Birthday Girl is a Goner
The Roots heard all your griping and decided to axe “Birthday Girl” from Rising Down.
“We told you a few weeks ago that “Birthday Girl” could easily get dropped off of Rising Down. We received word over the weekend that the song is now the International Single and will be an iTunes exclusive. It will not appear on the North American release.”[via OKP, by way of Eskay]
I haven’t heard Rising Down in its entirety, so it’s hard to say whether this move will strengthen the album or detract from it. But I will say this: When the dust finally settles, yanking “Birthday Girl” will be perceived as the move that single-handedly made or marred Rising Down.
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JJ Says:
u gotta respect woteva decision the roots made about the song…as far as the reaction to it on this blog, everyone made out it was awful! was i the only person who liked it? ok it mite not be hip hop at its most raw, but it was a melodic, catchy, well made song!
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young blue eyes Says:
i agree… i liked this track, even though black thought bit kanye’s gold digger flow on that first verse… it was a fun, catchy tune which i bet has been replaced by some pretentious, pseudo-thought provoking shit in typical roots crew fashion. oh well, i lost interest in these dudes like 8 years ago so really, who the hell cares?
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jim Says:
cool with me. Song was kinda wack anyway
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ian Says:
Song was fine and probably their best shot at selling units beyond their hardcore but tiny fanbase. This album will probably end up doing as badly as all their previous ones and their fans will cry about why everyone’s still fronting on The Roots. Ridiculous….
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khal Says:
vh1 soul had their “soul story” hour dedicated to the roots.
i forgot how ill “you get me” was. is.
i need to re-rip things fall apart.
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Episode Says:
LOL at The Roots having a tiny fanbase.
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fcuk Says:
Have u guys heard that he ever appeared on the hot millionaire&celebs dating club S E E K R I C H. C O M? I heard of it around that site when hooking up with the guys there recently. That sounds amazing, I know.
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roman Says:
i doubt this move will make or marr (sp?) Rising Down. it probably would have brightened the album a little, but would’ve been out of place regardless. i think it was a wise move. the “new fans” that it would appeal to will probably end up downloading the song, anyway.
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Renato Pagnani Says:
Thank god, “Birthday Girl” is an awful song.
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DB'Ossi Says:
Woulda been like the last track on the new Lupe…..
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ac Says:
This dude is found at the interracial club mixedfriends.com a moment ago. He has created a personal profile to seek young and hot girls out of his race there.
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ian Says:
> LOL at The Roots having a tiny fanbase.
I was a little harsh: their last (?) album ‘Game Theory’ has actually scanned about 203,000 units which is more than I would have guessed.
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AngelBaby Says:
“lost interest in these dudes like 8 years ago so really, who the hell cares?”
I feel you! I haven’t loved a Roots album since Things Fall Apart. Hard to believe that album is already over 8 yrs old.
I still LOVE ?love and glad to see he will be around forever with or without the Roots. When I saw him playing the drums at Jays radio City Reasonable Doubt 10th anniversary concert it seemed like no one but him could have orchestarted and had that concert play out and sound the way it did.
PROPS 2 him 4 making that concert worth every penny!
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Jay-Z Tekent Al Artiesten Voor Aanstaand Apple label? « WildStyle Says:
[...] Apple/Roots nieuws; het nummer ‘Birthday Girl‘ komt niet op ‘Rising Down’ terecht, het wordt een exclusieve iTunes [...]
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Purpose Says:
That was a wise move IMO
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