Shanghaiist: Holy shit! The Roots are coming to Shanghai!

Beau

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 22:47:26 +0800

Just heard about this show and trying to line up tix because these guys never fail to bring the gooooods! Living in Tokyo now though, and still need tix... Anyone know if they still have good seats? Can someone could recommend a decent hotel near the venue? My email is beaujustin at gmail Thanks in advance!!

Soysauce

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:07:56 +0800

HELL YEAH!!! juz got ma ticketzzzz !! 1st row for Ziggy Marley and 3rd row (neh..good enough) for The ROOTS!!! "BOOM" !! that's whuts happenin on stage! See Y'all at the show!! Peace in the Middle East

Kyle

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:16:25 +0800

hey, thanks for pluggin in Back to the Roots this saturday Feb 10 at Fabrique aka 4 Live.... we will have a hip hop band again, drum machines with turntables, and a very special guest from the X-ecutionars aka DJ Roc Raida performin a lil something for you guys. Peace Kyle

JAYDEELAH RIP

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:05:59 +0800

But before that maybe see you at BACK TO THE ROOTS on 2/10! Peace

JAYDEELAHRIP

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:04:34 +0800

Holy shit! I ll be there too, for sure! Hope to see you there too. Hiphop and any kind of rythme lovers definetly can t miss that! Maybe next time it will be Common Sense!

nanheyangrouchuan

Sat, 03 Feb 2007 12:56:55 +0800

You'll get K-Fed and like it.

sarah

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:11:40 +0800

i for one and stoked that the roots might be coming. i agree, things might be getting better. cancelled robbie, cancelled jay-z, and probably countless others that i'm sure i'm not couth enough to know about. but they gotta let some groups in, right? i'm hoping for the best.

Megan

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 18:47:29 +0800

I caught Qwest Love's drum stick in Central Park once. That was fun. I've seen the Roots three times, and it's always a good show. Be happy ya'all. No need to turn everything into some contentious petty ego quest.

theartistformerlyknownasLynch

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:41:40 +0800

OOOOOhhhhh...everything is shit...THE ROOTS ARE QUALITY! Im not a big fan of the semi-political preachings but this is a million times better than seeing Roger Waters tits poking through a black T-shirt....Come on...things are getting better!

whymustallcommentersbearseholes?

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:28:07 +0800

so a white bloke living in a music-starved city can't act excited about an act (members of which happen to be black) that is virtually guaranteed to put on a brilliant show? wtf? i personally am happy to have some local music news that is actually news. i was reading the latest CW and they have a story called "chinapalooza" that says how great a year 2007 will be for the music scene here. this is who they mention: roger waters, kenny g, ziggy marley, and bugz in the attic. fine, but not much to get excited about. everyone else they name is a rumour: sonic youth (heard that one before), linkin park, bon jovi and christina aguilera (for 2008). why make a cover story out of rumours? also worthy of note: they used the same photo of bon jovi (one of the wilder rumours) no less than four times throughout the issue.

nanheyangrouchuan

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 05:15:46 +0800

April is a long way off, plenty of time for the cultural purity committee to review the lyrics. The Roots don't typically sing songs about love and shopping so their "approved" songs list might be pretty small.

Snotty Commentater

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:05:07 +0800

Yes! Their album "black music for white people" was tops of the pops! I loved hearing it at the coffeehouse.

Hiphopist

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 17:56:50 +0800

You seem like you are really knowledgeable about hip-hop, man. I'm surprised that you are so in touch with hip-hop culture and urban music. Keep it real.