The Roots’ upcoming album “How I Got Over” is probably my most anticipated album of the year. Dear God 2.0 is the second leak from the record, which is scheduled to drop in late June, and features Jim James and Monsters of Folk – serving as a remake of Monsters of Folk’s original Dear God. If you like this, check out the upcoming album’s title track How I Got Over. Click below to listen to The Roots’ Dear God 2.0:
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Courtesy of All The Way Live and Questlove, “Sandwiches” is a 22-track EP created of some select intro and exit jams the Roots have created as house band for Late Night w/ Jimmy Fallon. It’s amazing to hear the band’s evolution – and really makes me wonder what the Roots’ upcoming album is going to sound like. Click the link below to download The Roots’ “Sandwiches” EP for FREE:
This is a nice little treat that has been circulating the Internet the past couple of days – one that makes me wish Black Thought would finally drop a solo project. Personally, I was under the impression that all of the quality tracks from Thought’s never-released “Masterpiece Theatre” ended up on “Phrenology.” This is one that did not. Even though this track is like a decade old, it’s dope. From 2DopeBoyz. Click below to listen to Black Thought’s Mona Lisa:
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This week’s hip-hop track of the week is How I Got Over – the title track from the Roots’ upcoming album. They performed it live on the Jimmy Fallon show a couple weeks back. I picked this song for track of the week simply because Black Thought is a beast and just kills it in this track. Click below to listen to How I Got Over:
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It appears this Jimmy Fallon thing continues to work out really well for the Roots. How I Got Over is apparently the title track to their upcoming album. And this video shows them performing it live on last night’s Jimmy Fallon show.
The Roots are making sandwiches. The band is holed-up in a Manhattan studio, preparing for their new gig as the house band on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,” the NBC show that will take Conan O’Brien’s place when O’Brien moves to “The Tonight Show.” They’re working long days to create 200 “sandwiches” or “beds” — the intro and outros that will buffer each segment on the show.
“Right now, my whole life is this show,” said drummer Ahmir Thompson, better known as ?uestlove, in a recent interview as he lazily adjusted his fro pick in his trademark Afro, slightly exhausted in between rehearsals. Since forming in Philadelphia in the early 1990s, the Roots have been one of the best regarded bands in hip-hop and music, altogether. They were one of the first hip-hop bands to take up instruments and under the steady pounding of Thompson they’ve been an acclaimed act for nearly two decades, with respectable (though not huge) album sales. (more…)
This week’s hip-hop track of the week is I Will Not Apologize from The Roots’ new album “Rising Down.” I Will Not Apologize features quotable verses from Black Thought, Porn & Dice Raw. Click below to listen:
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The Roots “Rising Down” Album Review
Black Thought is in my opinion the best emcee in hip-hop. All those cats that say shit like “He’s not charismatic enough” or “He doesn’t have enough passion” don’t know what they’re talking about. Whatever characteristics you judge a rapper by – lyrics, flow, rhyme style, versatility, individuality – Thought has them all. However, this opinion and the expectations associated with it caused an initial disappointment with “Rising Down.” (more…)
The Roots are making sandwiches. The band is holed-up in a Manhattan studio, preparing for their new gig as the house band on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,” the NBC show that will take Conan O’Brien’s place when O’Brien moves to “The Tonight Show.” They’re working long days to create 200 “sandwiches” or “beds” — the intro and outros that will buffer each segment on the show.
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