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Black Thought, Common & Freeway Spit Alongside Method Man & Redman For “4,3,2,1” Remix

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“4,3,2,1” is a classic hip-hop posse cut from LL Cool J, Canibus, DMX, and Master P from 1997’s Phenomenon by LL which clearly still lives on. Moreover, a slew of amazing MCs remixed the cut at The Roots’ Picnic Festival during J.Period’s Live Mixtape set on Saturday (June 1). Black Thought, Common, Method Man, Redman, and Freeway linked up to give this instrumental a new rendition, and fans seemed pretty impressed both online and in the live setting. Black Thought in particular spit over a lot of classic instrumentals as well, including Wu-Tang Clan’s “Protect Ya Neck,” Raekwon’s “Ice Cream,” and GZA’s “Shadowboxin’.”

“30 Years Ago Today w. 6 one way tickets in hand we took a risk and left our beloved City Of Philadelphia for the shaky shores of Londontown — specifically Camden — the East Village Of London,” Questlove wrote of The Roots’ Picnic Festival and this particular moment with Black Thought and company. “2 weeks into our stay we did our first festival (a last min side stage add on to [Glastonbury]) and we promised hook or crook we would bring a festival to our city.

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Questlove’s Post Thanking Black Thought, Common, Method Man, Redman & Freeway For Their Amazing “4,3,2,1” Rendition

“In 2008 that dream came true when the first @rootspicnic came to fruition,” Questlove continued, later adding a comment in his caption about this Black Thought, Common, Freeway, Method Man, and Freeway link-up. “We wanted quality acts & a variety (some older names, some newer names, some right up your alley and especially the “wtf!!!?” variety——-keeps y’all guessing)——I’m especially proud of our ability to pick em when they are brand new. […] This moment was epic: @methodmanofficial @redmangilla @phillyfreeway @common @jperiodbk @stroelliot & their fearless leader @blackthought making it look so easy. Thank You Philadelphia.”

Full Live Mixtape Set At The Roots’ Picnic Festival 2024

You can see the full “4,3,2,1” remix at around the 13-minute and 45-second mark of the video above.

Meanwhile, hopefully this showing from Black Thought and company went better for Method Man crowd-wise compared to how disappointed he was with Summer Jam’s crowd recently. “Not our crowd at all..” he wrote of the event. “Thanks again, New York and the whole tri-state (that showed up to the event) plus Pete and Ebro I got love for you guys, but never again.. at this point the generation gap is just too wide for me.. #nevercomingback.”

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Sexyy Red Electrifies With The Roots Picnic Performance, Introduces Her Dance Team

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Sexyy Red is still on a dominant run, giving fans yet another energetic performance at The Roots’ Picnic Festival in Philadelphia over the weekend. Moreover, she ran through her steadily-building catalog of raunchy bangers, and the crowd seemed to be having a great time all throughout. In fact, one of the clips down below shows folks dancing to the music while very far away from the stage. In addition, the “U My Everything” MC showed off her dance crew, “Da Sexettz,” in an Instagram clip linked down below as well. All we can hope for is that she sustains this hype, work ethic, and lightning-in-a-bottle quality far beyond what her haters attempt to reach as far as her success.

Furthermore, it’s been a very eventful year for Sexyy Red so far on all fronts, and this continues her breakout 2023 in full swing. But things haven’t just been busy on the music release front: there have also been plenty of viral moments and antics to enjoy, discuss, or raise eyebrows at. One recent example was when she gave money to a homeless man, which of course prompted some debate over the sensitivity of recording and flaunting this. Many seemed to conclude that a good deed is a good deed, and after all, we have seen celebrities actually miss the mark in this regard.

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Sexyy Red Performs At The Roots Picnic Festival 2024

In addition, there’s a big possibility that Sexyy Red has even more on the way for 2024. For example, Lil baby recently teased an upcoming collab with her that sounds a little more mellow and chilly than their previous link-up off this year’s In Sexyy We Trust, “Lick Me.” As for the Atlanta MC, he has a big comeback to make for fans who expressed disappointment with his 2022 album, It’s Only Me. Maybe this is what starts to fuel that fire again, but only time will tell.

Big Sexyy Introduces “Da Sexettz”

Meanwhile, even the WWE can’t deny Sexyy Red’s greatness, as she recently joined the NXT event for the women’s category. It was a really cool moment to see, as there are always notable pop culture crossovers that can not necessarily elevate, but definitely present an artist’s profile as more versatile. If nothing else, we’re sure it was a big and well-earned check. We’ll see what else the Hood Hottest Princess gifts us in 2024, and what other performances get the crowd rowdy.

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