Roots (was: Re: exodus quartet)

Elson Trinidad (elson@westworld.com)
Mon, 23 Sep 1996 19:27:09 -0700

At 07.42 PM 9/23/96 -0500, flight wrote:

> Hip-hop related stuff. The Roots drops tonite at Midnight. It's called
>_Illadelph, Half-Life_ and should be a must have for most of you. Be
>prepared for samples from this crew. That's okay, Black Thought always
>provided the motivation for me to pick their stuff up.

I've heard one track, "Concerto of the Desperado." It's good, but it should
be a shocker to hardcore Roots fans: THEY'RE USING SAMPLES!!!!! <gasp!>
Not that I'm against the use of samples at all, but if it's an indication of
the rest of the album, they're going against the one thing that really stood
them apart from most hip-hop acts.

Elson
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