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“Root Down” is Track #5 on the Ill Communication LP, released 5.31.1994. Evan Bernard directed the video. The song is so nice, it was re-released on 5.23.1995 (as the album’s 4th single) via the Root Down EP. It included 2 remixes:
- “Root Down” (Free Zone Mix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjrHzcYUF6s#t=21 - “Root Down” (PP Balloon Mix – produced by Prince Paul)
“Root Down” has since been remixed dozens of times, most recently by DJ AK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QpgOFcOphA
Jimmy Smith’s “Root Down (And Get It)“ forms the track’s backbone.
Beastiemania found that “Root Down” was performed in 256 concerts.
- 1st Known Performance: 4.29.1994 — California State University, Dominguez Hills, US
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YPiKdfYR1dk#t=53s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Gs8HPI6Sk - Last Known Performance: 6.12.2009 — Great Stage Park, Manchester, TN, US
Source: Beastiemania
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Jelly Roll Morton (10.20.1890-7.10.1940) was a pioneering American ragtime & early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer who began his career in New Orleans. In 1915, his composition “Jelly Roll Blues” became the first published jazz composition. In his role as jazz’s first arranger, he proved “that a genre rooted in improvisation could retain its essential spirit and characteristics when notated.” Recognized for his arrogant self-promotion as much as his musical talents, “Morton claimed to have invented jazz outright in 1902 — much to the derision of later musicians and critics.” Clearly, Mike is not a fat version of this man.
source: The Guardian
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Richard Marvin “Dick” Butkus (b. 12.9.1942) is a retired American football player. Butkus played for the University of Illinois and nine seasons for the Chicago Bears. Listed at 6'3, 245 lbs., he was one of the most terrifying linebackers of his era. Butkus was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1979.
His name sounds funny, but would you mess with him?
Artist: Tom “Butchy Pantsdown” for MCA Day
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“Tough Guy” made its debut on as Track #2 on the Ill Communication LP, released 5.31.1994. Beastiemania reports that it’s been performed in 157 known concerts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5lnZCGoK-M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1V1__wutdo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUa5fgcF9T0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyZ7kpJ7Y98
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzKGcGhq-PI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDWwoty0f5M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDlagPcxHWw
The song is about basketball.