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@gardensofthegods

4 жыл бұрын

If I had the money I'd give you a donation ... and if I had a lot of money I'd give you a large gift as NPR radio definitely deserves that benefit. Thank you for all the years of your great news reporting and excellent in-depth interviews . May NPR radio be around for many more decades and I have listened to you forever.

@MichaelCobbs

2 жыл бұрын

We need Elzhi, Lupe, Papoose, Big Sean, & A Tribe Called Quest.

@patricioossandon6355

Жыл бұрын

Son todos... Máster.. wooooow... FELICIDADES.... .. DE CHILE .. B-BOYS..... AÑEJO...TOCA. DEL 12:58.....SI....,., GRACIAS CTM

@Joe-zk7ps

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for publishing this.

This is the guy you send to lyrically battle extraterrestrials to defend the fate of the planet.

@TheIdontcare444

3 жыл бұрын

That would be Canibus

@JC-uz2ir

3 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHAHAHA exactly.

@Jim8oy02

3 жыл бұрын

ArmagHEADdon: "Show me what you got. I wanta see what you got"

@LouieV6

3 жыл бұрын

And when things get tough, Thought calls the mighty team of Griselda for back up, then they gotta bring Wu-Tang into the fold and it's a wrap for the extraterrestrials.

@hoodrichhaul7545

3 жыл бұрын

With Freddie Gibbs in the batting cage warming up.

At 74 years I loved this. What a talent.

@p-hawk1956

4 жыл бұрын

You're now a legend like Lemmy !

@kevinm2559

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for being open minded. Music crosses all barriers Alan, peace and love.

@carularaposo9769

4 жыл бұрын

My grandpa dont like hip hop,nice to see someone the same age as him loving this,health,Peace and love from the south of Portugal ❤🎤🇵🇹🌍

@bigchungus7350

4 жыл бұрын

You a homie now Alan!

@jamiebill2664

4 жыл бұрын

Good for you Alan. Thought is prolific as well so you have a huge catalogue to work your way through. Enjoy!!!

I first saw The Roots at UCLA in 1993. They did a free concert that lasted 3 hours! Here we are 27 years later... Greatness.

@brianswanson2080

3 жыл бұрын

I saw them on LSU campus in 1996 and it was them, De La Soul, and Goodie Mob on the same concert bill. It was the best concert I have ever been too.

@7bean3

3 жыл бұрын

I saw them around 2008 and I was steamed that they went on so late but then they played for 3 hours of the best show I've ever seen in my life

@BrianSchoedel

3 жыл бұрын

Love this

@lennardcarter4514

2 жыл бұрын

I saw The Roots in Central Park, it too was a free concert and Black Thought is definitely one of the best rappers if not the best.

Black Thought is in the top 3 lyricist to ever do it. He embodies everything an MC should be......nothing but respect.

@bluesafari5405

4 жыл бұрын

It's no way you could put anyone in front if him

@Sui_Generis0

4 жыл бұрын

Kurupt, big pun, pharaoh monch and lupe is up there as well

@bluesafari5405

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sui_Generis0 no sir!! Dont get me wrong, Pharaoh monche and Lupe are my dudes. However, they're not even in the top ten.

@Sui_Generis0

4 жыл бұрын

@@bluesafari5405 who would be in your top 5 lyricists?

@adamrunyan1983

4 жыл бұрын

@@bluesafari5405 Pharoahe isn't in your top ten? Who is?

He’s about to bar us into another dimension.

@jasontodd201

4 жыл бұрын

FACTS

@StLaRok

4 жыл бұрын

Southside 609 This literally made me laugh out loud, but yeah...TRUTH.

@melo0115

4 жыл бұрын

Son!!!

@junsuimidori1448

4 жыл бұрын

I'm so ready!

@EsoTownBizz6500

4 жыл бұрын

YO!!!!!!!!!!

This could also be advertised as a “Masterclass”.

