REVIEW THE ROOTS : GAME THEORY

Written by: flame

The Roots
Game Theory

Waktu itu gw pergi ke suatu tempat bersama temen label gw DJ Radd, di mobil dia nyetel lagu keren banget? live drumbreaks, cold rap mc, real instruments, sounds like the roots. ?Waahhh apaan nih man!!!? Tanya ku. ?The Roots, jek!!Gw baru beli di Aquarius? jawabnya. ?Boong lu!Emang ada The Roots di toko kaset?? ku kembali bertanya. ?Ada lagi, gw juga nemunya di bagian Jazz!!!Nendang kan??

The Roots di bagian Jazz sebuah toko kaset. Memang gw pikir, kesalahan yang agak norak. Tapi kalo dipikir2 emang The Roots tuh Jazz nya hiphop. Iya gak?? Besokannya gw langsung beli album itu.

Game Theory, release pertama dari The Roots di label baru nya Def Jam. Album ini jelas politik banget, kalo denger lirik2 dari Black Thought. Anger but mature, itu yang gw denger dari dia. Kalo yang suka Tipping Point, gw rasa elu gak bakal suka album ini. Game Theory kerasa lebih marah, lebih temperamental, tapi tetap lebih indah, Coba denger False Media?gelap? American based protests? Fender Rhodes yang indah. Coba denger track 2, Game Theory?feat Malik B. keren man! Real guitar sound, drums, duh gw sampe ngantuk2 gini denger nya. Don?t feel right, suara klasik the roots, anjrit lagu2 lainnya keren2 man! Favorit gw Can?t stop this, yang beatnya dibikin oleh J-Dilla (RIP). Can?t stop this kalo nggak salah juga ada di Donuts nya J-Dilla deh, apa The Shinning ya?lupa gw jek.

Ngomong2 gw baru denger podcast nya ?uestlove, dia cerita banyak banget. Salah satu yang menarik adalah, cerita tentang bagaimana album ini di delay bertahun2 oleh Interscope, entah karena apa. Jimmy Iovine (Interscope) tetap maksa untuk membuat album seperti Tipping Point, karena selling point nya tertinggi, dibanding album The Roots yang lain. Tapi ?uest bilang, ?If we make another Tipping Point, then we are not moving anywhere, and I don?t want that to happen, I don?t really care at that point if we are going to cancel our contract with Interscope? tunggu ya gw dengerin podcast nya lagi supaya bisa gw catet. ?That?s why we want a transfer to DefJam, which also owned by Universal Music. Why don?t we go indie? That wont be happening, cuz we know our music doesn?t really sell that much, but we need a strong label so they could distribute our stuffs real good. Its not really selling more to us, but its more to being heard even more. Why waste our time in the studio for 13 years, if we don?t make our self heard to each corner of the world. That?s why we need a strong label like Def Jam, they understand that? Gila kan, The Roots aja di sia2 in Interscope, gimana nasib hiphoper lokal kita nih, yaaa lebih gigih deh nemuin label yang cocok hehehe

Balik ke Game Theory, album ini sangat dianjurkan kepada hiphopheads, The Roots fanatic, J-Dilla fans, hiphop purist.

Overall 7 / 10