Here’s the video for The Roots’ new track from the Soundtrack For a Revolution soundtrack. The film which was released in 2009 featured contemporary artists performing tracks focusing on the story of the civil rights movement and the struggles fought by young African-American activists.
Drizzy set the Times Square in NYC on fire last night as he performed a medley of his hits including ‘Make Me Proud’, ‘The Motto’ and ‘Headlines’, on New Year’s eve show with Carson Daly. After the jump, additional sets by The Roots and Cee-Lo Green.
We have seen some glimpses of this Clifton Bell directed film in the form of videos for ‘Sleep‘, ‘Stomp‘, ‘Tip The Scale‘ and ‘Make My‘ but here’s the full 9 minute docu-film in its entirety, as it is supposed to be watched. undun the album is out now.
Yesterday at their show at the Highline Ballroom to celebrate the release of undun, The Roots crew brought out Big K.R.I.T. to recite the first single ‘Make My’. Album out now.
The Roots have partnered with NPR to provide to fans the listening of the entire new album undun, their 13th overall. Without further delay, below is the link. Full track list here.
The Roots premiere the video for their first, Big K.R.I.T. featured single ‘Make My’ taken from their upcoming album undun. Album hits stores December 6th courtesy of Def Jam. Video Directed, Shot & Edited by Clifton Bell. Three more music videos will be released every Tuesday leading up to the release of the album. Check our site for exclusives.
The legendary Roots band will release their 13th studio album undun on December 6th via Def Jam. Here’s the artwork along with the previously announced track list after the break.
1) Sleep
2) Make My
3) One Time
4) Kool On
5) The Jump
6) Stomp
7) Lighthouse
8) I Remember
9) Tip The Scale
10) Redford
Just when you thought they were done, Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon backed by The Roots returned with the third edition of their popular History Of Rap segment. Watch the duo perform covers of old & present hits from Run DMC, LL Cool J, House of Pain, Jay-Z, Outkast, De La Soul, Kanye West, Nicki Minaj and more.
The Roots give Captain Morgan’s theme track ‘To Life, Love & Loot’ the remix treatment for the rum brand’s new TV campaign. Below is some footage of making of the song. This is more Rock than Hip-Hop. The band’s new album Undun is due for release in December 6th.
As a follow up to the official announcement of their next studio LP, The Roots leak the first single featuring K.R.I.T. Produced by Khari Mateen and The Roots. Good music!
The Roots will be releasing their first concept album Undun on December 6th via Def Jam. Today, they have announced the first single from the album called ‘Make My’ featuring Big K.R.I.T. which will be released on iTunes on November 1st. In addition to that, a track list without features has also been revealed which you can peep on the other side.
“At this point in our career we’d like for our work to have a unifying theme, and an experiential quality,” says Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson, 40. “We’ve been intentionally making our albums shorter in length so that they can be experienced as a continuous work. The music is band-oriented with an eye on the moody cinematic. As a DJ, I am the King of playlists, but I don’t want our albums to feel like a playlist or a mixtape for that matter. We want to tell stories that work within the album format and we want the stories to be nuanced and useful to people. undun is the story of this kid who becomes criminal, but he wasn’t born criminal. He’s not the nouveau exotic primitive bug-eyed gunrunner like Tupac’s character Bishop in “Juice”… he’s actually thoughtful and is neither victim nor hero. Just some kid who begins to order his world in a way that makes the most sense to him at a given moment… At the end of the day… isn’t that what we all do?”
1) Sleep
2) Make My
3) One Time
4) Kool On
5) The Jump
6) Stomp
7) Lighthouse
8) I Remember
9) Tip The Scale
10) Redford
The legendary Roots band have announced that their first ever concept album and 13th overall UNDUN will hit stores on December 6th via Def Jem.
UNDUN, our first ever concept album, will be released Tue December 6th, 2011 via Def Jam. Mark your calendars folks and stay tuned for more info, music, artwork, and more.
The beautiful singer performs a slightly differently arranged ‘Best Thing I Never Had’ along with the legendary band The Roots, live on Jimmy Fallon’s show.
The Lonely Island, Akon and The Roots to perform their hit “I Just Had Sex” at the inaugural Comedy Awards. The Lonely Island' sophomore album Turtleneck & Chain, which also includes appearances from Rihanna and Nicki Minaj, drops May 10.
