21214134 by YardieGoals BSLBJFL by YardieGoals Looks like Mos Def Yasiin Bey and Talib Kweli are really running with the Black Star reunion. Surely we’ll see an album this year? Here, they join The Roots on Late Night w/ Jimmy Fallon, performing “You Already Knew” and “Little Brother”, produced by J. Dilla.
A nine-minute film based on The Roots recently @@@@1/2 rated LP here at HHS.
I guess at 17, listening to “Distortion To Static” in the whip, I fully expected The Roots to be around 17 years later at 34. Of course, at that time, I also expected by now I’d be listening to A Tribe Called Quest’s ninth LP and Biggie’s sixth. However the transformation that The Roots crew [cont.]
?uestlove and Black Thought of The Roots take DNA test to find out where in Africa they come from.
Shot by Steve-Ography.
The Roots celebrate the release of their new LP, undun, today, inviting Bilal to perform tracks from the LP on Late Night w/ Jimmy Fallon.
K.R.I.T. talks his Mississippi origins, while The Roots speak on their new LP, undun, in stores today.
The Roots new LP hits stores on December 6th. Here it in it’s entirety right now, courtesy of NPR.
Another one off undun, due December 6th. Download
211112313135 by YardieGoals No Lil’ Wayne appearance, but how about back-up by The Roots? Better deal.
So, The Roots got the unlucky gig of playing the song for Republican presidential hopeful / crazy-eyed killer, Michelle Bachmann’s, entrance on Late Night w/ Jimmy Fallon the other night. They spoke through their music, playing a cover of Fishbone’s “Lyin’ Ass Bitch”. Touche’. “The performance was a tongue-in-cheek and spur of the moment decision. [cont.]
First tune off undun, ft Aaron Livingston (Icebird) produced by Hot Sugar. Video Directed, Shot & Edited by Clifton Bell for http://www.ghettonerd.com.
Another one from undun, hitting next month. Directed by Clifton Bell.
Unexpected collaborative record from Betty’s November 15th LP, Betty Wright: The Movie. ?uestlove co-wrote and co-produced the album.
From The Roots’ forthcoming undun LP. Video Directed, Shot & Edited by Clifton Bell for http://www.ghettonerd.com. undun is an existential re-telling of the short life of one Redford Stephens (1974-1999). Through the use of emotives and Redford’s internal dialogues the album seeks to illustrate the intersection of free will and prescribed destiny as it plays [cont.]
1. The Un 2. Sleep 3. Make My (Feat. Big K.R.I.T.) 4. One Time (Feat. Phonte and Dice Raw) 5. Kool On (Feat. P.O.R.N.) 6. The Other Side 7. Stomp (Feat. P.O.R.N.) 8. Lighthouse 9. I Remember 10. Tip The Scale (Feat. Dice Raw) 11. Redford (For Yia Yia & Pappou) 12. Possibility 13. Will [cont.]
First of four videos from The Roots’ undunLP, due December 6th. A new video will be released every Tuesday until the LP drops.
Third time’s a charm? JT and JF run through hits from Run DMC, LL Cool J, Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, De La Soul, JJ Fad, Sir Mix-A-Lot, etc, etc.
On August 31st, The Roots and Captain Morgan met up in NYC to remix a track from one of the Captain’s new TV spots. Video above, audio below. Download
?uestlove spoke to Billboard yesterday, spilling details on The Roots next LP, Undun, as well as work on D’Angelo’s long-overdue comeback LP. “We actually completed [the album] at five [o'clock] this morning, so it’s officially done,” ?uestlove tells Billboard.com’s The Juice of “Undun.” “It’s essentially a biographical narrative about Redford Stephens. Stephens [is] a composite [cont.]
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