Black Thought Interview: Rap GOAT, Founding Member of The Roots | Ep. 77

This week we bring you one of our biggest guests yet - The Talented Mr. Trotter, Black Thought jumped in the Crate 808 hot seat 😱🐐 As a living rap GOAT and founding member of The Roots, we had a LOT to talk about with the legend himself, including…

Show Notes
- Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (01:30)
- Reaction to ‘Streams of Thought: Vol. 3’ (03:55)
- Breaking down his rapper/producer collaborations (06:30)
- Using Dave Chappelle’s work on his latest album (08:50)
- Why he’s mediated more this year (10:30)
- What he would like to add to his legacy (12:30)
- Breaking down the artwork to each ‘Streams’ project and behind The Roots’ classic covers (15:45)
- How he hits up other MCs (Roc Marciano, Royce, Yasiin Bey, Monch, Common and Griselda) for advice (19:50)
- Latest on the Black Nickel project with Royce Da 5’9” (22:52)
- How Big Pun was supposed to feature on ‘Adrenaline!’ and working on ‘Super Lyrical’ (24:05)
- Which songs and verses people ask him about the most (29:10)
- The legendary Funkmaster Flex freestyle (30:40)
- How he settled on the name Black Thought, and what The Roots were previously named (33:14)
- How seeing LL Cool J at the After Midnight changed his life and made him want to rap (38:30)
- Future music including tons of features on ‘Streams: Vol. 4’ and ‘Dangerous Thoughts’ with Danger Mouse (43:50)
- New work with DJ Premier and Q-Tip, including a supergroup of Preem, Elvis Costello, T Bone Burnett, Cassandra Wilson working on a new project called ‘Dopamine’ (47:17)
- Talks The Roots and ‘Things Fall Apart’ (50:00)
- How he found living in London in 1994 (52:00)

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