James Morrison - The Roots (Seed 2.0) Cover

[wentzxxpete]

Damn this boy can sing! I love his cover.

[AzzlanInc]

Does anyone realise this is a cover of the seed by cody chestnut, not the seed 2.0 by the roots?

[florencelovme]

It suits his voice

[coraline7831]

i love the original version, but this is awesome!!!!!!!! nice job, james:) he should do a studio album of the covers!

[anytingbu]

I like the original Cody ChestnuTT version, and the Roots rendition "2.0" and they are fat superior. But Morrison did a great job

[bilcon12]

very well spoken lily2u1515

[Lily2U1515]

@bilcon12 thanks so much!

[misshardrock1]

I love this cover with James, he is always amazing, can sing whatever he wants. Well done, thinking of you! Love! ♥

[Lily2U1515]

here's how it goes for me, I like James Morrison I hear him do this cover, I find out that the Roots performed it , I have heard some Roots, not this, so I go listen to it, I find out Cody Chestnut wrote this song so I look him up as well and listen to his stuff, maybe the Roots get a new fan, maybe Cody Chestnut does as well, that's what is good about someone covering a song, music is not meant to be static, as in stuck in one place... it's infinite and beautiful

[bilcon12]

@Lily2U1515 couldnt have said it better myself

[jgizzy]

@facemobb954 No actually The Roots did not write the song, Cody Chestnut did, but The Roots did a "2.0" version which also featured Cody Chestnut.

[mclive29]

He locked down those vocals, nice!!

[SKAman635]

@facemobb954 Wrong

[bguycl]

@facemobb954 Cody Chestnutt wrote The Seed. The Roots remixed it and called it The Seed 2.0.

[jmcnally0]

i already had mad respect for this guy before i saw this video...but now that respect has grown by like a million

[schronzel]

good cover.

[iMcNASS]

he's the best everrrr!

[silkysis]

Dirty Boy..love it!

[SilentBombr]

Impressed by this

[omurkilavuz]

süper başarılı

[batsdare]

i'm impressed.

[IridescentVelocity]

GO HEAD JAMES

[caniqua]

the original es better

[zygi22]

such a great cover !!!

[soldier0fortune]

everyone who can should cover this song. i just love the way it starts, no bullshit, straight in with a drum beat.

[jamesmorrisoncrazy]

OMG james is LUSH

LUV HIM SOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH X

[docc02]

everyone should cover this song. it is the most bad ass song i have heard in a long time.

[lmbonapart]

@docc02 yeah, but hard to play :-)

[sarahrobo82]

is it just me or are the lyrics of this song a little bit gross? lol!

[jccpmg2ppenm]

the song is actually an extended methaphor. in the interviews with the roots, they claim that that the whole song is actually about their rift with their record company. so this song is not really a sexual song or anything like that.

[crocesalmone]

apo pou einai to video?

[RageTMGr]

Sydney λογικά.

[jlim200]

awesome song and cover, james put a rock spin on it where as cody composed it with a rock and r and b feel. you would notice that james changes some of the chord progressions and strumming patterns to a more rock style, so any direct comparison is futile. you gotta appreciate it for its own interpretation.

[edn2006]

As far as chord progression I don't hear any differences... At any rate, it's a great song.

[rickyjoe157]

this is awesome... i like the acoustic guitar instead of the electric on the roots version.. i love his voice

[Klaaaas]

The acoustic guitar he's holding is just for show, the riff u hear is an electric guitar.

[Roxayyxx]

Dats cos hes jus playin the chords on the acoustic.. i was there ya could hear..

[dohreimee]

cody kills it...

[gochaMalgocha]

soooo engrossing!!!!

[Pavaso]

this song is a prove that morrison has talent, and is capable of doing interesting things... in my opinion some of his records do not favor him, and doesn't exploit all his potential, but the guy sounds nice

[drkarlito]

i think Cody would like with mofo's

[aluiziod]

omg.... this song is so good...

[orlapoo4u]

people can b so critical,morisson obviously likes the song so did his version,the original will be 'better' because it has the original emotion, james morisson isnt asking to be better than the root, he is showing his love for the song and does it well, staying true to qualities he is famous for. if you arent open to seeing someone from a different genre covering a song, dont listen to it or watch it!

