11.29.11 Hero of the Day: The Roots

BECOME AN AFFILIATE OF T-SHIRT HELL AND MAKE SOME MONEY! DON'T FORGET TO "LIKE" BEE-OTCH OF THE DAY ON FACEBOOK! ------------------- ALL THIS WEEK, CHUCK69.COM WILL HONOR NOTHING BUT HEROES! TODAY'S SPECIAL HERO OF THE DAY IS.... Name: The Roots Age: 24 Occupation: hip-hop band Last Seen: New York City Awarded For: publicly insulting Michele Bachmann --- Normally, I hand out the Bee-otch of the Day everyday, but this week, I've found a few folks deserving of being heroes. These people changed our lives and made good decisions that, well, made our lives better. Today, we honor a group that quite frankly, is one of the best rap groups out there, which is The Roots. Unlike most rappers, there's no fake grills or some dude spinning records sampling other people's songs. They're just a bunch of guys playing instruments while their lead singer, the usually dapper Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter raps. In 2009, the Grammy Award-winning band was given the honor of being the house band for the newly-Christened Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Thanks to the show, the sophisticated hip-hoppers have seen more exposure, but now, it's more ways than one. Last week, Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann appeared on the show, and bandleader Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson decided that the group should play a very appropriate tune to lead her out. After all, she was the second guest that evening, so in other words, she wasn't on until c. 1:10 in the morning. The song that the band played her out was a tune called "Lyin' Ass Bitch", originally performed by the legendary ska-punk rock band Fishbone. The tune originally appeared on their 1985 self-titled EP, which also spawned their best-known song, "Party At Ground Zero". Many felt that The Roots' song choice for the controversial Minnesota Congresswoman was mean and sexist, and as a sign of good sportsmanship, NBC, Fallon and The Roots have all apologized to Bachmann. Fallon even asked her to appear on the show at a later date. She has accepted the apology, and has said that she wants to choose her theme this time. Like many other late night house bands, The Roots usually choose appropriate tunes to introduce guests. However, since ?uestlove is a liberal - and he has a picture of himself next to President Obama on his Twitter page - whenever Fallon has a conservative on the show, they'll tend to embarrass them. Just ask Lou Dobbs, who was greeted with Genesis' "Illegal Alien" when he appeared on the show. But in the case of Bachmann, the only thing The Roots did wrong was apologize. If it were up to me, I'd turn the other cheek and say "fuck you". There's no chance in hell that she's going to be our next president. She's too conservative, homophobic and holier-than-thou. If Webster's Dictionary had "Lyin' Ass Bitch" in it, Bachmann's picture would be next to it. Apology or not, what The Roots did to Bachmann took lots of guts, and I applaud them for it. All I can say to them is keep up the good work and don't allow these right-winged assholes that come on the show let you down. Hubble (and everybody whose IQ is well above room temperature) got you. ---   Got a Bee-otch to nominate? E-mail us @  chuck69dotcom@gmail.com. All suggestions (except for me) are welcome! Bee-otch of the Day Archives can be seen on http://beeotchoftheday.blogspot.com ! Bee-otch of the Day is a production of Chuck69.com, Grand Rapids' site for Stern, politics and more!