Game Theory

M. says:
The way ?uestlove keeps telling it, that initial meeting with new boss Jay-Z sounds like a fully-hocked saliva rocket in the eye of every asshole who tried to force the Roots to compromise their status as studied hip-hop altar boys in pursuit of the bottom line. Like the tough-ass principal with a heart of platinum, it seems Mr. Def Jam was full of charity, spewing quotables like,
M. says:
"Don't come to me playing a whole bunch of Clear Channel songs thinking I'm gonna be cool with it," and, my personal favorite, "If y'all come here with snap music, I'm snapping y'all the fuck out of my audience."

So the Roots were sent off to make a Roots album...you know, that "artsy shit."

sh says:
HAHAHAHAHAHA
sh says:
well
sh says:
SHIT
M. says:
ha ha ha
M. says:
pitchfork of all places
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so ive been thinking a lot about the album
sh says:
yes
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speak
M. says:
it has an urgency that the last couple dont have
M. says:
its like listening to a clash album
M. says:
theres no meandering (which is their one big fault)
sh says:
indeed
M. says:
and
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this is the album that should have been called 'tipping point'
sh says:
no
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maybe
M. says:
ha
sh says:
ha
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can i just say
sh says:
you know what's really beautiful is the lush intro
sh says:
because
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so many artists
sh says:
rap AND hip hop especially
sh says:
feel it necessary to punch you right at the beginning. and for me, king of subtle (sometimes until i am almost inert), i love that