The Roots Are Celebrating The Anniversary of DYWM With Several Special Shows

The Roots are celebrating the 30th anniversary of their second album, Do You Want More?!!!??!, in a significant way.

The Questlove and Black Thought-led group have announced a string of shows dedicated to the album, which will take place at Blue Note NYC March 13-15. In total, there will be six shows, with each of those days having an 8 and 10:30pm show time.

Do You Want More?!!!??! is The Roots’ second album, but their first on a major label, DGC Records.

During a past Red Bull Music Academy conversation, Questlove shared how he almost managed to keep Do You Want More?!!!??! — and being in The Roots — a secret from his father, who didn’t initially support the drummer’s foray into hip-hop.

“The thing that people don’t believe is that I managed to keep The Roots a secret from my father to the beginning of our second album,” he said. “My father did not know about Organix, and I was halfway done through our second album, Do You Want More?!!!??!, before I had to tell him, ‘I kinda have a record deal.’”

“He didn’t see it [hip-hop] as an art form. You know, I’d blast Public Enemy’s Nation of Millions, and he’d just like, ‘Ahhh, there’s no music, that’s not art, it’s not music.’ So we just never bonded on that level, so I’ll say that in terms of hip-hop, it was a harder sell for my father,” he added. “And even deep into our second album, it was still, ‘You gotta get a real job one day. You gotta get a real job one day.’ I think he just put his fears of his stalled career, he projected that onto me. But, you know, he’s not saying that now. He’s extremely happy with how things turned out.”

The Roots previously celebrated the 25th anniversary of Do You Want More?!!!??! with a deluxe release back in 2021.