Freestylin' with The Roots: Summer in NYC, Scotland's Got Talent

♪♪ It's time to freestyle with The Roots ♪♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Like your hat. Hey!
Roots, you ready to do this?
-Yeah!
-All right, who wants The Roots to write a song about them?
Want to do it? Come on, stand up.
Yeah, sure. -Okay.
-Stand up. We've never met before, right?
This is not rigged. -No, hi.
-Okay, good. What is your name?
-My name is Rachel. -Rachel. Very good.
Rachel... Rachel, where are you from?
-I am from Cleveland, Ohio.
-Hey! -Yeah!
-We love Cleveland. Cleveland, Ohio.
-You been there before? -Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame?
-Yeah. -Yeah, I think so.
[ Laughter ]
It's summertime right now.
What's the best thing you've done this summer?
-Come to New York and see Jimmy Fallon.
-Aww. That's what I'm talking about.
Come on. [ Cheers and applause ]
You're my favorite. You're my favorite.
NYC and seeing me.
Hey, that rhymes -- NYC and me.
But then that would mean I would have to freestyle,
so I'm not doing it.
Tariq -- That's all Tariq. I want him to do it.
Guys, we have Rachel right here.
She's from Cleveland, Ohio.
And the best thing she did this whole summer
is come to New York City to see our show,
"The Tonight Show," starring me.
[ Cheers and applause ]
And you, and you.
And now you.
So, for this first song,
the NFL football pre-season just started up.
Roots, can you guys do maybe like a stadium,
like a "We Will Rock You" type of song?
-Sure.
♪♪♪♪
♪♪ Rachel in the place out of Cleveland, Ohio ♪♪
♪♪ Came to New York, see her right there standing ♪♪
♪♪ Up in this place, not a disgrace ♪♪
♪♪ Came to New York just to give her a taste ♪♪
♪♪ NYC to see me ♪♪
♪♪ See me ♪♪
♪♪ NYC to see me ♪♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
-You did!
You saw me!
-I saw you! -Yeah, I saw you, too!
I hugged you, too.
Let me scoot through here, all right?
Excuse me. Thank you very much.
Excuse me.
-Jimmy, hi. -Hi. How you doing?
Nice to see you. Hi! How you doing?
Don't get up. Everybody else is, but not you.
You're special. You're special.
You don't have to do anything.
Oh, my goodness!
Sorry about that, yeah.
It would just be helpful if you sit up.
But it's all right. No big deal.
Live by your own rules. You live by your own rules.
It's fine.
Oh, my goodness. There you go.
You were sitting like that before I even came here.
That's -- That's what the oddest thing is.
That's what I'm talking about! Made it over to this side!
[ Cheers and applause ]
This is the side to be at!
I like this side!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Why don't you stand up, buddy?
How you doing?
First of all, I love your paper towels.
What is -- [ Laughter ]
[ Rimshot ]
What is your name, buddy?
-My name is Max. -Max, very good.
You got a great beard, Max. I love it.
-Thank you. Grew it myself.
[ Laughter ]
-It's always the best way to do it.
Max, "America's Got Talent" is on tonight.
Now, I have a -- I'm a little psychic.
You're not American, are you? -That's correct.
-All right. Um...
But if you were on "America's Got Talent,"
what would your talent be?
-Oh. Hmm.
Probably -- Well, I play the banjo.
I think I'd play the banjo.
Yeah, yeah. -Yeah, of course.
That's fantastic.
That's a great talent.
-Thank you.
-And if you could have any talent in the world --
besides playing the banjo --
what talent would you like?
-That's a tough question.
-Well, that's what we do here. [ Laughter ]
Nothing but tough questions for people, yeah.
-Uh... -Anything.
-Huh. I don't know.
I think, um...
-Play the banjo better?
-Play the banjo better. Yeah, yeah, thank you.
-Yea, I think so.
I had to help you out with that one.
-I think maybe coming up with things
when people ask me questions.
-Yeah, that's right, yeah. Answering questions.
Answering questions. We'll get there.
2019, we'll get there. We'll get there.
Guys, we have our buddy Max here.
Where you from, by the way, Max?
-I'm from Scotland.
-Hey, welcome, buddy. I appreciate it.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Max is here from Scotland.
But if you were on "America's Got Talent,"
his talent would be playing the banjo.
He plays the banjo.
And if he could have any talent,
it would be to either play the banjo better
or to answer questions.
[ Laughter ]
You might win. I mean, that's a good talent.
-Any question, I can answer it, given 10, 20 minutes.
-Yeah, sure. That's an amazing talent.
Guys -- [ Light laughter ]
It's summer, so for this last one,
could you guys do, like, a fun,
like, "Holiday Road" type of song?
Like, a "Vacation" type of --
♪♪ Ba dum, buh doo doo ♪♪
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
♪♪♪♪
-♪♪ Yeah, Brawny Man Max got a trick up his sleeve ♪♪
-♪♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh oh ♪♪
-♪♪ And he can play the banjo like you wouldn't believe ♪♪
-♪♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh oh ♪♪
-♪♪ Look, if he could choose any talent ♪♪
♪♪ You know what he would choose ♪♪
-♪♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh oh ♪♪
-♪♪ To play the banjo better or to do interviews ♪♪
-♪♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪♪
-♪♪ And it'll make you say ooh, ooh ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
-That was great! My thanks to these guys!
My thanks to The Roots!

Freestylin' with The Roots: Summer in NYC, Scotland's Got Talent

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