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  Features1 week ago

  The Best Roots Songs: 20 Hip-Hop Essentials

  The Roots have worked tirelessly in the studio, absorbing a range of influences and recruiting a seemingly endless cast of gifted collaborators.

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  Features2 months ago

  Best Drummers Of All Time: 100 Legendary Musicians You Need To Know

  From kit-bludgeoning belters to dependable backbeat-riders and technically gifted geniuses, these are the best drummers the world has ever known.

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  Features2 months ago

  ‘The Tipping Point’: The Roots At The Crossroads Of Hip-Hop

  ‘The Tipping Point’ is populated by hip-hop’s forgotten heroes, and catches The Roots still finding their place in the pop culture pantheon.

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  Features3 months ago

  ‘Do You Want More?!!!??!’: How The Roots Rebelled Against Hip-Hop

  The Roots’ ‘Do You Want More?!!!??!’ brought an ambitious sense of experimentation to hip-hop, revealing what a live band could do with the genre.

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  Features3 months ago

  Best Music Podcasts: Shows You Need To Hear

  The best music podcasts are equal parts fascinating and addictive, telling the stories behind the music and breaking down what’s in the secret sauce.

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  Features5 months ago

  ‘Rising Down’: When The Roots Uplifted The Masses

  On ‘Rising Down,’ The Roots delivered a call-to-arms, with Black Thought leading the charge and bringing some friends along for back-up.

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  News5 months ago

  Watch The Trailer For Questlove’s ‘Summer Of Soul’ Documentary

  The trailer initially premiered during the 93rd Academy Awards, which Questlove served as music producer for.

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  News5 months ago

  The Roots Score Amiri’s Fall 2021 Collection Video

  The visual begins with the band’s classic Monsters of Folk-assisted ‘Dear God 2.0.’

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  News5 months ago

  Questlove Set To Publish New Book, ‘Music Is History’

  The book focuses on one song from each year between 1971 to 2021 and elucidate on how that track was informed by the politics and culture of that specific year.

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  News6 months ago

  Questlove’s ‘Summer of Soul’ Documentary Gets July Release Date

  The documentary will be arriving in theaters and the streaming service Hulu on July 2.

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  Features6 months ago

  ‘Like Water For Chocolate’: When Common Hit Boiling Point

  Common hit reset on hip-hop with his ‘Like Water For Chocolate’ album, paying tribute to the black trailblazers who came before him.

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  News7 months ago

  The Roots Partner With TIDAL And Oculus For Pre-Grammy Livestream

  The annual ‘Roots Jam Session’ will be live-streamed for the first time as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.

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  News7 months ago

  Learn Music Curation And DJing Techniques From Questlove

  The Roots co-founder will explore DJ techniques, and help students curate the perfect playlist on MasterClass.

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  Features7 months ago

  ‘Things Fall Apart’: How It All Came Together For The Roots

  A watershed moment in hip-hop, ‘Things Fall Apart’ combined the raw energy of The Roots’ live shows with peerless production to birth a classic album.