When hip-hop mainstays The Roots became the house band for Jimmy Fallon‘s late night TV show in 2009, it was a safe bet that the bands recorded output would slow down. But that assumption was proven false when the group released 2010′s How I Got Over, and quickly followed it up with Wake Up!, a collection of classic soul covers recorded with John Legend that same year.
Now, ?uestlove and Co. are preparing to release their 13th proper studio album, Undun, on Dec. 6 on Def Jam. Details are slim so far. The only thing known is that Undun will be a “concept album” and is widely rumored to include a guest spot by post-dubstepper James Blake. …MORE
Remember just a few years ago when Ms. Lauryn Hill was an enigma? Now she’s everywhere, rocking out Coachella, doing a full U.S. tour, and dropping in on Jimmy Fallon to perform a revved up version of her classic, “Doo Wop (That Thing).”
Fallon has really been kicking late-night ass on the music guests. I guess having ?uestlove in your corner has a serious advantage. Too bad The Roots didn’t actually join Ms. Hill for this jam. Coulda used some tuba.
When was the last time you watched a clip of any musical guests on any late night talk show and thought anymore to yourself that “well that happened.” Third time in on this clip of Tyler the Creator of Odd Future performing “Sandwitches” on Fallon backed by The Roots and Hodgy and we’re still not sure what all is happening here. Partial synopsis: smoke machine, white Supreme sweatshirt, snow masks, zombie girl in hospital gown, mask off, sweatshirt off, Supreme hat on, Tuba Gooding Jr., Tyler jumping behind the couch, catching huge air, Fallon onstage, Tyler on Fallon, Mos Def sceaming “Swag!” like an overstimulated 12-year-old girl. XL Recordings might have a hit on their hands.
Watching this clip of ?uestlove buying CDs at LA’s Ameoba Music is mostly surprising because we assumed that Questo already owned every Grace Jones album ever made. Still, it’s a good reminder to get out and do some record shopping this weekend.
The year is almost wrapped, the votes have been tallied and here’s the list of winners from URB’s annual Readers Poll. So what did we learn from this look back at 2010?
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