TAG: The Roots

Jun21

Stream New Roots Album ‘How I Got Over’ (MP3)

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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Jun11

The Roots ft. John Legend “The Fire” (MP3)

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.



The Roots featuring John Legend - The Fire by Hypetrak

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Jun02

Ice Cube x The Roots – “Straight Outta Compton” (MP3)

The best thing about having the Legendary Roots Crew as the house band for Jimmy Fallon is that by having the group stay in one place, it’s made possible all sorts of musical pairings that probably would not have happened before. The other great thing is that ?uestlove is an utter social media addict, so even though this live version of Ice Cube performing the NWA classic “Straight Outta Compton” with the crew never aired, the MP3 has made it’s was onto the internuts. And it’s pretty friggin nuts itself. Thinking about jumping on my bike and cruising down to South Central right now. speaking of nuts. …MORE

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May18

Oral History of the Detroit Electronic Music Festival

Those crazy kids over at Resident Advisor went and did the seemingly impossible, interviewing over 50 people to get the complete(ish) story of Detroit’s annual techno festival. They even talked to URB’s own Detroit native Joshua Glazer. From Carl Craig and Richie Hawtin to Paxahau and the Mayor of Detroit, it’s a serious read.

To explain the many twists and turns of the festival thus far, we turned to the people that were directly involved. Artists, promoters, city officials, journalists, more than 50 in all, presenting an oral history of Detroit’s electronic music festival. READ


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Apr22

Music Going Green (& Your Role In It)

A NOD TO EARTH DAY/WEEK 

With Earth Day (4/22) here, the question as to how the music industry can and has gone green is important. We’ve experienced concerts with environmental initiatives, album artwork printed with vegan dyes, soft packs instead of jeweled CD cases, artist contributions made to organizations, press releases with philanthropic undertones, but has the music industry as a whole gone green? I can’t confidently say yes. …MORE

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