Roots rock new album

This is the kind of music even white guys can find the rhythm to.\n"Game Theory" is the name of the new album released by the most musically gifted group in hip-hop, The Roots. Combining the beat prowess of ?uestlove and the dominant flow of Black Thought, "Game Theory" is the greatest hip-hop record this year.\nThis is the type of music that makes Levis and Coca-Cola commercials. The kind that where the entire town storms Main Street and jumps on the giant celebration float while hundreds of other gorgeous citizens cheer on the product like it's the second coming of freedom.\nAfter some of the group's fans whispered the group had gone too alternative, The Roots have come out with their darkest, most intense hip-hop album to date. Featuring more jazz and rock than rap, The Roots truly showcase their appreciation for different genres of music on "Game Theory."\nBefore the release of "Game Theory," the band from Philly signed with a close friend's record company. That friend just so happens to be some small rapper from New York who goes under the moniker Jay-Z. Ring any bells? Hova and his label, Def Jam Records, signed The Roots last September, marking the band's acceptance into mainstream hip-hop.\nWhat makes this album stand out from other Roots releases is Black Thought's masterful rhymes. Every time he says a verse you subconsciously become one with the beat, bobbing up and down. You know when athletes are given credit for not taking any plays off and playing 110 percent? The same can be said about Black Thought's rhymes. \nThe Roots send a political message in their song "False Media." In Black Thought's verse, he raps about President Bush and the ongoing war. "Hey it's me a monster ya'll done created / I've been inaugurated," he says at one point. Later in the song he raps, "Aim, fire, holla about a dolla, nothing is scared/We goin' pimp the shit out of nature /Send our troops to get my paper/Tell 'em stay away from them skyscrapers." \nThe cool and mellow sound of "Clock With No Hands" demonstrates The Roots' ability to change gears and slow it down. If there were hip-hop piano lounges, this song would be the mold. Roots crew keyboard player Kamal plays a lullaby-melody in the background that soothes the listener. \nThe album's title track, "Game Theory" is the 8 Mile song of the record. The song, like the entire album, is an abstract musical masterpiece. The song sounds like the type of song that's played as boxers enter the arena as they walk into the arena. This song could put life into Ted Williams's abdomen. \nThe entire album is noteworthy and showcases why The Roots, always highly-regarded, deserve even more of the hip-hop world's attention