@KardiFan2000

4 жыл бұрын

Word.

@reneesebble-willis6759

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!

@nr126

4 жыл бұрын

Word up

@Grizzletopz

4 жыл бұрын

Church

@sagekult5044

4 жыл бұрын

Truuuuuuuuue!!!

Black Thought is so under-appreciated that it’s disrespectful. Conscious, concise, and articulable all while delivering knowledge. Thank you for the lessons 🙏🏽

This man just gave us a straight-up Hip Hop song, a broadway rap, and a fusion of alt-rock & rap with the highest level of lyrical prowess. Rappers, step your game up!!! Thank you Black Thought!

You now you're a God MC when you can destroy the mic sitting down while rocking sandals with socks. 🔥🔥🔥

@alwaysv

4 жыл бұрын

One of our GOATS!

@jerose2345

4 жыл бұрын

Facts! Soon as he looped in I was like man this cat just woke up spittin 😂

@WILLTILL11

4 жыл бұрын

WORD!!!!✊🏿

@alexisjavier7

4 жыл бұрын

that sandal game... check Tobe Nwigwe.

@lesson6317

4 жыл бұрын

Kevin Banks an actual-factual Kev👍🏽🤦🏽‍♂️💪🏽

I wonder how many Fallon viewers realize they have one of the greatest MCs of all time in the house band.

@jamesegner3389

4 жыл бұрын

Alexander Forslund who ?

@drklimbal

4 жыл бұрын

@@jamesegner3389 Black Thought.

@williamdemas2138

4 жыл бұрын

James Egner who? Lol.

@mainygnac

4 жыл бұрын

if they don't know by now...they'll probably never know

@raekwonpurnell9015

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think they fully understand what they have till it's gone!

Everyone take notice...do you know what you just witnessed? Mc's like this dont exist anymore. Give him props.

When I tell people whos in my top 5 of all time MC's and mention Black Thought these kats look at me crazy. Thats usually how I can determine the sheep from the wolves.

@audiman7484

4 жыл бұрын

I go through the same thing.

@BlackandEgotistical

4 жыл бұрын

Same here.

@bryansimpson9858

4 жыл бұрын

A-muthafuckin-men!!!!

@ronniemiller3568

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah black thought one of the goats.fasure

@dlt2k7

4 жыл бұрын

Antwilliams12 I thought it only happened to me. Most people that I have that discussion with don’t even know who Thought is.

Everyone who clicked Thumbs Down are rappers who realize they're really going to need that stimulus package

@TemoDidit

4 жыл бұрын

FACTS !!!

@punkisinthedetails1470

4 жыл бұрын

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🙂🤣😂

@Art_Travel_and_Hobbys

4 жыл бұрын

😁

@tawfiqabukuwaysa9511

4 жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@JusCre8Art

4 жыл бұрын

haaaaa u aint never lied bro...they need to grab a pad and pen and take notes....oh my bad, they don't know what a pad and pen is !!

This is similar to when Marvin Gaye was effortlessly and casually singing “I Want You” while lying on the couch. Black Thought is a treasure.

@LOVL3Y421

4 жыл бұрын

Corey Pettigrew I remember seeing that in a documentary. It was effortless.

@cpressley57

4 жыл бұрын

Super Facts.

@lovelogiq

4 жыл бұрын

Corey Pettigrew truly he is

@livingstonmills5047

4 жыл бұрын

You know you were born to do something when it takes no effort to do it at a superior level. We have to protect Black Thought by any means necessary!!!

@momsofthefuture

4 жыл бұрын

Yes I remember that! It was amazing.

Spoiler Alert: The first 3 minutes and 10 seconds of this contains more lyrical content than the careers of most of the mainstream hip hop artists that have been on the map over the past 10 years.

