[zapo147]

I like his lyrics but his flow is pretty bad........

[TheIntuitionist20]

This sample is ILL

[blackkeychucktown]

@TheIntuitionist20 not a sample, this is a band motherfuker

[TheIntuitionist20]

@blackkeychucktown

You might want to read up on that there bro lol

[Yaurrada6]

@blackkeychucktown it's a sample of Sly and the Family Stone's "Life of Fortune and Fame", motherfucker

[blackkeychucktown]

@Yaurrada6 ya but their band actually plays it

[LupeJustinian]

@blackkeychucktown since you seem to know so much about the Roots, then you'd know that part of their production style is to occasionally add live instrumentation alongside a sample. No one here was doubting their musical skill, if they were, they wouldn't be here...Life of Fortune and Fame by Sly and the Family Stone

[Kenya2074]

HARD!!!!

[crimeykid]

anyone know who else samples this sly stone bit (life of fortune and fame)? ten years ago i heard a track on a mixmaster mike mixtape and always wondered who it was... (it's not penthouse players clique "checkmate")

[derekjtg]

who sings the beginning?

[THEBARFO]

@derekjtg black thought i think.

[derekjtg]

@THEBARFO 0.o doesn't sound like him. seems to me like it's an r&b singer from way back when possibly?

[blackstar21595]

@derekjtg it might be Malik B

[derekjtg]

@blackstar21595 naw its sly stone an r&b soul singer from the 70's

i listened to the song they sampled

[meandmusic1980]

this nigga black thought talkin shit in this song..love it

[viewcow]

cock teased

[ugowhereiwent]

so good

[neotri45]

i like how they cock tease until that beat finally drops at 0:57 great build up. 

[stacerobin1]

the whole album is off the chain

[nolessthanreal]

crazzzzzyyyyy

[The10men]

Sick song!!

[royhaworth]

Awesome groove!

[NewWorldSlaughter048]

one of the most under-rated albums ever. black thoughts lyrics were crazy and the beats are the best (cuz it is actually real music, not a computer beat).

[TheCrobarr]

@NewWorldSlaughter048 You never ever lied. The Roots are truly under-rated period, they don't get the props they deserve. God Bless, Peace and Love from TheCroBarr

[impatboy]

@NewWorldSlaughter048

How do you explain the sampling?

[squizz222]

@NewWorldSlaughter048 The music is great, but does it really fucking matter whether it's made with physical instruments or with software? It's real music either way.

[thugsta987]

@19NBA91:

und jetzt? denkst du, dass mich so etwas kümmert wenn es ein backpacker zu mir sagt?

[Great0ne1]

I like how the instrumental changes for Malik B's verse.

[14wiggles]

the roots and jurassic five are the shit 'Isamright33'

[deshun1987]

Questlove killed the drums as always.....

[mohammad5]

atmosphere is good.

[Great0ne1]

@Isamright33 The Roots have originality, they've been doing their thing for years. They never have and never will change for anyone or anything.

Gimikee? Dude I don't know what you're hearing, but I know it's not right.

[umrahsahab]

@Great0ne1 lol

[Great0ne1]

I want the instrumental to this soo bad

[shyloveeyes451]

wat het jy noe net gese'?!!wase taal praat jy is die german of russian!!??

[thugsta987]

wie kann man ernsthaft so eine scheisse gut finden

[TheDacy]

alter das is kunst du punk

[19NBA91]

da merkt man echt wie wenig ahnung du von musik hast armes deutschland wegen leuten wie dir schäme ich mich das run 80% der leute keine blassen dunst von musik haben das ist pure kunst was du hier hörst du bist bestimmt solch einer der auch gemälde von dali oder picasso nicht mag nur weil du sie nicht verstehst

[jasspie]

whahaha lekker duits:P

[Nutterbutterz95]

Ooh, catchy.

[danyl123]

THats a TUUNE!!!! love the roots!

[michael15604]

Hus thats short 4 hustlers song is crazy

[SirDynoKilla]

makil b and black thought sound a lil bit the same.i mean voices either way this is hip-hop at its finest.

[Wangtime1]

Yeah i know when I'm high as hell i got to stop and think whos who lol!!!!!!!!

[wuoaschi1]

i m just a man... and i m just in the game on our round ball..

[nemesis700]

malik b outshines blk thought on every track...which is funny cuz ppl claim thought is the most underated rapper....what does make malik?

