The 5th installment of okayplayerTV exclusively features The Roots . Check it out above as Los Angeles okayplayerTV crew Greg The Dude and Tunji capture interviews with Black Thought and ?uestlove from when they performed at the 2008 UCLA Jazz Reggae Festival. Then click here to get full videos of the gang performing "Rising Up" and "Long Time." Episode 1: Janelle Monae Episode 2: J*DaVe...
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Last Friday, Erykah Badu joined The Roots on Jimmy Fallon to pay homage to the late great Michael Jackson. I've been waiting for a video rip, but this works for me. Big shouts to ItsAllTheWayLive (and ?uestlove) for the HQ audio. UPDATE: Brought this back up for two reasons. I feel it got overlooked in [...]
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The idea of The Roots being in the studio with Kyp Malone and Tunde Adebimpe of TV On The Radio, recording songs for revolution, makes me very happy. Especially with Black Thought reportedly on the mic - I loooove Black Thought's voice...According to Okayplayer, The Roots teamed up with Kyp and Tunde to record a song for Soundtrack For A Revolution. According to a description on Louverture Fi...
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ALL POINTS WEST: Day 2:If Day 1 ran like butter- easy access to the ferry- easy waltz into the park, Day 2 ran unfortunately more like peanut butter. Two hour lines to get on the ferry; a line 200 people long for VIP entrance and a big wall of people just standing and sweating at General Admission. Chock-a-block crowds. Everywhere. Sure, the park had sold out Day Two, 30,000 people strong, but ...
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Stephen Perkins of Jane's Addiction, Brooks Waterman of Bad Religion and ?uestlove of The Roots, Adrian Young of No Doubt, Byron McMackin of Pennywise and the Street Drum Corps are among the badass drummers that will be present at the 9th annual Drum-Off Grand Finals. They will perform at the drum-off finals at the Music Box in Hollywood on January 5th.Finalist will head to Hollywood after prel...
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In college I flipped across interstate 80 driving from Denver, Colorado to Salt Lake City, UT for a ski trip. The Toyota LandCruiser I was in flipped three times across the highway before stopping in the median of the divided road on a cushion of snow. Blackout. Dead silence. Complete stillness. Moving slowly, a little to make sure you are indeed alive and nothing is broken. Saying something...
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My man Kyle Lucas and his band Vonnegutt are back with a new joint. This time with an electro-hop interpretation on one of my favorite Roots tracks of all time. Shouts to Simon Illa on the production. Look out for their new Big Boi assisted single, Here We Go Again (Repeat Offender), coming soon. As [...]
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The album cover and tracklist for The Roots' new album "Rising Down" were posted on Questlove's *"OkayPlayer site":http://okayplayer.com/* today. Quest also teamed up with Allhiphop to premiere the title track from the album. Listen to "Rising Down" featuring Mos Def and Styles P. below. The album will be in stores April 29th1. The Pow Wow (Intro)2. Rising Down (f/ Mos Def and Styles P)3. Get B...
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Info about the tenth album from The Roots has trickled out in small pieces, reminding us that it's being recorded without divulging too much. The latest morsel available about Rising Down is a string of artists who collaborated on tracks with The Roots. According to a post on OkayPlayer today, the album is brimming with all-star guests including Mos Def, Common, Kweli, Peedi Peedi, Styles P, ...
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Georgia will celebrate its annual eco-friendly music festival October 12th-14th 2007. The The Echo Project festival is located on a huge Chattahoochee River-front property just south of Atlanta. According to the festival's website:Join us for three days of entertainment, community building, and environmental awareness spread across three action-packed stages and limitless campgrounds along th...
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There was a video that I was going to post with this but it has been removed from YouTube. On Friday night at a tour date in Chicago, The Roots told the audience that they will retire from touring as of March '09. Instead they will have a nightly gig ...
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As previously noted, The Roots' next album, How I Got Over, has been pushed back. The current date is October 13th. Related ProHipHop Coverage: The Roots Debut How I Got Over on Jimmy Fallon
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The Roots are preparing to release their 10th album, currently being called Rising Down. ?uestlove took some time out to discuss the upcoming release with Aqua at AllHipHop.com and says that this release is going to be just as exciting as previous albums, with some songs coming across real strong. For example:“Malik B is on this album more than he was on Game Theory,” divulged ?uestlove. “
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Surely they'll add more dates, right? So far, the only shows announced by The Roots are: Dec 2 - Manchester AcademyDec 3 - Bristol Academy (NME.com has ticket details for these shows.)Also no hint of what the Philly natives will perform at these shows. It seems safe to guess they might play tunes off their newest album, Rising Down.Like "Get Busy"? Or "75 Bars (Black's Reconstruction)"? (Both...
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MTV got the inside scoop on what's new and what we can expect on new albums from numerous artists while they were covering Lolla and V fests including Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Beastie Boys, TV on the Radio, The Roots and more. Find out about Beastie Boys matching vocalists up with songs on The Mix-Up, M.I.A.'s visa status, a new album from The Roots and more by watching the round-up of video interview...
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