-Tonight, I thought we'd see which of us knows more music
in a game we call "Beat Battle." [ Cheers and applause ]
-♪ Beat battles ♪ ♪ Beat me ♪ ♪ Battles ♪ -Okay.
So, is this like a beat off? -Kind of. No, no.
No, that's -- -'Cause that means something
in Australia. -No, no. Just a beat battle. It's not a -- No. No...
It's not a beat off. -All right. How do we play this?
I've never played this before. -The Roots will
play a random beat, and we'll take turns singing
songs that fit over that beat, until the buzzer goes off, okay? Or until one of us runs
out of songs. There are no winners or losers. That being said,
if you can't think of a song, you lose, all right?
[ Laughter ] You ready to play this?
[ Chuckles ] -Let's give it a go, Jimmy.
This sounds hard. -No, this -- You probably -- -It sounds harder
than a riff-off. -No, you probably --
[ Laughter ] -Here we go.
-Let's give it a go. -Roots, can you give us a beat?
All right. Here we go. [ Up-beat music plays ]
So, just think of any song. -You go first. You go first.
-Ladies f-- You -- You're my guest.
-No, no. You're the host. [ Light laughter ]
-Are you sure? You want me to go first?
-Yep, yep. Think of a song right now
that matches this beat. -Oh, here we go.
I'll start it. ♪ Some nights, I stay up ♪ ♪ Crashing in my bad luck ♪ ♪ Some nights,
I call it a draw ♪ -♪ Is it worth it?
Let me work it ♪ ♪ I put my thing down,
flip it, and reverse it ♪ ♪ Ti esrever dna ti pilf ♪ ♪ Ti esrever dna ti pilf ♪ -♪ Mmmbop ♪ ♪ Bop, bop, doo-wop ♪ ♪ Sha-da-da da, doo-wop ♪ ♪ Wom-bom do ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ -♪ People of the world,
spice up your life ♪ ♪ Every boy and every girl,
spice up your life ♪ ♪ People of the world,
spice up your life ♪ Aaaaaah! -♪ Oh, what a night ♪ [ Scatting ] ♪ Late December back in '63 ♪ ♪ What a very special time
for me ♪ -♪ Pull up in the monster,
automobile gangster ♪ ♪ With a bad bitch
that came from Sri Lanka ♪ ♪ Yeah, I'm in that Tonka,
color of Willy Wonka ♪ ♪ You could be the king
but watch the Queen conquer ♪ [ Buzzer blares ] Aaaaah!
[ Cheers and applause ] I'm a mother[bleep] monster. -[ Laughs ] All right. Judges! Judges?!
-Argh! -Judges, that was close.
All right. They're giving it to Rebel
for that one. I think it was tie!
-Ah! [ Cheers and applause ]
-I think it was tie! Judges give it to you. I didn't hear
that buzzer go off. -That is hard, Jimmy! -It's fun, right? -But I feel like
we should make it harder. [ Crowd cheers ] Don't you reckon? [ Chuckles ] -Well, we can do another round.
-Okay. Because it's Valentine's Day, why don't, in the next round, not only do we have
to just think of the songs, but the songs also
have to be about love. [ Crowd cheers ]
Added challenge. -I can do love songs. I'm a very romantic guy.
-I can so do love songs. -I can so do love songs
all night long. -I got love in song. -[ Chuckling ] Yeah.
"I have love in song." -Yeah.
-All right, let's do this. Roots, can you
give us a beat here. -1, 2, 3...
[ Up-beat music plays ] -You want to go first,
or do you want me to go first? -Yeah, ladies first, 'cause it's more romantic
that way. ♪♪ Okay. -It's the first one
that you got to get out. -♪ But I won't hesitate
no more ♪ ♪ No more ♪ ♪ You cannot wait, I'm yours ♪ -♪ What I want, you've got ♪ ♪ And it might
be hard to handle ♪ ♪ You make my dreams come true ♪ -♪ If you're horny,
let's do it ♪ ♪ Ride it, my pony ♪ ♪ Let's do it, my pony ♪ ♪ Ride it, jump on it ♪ -♪ I love you always forever ♪ ♪ Near and far closer together ♪ ♪ I love you always together ♪ ♪ Near and far closer together ♪ ♪ I know I can
treat you better ♪ ♪ Than he can ♪ -♪ I want to know
what love is ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I want you to show me ♪
[ Cheers and applause ] ♪ Can you blow my whistle, baby,
whistle, baby? ♪ ♪ Let me know ♪ ♪ Can you blow my whistle... ♪
-♪ She will ♪ ♪ Be loved ♪ ♪ And she will... ♪
I gotta take my shirt off. -♪ Let's talk about you and me ♪ ♪ Let's talk about... ♪ -♪ One, you make
my dream come true ♪ ♪ Two, I'm spending
time with you ♪ -♪ And all my life, I've prayed
for someone like you ♪ ♪ And I thank God that I,
that I finally found you ♪ -♪ I-I love you ♪
-Are you just... -♪ I-I love you ♪
-Are you just singing "I love you"?
-Yeah, I think that's a song. [ Laughter ]
-That's not a song! -"I Love You" is not a song?
[ Cheers and applause ] "I Love You" is not a song?! -That's not a --
That's not a song. -Quest, is "I Love You"
not a song. -If you do Barney, like,
♪ I love you ♪ ♪ You love me ♪ -[ Chuckles ] That's what it is.
♪ We're a happy family ♪ That's what I meant!
Next time, I got it. Rebel Wilson, the champ,
right here!
