# The Roots
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roots/42598
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [January 28, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roots/42598 "2008-01-28T16:47:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@AFhockey31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AFhockey31)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roots/42598/1 "2008-01-28T16:47:41Z")
any fans here? personally one of the best bands out there… :party2:
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### Author:  [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roots/42598/2 "2008-01-28T16:51:42Z")
Not a huge fan but they do have a good number of songs I like.
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### Author:  [@SoloIIscoob](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoloIIscoob)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roots/42598/3 "2008-01-28T16:57:02Z")
yes.
questlove is the best rhythmic ever.
\<3 the roots.
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### Author:  [@Devioustsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Devioustsi)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roots/42598/4 "2008-01-29T12:39:59Z")
I like them.
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### Author:  [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2008, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roots/42598/5 "2008-01-29T12:43:57Z")
\<3 the roots
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### Author:  [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2008, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roots/42598/6 "2008-01-29T12:47:37Z")
The Roots are OK. Tribe is better.
I’ve never seen the movie Roots
The Canadian clothing store “Roots” sucks. It’s like the GAP but even shittier.
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### Author:  [@SkunkApe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SkunkApe)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roots/42598/7 "2008-01-29T12:56:03Z")
> [@brendansi](#):
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> \<3 the roots
QFT
:tup:
my favorite album by far is “ **Things Fall Apart”** which came out in 1999 i think?
either way…all types of awesomeness
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### Author:  [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roots/42598/8 "2008-01-29T14:20:45Z")
> [@sureshot!](#):
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> The Roots are OK. Tribe is better.
> .
I’ll second that.
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### Author:  [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roots/42598/9 "2008-01-30T05:09:53Z")
in
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### Author:  [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2008, 7:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roots/42598/10 "2008-02-05T07:04:09Z")
> [@sureshot!](#):
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> The Roots are OK. Tribe is better.
I’ll “third” that.
You’d probably like : Jurrasic 5, Common, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, old school Gangstarr, Pharcyde, De La, etc
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2008, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roots/42598/11 "2008-02-05T07:25:09Z")
awesome gangstarr song right here: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5vuTToYN8M](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5vuTToYN8M)
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### Author:  [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2008, 7:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roots/42598/12 "2008-02-05T07:33:28Z")
I liked when they whipped Kunta Kinte until he broke down and called himself Toby…
Oh wait… Never hear them.
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### Author:  [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2008, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roots/42598/13 "2008-02-05T07:49:09Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#):
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> awesome gangstarr song right here: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5vuTToYN8M](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5vuTToYN8M)
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXyFZkU9bkQ)
another. classic.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRNT_t0-miQ)
Ugh, I love old school.
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### Author:  [@Ovrwrkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ovrwrkd)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2008, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roots/42598/14 "2008-02-05T08:42:06Z")
> [@sureshot!](#):
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> The Roots are OK. Tribe is better.
Fourth!
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### Author:  [@jballz86](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jballz86)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2008, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roots/42598/15 "2008-02-08T09:35:55Z")
I’ve seen questlove spin many times at different festivals and what not, dude is redunk. no matter who is in the crowd the energy he creats is something special.
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### Author:  [@SkunkApe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SkunkApe)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2008, 9:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roots/42598/16 "2008-02-08T09:37:33Z")
> [@Daddie](#):
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> I’ll “third” that.
>
> You’d probably like : Jurrasic 5, Common, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, old school Gangstarr, Pharcyde, De La, etc
I \<3 J5
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### Author:  [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2008, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roots/42598/17 "2008-02-08T09:58:29Z")
/thread
busta bust son
raaaarrrrr rraaarrrrr like a dungeon dragon
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### Author:  [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2008, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roots/42598/18 "2008-02-08T10:09:50Z")
work pt 2 w/big l; one of my favorite gangstarr songs
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### Author:  [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2008, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roots/42598/19 "2008-02-08T10:48:45Z")
> [@Daddie](#):
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> Pharcyde
TIGHT! I remember buying one of their cd’s when it first came out… the album art was a rollercoaster, and when you opened it up it was actually modeled after a woman or something. The vag had pointy teeth. 👏