Here it is, Black Thought, Dice Raw, and company’s long-awaited Money Making Jam Boys tape, presented by 10 Deep and mixed by Mick Boogie. Money Making Jam Boys – “The Prestige”

Black Thought sits down with the New York Post, speaking on his dual talents as both an emcee and singer, his forthcoming Def Jam EP, The Talented Mr. Trotter, and the Money Making Jam Boys mixtape, The Prestige: Jam Boy Magic, hitting February 3rd.

The Roots perform the classic holiday tune. Wow, Black Thought killin’ em on vocals….. ?uestlove, how about a studio version for the holiday Itunes playlist?

Aloe Blacc appears first on Pound Magazine, talking his music background, then, in the second clip, plays with The Roots on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.

In part two of The Roots interview w/ Whoo-Kid, Black Thought freestyles both off the dome and premeditated.

In the above clip, Black Thought and ?uestlove speak on landing the Jimmy Fallon gig, non-beef with The Fugees, meeting Don King, and more. Meanwhile, The Roots have also been tapped to score the new film The Night Catches Us, in theatres now. That makes three albums for The Roots in one year….

The Roots back-up R. Kelly for this performance of two of his greatest hits, last night on Late Night With Jimmy Falon.

Eminem leads the pack this year with TEN nominations for next years 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, happening on Feb 13, 2011. Check out some of the nods below – we’ve italicized our predictions (not our picks)…. Album Of The Year Recovery – Eminem Need You Now – Lady Antebellum The Fame Monster – Lady Gaga [cont.]

Definitely didn’t expect to see this today, but there they were. The Roots appeared on NBC’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, singing with Jimmy Fallon and bringing the keeds some holiday cheer. Peep Black Thought getting harmony on. Happy Turkey Day ya’ll.

The Roots had a few special guests join them this weekend at two separate performances. First, Yelawolf joins them for a performance of “Pop The Trunk”, then Lauryn does a rendition of her father-in-law’s classic, “Is This Love”.

A band of Roots fans got together to write an open letter to the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, shooting this video for “Now or Never”. Isn’t it time they were considered for the Album of the Year Grammy? It’s time for The Roots crew to be on top. It’s “Now or Never”. It’s [cont.]

Cudder and Cage team with The Roots for this Late Night with Jimmy Fallon performance from Man on The Moon 2: The Legend of Mr. Rager, dropping next week.

Truelements + Lyrics to Go present the “J.Period Live Mixtape (Illadelph Edition)” EP — a first-of-its-kind J.Period mixtape RECORDED LIVE ONSTAGE at Toronto’s premiere hip hop festival, The Manifesto, Sept. 26, 2010. Starring legendary MC Black Thought (The Roots), the “J.Period Live Mixtape (Illadelph Edition)” EP features a 30-minute barrage of LIVE J.Period remixes with [cont.]

Another one from HipHopSite’s massive cassette deck archive, as promised last week. Here, Black Thought, Malik B, Dice Raw, and Rahzel appear on the Stretch Armstrong show in early 1995. Do you want more?!?!!? The Roots On Stretch Armstrong 3-13-95 (MP3)

Here’s a treat from the HHS cassette archives, The Roots appearing on WNYU on March 3rd, 1995. This is an hour long live set, featuring Sadat X. This one’s been floating around for years on various bootlegs, etc. Here it is for your enjoyment. More to come….. The Roots – “Live on WNYU (03.12.95)” (MP3)

To celebrate the release of their new Wake Up! LP, The Roots and John Legend made the rounds this week to your favorite afternoon television programming. Laaaaaaadieeeeees…..

It’s no surprise that like minded individuals, John Legend and The Roots would eventually find each other collaborating on some kind of project together. Never did we expect this, however, a full length album of funk/soul covers of the 60′s and 70′s. The idea behind Wake Up was to capture the spirit of the Black [cont.]

The Roots and JL celebrate the release of their Wake Up! LP this week with an appearance on AOL Sessions.

Legs and ?uesto explain today’s YouTube takeover, which finds the duo promoting their new Wake Up! album, in stores today. The site’s Music Tuesday page features videos from Wake Up!, as well as the original versions of the songs covered on the album.

Q-Tip and The Roots channel the raw spirit of NWA with a live rendition of “Straight Out of Compton.” The Tipster from Queens also announced via Twitter that not only is he working on tracks for Mary J Blige and Beyonce, but he is also working with Kanye West on beats for Jay-Z. Jay-Z over [cont.]