Dec 06, 2012

  Backstage before their show, Jimmy Fallon, Mariah Carey, and The Roots grabbed some instruments you’d find in an elementary school classroom and stopped by the Late Night “Music Room” to sing Mariah’s holiday classic, “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” I don’t know how they recorded this video with a straight face. I [...]

Jul 25, 2012

You can’t front and act like Nelly wasn’t the hottest thing in the game back in the early 2000′s. You also can’t forget that his debut album went diamond. He’s since then surfaced under the radar a little bit, and is often found partying up with his good friend Jermaine Dupri. Regardless of what you [...]

Jun 11, 2012

It’s no secret that D’Angelo has kept under the radar for the past decade. In fact, before his interview with GQ, I can’t remember the last time I’ve heard anything from him. This past Saturday during Tennessee’s Bonnaroo Music Festival, D’Angelo surprised the crowd with his unexpected performance during Questlove’s set. Check out the 90 [...]

This is definitely a historic video to say the least for the legendary Hip Hop band The Roots. Video has surfaced from the group’s first ever live show from 1993. I had no clue Scott Storch was a founding member of the Roots, clearly I’m salty for that one. It’s dope to see the growth [...]

Feb 01, 2012

New York-based DJ, Mick Boogie, teamed up with Okayplayer and Mediastream to release a slew of remixes and unique mixes fusing together The Roots classics with the likes of Nas greatest music. While I haven’t had a chance to check this mix, Illadelph/Matic:The Madden Sessions, but I’m excited to listen to it, and I’m sure [...]

Jan 13, 2012

Common‘s latest album The Dreamer/The Believer is definitely impressive, and last night he performed my favorite joint from the project Celebrate. The soulful feel No I.D. injected into the track is nothing but good music. With the Roots on the backgrounds you know this is one to view. It’s great to see this on the [...]

Nov 30, 2011

To be released on December 6th, NPR has given us the chance to preview the entire new Roots album Undun. The first thing that jumped out to me was the short length of the album, only 39 minutes. I’m still in the process of giving this a listen, look out for a review very soon. [...]

  Leading up to the release of their new album, Undun, set to release on Dec 6th, The Roots plan to release a new video every Tuesday at 12:06. This week, they drop “Tip The Scale.”