The Roots
The Best 90s Hip Hop Songs: Classic Cuts From A Golden Era
2Pac, Biggie, Nas, Wu-Tang Clan, Missy, Outkast, Dre, Snoop: The 90s were a decade in which hip hop became one of the biggest genres in the world.
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Features2 weeks 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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Features1 month 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
‘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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News3 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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News3 months ago
James Francies Announces New Blue Note Album, ‘Purest Form’
Out on May 21, the new record is the follow-up to the pianist, producer and composer's 'Flight' from 2018.
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News4 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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News4 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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News4 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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Features5 months ago
Best Common Songs: 20 Conscious-Raising Tracks From Hip-Hop’s Poet Laureate
Poetic and provocative, Common rose from underground hip-hop to become the music’s fiercest custodian. The best Common songs reveal how.
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News5 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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News5 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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Features5 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.
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Features6 months ago
Best Hip-Hop Love Songs: 25 Tracks For 808s And Soulmates
Before hip-hop and R&B got together, the rap ballad showed the softer side of hip-hop. The best hip-hop love songs prove that MCs need love too.
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News6 months ago
Questlove’s ‘Summer Of Soul’ Documentary Wins At Sundance Festival
The film, about the 1969 concerts that became known as Black Woodstock, won both the US Documentary Competition’s Grand Jury Prize and Audience Awards.
