Seeing multiple reports that Medhane has raped women/a woman. Very upsetting stuff. I liked his most recent album quite a lot but thereâs no chance Iâll be championing him after this. MIKE (a close friend of his) seems to have distanced himself from Medhane following these reports
did not know that the song water was dedicated to and about malik b:
Yo, you need to walk straight, master your high
Son you missinâ out on was passing you by
I done seen the streets suck a lot of cats dry
But not you and I, my n****, we got to get
[Come on, over, over the water
Come on, over, over the water]
Water, waterâŚ
Ah man. Those early Roots albums were completely formative for me and at the time, and getting into a whole load of rap and other music too. At the time, I wasnât so hyped on Phrenology and Things Fall Apart (silly now, as theyâre both v good records), and I was convinced it wasnât The Roots without Malik B. He was never the rapper Black Thought is, but he dropped great verses and added variety and a different perspective to their tracks. Was so hyped when he returned on Game Theory, and was all over his features, still my favourite tracks on the record, which probably ended up being my favourite album of theirs. At least a part of me thinks thereâll never be another proper Roots album without him. What you leave is in the music buddy.
Definitely a little slept on. Saw him live at a Westwood thing in Tottenham many years ago, around the time Lyinâ King came out. He also did that track with Smooth da Hustler.
He actually released an album fairly recently (it was shit).