@nomixnetwork6757

4 жыл бұрын

TigerLikesTail this my mentor I’m the reborn black thought lol but nah I’m nice u know philly lyricist cut different

@geoffRobinsonGmailcom

4 жыл бұрын

FACTS

@UncleElEx

4 жыл бұрын

I'll go ahead and disagree with one part of that. HIP HOP artists are REAL "artists"... rappers are just "entertainers". The two are often mistaken for one another.

@mrfpemcee

4 жыл бұрын

Facts !!!

@jasontodd201

3 жыл бұрын

You better talk that talk

Black thought just destroyed my mind. He is the absolute best alive.

@Zionist918

2 ай бұрын

And dead, nobody comes close and we have not seen half of him yet

"I'm half-Masta Kila half-Hugh Masakela..." 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@jakedwyer3920

4 жыл бұрын

this is a Phonte line from So Help Me God. Presumably just a shout out to an underappreciated MC, and one of his friends; they both work with 9th

@7deepbreaths.sounds

4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!!

@akabennypesos

4 жыл бұрын

🔥⚡️

@altoncroslinjr.6712

4 жыл бұрын

I caught that too. Being a Jazz fan, I appreciated this bar!

@lustybuy8721

4 жыл бұрын

Hugh Masekela is a former South African jazz musician

This isn't a concert. This is a master teacher lecturing us mere mortals.

This man is on another level .straight up..black thought is an extremely intelligent writer. I still bump illadelph halflife to this day. It stays in my cd player in the car.

@maximusrapturous7195

4 жыл бұрын

Classic LP!!!

Man's just casually sat with his slides on and effortlessly spitting. Pure fire and pure talent 🔥

“If im a walking institution, im a HBCU” 🔥🔥🔥

@alwaysv

4 жыл бұрын

Ikr!!!!

@archiemilan

4 жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👊🏾

@michaelhargrove3126

4 жыл бұрын

Did I jus hear that dopeness as well 🤯

@lovelogiq

4 жыл бұрын

Mo B hard🙌🏾

@mokachulis

4 жыл бұрын

I know.! It kept bouncing in my head and missed the next few words , just tripping on that.! mad mad mad

ENGLISH IS MY SECOND LANGUAGE BUT I KNOW THIS MAN BLACK THOUGHT IS THE GREAT EMCEE OF ALL TIME. AFRICA IS LISTENING TO THE MESSAGE AND IT APPROVES!!!

@purpleplus678

4 жыл бұрын

Yes he is!!!!

@carlawashington9464

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely the dopest MC!

@Deezy_Ankh

4 жыл бұрын

So slept on. His artistry is ridiculous

@Bornjamerican24

4 жыл бұрын

1000%

@yeeyeebubba1885

4 жыл бұрын

Eh he’s arguably top 5 but not the best but I can see it tho

Somehow Black Thought reached a higher level

@leroyregis8049

4 жыл бұрын

Facts

This is why Black Thought is #1 in my Top Five. Genius!

if Thought and Rakim do a song together the universe will fold in on itself.

@nelsonsavage4635

4 жыл бұрын

I believe they were, on an 'In the ghetto' remix for a mixtape i think.

@joeabernathy3113

4 жыл бұрын

@@nelsonsavage4635 They have got to. Oh me god do they.

@MrAmirLas

4 жыл бұрын

Nope just a lap dance! HAHAHAAA

@sna2ke

4 жыл бұрын

@@nelsonsavage4635 yep and it's real dope

@MidwestMoe

4 жыл бұрын

Lol!! Well said.

Normally I watch later.... this was an IMMEDIATE watch.

@mariloveskai

4 жыл бұрын

R S exactly

@MaverickColtman

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@EsoTownBizz6500

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely..

@nonamer29

4 жыл бұрын

Facts

@wholenesslab

4 жыл бұрын

Same

Every time I get to watch Black Thought, it’s a privilege. Witness the greatness

Shows his range. He's been my favorite Emcee since 96. It's a shame that people are so brain dead. So underrated!

