Black Thought and Redman mentioned their mutual affect and up to date collaborations throughout an intensive 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 by Hip-Hop tradition, revealing how they’ve influenced one another’s artistry for the reason that Nineteen Nineties.

Their dialog, a part of Rolling Stone’s seventh annual Musicians on Musicians sequence, highlighted the skilled bond that has strengthened by latest collaborations at Roots Picnic occasions.

“Me and Malik [B], who, relaxation in peace, was the opposite MC earlier on within the Roots — in faculty, all we used to hearken to was your s###!” Black Thought advised Redman throughout their filmed dialogue. “I had a suspicion that you just have been a Roots fan. However if you dropped that line, ‘I like 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 traditional 1996 album Muddy Waters. “I can truthfully say, bro, on the Muddy Waters album, when me and [Method Man] did this track known as ‘Do What Ya Really feel,’ that complete spherical was impressed from you,” he revealed. “In the event you hearken to it, you’ll hear how I caught your circulation a bit of 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 Methodology Man, Widespread and different Hip-Hop veterans.

The 2024 Roots Picnic featured a very notable efficiency the place Black Thought, Widespread and Freeway joined Methodology 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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