The Roots

Here I am, sitting in my seemingly new house, after many things cleaned, removed, recycled, and rearranged, and of course a full roommate change over. I got some incense burning, the new roomie is making some sort of taco dish random food previous roommates have left behind, and I just finished sewing my first ever buttons back onto one of my summer button-down shirts. Life is good!

Also good is this hip-hop you're about to hear. Once I thought about it, I realized I've never listened to any one hip-hop album in full more than once or twice, enough to really get a feel for it. Well The Roots newest album "How I Got Over" went well beyond that. This whole album is solid right front start to finish. Never angry or arrogant, just chilled tracks with really smooth almost jazzy beats with musically mature and thought provoking lyrics. I don't really know what to say except that this is quickly going down as one of my favorite albums. Every track is a treat, but here's a few....

Download Links: (left click, then right click "save as" on actual file)
The Roots - Right On
The Roots - Walk Alone
The Roots - The Day