Black Thought and Redman mentioned their mutual affect and up to date collaborations throughout an in depth Rolling Stone interview.

Black Thought opened up about his decades-long admiration for Redman throughout a candid Rolling Stone Musicians on Musicians dialog that showcased the deep respect between two Hip-Hop legends.

The Roots frontman and the Newark native spent practically two hours discussing their parallel journeys via Hip-Hop tradition, revealing how they’ve influenced one another’s artistry for the reason that Nineties.

Their dialog, a part of music/music-features/black-thought-roots-redman-hip-hop-interview-1235443718/” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Rolling Stone’smusic/music-features/black-thought-roots-redman-hip-hop-interview-1235443718/” rel=”noreferrer noopener”> seventh annual Musicians on Musicians collection, highlighted the skilled bond that has strengthened via latest collaborations at Roots Picnic occasions.

“Me and Malik [B], who, rest in peace, was the other MC earlier on in the Roots — in college, all we used to listen to was your s###!” Black Thought advised Redman throughout their filmed dialogue. “I had a suspicion that you were a Roots fan. But when you dropped that line, ‘I love to burn to the roots’ [on LL Cool J’s 1997 song ‘4, 3, 2, 1’], that was it.”

Redman, 55, reciprocated the reward whereas discussing his inventive course of throughout the making of his basic 1996 album Muddy Waters. “I can honestly say, bro, on the Muddy Waters album, when me and [Method Man] did this song called ‘Do What Ya Feel,’ that whole round was inspired from you,” he revealed. “If you listen to it, you’ll hear how I caught your flow a little bit.”

The dialog touched on their latest efficiency collaborations, together with appearances at Roots Picnic occasions in Los Angeles and Philadelphia.

These performances have included Method Man, Common and different Hip-Hop veterans.

The 2024 Roots Picnic featured a very notable efficiency the place Black Thought, Common and Freeway joined Method Man and Redman for a remix of LL Cool J’s “4,3,2,1.”

Black Thought additionally shared that The Roots are nearing completion of their first album since 2014.

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