after releasing their first single in nearly a decade (“get away”), de la soul linked up with the legendary roots crew on fallon’s show to perform 3 feet high and rising’s “jennifa taught me,” to many’s delight. as an online bonus, the fellas unearthed “a roller skating jam named saturdays” (below the jump) from de la soul is dead.
-grizzly
what is this shit? why am i so intrigued with this new tyler material? i don’t even like “domo 23″! it’s just crazy how…crazy this dude is. we all remember him turning the late night circuit upside down a couple of years ago with his “sandwitches” performance. he had mos def yelling “swag!” and now, he sits behind a piano to premiere a new track from his upcoming album wolf (“treehome”) and then hits “domo 23,” all alongside the roots. by the way, when is this asshole gonna stop yelling and just make rappin’ ass rap tracks? we know he’s capable.
wolf is out april 2.
-grizzly
questlove hit instagram to release the lineup for yearly summer hullabaloo thrown by the legendary roots crew in their hometown of philadelphia. the picnic will take place on 6/1 at Festival Pier at Penns Landing, and tickets will be on sale at 10am on 1/25.
-grizzly
t.i. takes his weezy-assisted single from trouble man to perform a weezy-less version on late night with fallon. the good news is that he replaces weezy with a very competent and capable roots band.
-grizzly
okayplayer’s holiday jam boasted a pretty nice lineup, and it was great to see a few of the greats come together for an excellent live collaboration of tribe’s “electric relaxation.” refreshing.
check out the full video recap as well.
-grizzly
jimmy fallon stays putting out great viral stuff, doesn’t he? for his latest sought-out video, he enlists his house band and ms. mariah carey for a percussion-heavy rendition of the christmas classic. except if you take a closer look, all of those instruments are that of the fisher price variety.
-grizzly
joey badass makes his television debut on an episode of jimmy fallon, and is joined onstage by the roots as he performs “waves,” from his 1999 project.
-grizzly
in wu-tang’s first television performance in over a decade, the roots back the staten island unit as they debut material from the man with the iron fists OST on television. and seriously, is there a better place for musical guests than jimmy fallon? unreal how he pulls these folks.
-grizzly
how do you make kendrick lamar better? throw the f’n roots into the mix, that’s how. the band backs him while he makes his network television debut, performing his first single “swimming pools.” GK, MC is out october 3rd.
oh and for bonus shits and giggles, check out his power 96 freestyle below the jump.
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the roots link up with ASAP for a good ol’ late night debut on the house of fallon, where he performed “goldie” without a backing track. very good look here, rocky. and man, this must’ve been tough to edit on the fly.
-grizzly
the pied piper of r&b canceled a fallon gig last month, but the rescheduled took place last night. backed by the roots, r kelly flies through his write me back single and gets smooth with it on “feelin’ single.”
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Undun is like a xmas lp. specific setting.Our next lp “&TYSYC” (guess) will be regular. @teramartin @BlackiusMaximus @reverofnolef100
— Questo of The Roots (@questlove) July 1, 2012
questlove took to twitter (it’s quite the ways down if you visit his page) to announce the title to the undun follow-up: &TYSYC. after you realize you have no clue what the fuck that is, get excited about the record.
-grizzly
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don’t forget about the SXSW special at 8pm EST on youtube.
-grizzly
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AMEX has released two more high quality and high class clips from jay-z’s historic carnegie hall performances with the roots. so ridiculously good. “on to the next one” below the cut.
be sure to tune in tonight at 8pm EST on youtube.com/americanexpress for live coverage of his SXSW appearance.
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week three of “bruce week” on late night with jimmy fallon and here comes john legend to put some roots assisted smoldering on born in the u.s.a.’s “dancing in the dark” (lovelorn courtney cox not included).
- sunbear