Tue 3 Mar 2009
The Roots make debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: “Slow Jamming the News” (Updated)
Posted by Mikey Fresh under about miss info , laugh with , life beyond rap , videos[13] Comments
(NOTE: The original video of The Root’s debuting on the Jimmy Fallon show on March 3rd, 2009 has been removed, so I just inserted a later video of The Roots “slowjamming” the news with anchorman Brian Williams and Jimmy Fallon. What the hay, NBC? )
I hear some people saying it’s not a good look for the Roots or they are moving backwards in their career, but I beg to differ. This new position doesn’t take anything away from The Roots’ musical integrity.
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:49 pm
i don’t have a problem seeing the roots get some exposure on national television every night. however, not to be deemed as a “hater,” i just don’t see this show being on for very long….jimmy fallon just isn’t funny, and i predict the show will tank and be replaced be either another late-night show, or reruns of friends or something.
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March 3rd, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Classic bit but I co-sign number 1
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March 3rd, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Okay, that last clip was funny, but there’s no Roots crew up in there.
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March 3rd, 2009 at 3:33 pm
@Palko
They said the same exact thing about Conan Obrien back when he took over for David Leterman in 1993. 16 years later he’s hosting The Tonight Show. If NBC sticks with him(wich they will because they have no other choice) he’ll find an audiance, he’s not hillarious but like Conan he’s very likable which is all you really need.
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March 3rd, 2009 at 3:34 pm
I don’t think they are compromising ish. What they are doing is earning a paycheck. I wonder if those complaining bothered to even purchase their last album or pay to catch them on tour.
They do the best hip hop show hands down btw.
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March 3rd, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Onre more thing…. Jimmy did great in making The Roots his houseband but he needs to step up on the comedy. Yikes.
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March 3rd, 2009 at 5:07 pm
sideshowRaheem-
I know what you’re saying about Conan…I really didn’t think he was funny when he first came up, either, but now he’s hands down one of the greats of late night. I don’t know about the material he was putting out prior to his talk show, but I feel like Jimmy has a little more public track record of being lame. Every single one of his “movies” were absolute flops, and I can’t even think of one SNL skit that I gave the energy to chuckle at. IMO, he’s a poor man’s Chris Kattan, and even that isn’t something anyone should ever aspire to be.
In short, I’m very curious to see if he’s still doing this 12 months from now. If he is, more power to him, and it just means that the Roots Crew will still be doing their thing nightly, which I’m all for.
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March 3rd, 2009 at 6:08 pm
the roots sound great but jimmy step your comedy game up.
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March 3rd, 2009 at 7:22 pm
The show was awkward, I don’t like Jimmy in late night but who knows what happens. This is good for the Roots though. National exposure every day is an awesome thing.
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March 3rd, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Yea i kinda agree with u…he is waaay more known then da god Conan was…and real talk he wasnt even DAT DUDE on snl…and dat movie with queen latifah he did as a cab driver alone is enough to make the suicidal finally blow his fucking head off!!!
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March 4th, 2009 at 12:08 am
The roots have a lot of respect in the music business. I can see Travis Barker being comfortable going to Fallon with those guys there. Not to mention Jay, Eminem, Prince and a host of others.
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March 5th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
ok…this is diff than the other posts…anyone notice that he referred to blackThough by his government and not his moniker?…plus, i had no clue Thought could sing (if you call that singing per-se) or that he was funny…he made that slow-jammin the news pretty entertaining/
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March 5th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
yeah…and the blonde mothers skit was a complete “MISS ME ON THAT SHIT!”…sorry – no dice son/
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