Black Thought and co. take what could be easily-dismissible stereotypes and make them human – or, rather, he reminds us that these humans exist in every space that we don’t want to investigate. Street hustlers, abused women, insecure criminals – these are the figments of an all-too-real America.
Read this review of The Roots’ impressionistic new LP …and then you shoot your cousin via WXPN’s The Key.