@johnw685

8 ай бұрын

Everybody aint sposed2No…

Black Thought is, at least, in the TOP 5 rappers of all time 🙌

@haroldroberts5250

4 жыл бұрын

No doubt. Up there with Rakim.

@sketchyaf8487

4 жыл бұрын

@@haroldroberts5250 Black Thought and Aesop Rock on the same track would be insaaaane

@nitrologly

4 жыл бұрын

I got him at #1

@SHCAGO

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely.

@richdunn9774

4 жыл бұрын

He’s the top

That first bar retired 25 emcees.

@samuelalridge3718

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@7deepbreaths.sounds

4 жыл бұрын

...this comment sends you straight back to the video to listen all over again...

@BFields

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@miraail

4 жыл бұрын

@@7deepbreaths.sounds it sent me back! 😄😄😄

@seanf9067

4 жыл бұрын

He's referring to a specific monument with that bar? Hip me if so

Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Common, and Black Thought... Those are the best to ever do it, the truest art of Hip Hop.

King emcee, the most consistent of em all. To this day he never spat a wack verse. SALUTE tariq

Mr. Black Thought, I love you, but you can't just burn down my house like this when we're all supposed to stay home.

@dakeved

4 жыл бұрын

Thomas Wiseau 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣he’s a mass arsonist! He burned my house down too

@charliewesterfield5262

4 жыл бұрын

Oh hi mark

@wholenesslab

4 жыл бұрын

🤭😂😂😂😂

@jasonx9272

4 жыл бұрын

Ohh noo my faaaaccee

@pastense

4 жыл бұрын

Is he driving you crazy, Lisa?

Can we all take a moment to give this man his flowers.... Stop calling him under rated...lets call him the legend He truely is. Thank you king

Black Thought - Yellow 🎶🎵 Pure melodic and lyrical brilliance 🔥💯

Nobody come off like Black Thought 💯🔥🔥🔥

THIS MAN IS CHANNELING STRAIGHT FROM SOURCE !!!!

@emerson9481

4 жыл бұрын

Straight facts no filter

@Shmyrk

4 жыл бұрын

Truth

@aaleyah5380

4 жыл бұрын

The END

@Mrdevs96

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah true conciousness

"Panther-mind, I'm made of elements you can't combine I'm at a level of intelligence you can't define Einstein, Shakespeare, Voltaire, Tesla Recording artist slash psychology professor..." ~B.T

@samkeloluthuli3101

4 жыл бұрын

That 10 minutes freestyle.... 'barbed wire my hand and let it fill the page'🔥

@nmagain24

4 жыл бұрын

...I was making major moves, my dollar de ja vu, my mission when my ambition was brandishing a tool...

@yadayaisrael739

4 жыл бұрын

Dip Thongthathongthongthong He said “Panther Mind : I’m made of elements you can’t combine. I’m at a level of intelligence you can’t define: Einstein, Shakespeare, Voltaire, Tesla recording artist slash Psychology Professor” ... 🔥

@dipthongthathongthongthong9691

4 жыл бұрын

@@yadayaisrael739 Cheers pal.

@xuxienwa

3 жыл бұрын

Rap on a doctorate level...💯

GOD FLOW 🤯🙏🏾⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️

The eloquence and projection of world history, I mean who's talking about Iwo Jima and Hugh Masekela?

@africanmaan

4 жыл бұрын

That Hugh Masekela line was a shout out to Phonte. It was on a project Phonte released not too long ago. "So help me God" is the name of the track

@falikoufofana7740

4 жыл бұрын

Hugh masekela is a jazz artist from South Africa

Homie said “I won’t mess with anything less than cornbread color”... now that’s food for thought

@bcagz9835

4 жыл бұрын

Super Producer I see what you did there 👍

@kingkay8326

4 жыл бұрын

A whole bar in itself 😂

@raybates3735

4 жыл бұрын

Super Producer 👤🙏🏽

@wilsord11

4 жыл бұрын

Ok Jay- Z .... now you do the dishes!

