Jan 24th
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| Q-Tip teamed up with OkayPlayer’s “The Root of…” series to trace back his roots. With a simple DNA test, assisted by Gina Paige of the African Ancestry, it’s discovered that Q-Tip’s ancestors were from West Africa. Watch the process above. Spotted at RR Questlove and Black Thought trace back their African roots after the jump…. |
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17 days ago. Jan 24th
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| Q-Tip teamed up with OkayPlayer’s “The Root of…” series to trace back his roots. With a simple DNA test, assisted by Gina Paige of the African Ancestry, it’s discovered that Q-Tip’s ancestors were from West Africa. Watch the process above. Spotted at RR Questlove and Black Thought trace back their African roots after the jump…. |
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| 17 days ago. Dec 27th
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| Black Thought stopped by Tony Touch’s weekly show last week to promote The Roots’ undun. With The Wurx also present, they all dropped a freebie over the Shade 45 airwaves. allindstrom |
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| 1 month, 15 days ago. Dec 27th
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| “I used to mix Champale with Old E” Thought dropped in on Tony Touch with his Philly brethren The Wurx last week. Download: Link Props: Allindstom Previoulsy: The Roots of The Roots (Video) |
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| 1 month, 15 days ago. Dec 27th
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| “I used to mix Champale with Old E” Thought dropped in on Tony Touch with his Philly brethren The Wurx last week. Download: Link Props: Allindstom Previoulsy: The Roots of The Roots (Video) |
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| 1 month, 15 days ago. Dec 21st
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| The artwork for The Roots’ thirteenth studio album undun depicts a child completely inverted, mid-air, after springing up from a frayed, dirty and potentially dangerous, mattress. In that fleeting moment [...] |
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| 1 month, 21 days ago. Dec 20th
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| Past, present and future legends were all showcased during the 9th annual VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul concert, which aired last night. The 2011 edition paid homage to 21st century music and the pop culture landscape focusing five origins of soul music that included Chicago, Memphis, Detroit, Philadelphia, and London. Past and future legends including Chaka [...] |
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| 1 month, 22 days ago. Dec 19th
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| VEVO news pulls up a chair with Black Thought and ?uestlove as they reflect on their come-up days. After the jump, they speak on Karmin and working with DD Jackson. undun in stores now. |
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| 1 month, 23 days ago. Dec 14th
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| The Roots – UNDUN from The Ghettonerd Company, LLC on Vimeo. The Roots’ album and Common’s upcoming set really saved the end of the 2011 for hip-hop. To help paint their musical picture, Philly’s most wanted commissioned this short film to go along with their new album undun. “undun is the story of this kid who becomes [...] |
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| 1 month, 28 days ago. Dec 14th
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| The Roots – UNDUN from The Ghettonerd Company, LLC on Vimeo. The Roots’ album and Common’s upcoming set really saved the end of the 2011 for hip-hop. To help paint their musical picture, Philly’s most wanted commissioned this short film to go along with their new album undun. “undun is the story of this kid who becomes [...] |
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| 1 month, 28 days ago. Dec 8th
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| ?uestlove and Black Thought find out about their African ancestry. ?uestlove and Black Thought got cheek-swabbed and now know their real roots. Does Black Thought come from the tribe he guessed? Will they go back to Africa to meet their people? Check the video for the answer, and if you wanna know your real roots as [...] |
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| 2 months, 4 days ago. Dec 5th
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| It gets as rap nerdy as you’d expect. Topics include recognition from the public, Biggie feeling a certain way about the “What They Do” video shoot, and “the state of hip hop” throughout the years. Previously: The Roots – undun (Album Stream) |
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| 2 months, 7 days ago. Dec 5th
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| It gets as rap nerdy as you’d expect. Topics include recognition from the public, Biggie feeling a certain way about the “What They Do” video shoot, and “the state of hip hop” throughout the years. Previously: The Roots – undun (Album Stream) |
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| 2 months, 7 days ago. Dec 5th
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| The Roots’ ?uestlove and Black Thought appeared on Cipha Sounds, Peter Rosenberg and K-Foxx’s Juan Epstein podcast. During their interview, the duo spoke on the beginning of The Roots, working with Jimmy Fallon, their diverse and wide fan base, their working relationship with Jay-Z, relentless touring and living on the road, the recent incident with [...] |
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| 2 months, 7 days ago. Dec 5th
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| On the eve of the album release, The Roots’ Black Thought and ?uestlove appeared on Cipha and Rosenberg‘s Juan Epstein podcast to discuss the album and a wide range of topics. undun in stores tomorrow. |
