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Video: Wu-Tang Clan x The Roots - "Protect Your Neck" Live On LNWJF

Lenny Kravitz, Grace Jones, Lauryn Hill, Lion Babe, Thundercat, SZA & More Rock The Afropunk Festival 2015 in Brooklyn, NY.

Once again, The Roots x the Wu-Tang Clan terrorize a live Jimmy Fallon jam like drones in Pakistan. Black Thought kicks off the proceedings and fills in as necessary, proving what we already knew about Tariq--in a rap battle he is worth 10 conventional soldiers. But there's nothing quite like the energy of 7 or 8 samurai onstage, with ODB-in-spiritual-essence trading bars and ad-libs back and forth with the real-as-hell RZA, Ghostface Killah and crew. This clip should be sub-titled "when keeping it real goes right." Watch below--with a capital 'W':