I don’t know if we had just got done recording “Magnificent” or “Thought Vs. Some things that have become almost legendary with Sean C and I have come to be in 20-40 minutes. He’ll come up with a beat and I’ll try to have a decent verse to this song written by the time the track begins to take shape. How did this come together?īLACK THOUGHT: Me and Sean C were in the studio, working on some other music.
It’s almost a bit of fan fiction, this particular lineup. STEREOGUM: You, Killer Mike, Pusha - it’s three people who are virtuosic in their own ways. “Good Morning” With Pusha T, Killer Mike, And Swizz Beatz (2020) 3’s arrival, we caught up with Trotter about his new work, and all the different places he’s wound up along the way in and out of the Roots. (Obviously there are a ton of memorable performances with the Roots and other artists, but as far as skits go, Black Thought’s new-ish Irk List is underrated and often quite funny.) Ahead of Streams Of Thought, Vol. Their stint on The Tonight Show has led to all kinds of unique opportunities and bizarre moments. He and the Roots helped exec produce the Hamilton mixtape and soundtrack.
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Over the years, he’s started appearing in TV shows and films. From the moment “State Prisoner” snaps to life through to other highlights like “Quiet Trip” and “Steak Um,” it’s great to be back in Black Thought’s presence.Īpparently Black Thought’s recent solo outings are only the tip of the iceberg in terms of music to come, but at the same time he’s kept busy in a whole lot of other avenues. Sean C provides classicist, hardened beats, and Black Thought proceeds to tear them apart with the same sinuous flow he’s perfected over the decades. 3 is a showcase for the synergy between Sean C and Black Thought. That made for a pretty impressive team-up, but most of Streams Of Thought Vol. Everybody” and “Good Morning” were sharp reminders of Black Thought’s prowess the latter also featured Pusha T and Killer Mike. This time around, Trotter teamed up with Sean C, and the results are often excellent. 3: Cain And Able, which, to be honest, is really more of an album than an EP - arrives today. The latest of those - Streams Of Thought, Vol.
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In the last couple years, he made waves on the internet with a now-iconic freestyle and then embarked on a series of solo projects called Streams Of Thought, in which he joins a single producer for an EP-length collection. It’s weird to think of it this way considering these guys are on TV all the time, but it feels as if Black Thought has gone through something of a resurgence in recent years.
He hasn’t always entirely gotten the credit he was due, perhaps as the Roots themselves were somewhat taken for granted even at the height of their creativity and output. Throughout, Black Thought - the man born Tariq Trotter - was at the helm, steadily proving himself as one of the great MCs, an all-time master of the art form. And then, somehow, they also became the greatest late-night TV house band there ever was.
Along the way, they traveled between worlds and were often embraced by rock fans as much as hip-hop fans perhaps that set the stage for the second half of the Roots’ discography, a series of dark and dense and genre-imploding albums that began with 2006’s Game Theory and continued to 2014’s …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin. From the earliest days, when they were barely on the rap universe’s radar, they went on to be central figures in the late ’90s/early ’00s Soulquarians moment, luminaries amongst a crucial era of neo-soul and underground rap. Over the next several decades, the hip-hop crew would morph and evolve and wind up with all sorts of unique chapters and plot twists in their story. We’ve Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, etc.Īlmost 30 years ago, the Roots released their debut album Organix.
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