Last night in Chicago The Roots announced that they will be retiring from touring effective March 2009. The move is being made to accommodate their new Night Gig as the house band for Jimmy Fallon when he replaces Conan O’Brien as the host of Late Night in March of 2009. Conan will be moved to the Tonight Show.
Well shit. Not the best way to leave 2DBz updated but this is how it’s gonna be. Hip Hop fans will be missing out with them not on the road. Seriously… their live show >>>>>>>>. I can’t be mad being able to catch them everynight though. We’ll see how it goes. UPDATE: According to OKP, it’s not as crazy as originally reported.
dang dats gonna suck..the roots best live group..my opinion
damn. i haven’t even seen them live before. i hope it all works out for them. fuckin jummy fallon.
the roots and jimmy fallon? together? what the fuck? does this mean ?uestlove is gonna end up being jimmy fallon’s andy richter-esque sidekick?
DAMN….. I HOPE I CAN SEE THEM BEFORE THEY RETIRE
can we vote on this getting a random acts of fuckery tag on fallons part? i just hope fallon bombs so they get back on the road
Damn this sucks but also cool like u said shake, we get see them every night! I hope they have a last tour b4 March 09!
Thats good im jappy for both Jimmy Fallon and Conan, Both really entertaining guys.. I am gonna try real hard to catch the Roots before they retire, But I cant Imagine wtf Black Thought is gonna do in a house band… Is he gonna rap the opening theme?.. idk
This “retirement” is just temporary though (just like everything else in hip-hop). There is no excuse for the heads who’ve never seen a Roots show before. They’ve been on the road since…forever! http://www.weyowzers.com/2008/11/roots-temporarily-retire-from-touring.html
I am proud to say I have seen The Roots each and everytime they have been in a 300 mile range or so of where I was at at the moment and for good reason… DOPE LIVE SHOW!!! doesn’t really matter what stage they find themselves on, THEY WILL ROCK YOU, ROCK YOU, ROCK YOU…
Glad i’ve seen them live.
bullshit!! its all good i saw them last month!! hahahaha
For Jimmy Fallon? Major WTF??
C’mon ?uest & Black… The Roots are bigger than that.
wow. droppin bombs for real tho… i’m lucky i’ve seen them twice so far… i NEED to see em at least once more before they retire
oh hell no! we’ve been waiting for them to come to south africa for years now, well atleast i got to see black though @ black august in johannesburg 2001…
I’m seeing them on Dec, 2nd. But this still sucks!
fallon can’t be as wack as carson daly’s show. conan is a great replacement. maybe black will do the intro at the beginning theme. wait so conan is moving to Cali wit his show?
conan had a good band already and its getting better. what will happen to his band or the tonight show band!?!?! only 1 can exist
This is an absolute travesty!!! I am heart broken and all shook up about this. The greatest show on earth, calling it quits to be on Jmmy fallon show. Who the hell is gonna watch that show? Hopefully this won’t last long.
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?uesto should host. i forgot jimmy fallon was even alive
This is a surprising ass move…
I’m shocked that the dopest hip hop band on the planet would make such a wack decision.
Damn, i hope they come to L.A one last time, I’ve yet to seem dem live. So they gotta come thru.
What is going to happen with Thought? Is he going too?
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