@alocal1334

4 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised people aren't questioning whether that could be interpreted as racism... but he is a G so I guess that keeps most people on the hush

"I'm half master killa and half Hugh Masekela"🔥 shout out from South Africa

@Mpumi0van0KOF

4 жыл бұрын

As a fellow South African, I caught that too...

@darrens189

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for saving me from trying to google that phonetically lol

@MaverickColtman

4 жыл бұрын

@@darrens189 all good 😄

@cbchansey6866

4 жыл бұрын

Phonte said it first

@ericdavis1758

4 жыл бұрын

@@cbchansey6866 and it was smoother when Phonte said it.

Greatest of All Time 📿

1:26 " I am a journal or journalist, herbal eternalist, Olympic tournament level genius, author? affirmative"

@illestvillain1950

4 жыл бұрын

Call-back to the original God-MC, Rakim 2nd verse on "Follow the Leader" (Follow the Leader -1988) as well as Talib Kweli hook on "Eternalist" (Reflection Eternal-2000), the man is a historian and preserver of the culture, so many references, been a head for 20+ years of my 36 and I don't catch all of them the first time, but those 2 joints are etched onto my soul. Hip-hop, the gift that keeps giving and Thought is Santa

@robbiebea

4 жыл бұрын

​@@illestvillain1950 Sick, just checked out both them tracks, great knowledge thanks for sharing man

"Whether you come from Lagos or Trinidad and Tobago" Love from Trinidad! Respect to the GOAT!

@danettet.2224

4 жыл бұрын

Yesss!!! 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹

@LOVL3Y421

4 жыл бұрын

I loved that line too. I lived in Lagos.

Tariq Trotter is the greatest MC living or dead. PERIOD!

@foopysfarm

4 жыл бұрын

Agree, no one has touched his level. He has mastered the craft.

@mayiv721

4 жыл бұрын

Easy.

@outernational

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely

@bigisland3378

4 жыл бұрын

100%

@johnreder8167

4 жыл бұрын

Daniel Dumile is the greatest MC living or dead. PERIOD!!! its a fun game

Lady Liberty face full of concealer; I'm half Masta Killa and half Hugh Masekela Latrophobia, that's a fear of the healer Kaepernick is an activist, y'all in fear of the kneeler💎

@garyoak4175

3 жыл бұрын

Took me 2-3 reads... but yeah... fire.

Only 500k views? This deserves more than that. Come on People!!!

“I feel the system failed us like kidneys.”

@mayiv721

4 жыл бұрын

jacques Adiang barzzzzzzzzzzz

The visual articulation that those two hard earned Grammy's are held up by a wealth of acquired knowledge.

The two golden paperweights (Grammy's) sitting on top of the books tho! Hermes chair in the corner! Sheesh... Subliminally stuntin'!

Black thought is so nice with it-it’s unbelievable. Pure genius on the mic!

Waking up at 3am to feed my daughter has paid off well 🙌 Black Thought is the definition of a flow state

@nl5h

4 жыл бұрын

I feel ya man. Me and my baby got the leg up on so much new music when i was feeding her. Congratulations.

Black No More about to be some revolutionary wave on Broadway!

@ndumisomnyani6398

4 жыл бұрын

yellow

@mybocks3

4 жыл бұрын

Right?? I'm scared.

Absolutely Incredible

Its about time we start putting this man in the GOAT convo on a more regular basis

G.O.A.T. Status. Undisputed. Lyrics. Cadence. Vibe. Talent.

@mainygnac

4 жыл бұрын

KHALILAH BROWN-DEAN Ph.D. & 1 of theGreatest Writers to ever grace a pen

It's imperative that WE change the Narrative!! This is Everything!! ❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤🖤💚💚💚

Give this man his flowers now!!!!!!!!

easily the best lyricist alive

Even in "shelter in place" conditions, Tiny Desk continues to slay. Incredible.

