The Most Interesting Man? You Decide...

Whether the man is the most interesting ever, there's no doubt that Royce is one hell of a beast on the mic when he gets to doing what he does...

Check it out... You may hear something from this tape on the June 10th show...

(if I can get my mitts on a version without Whoo Kid on it lol)

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Sha Stimula, Murda Mook, & Nemisis Round Table Cypher

Don't know why I haven't posted this before... Give Ice a #latepass... This is one of my favorite cyphers ever... Sha & Mook just both dropped mixtapes recently... Both are problems... If anyone knows where to get more of Nem's music, leave some info in the comment box...

Watch towards the end... Trust me...

-Ice

R.I.P. Big L

RIP to one of the greatest to ever do it... I don't know whose in your "Top Ten" but I know Big L is in mine...

Dude would've been 36 today, so celebrate by living life the way he would've... Drinking, smoking, living the fast life etc...

Oh, and you know he wouldn't last a day without listening to some dope music, so honor the man by bumping this 53 track tribute done E.R.O.C. back in '03...

The Tribute

May 27 - FUNK Edition PHATROOT

THE 5TH HOUR (10pm-11pm)

01. Roy Ayers – Running Away

02. Mandrill – Funky Monkey (funny voice)

03. Vernon Burch – Get Up

04. Cameo – I Just Wanna Be

05. Commentary

06. Bobby Hughes Experience

07. Manu Dibango – New Bell

08. Wilbert Longmire – Black is the Colour

09. S.O.U.L – Burning Spear

10. Reuben Wilson – Got to Get Your Own

11. Loose Joints – Is it All Over My Face

THE ICE HOUR (11pm-12am)

SEGMENT 1:

01. William Devaughn – Be Thankful For What You Got

02. Charles Wright & The Watts 103^rd Street Rhythm Band – Express Yourself

03. Teddy Pendergrass – Time For Love (Cooking Soul Remix)

04. The O’Jays – For The Love Of Money

05. Gary Bartz NTU Troop – Celestial Blues

SEGMENT 2:

06. Bad Medicine – Trespasser

07. Bobby Womack – Across 110^th Street

08. Fred Wesley – House Party

09. Chamber Brothers – Funky

10. Us3 – Chili Hot

11. Chuck Brown – Bustin’ Loose

SEGMENT 3:

12. Jimmy Smith – (Phat) Root Down (And Get It)

Entire month of may mega update

The phatroot team has been hard at work searching for worthy news sources of the latest in politics and hip hop related news. However, nothing has happened in the month of may (it's not at all that we have been lazy in updating this, no not at all)

To tide you over though, i found some older clips to hold you down. obama makes a great point about hip hop, followed by damu the fudgemunk playing beats out the mpc. yessir...

Obama on hip hop - interviewer asks great questions too... well done

Damu the fudgemunk. beats are ridiculous. PEEP !

MAY 13 PLAYLIST

THE 5TH HOUR (10pm-11pm)

01.Elzi - Overwit (prod dilla)

02. Natural Elements - Lyrical Tactics (prod premier)

03. Funky DL feat Guile -

04. Rakim - It's Been a Long Time

05. The Roots - Dynamite

06. Common ft. Slum Village - Thelonius

07. Black Moon - I Gotcha Open

08 Sol - I love this shit (prod Portland's D. Green)

09. Common - Nag Champa

10. Michsu the Drumkit ft. Dutchmassive - I won't Stop

11. Storm Davis ft Reason & Symmetry - Snakes In the Grass

12. Moka Only - Living In A Dream

13. Syntax ft. Jade - Hold On

14. Shad - I Don't Like To

15. Specifics - Under The Hood

THE ICE HOUR (11pm-12am)

SEGMENT 1:

01. Pauly Yamz ft. Peedi Peedi – Branded (Jazzy Jeff Remix)

02. Statik Selectah – Did What We Had To Do ft. KRS-One, Larry Cheeba, & Large Professor

03. K. Sparks – Visual Sound

04. Omar Cruz – The LLA

05. Rakim – Metaforce ft. A.O.N.

SEGMENT 2:

06. Sheek Louch – Good Love Instrumental

07. Jay-Z – Empire State Of Mind (NickTRecordz Remix) ft. Alicia Keys, Biggie Smalls, & Nas

08. Metaphor The Great – Do That

09. Cali Agents – Breakadawn

SEGMENT 3:

10. Rascalz – Funky Migraine Instrumental

11. MAGr – Laminated Looseleafs ft. Blu

12. Get Busy Committee – My Little Razorblade

13. Reflection Eternal – Hunters ft. Krondon & Phil Da Agony

14. Pete Rock – The PJ’s ft. Raekwon, Masta Killah, Styles P, & Sheek Louch

SEGMENT 4:

15. Rick Raine – Groove Me Instrumental

16. Maze – Before I Let Go

17. Zhane’ – Groove Thang

18. ZO! – Somethin’ Special ft. Yahzarah