The Roots Announce ‘Do You Want More’ 30th Anniversary Blue Note Shows

The Roots reissued Do You Want More?!!!??! in 2021 with previously unreleased songs, remixes, alternate recordings, and more. The release came less than one year after the death of Roots member Malik B. The rapper split verses with Black Thought across almost the entirety of the record. Leonard Hubbard, a bassist in the band, died in late 2021.

“It makes one more conscious of where you are in life. What am I able to do with the time that I have left? How much have I taken for granted?” Black Thought told Rolling Stone in 2023. “It’s a different urgency to create and to continue to evolve. It becomes that much more important when you realize how many people that began the journey with you aren’t going to be there with you physically in the end.”

A few weeks after the Blue Note mini-residency, the Roots will perform alongside Lil Wayne at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

“Hip-hop has already taken over the world, and I think the universe is the limit,” Black Thought added. “We’ve all been able to feed ourselves and build these beautiful lives and send our kids to school, while continuing to add on to this thing that we love. You talk about the invention of the wheel and shit like sliced bread and fire — stuff that revolutionized humanity — I think hip-hop is one of those things.”