The Roots Webisodes: Episode 2
In this never released 4 part series for the album How I Got Over, celebrity photographer Ben Watts documents The Roots for that album. If you saw the entry for Episode 1 you know about my frustration dealing with the label when it came to penetrating the carefully crafted veil of The Roots. I wanted to document them with their guard down, smoking, fighting, talking about folks, etc. The Roots wanted something more montage like, complimentary and high energy. Episode 1 was as close as I got to capturing that. This episode is sort of a compromise. I guess it is to be expected when the label is flipping the bill. In the end no one seemed happy. I think this contributed to the project getting shelved. I thought despite the label not being happy with the end product that I worked my butt off on these videos and I wanted it to see the light of day even if it is late. Here it is Episode 2.
Enjoy
Trevz