We’ve seen Emma Stone slay “All I Do Is Win” and Tom Cruise recreate Top Gun on The Tonight Show for Lip Sync Battle, but Seth Rogen set himself apart from the greats by enlisting the aid of The Roots.
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Fallon started off the fight with a high-energy rendition of “Don’t Mind” by Kent Jones, complete with pre-planned dance moves. He chose to lip sync to Drake, he said, because of the Olympics. After that impressive display, Fallon made a decision to kick it old school with the anthemic “Slam” by Onyx. Last November, he named his favorite rap albums on social media as Wu-Tang Clan’s Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Marauders and The Roots’ Do You Want More?!? As soon as Fallon was finished, Rogen swapped his suit jacket for a gray knit turtleneck, which can only mean one thing: “Hotline Bling”.
With both Fallon and Rogen having to enthusiastically mime two songs apiece, Rogen mixed it up a little by involving Fallon’s house band, The Roots, and lip-syncing their song, “Mellow My Man“.
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This is a popular segment on Fallon’s show, but he was no match for Rogen – who stopped by to talk up Sausage Party, his new movie out August 12 – as the comedian succeeded in not only surprising the audience but the host with an impromptu battle change-up.
