The Roots & John Legend Feed “The Fire” (Listen & Download)

The legendary Roots crew is rolling heavy with John Legend these days. Just a few days after they dropped the Legend-assited "Doin' It Again", they're back at it again with the release of "The Fire". Sonically speaking, ironically "The Fire" is actually pretty cool and minimalistic by roots standards, consisting primarily of ?uestlove laying down a simply drum backbone, a few piano keys and a looping bass. Of course Blackthought rocks a mic as well as ever, though I have to admit this isn't one of his best performances. And somewhat surprisingly they run Legend's vocals through the production cycle a few times until it sounds more like a sample than live vocals. I don't know, I'm gonna have to marinate on this one for a minute.

Maybe it's just because I was hoping they're release at least one uptempo jam (damn I miss me some "Break You Off"), but I haven't been blown away by anything off "How I Got Over" so far. Hopefully I'll find at least a couple crowd movers on the album when it drops on June 22.

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Feel the Fire right now and check out the track below.