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The last time The Roots put out a track with “2.0” in the title, it was my favorite record of 2003. Now, here in 2010, The Roots present us with the brand new single off their upcoming album, entitled Dear God 2.0. Dear God has a far different feeling compared with the aforementioned The Seed 2.0. If The Seed was the track played during the climax of a movie, Dear God 2.0 would played at the end of a tragic flick, after the death of the protagonist, all the buildings have collapsed and the “monster” has single-handedly ended civilization. Yeah, it’s that serious. With a verbal assault by Black Thought and drummer/modern day renaissance man ?uestlove handling the production, Dear God 2.0 also brings in Jim James and his band Monsters of Folk for some vocal duties and more. The long awaited How I Got Over - we actually featured the title track last July - is finally set to be released on June 22, featuring additional guest spots from Blu, John Legend, STS and more. The official countdown begins…
This song first appeared on the
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on May 31, 2010
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 475 |
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Damn.
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| Posted on May 24, 2010 |
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You can feel the emotion in this one. Lovin it, definitely what the roots are all about. The vocals on the chorus are great and drums are great. Good song.
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| Posted on May 24, 2010 |
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Love The Roots and trust me - you don't need me to start counting the many ways. Like Ivan (see above write-up) I am a HUGE fan of "The Seed 2.0." Sadly, I cannot say that I enjoyed "Dear God 2.0" anywhere near as much. That doesn't make it a bad record - because really they didn't make the song to be a comparison - just a rather flat selection for a single.
Sidebar: With that all said, The Roots never have cared about "single selections" so that part of the equation doesn't really matter that much (if at all). 
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| Posted on May 24, 2010 |
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Talk about good hip hop, music hardly ever gets more soulful than this. I'm loving what the Roots put down here.
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| Posted on May 24, 2010 |
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Unique, loving this song, Roots know how to deliver, and I can't remember the 'Seed 2.0' but I guess I should check it out again..
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| Posted on May 24, 2010 |
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I was on the fence about this at first, but after a weekend's worth of spins I'm sold. I'm interested in seeing how this fits into the rest of the album.
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| Posted on May 24, 2010 |
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damn
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| Posted on May 24, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 639 |
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(no comment) rating says it all
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| Posted on May 24, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 2065 |
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The Roots don't disapoint. I'd really like to see them live one day.
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| Posted on May 24, 2010 |
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how can i download this?
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| Posted on May 24, 2010 |
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Aint heard anything as soulful as this in a minute!
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| Posted on May 24, 2010 |
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It's a really a nice joint. The Roots are great and it seems like they always have something to say in their music. That's why they're legends. I love the emotion in the song.
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| Posted on May 24, 2010 |
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As Z said, this is an odd selection for a "single", unless you're the Roots. They could give a f**k about radio play. What they want to do is show their hardcore fans that they're still coming with it, and they absolutely do here. Hopefully this won't be quite as dark as Rising Down (I could use a breather) but I couldn't possibly be more stoked to hear the new album. You can count on a DJBooth review when it drops.
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| Posted on May 24, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 225 |
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Um something new and good
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| Posted on May 24, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 225 |
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made a mistake meant a 5 star
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| Posted on May 24, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 217 |
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I cant even provide feedback worthy enough to describe the supernova that is the Roots so I will just say listen up, this is genius lyrically personified!
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| Posted on May 24, 2010 |
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The Roots do it again with this new joint. Nice to hear something different for a single, than what is usually picked by an artist or group (commercial friendly sing-along song). This is why The Roots keep winning, they found their niche and are running with it.
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| Posted on May 24, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 288 |
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Damn, that's all I can say right now!
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| Posted on May 24, 2010 |
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It's amazing that after all these years, The Roots are still the best in the business when it comes to releasing quality music. The soulful vocals on the hook were very soothing and combined with ?uest Love's drums... damn. Black Thought drops lyrical gold everytime and that about sums up this track.
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| Posted on May 24, 2010 |
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For a second there I thought it said featuring Jim Jones?!?! Thank goodness that wasn't the case! 4.5
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| Posted on May 24, 2010 |
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The production is nice from ?uest. The lyrics on this is nice too.
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| Posted on May 24, 2010 |
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| Posted on May 24, 2010 |
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such an amazing song
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| Posted on May 24, 2010 |
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The Roots always come with it, shit is crazy
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| Posted on May 25, 2010 |
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fascinating track. after the first minute or so of piano and soft vocals i was intrigued, waiting for more. then came the dope rapping and instantly i went from interested to hooked, from banger to classic and never looked back!
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| Posted on May 25, 2010 |
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This is a great song. Might not play it a lot, but it's real. Production did it good.
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| Posted on May 25, 2010 |
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always hot speaking truth to the people
let me go get it now |
| Posted on May 26, 2010 |
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I don't usually comment but this song moved me that much. Once again The Roots have come back to provide quality music,not just hip hop, rap whatever...music with an emphatic period
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| Posted on May 26, 2010 |
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Always On Point...Forever On Time. Nothing else need be said!
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| Posted on May 26, 2010 |
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Love the arrangement. Elements are slowly introduced into the mix but you kind of hope for something else to happen and it never does and goes out on the same note. It manages to balance downhearted vocals with a melody as soft as a marshmallow, plus Black Thought adding that all-important boost of lyrical dexterity - an impressive piece that piques my interest for up-coming album.
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| Posted on May 28, 2010 |
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perfect
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| Posted on May 29, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 72 |
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Nice. Not a banger but I can definitely vibe to that.
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| Posted on May 29, 2010 |
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Straight fire all around. Production is perfect hip hop. ?uest uses that snare like he owns it. Amazing lyrics from black thought as usual. Cant wait for the whole project.
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| Posted on May 29, 2010 |
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| Posted on May 30, 2010 |
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Its got some depth i can tell you that.
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| Posted on May 30, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 484 |
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Definitely can't wait till this album comes out
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| Posted on May 31, 2010 |
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Legit shit...
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| Posted on May 31, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 452 |
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fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiire. good to hear new roots can't wait for How I Got Over
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| Posted on May 31, 2010 |
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| Posted on Jun 06, 2010 |
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If this is on their new album, this album is a classic
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| Posted on Jun 20, 2010 |
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roots are always fire
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| Posted on Sep 03, 2010 |
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