HUB THE ROOTS

[louelou]

IMO one of the greatest bass players. He just plays the perfect parts for the song. + I love his live tone. Anybody have live pics of Hub?

[markjazzbassist]

hub is a great player. i love his work on their live album.

[Casa_Del_Pulpo]

[steveb98]

As Miles Davis would say. Hub's badder than a broke d!ck dog!!!

[lefty007]

Yep, the brotha can play. There is a nice, short article with good pics in the latest edtion of Bass Guitar magazine - that one came out a few months ago.

[Matt Till]

Amazing Bass/Drum interaction in the Roots, sound 132173490752x better than that drum machine **** I'm hearing on the radio in modern hip hop. Props to keeping it real: bass/drums/keys/mc/awesome

[rezin]

if you see them live they have kind of an intermission where he stays out and solos for like 4 minutes while the rest of the band goes backstage, very cool.


also, black thought is the best live emcee on the planet.

[BuffaloBass]

Badder than a broke d!ck dog? it was an opposite meaning in the Army!

[FoHBass]

I've always been a big Hub fan. The only bass player I enjoyed watching take an extended solo more live was Danyel Morgan of Robert Randolph and the Family Band.

[j-raj]

Hub definitely has some serious talent... always love how tight his groove is with the drummer, without choking the pocket. Very musical basslines!

[Spoiled Grape]

I love Hub.

Can't deny his partner in crime ?uestlove though. Dude is ill.

[wskorupski]

definatley my favorite player, what an incredible sound/groove/sense of harmony.... i met him at a show in providence and he signed a poster for me as well as everyone else waiting, even though the staff was trying to kick us out asap (the club turned into a night club 30 mins after shows ended)... anyway he's a real great dude....cheers to this guy.. my favorite pic's gotta be this one of the whole group

[pretaanluxis]

Hub is one of my favourite players too. He's got the most killer groove live

[Dr. Cheese]

This is a favorite live clip of Hub. I dig that Peavey too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wac3AQhhlRY

[MoD_Scotty]

Seems like a good player for sure. But I read an interview he did a few years ago, and he seemed a little conceited. All he did was talk about how no one else could play in the pocket like he could. I know he's educated (he studied classical upright bass at Carnegie Mellon University), but come on. He came off as a sort of Yngwie of the bass world.

[Dr. Cheese]

Originally Posted by MoD_Scotty

Seems like a good player for sure. But I read an interview he did a few years ago, and he seemed a little conceited. All he did was talk about how no one else could play in the pocket like he could. I know he's educated (he studied tobass at Carnegie Mellon University), but come on. He came off as a sort of Yngwie of the bass world.

Remember, we don't have live with him!

[louelou]

Originally Posted by Dr. Cheese

Remember, we don't have live with him!

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[jokerjkny]

Originally Posted by Dr. Cheese

This is a favorite live clip of Hub. I dig that Peavey too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wac3AQhhlRY

holy mother, that clip is UNSTOPPABLE. nevermind hub's lines, but DANG, suckas are in peak form.

[louieeadg]

What he does that's so special is not get in the mc's way...the music is allowed to breath and be carried by the drums/keys...the guitar and bass groove. I really liked the article a couple years ago in Bass Player...yeah, he's a little confident but he's been around long enough to have a tad of an arrogant side...he's been performing since he was 7.

[Jim Nazium]

Originally Posted by MoD_Scotty

(he studied classical upright bass at Carnegie Mellon University)

Aww yeah ... one a my CMU homies!