The Roots: Hennessy Grooving with Richard Nichols
October 19, 2010 ⋅ Culture ⋅ by Eugene Kan ⋅ 27 Views

NOWNESS together with Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin recently followed Black Thought and Questlove of The Roots on a trip to Cognac, France. While the original intent of the trip was for Broomberg and Chanarin to document Black Thought and Questlove as they were guests at a Hennessy party, a short but impactful conversation with The Roots’ long-serving manager Richard Nichols was recorded the day after the party. Nichols presented an interesting take on what Soul music of the past and now Hip-Hop has impacted culture and it’s intersection through other cultures.

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  • #5

    you wont get where rich is coming from unless you realize he isnt just talking about here and now, as much as he is the endless space/time continuum…

    hence comparatively, progress doesnt take us very far and humans arent so high powered versus an electric eel that can shock the sh*t out of you, a humming bird and all the other forces of the universe, known and unknown…

    you can blame him on me though because i taught him everything he knows (and im the reason hes so fu*ked up!).

  • Theodoreelohino

    LOL. word up.

  • Theodoreelohino

    LOL. word up.

  • Theodoreelohino

    LOL. word up.

  • Theodoreelohino

    LOL. word up.

  • Theodoreelohino

    LOL. word up.

  • Theodoreelohino

    LOL. word up.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=792312779 Richard Dapa Reese

    Which Tom Fords are those?

  • universalb

    I like The Roots and I like Hennessy. doneanddone.

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  • Auston Bunsen

    If he would have taken a few of his thoughts a bit further, he may have came to these sort of realizations:

    * “Most popular songs are love songs” – Humans are wired to pro-created, anything promoting this is popular, consciously or unconsciously

    * “Are some people dumb? Are some people outlaws? Are most black people dumb outlaws?” – He first talks about the entire populace, then applies the same questions to a specific subset – there are statistics that highlight poor grades among certain minorities (I’m hispanic). It’s shortsighted, albeit somewhat thoughtful, to say “absolutely not” when there is conclusive evidence in the opposite direction.

    * “We have one super power, it doesn’t really make us superior. But it does allow you to imagine that you are more than what you are. ” – Imagination is part of a complex brain, chickens, fish, etc do not imagine things, homo-sapiens do, this makes us fairly unique. So, we are what we are, at the top of the food chain on earth with the power to change the world as we see fit.

    * “I don’t really believe in progress…” – Really, so the work Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X & tons of other civil rights leaders was in vain? Bill Gates & Steve Jobs did not push computing forward & into the very medium you are being delivered to us now?

    * “…biggest trick of humans is being able to fool themselves into thinking it really makes a difference what the fuck they do…” – It is not a “trick” it is a truth. You can impact the world around you. examples: George Washington, Abe Lincoln, Henry Ford, Wright Brothers, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs.

    I love The Roots & I’ve never met their manager, but dude, just think your stuff through a bit more. Please.

  • Auston Bunsen

    If he would have taken a few of his thoughts a bit further, he may have came to these sort of realizations:

    * “Most popular songs are love songs” – Humans are wired to pro-created, anything promoting this is popular, consciously or unconsciously

    * “Are some people dumb? Are some people outlaws? Are most black people dumb outlaws?” – He first talks about the entire populace, then applies the same questions to a specific subset – there are statistics that highlight poor grades among certain minorities (I’m hispanic). It’s shortsighted, albeit somewhat thoughtful, to say “absolutely not” when there is conclusive evidence in the opposite direction.

    * “We have one super power, it doesn’t really make us superior. But it does allow you to imagine that you are more than what you are. ” – Imagination is part of a complex brain, chickens, fish, etc do not imagine things, homo-sapiens do, this makes us fairly unique. So, we are what we are, at the top of the food chain on earth with the power to change the world as we see fit.

    * “I don’t really believe in progress…” – Really, so the work Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X & tons of other civil rights leaders was in vain? Bill Gates & Steve Jobs did not push computing forward & into the very medium you are being delivered to us now?

    * “…biggest trick of humans is being able to fool themselves into thinking it really makes a difference what the fuck they do…” – It is not a “trick” it is a truth. You can impact the world around you. examples: George Washington, Abe Lincoln, Henry Ford, Wright Brothers, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs.

    I love The Roots & I’ve never met their manager, but dude, just think your stuff through a bit more. Please.

  • Auston Bunsen

    If he would have taken a few of his thoughts a bit further, he may have came to these sort of realizations:

    * “Most popular songs are love songs” – Humans are wired to pro-created, anything promoting this is popular, consciously or unconsciously

    * “Are some people dumb? Are some people outlaws? Are most black people dumb outlaws?” – He first talks about the entire populace, then applies the same questions to a specific subset – there are statistics that highlight poor grades among certain minorities (I’m hispanic). It’s shortsighted, albeit somewhat thoughtful, to say “absolutely not” when there is conclusive evidence in the opposite direction.

    * “We have one super power, it doesn’t really make us superior. But it does allow you to imagine that you are more than what you are. ” – Imagination is part of a complex brain, chickens, fish, etc do not imagine things, homo-sapiens do, this makes us fairly unique. So, we are what we are, at the top of the food chain on earth with the power to change the world as we see fit.

    * “I don’t really believe in progress…” – Really, so the work Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X & tons of other civil rights leaders was in vain? Bill Gates & Steve Jobs did not push computing forward & into the very medium you are being delivered to us now?

    * “…biggest trick of humans is being able to fool themselves into thinking it really makes a difference what the fuck they do…” – It is not a “trick” it is a truth. You can impact the world around you. examples: George Washington, Abe Lincoln, Henry Ford, Wright Brothers, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs.

    I love The Roots & I’ve never met their manager, but dude, just think your stuff through a bit more. Please.

  • Theodoreelohino

    Black Thought is dope…I’ve always liked the Roots.

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  • good stuff

    everything is about balance, the president is drinking, noble prize winners are drinking ,harvard scholars drinking, drinking isn’t bad, just don’t get to the point that you are abusing it. enjoy it.

  • http://twitter.com/Sao_Bento Sao_Bento

    Because it’s in black people’s best interest to be encouraged to drink more alcohol? I never understood why these guys would sign on to something like this. Seems like just yesterday that the “conscious” people were complaining about the abundance of liquor stores in low income neighborhoods. I guess it’s different if they give you a $.

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    Smooth