[Jungstedt]

original song is by cody chesnutt, honestly I like Codys better than the roots 2.0 version. This one is greath though.

[Montvan]

@orlapoo4u plus the roots was also a cover with collaboration of the original artist, cody chestnut

[pac3ky]

@orlapoo4u Well said! You covered all the bases. I LOVE JAMES.

[EenjoiMe]

@orlapoo4u i think he sang it very well i dont know why there's any hate.

[caramal02]

doing this song on his gitaar just shows how much talent he's got

[crazyelves]

this version is really really good, despite the fact he fucked up the first verse a little bit but recovered nicely

[ElGuruk]

Nice version...

[ay2122]

awesome chesnutt cover

[pl1991]

this is actually a cover of the cody chesnutt song "the seed" which the roots covered called "the seed 2.0". note that this version has no blackthought like the original

[Asstricks]

erforce2s: any white boy who covers the rap by the roots will ruin the song. Period. Covering the rap verses just can't be done well by anyone. (I'm white, so other white boys don't call me racist, please.)

I really like this cover because its funky, its clean, its tight, its fun, AND its what a cover should be - something the same, yet different enough to make it one's own. Otherwise its like an overdone kareoke performance.

[vpaulwalker]

hey can u tell me if this song is from The Roots or James Morrison's?

[Asstricks]

well, it says in the title.

But in case you didn't see it, Morrison is covering the Roots.

[airmcnair4mvp]

vpaulwalker its by cody chesnutt

[abuellwu]

Your an idiot, get over your self hating perspective. That is not the new cool. Being uber critical of 'white' culture does not make you less white. Sorry. When you transcend race and realize your antics do not recognize your inability to MC then you will be set free. No amount of Melanin changes anything.

Peace

[hakunamatata414]

nicely said

[mdhiatt]

racist

[airmcnair4mvp]

First of all Asstricks, the original is by Cody Chesnutt, that's why the roots version is called 2.0. Second, I'm black and I thought he did a fantastic job of covering this song. And he didn't try to cover the rap verses, so I don't know what your talking about there.

[jravell]

I still call you a racist. White guys can't rap? You should have gotten over that attitude twenty years ago.

Furthermore, he doesn't cover the rap verses, only the sung verses.

[dsruptad]

as a huge roots fan and studier of hip hop music i am greatful to morrison for performing such a great song! regarless of whether you think he done well or not, he's still putting hip hop out there to a different audience which is great for not only for hip hop but for music in general!

pretty cool mann

[erforce2s]

Wow, get the words right. He completely butchers the lyrics throughout the entire song.

[brimike3]

it's just his own arrangement of the song..

[kaamiitis]

I'm not an extreme James Morrison fan, but this cover is one of the best I've heard. Great!

[ulm200786]

I give him props cause i have heard some bad covers but I don't think Cody would be mad!

[weglarz]

I just don't like his voice that much.  It's good, but not for this song.

[RuffianSoundSystem]

yeah...whatever

[KillerDiaguR]

defo. if you listen to the original, cody chesnut has a very similar range and sound to james morrison. kind of light and funky yet husky and gravelly at the same time. give it a listen you could change the two in without noticing it too much. serious

[mushembo1]

tru

[KillerDiaguR]

how can you say this is a perfect example of ruining a good song? looks pretty rockin' to me

[jasonsurety1]

I agree.  Pretty rockin version of a great song to cover.

[tutuyin]

didnt like the version. i just love hearing questlove grooving on this one.

[ArcShady]

perfect example of ruining a good song.

[xxxragonxxx]

rly? find more covers, honestly. this is one of the best covers ive heard, and morrison rox does it well.

[jravell]

Really? Why? :D

It has drive, he sings well, what's the problem?

I'm sure you can find other covers that butcher their originals much worse than this. You know, better examples of stated ailment.

[ArcShady]

it just seems cheapened to me. why? firstly, it takes away from the whole lo-fi aesthetic (in correlation to contemporary R&B)aspect that chesnutt does and lacks in the sense of the jazz feel you get when you hear the original. secondly, its cheapened when a pop diva covers underground tracks. my previous statement was a bit exaggerated and i take it back. the cover is not bad. his featured vocals in Mraz's 'details in the fabric' was cool so i credits to him for that.