@nprmusic

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! We love doing what we do.

@HeatherinTexas

4 жыл бұрын

@@nprmusic It shows :-)

@sprb4725

4 жыл бұрын

@@nprmusic we love what you do too

@jlive8428

4 жыл бұрын

Keep bringing that heat🔥🔥🔥

I see 'Black Thought', that's it. I am sold.

@poerava

4 жыл бұрын

@Jason Todd That’s called confirmation bias

@jasontodd201

4 жыл бұрын

@@poerava Whatever you wanna call it!

@AllOneVoice

4 жыл бұрын

@@poerava lol. that's not what confirmation bias means at all.

BLACK THOUGHT AND THE ROOTS 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉SIMPLY AMAZING!!!

“Everything is obtuse nothing is obscene”⚠️⚠️🧨🧨🔥🔥🔥

When I die, I want Black Thought to rap my Eulogy.

@cbchansey6866

4 жыл бұрын

Get in line buddy

Destroying the wackness from home with his feet up!😂 I saw Roots with Rage Against The Machine at the Gorge in George,WA. I’ve never been able to properly convey the experience in words.

@sophiae.dorval3739

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so jealous of you.

Most rave about higher profile MCs like Jay Z and Eminem etc (and rightly so) but Black Thought is a BEAST he is a true streams of consciousness lyricist with a deep understanding of black consciousness. Whussup Ock? Take the time to listen not like you're going anywhere...

This is so DOPE!

0:05 - *_Thought vs Everybody_* (3:12) 7:50 - *_Yellow_* (13:07) 13:45 - *_Nature of the Beast_* ft. Portugal the Man

@ronp3000

4 жыл бұрын

Pentameron Thanks!!

@PentameronSV

4 жыл бұрын

@@ronp3000 Glad to have helped.

@harrisonflower1496

4 жыл бұрын

My man

@adilsoncamacho6378

4 жыл бұрын

Best MVP thanks

A 3000 and Tariq Trotter project would have the potential to be the most devastating and greatest project in hip hop history.........

@Mrdevs96

4 жыл бұрын

Wrong that's why your comment has 5 likes

@michaelcar9268

4 жыл бұрын

@@Mrdevs96 or many people dont read and like comments. And a thumbs up button should not be a measuring metric smh. I agree both are my fav emcess so thought, 3000 ft Common, would be the best thing in hip hop history.

@skll2081

4 жыл бұрын

T.D Gaming how is that wrong ? Care to elaborate??

@Mrdevs96

4 жыл бұрын

Idk I think I'm biased about andre

@JilleeJill

4 жыл бұрын

only if Lupe gets a few features

Woooooooo!!! 🔥🔥🔥🤯🤯🤯

He is the NUMBER ONE BATTLE MASTER and it's not even CLOSE!

Philadelphia, please take a bow as the God himself represents us so lovely as usual. Black, don't hurt em too bad ok?

@WILLTILL11

4 жыл бұрын

One of our proudest products that came out of Philly.. along with Cheesesteaks soft pretzels and Beanie Sigal!

@drewdougherty4373

4 жыл бұрын

Philly GOAT all day!

@georgedennis9319

4 жыл бұрын

Wish I had a water ice and pretzel as I watch.

@aaleyah5380

4 жыл бұрын

Salute King. You make Philly proud

To all of my radio people out there........THIS is what we need to hear.

@intolerant_left

4 жыл бұрын

Public Enemy has been saying this for years.. decades..

@dillajoints433

4 жыл бұрын

Careful you can’t just make anyone take the red pill, this level of hip hop can only be appreciated by the very few who love hip hop..

Interstellar being and performance. Thank you 💯 x infinity

The best ever......the 250+ dislikes really upset me...but they mean nothing in life.....this is the music the world needs.... keep it up

Black Thought is a man on a mission. I am personally invested in him carrying that mission out!!