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| 2 months, 7 days ago. Nov 29th
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| Even though there were a few diehards showing discipline to refrain from listening to last night’s “One Time” leak, the ever-ready folks over at NPR plops down with the “like [...] |
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| 2 months, 13 days ago. Nov 15th
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| A lot of naysayers say today’s Hip Hop is a mess and its original “essence” has disappeared. But does it need to be fixed or are audiences diverse enough to understand there’s more than enough diversity to go around? And if this “essence” has been tampered with, and the damage has been done, can it [...] |
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| 2 months, 27 days ago. Nov 8th
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| www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zrQAf8PT6kThe Roots drop the second in their series of four music videos, this one for “Tip The Scale” featuring longtime affiliate Dice Raw. The Legendary Roots Crew’s 13th album undun will be released December 6th on Def Jam. Related posts:Dice Raw: 1995Dice Raw: Dice, Dilla, Pregunta [Mixtape]Dice Raw: Hoppin Over [...] |
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| 3 months, 4 days ago. Nov 1st
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| Matt Martians & Syd drop a visual for Cocaine, which should be on their project, "Purple Naked Ladies." |
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| 3 months, 11 days ago. Oct 20th
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| Black Thought is the ultimate “emcee.” Ask anybody who is a fan of hip hop and chances are they will note that this man embodies what a true emcee is. Usually one to sneak under the radar when the “best of all time” talk comes up, Black Thought is not one to tell you how [...] |
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| 1 year, 3 months ago. Oct 20th
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| Black Thought is the ultimate “emcee.” Ask anybody who is a fan of hip hop and chances are they will note that this man embodies what a true emcee is. Usually one to sneak under the radar when the “best of all time” talk comes up, Black Thought is not one to tell you how [...] |
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| 1 year, 3 months ago. Oct 19th
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| J. Period brings you a very unique release with The Live Mixtape (Illadelph Edition) EP. The project stars Black Thought during his performance at Toronto’s Manifesto Festival. The Roots emcee... * Summary only. Visit the site for full article! |
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| 1 year, 3 months ago. Oct 19th
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| Somehow, I got wind of this release late but knew to be watching out for it today. Many forget Black Thought’s live performance abilities as the discussion of his placement among the top emcees gets debated. The weight I place on being able to rock a stage has increased since I’ve watched countless [...] |
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| 1 year, 3 months ago. Sep 30th
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| The flyer said featuring surprise guests, but this was no surprise. The two other Money Making Jam Boys joined STS on stage last night @ DJBooth.net’s S.O.B.’s show that also had Pac Div/Von Pea on the bill. Previously: STS – Bun B for President Freestyle |
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| 1 year, 4 months ago. Sep 19th
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| Kamaal and Thought, backed by The Roots, cover one of the greatest rap songs of all time and one of my personal Top 10 at the Hennessy Artistry event in Chicago. Propers to Andrew from FSD for the footage. Hit the jump to check out an interview with ?uestlove and GowhereHipHop at the same event. [...] |
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| 1 year, 4 months ago. Sep 7th
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| This dropped back in June but with one verse each from Big Boi & Andre 3000, now the full/cdq version dubbed the Jedi Remix features 2 new verses from both over Boi-1da’s production. This was suppose to be on Big Boi’s Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty LP (in stores and online [...] |
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| 1 year, 5 months ago. Sep 7th
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| This dropped back in June but with one verse each from Big Boi & Andre 3000, now the full/cdq version dubbed the Jedi Remix features 2 new verses from both over Boi-1da’s production. This was suppose to be on Big Boi’s Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty LP (in stores and online [...] |
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| 1 year, 5 months ago. Sep 7th
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| This is more like it.1 John Legend and The Legendary Roots Crew remake Baby Huey’s song that has spawned so many notable hip hop samples, with Black Thought spitting on this one. There’s a video for an in-studio performance of this song too. Wake Up! drops Sept. 21st. John Legend & The Roots feat. Black Thought [...] |
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| 1 year, 5 months ago. Sep 7th
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| Both from John Legend and The Roots’ collaborative album Wake Up! dropping September 21st. Download: The Roots & John Legend – Shine Download: The Roots & John Legend – Hard Times w/ Black Thought via shake |
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| 1 year, 5 months ago. 