Op-Ed

This isn't like the typical Friday Op-Ed pieces I do, but then again it's not Friday and class was cancelled on Friday and Miller never asked us to do one.

(Click the image above to stream the mixtape)

In today's circulation of hip-hop artists, there are a handful who are coming out with new mixtapes all the time, but in my opinion, there is not a more true hip hop artist than the Roots, who put out one of the best mixtapes I've heard since the time that mixtapes were actual cassette tapes.

In "The Roots- Dilla Joints" the Roots pay tribute the late great producer J Dilla, in a way that only the Roots can, through true, smooth hip hop.

Being just about the only good thing to come out of Detroit, J Dilla kept it real to the masses with his sublime beats, and the Roots do an excellent job of immortalizing him.

In their album "Game Theory" the Roots also pay tribute to Dilla by covering his song "Can't Stop This," and they proved that they can't be stopped by releasing this mixtape of epic hip hop proportions. 

Till next time,

-DJ