Questlove reacts to Kendrick Lamar's tribute to the roots in GnX video

Questlove came over recently The Jennifer Hudson ShowSented his reaction to finding out that Kendrick Lamar paid homage to the roots in a music video for his monumental Gnx Album that was released last year.

When Hudson discussed his influence on other artists, he pointed out the scene from Lamar's “Streit” video, in which the set for the root track “The Next Movement” from 1999 was replicated.

“I was so shocked because the way the people told me – I woke up to 30 K. Dot texts,” recalled Questlove. “I thought: 'Oh no.' He only dissolved us.

The root drummer said he was surprised because the Philly band is “omnipresent”, but “not great mainstream, but we are niche, but we are not overexposed.” He continued: “It is difficult to say where we fit into the scheme of things. It is an honor, but it is also a surprise when you see the people who recognize them after all this time.”

In response, Hudson recalled the musician that his volunteered band was a “blueprint for all artists and the music industry”.

“The Next Movement” was presented on the groundbreaking album of the root, Things fall apartA recording that Rab Listed as one of the 200 largest hip-hop albums of all time. A review welcomed the nineties LP as “a socially attentive, deeply musical thesis of the Philadelphia band, which dared to play their own instruments”, and found that the “timeless” tracks “full of virtuoso verses from black thoughts and Malik -B, together with fellow travelers such as Mos Mos Mos, and Varizern -Hubbard.

More than 25 years later, Lamar released his sixth album. GnxA historical year that has gripped a disaster with Drake, the announcement of Lamar's Super Bowl appearance and part of Singles number one, including “not like us” “Sza-Collab” Luther “and” Streit on “and” Arm “and” Stretchopple “.

In an Instagram contribution that looks back at his work with the roots and was after the news of Lamar's homage, Questlove in November posted an Instagram photo of an side-by-side screenshots from “The Next Movement” and “Streit-Up” Videos. “My dear number one is the music that I create in @theroots – this is the fuel for my fire and sometimes, if you love something, you have to release it. If it returns to you, it is real,” wrote Questlove in the caption. “That means I would like to thank @kendricklamar for recognizing something that I thought about that nobody saw or looked after it. The feeling is a great feeling and I don't take it for granted.”