The Roots closed out a busy 2010 with a sold out show at Brooklyn Bowl. Without an opening act, the Roots played three sets of music that went past 4 AM. The set consisted of songs ranging from their early albums to both their 2010 releases How I Got Over and Wake Up, including a stirring rendition of “Dear God 2.0” that featured Captain Kirk Douglas on lead vocals instead of Jim James, who was featured on the album version. The Roots also brought a brass band from their home city of Philadelphia to sit in and also to second-line through the crowd mid-way through the night.

SETLIST

Set 1
Web
Thought at Work
Here I Come
How I Got Over
The Fire
Dear God
Now Or Never
Quills
Respond/React
Stay Cool (Sandwich)
Please Don’t Go
In The Music
Proceed
Mellow My Man/Break
March Of Brass Heaven (Old Langs/Saints)

Set 2
Game Theory
I Can Understand It
Star
HIP HOP 101
JBeez Come Through
Straight Outta Compton
So What You Sayin
Microphone Fiend
Because I Got It Like That
Lookin At The Front Door
Mona Lisa
BRADSHAW SET
You Got Me
Jungle Boogie
It Don’t Feel Right
Next Movement

Set 3
Criminal
Let Me Stand Next To Your Fire
The Seed
Move On Up/M@W