[gumbasmut]

man talk about "pop diva(s) covering underground music"... this almost as bad as when Muse covered a Lightning Bolt song (look it up).

[ArcShady]

haha it was terrible.

[dohreimee]

word is bomb

[Plottoberry]

I was there! It was amazing. He told us to shake our asses and stuff. xD Haha.

[leelfc2008]

does anyone know when he is releasing a new album???

[mynameisgolden]

technically he's covering cody chesnutt, but who cares this is a good cover.

[violetbb]

I love the version of the roots. But I like this one too.James Morrison is amazing

[bloobloo78]

the person l version is better

[lemurnotic]

and i just realized like eighty people already posted what i said.

[lemurnotic]

this is actually cody chestnutt's original version that he's covering, the roots made 2.0 off of his song, so essentially he made 1.0.

jussssayin'!

[gumbasmut]

ah. I see.

skip the rap parts, repeat the hook (but fuck up the words), ignore the score's dynamics/groove/bassline, and after you're done plodding through the hook 6 times, default to the mandatory ritardando ending with rumble-y drum ending.

This is EXACTLY why the Roots kick white people out of their band (...ahem Scott Storch).

[battleatbosworth]

lol i couldnt see him rapping anyway...i think its got less to do with wether your white or not and more to do with respecting the elements that make that song amazing (everything you said that he lacks)

[battleatbosworth]

When he was 16, he became the pianist for the hip-hop band The Roots. The band got a record deal and things were moving up. Scott quit the band because he says he "needed to take a step backward to take a step forwards". (wikipedia)

[gumbasmut]

James Morrison is credited playing "the seed 2.0". Cody Chestnutt released "the seed," the collaboration with the Roots (which adds rapping, and FAMOUS), is the 2.0 version It's more valid to call this performance "the seed, BETA," b/c this doesn't do justice to Chestnutt's soulful song.

Scott Storch left b/c, as the roots got famous, their band contract had to institute a "no looking like hermaphrodite" clause.

[ArcShady]

LMFAO. Couldn't have said things any better. The Seed BETA lol, funny shit dude.

[livesociety]

The original version of the song (The Seed, not the Seed 2.0) is what's being covered here. There were no rap lyrics in Cody's version.

[gumbasmut]

...so that's why they shouldn't call it a cover of the "2.0"...

[Eline89]

Zo gaaf !!

[versatyle45]

Good cover, though Quest<3's drums and the bass line in The Roots' cover gave it a funkier groove. But good work.

[BigKrash]

Great cover

[CeeStyleDj]

It's sweet he covers this song!

[Suzannee14]

Love him!

Went to his concert in amsterdam!

It was soo awesome! :D

x

[pharrohsdaughter]

He could never do it like ChesnuTT...

[CALEXNADA]

omg this is so cool!

[davester5339]

does anyone know the chords for this?

[jm82986]

i've always loved this song, how awesome that he covered it!

[maggie32112]

He looks so sexy singing this song! He does a really great cover of it. I'd have a little rock and roll with him. ;)

[fafe71]

LOL :) :)

[marceleanja]

married with me ,james!

awesome!

[fafe71]

whatever you want

[fafe71]

such a beautiful song "i pushed my seed and her push for life..."

[hasti98]

it's "I pushed my seed in her bush for life..."

[b1ink182]

correction, i push my seed in her bush for life:D

[mazeltovsofi]

this is fascinat..love this musician..arriba  jimmi me encantaaaa

[trixbrad]

i was at the sherwood pines gig and i couldn't believe it when he started singing this song. i was possibly the only person singing along.

he's a god. i want to see him again. amazing live.

[Isabella54321]

awesomeee

[chmouty]

I love it !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sawyer868]

He is covering the original song by "Cody ChesnuTT" called "The Seed", he later worked with The Roots on their Phrenology album and made "The Seed 2.0"

[G4you]

i love him ahh i finally know what the songs called thnx lol i love him so much

[leelfc2007]

hi i like that james morrison song the roots, do u have any idead were i can get iot on mp3