[HiResolutionist]

Who cares? They are in the same group. If you like Malik better, then that's fine. Malik has gotten better since the first album but I do prefer Black Thought if we're comparing them.

They're both underrated for that matter. That's probably because they sound like intelligent grown men on the mic, as opposed to juveniles with an attitude, which is what seems to sell to most people.

[nemesis700]

who cares? last time i checked this is a comment page where u can post opinons...and its in my opinion that malik b outshines blk thought on most tracks.

[HiResolutionist]

Hey Nemesis, no disrespect. I phrased that wrong. I didn't mean to brush off your opinion. My point was that they're both underrated and they aren't really competing with each other in the same group, but of course people will have their favourites. I'm sorry how my previous comment sounded.

[nemesis700]

no worries

[remainingnameless]

Black Thought has some intelligent rhymes. Not to say that Malik doesn't but I'm not feeling him like that. It's all good though. There is something for everyone.

[leprekan987]

Are you kidding me? Black's verses > Malik's verses, get your head out.

[beonnow]

GET 'EM! ....all it gave me was enuf reason to leave and put the writing on the wall for y'all to read it and weep. i know.

[1love4oba]

this is real hip hop at its best..thank u Roots!

[pi8nova]

hiphop

[homosapien62]

Thanks The Roots...

magical music

[FlaminDogProductions]

why cant all rap be as good as this?

[dvetisicdesat]

cause not everyone who is doing rap, have something to say

[FlaminDogProductions]

true.

[Bokmoh]

good call

[rsin190]

i think this is my favorite roots song of all time, followed by what they do and Act too

[firstsunoriginal]

3rd verse is Malik B

[buckles474]

Hip Hop

[djGILES10]

i get chills every time i hear black thought's third verse

[PBlackktheRapper]

yo thats malik b, not black thought. niggas mad ill tho.

[TheGecko94]

This shit is magic.

[amanogawa1]

true to form. i think this overshadows anytin on "tipping point"

[HeavyMental0]

even "Why"? wow

[blackstar21595]

@amanogawa1 i dont know bout that man

There was Web and Boom!

[homosapien62]

c'est puissant, tout simplement. nous pouvons d'ailleurs observer et ressentir dans cette chanson une partie de l'énorme potentiel qu'ils ont. j'ai pas mal de leur album( pratiquement tout, en fait), mais celui là est vraiment mon préféré. merci The Roots.

[heymaria123]

what song is Jdavey featured on?

[deejayTORO]

Did this album go platinum? It sure deserves to!

[idiotkrati]

Fan-fucking-tastic !

[rapidkid11]

questlove on da drumsss!

malik bs verse is sickkk

black thoughts a legendary rapper

[yungyacht]

all 3 of ur statements were correct. black thought is a underrated legend.

[gnabinthebitout]

i thought knuckles was the drummer =/ its so hard to tell because of the way they put it on the album sleave =P

[yungyacht]

as far as ive always known Quest was the drummer. the one with the fro.

[scottymoose21]

yea ?uest love is naaaasty

[2090ent]

black thought!

[tackier]

the only real hip hop band mad props

[arbi90]

@tackier Gang Starr,Mobb Deep !!!!

[earthspirit0722]

@tackier with all due respect, please don't forget tribe called quest

[SlicksNicks]

@tackier

on of the best, bot not the only one

[JMT9theo]

@tackier very wrong. Probally never listened to Wu Tang

[apsidj]

the drummer is great !!!!!!!

[VITHYM]

I love this song

[gabrielfrh]

i ove the fact that they really play instruments :)

hate samplers

[xooberon]

tell that to madlib...

[yukukawa]

don't be hatin man, madlib is a genius

[bigbrew17]

incredible fuckin beat on this song.

[jesusbuddy]

this song is just NUTS, awesome love it

[jesusbuddy]

this song is just NUTS, awesome love it

[plitika]

gotta love the roots

[rchardy17]

best live show i've ever seen.

[damnitcassieowns]

bump. this is the good shit

[martijndeheer]

Damn good song...

[thsizgr8]

MALIK B IS BACK

[w0r1dpeace]

this track BURNS

[de0ndre]

the whole album is hot but this is my favorite joint. big up

[bryones]

dope song

[TingoTroy]

it's up a little now. too many people slept on this album, and when you sleep on this, you sleep on hiphop

[nhodge08]

I hear ya. Way too many ppl sleepin' on the Roots.

[TmacNB]

47 views? That just isn't right.