The Roots Do You Want More?
The RootsDo You Want More?!!!??!DGC/Geffen 1994 Many have incorporated live instrumentation to their music. Few were successful, and fewer still to the degree of The Roots. The Philadelphia crew pride themselves on using no samples or a DJ, just a live funky band. You may think that’s not possible, but Do You Want More !!!?! dispels that notion. B.R.O.THER?, Black Thought, Malik B, and Bassist /Hub combine to create “Organic Hip-Hop Jazz, 100% Jazz.” An Upright bass, keys, drum, and horns put forth a rich musical landscape that the lyrically adept The Roots style over. Pronounced high hat on “Proceed”, intricate keyboard riffs on ”Mellow My Man” and “What Goes On”, syncopated laughter snippets and static on “Distortion to Static” are some...