@lovelogiq

4 жыл бұрын

Junsui Midori that makes 2 of us!

@mainygnac

4 жыл бұрын

same here & i'm blessed to have witnessed him carry out this mission since Organix & DoYouWantMore? TheRoots been the truest since day1 all the way to presentDay...they've built the greatest catalog in all of HipHop to me...it gets no realer & no iller than TheRoots

How can you rap so perfectly while sitting back in a chair...legend

Rewinded it back like 5 times 🔥🔥🔥

man this dude is a living legend

This hit hard. Black Thought saves hip hop again! Been a hard fan since the Square Roots dropped Pass the Popcorn. The legendary Roots Crew can’t be stopped!

@dcmango6840

4 жыл бұрын

The juxatopostion between him attacking the mic and how relaxed he is made me laugh.

@CryptoForager

4 жыл бұрын

DcMango yeah, it’s a def juxtaposition (if ya know)

@Dru_Won

4 жыл бұрын

You been a fan since before the roots were on a label and released their official debut in '95? you must've bought the Organix album they put out independently at one of their shows before they got signed around '93- '94

@yeeyeebubba1885

4 жыл бұрын

Hip hop never needed saving still in its prime

This format of concert is the future.

Black Thought deserves being considered as one the greatest lyricist to ever walk this planet...

There are no words to describe what Black Thought is. The Greatest.

When I saw NPR Tiny Desk was featuring Black Thought I knew I had to immediately check this. I slept on him with The Roots' EP Organix, but I quickly saw the error of my ways with Do You Want More. Black Thought is an ambassador of the rap game, a lord of lyrics, and a mighty champion for the culture. May he continue to be blessed and share those blessings through song.

@thehomiejayomni

4 жыл бұрын

Opshun1 Only longtime fans of one of the greatest bands ever knows about that Organix LP. I’ve followed the Roots since they were street performers in Philly and known as the Square Roots. Salute!

@Opshun1

4 жыл бұрын

@@thehomiejayomni I envy you for that. I saw The Roots in Europe during the summer of 2000. They are among the greatest live acts I've ever seen. Respect to you, sir!

@Dru_Won

4 жыл бұрын

How could you have slept on Organix when the roots released it independently and sold it at their shows.. Organix is what got them attention from labels and got them signed to a deal , which is when "do you want more .." came out.

@thehomiejayomni

4 жыл бұрын

@@Dru_Won Many people got hip with Do You Want More and might not have bothered to dig back a little bit.

@Dru_Won

4 жыл бұрын

@@thehomiejayomni you might've misunderstood my comment

if you disliked this your not about this life so kick rocks .... nothing but power in every verse !!!!!TY NPR

@KrAOLo

4 жыл бұрын

Jeru da Damaja "Kick Rocks"

black thought is friggin phenominal!!!! 1luv to the roots baby

Had to return here to listen to the fire 🔥 track, "nature of the beast "

So, I woke up at 3 in the morning out of nowhere and thought of his freestyles on funk flex. Watch that, then dissected it, then this uploaded out of nowhere??? The universe is connected in the strangest ways. So dope.

Black Thought is one of the dopest lyricist in Hip-Hop! He's been in my top 5 dead or alive since the "Things Fall Apart" album.

Been luvin you for years will be luvin you for many more ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

My absolute favorite hip hop artist!

I feel sad for the people who will never listen to this

Legendary barz. My #1 MC

GREATNESS IN THE FLESH.

The greatest in the world.. that ever lived. This is it. ...this is it. Black thought!!

I see Tariq, I see a desk, I click "Like."

Nah this was too wicked!! We in deserve this...ha! Thank you Tiny Desk-THANK YOU BLACK THOUGHT🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

@nprmusic

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Yes!!! Since Brooklyn Babylon...awesome.