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When Underworld released their first single “Scribble” from their latest album, Barking, all the buzz as about the drum & bass inspired breakbeat madness that infused the song with an energy not found in the …
When The Roots decided to grow deeper, er, roots last year by setting up camp has Jimmy Fallon’s house band, ?uestlove promised us that there’d still be time for the long-running crew to keep delivering their own music to the masses. The first example of this promise, How I Got Over, is streaming over at MySpace today, with the proper release hitting stores tomorrow. We’re only a few cuts in, but it’s definitely a more mellow and textured Roots than what we’ve heard on their last few albums. Perfect hip-hop for a June gloom morning like this.
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With the near constant influx of collaborations from The Roots via their daily work on Jimmy Fallon, we sometimes forget that the crew from Philly have their own album coming out in just 11 days. “The Fire” is the third cut we’re hearing from How I Got Over, this one featuring John Legend, which certainly gives the song a little more pop potential. But the fact is, with nine albums, thier own fest in Philly and an innovative television residency, ?uestlove and Co. “got over” a long time ago.
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