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Video: Beyonce x The Roots, “Best Thing I Never Had” Live on Jimmy Fallon

by Eddie "STATS" on July 29, 2011 NEWS

Holy hell. Do I really have to tell you anything other than what’s in the header to sell this one? Last night Beyonce joined the baddest MFs in late night on Jimmy Fallon for a rendition of her single “Best Thing I Never Had” which is proof that this woman can sing just about anything (‘suck to be you right now’) and give it the emotional weight of the Dream Girls finale. I’ll just add that Questlove gets the big bucks not because he’s the greatest drummer technically. He makes the big bucks cause he is the greatest drummer technically who can still think about time-signatures while Beyonce Knowles is writhing around and choking the soul out of a mic a few short feet away. Check out that game-face. If that was me you would be able to read my lips saying “look at the drums, look at the drums.” Beyonce’s LP 4 is in stores now.

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asdf

Posted July 29, 2011 at 12:08 pm

who’s playing the keys?

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- 82nd
  
  Posted July 29, 2011 at 12:38 pm
  
  Ol girls head nodd at 145… lol. The vertebrae in her spine must not be fully developed yet.
- Joe
  
  Posted July 30, 2011 at 11:39 pm
  
  Kamal Gray plays the keys for The Roots
- Yoyo.
  
  Posted August 4, 2011 at 3:19 am
  
  James Poyser on the keys, not Kamal.
Martin Hajdukiewicz

Posted July 29, 2011 at 12:11 pm

….???? häääää

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djrubadub

Posted July 30, 2011 at 2:19 am

dam. beyonce i wish you were my fiance!!! killin’ it!!

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Hmm

Posted August 2, 2011 at 1:26 pm

Thank God for the Roots treatment in the second verse! And Beyonce, miss honey, call ?uest and Poyser for a recording session asap

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