“75 Bars” Video

February 29, 2008 – 12:00 pm

World Premiere Video for “75 Bars (Black’s Reconstruction)” starring Black Thought, ?uestlove, and Tuba Gooding Jr. directed by Rik Cordero. For your mobile devices, download the high quality MPG here. This is the first of two videos we’ve shot with Rik, the second is for “Get Busy”, which features Dice Raw and […] read more…

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Black Thought Black History Report

February 27, 2008 – 12:00 pm

MTV tapped Dr. Cornel West for their “Artist of the Week” in celebration of Black History Month. Watch all the video clips, including Black Thought’s Black History Report where he spits a verse from “I Will Not Apologize” (acapela style) off the upcoming Rising Down. read more…

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?uestlove MTV Interview

February 26, 2008 – 12:00 pm

?uestlove sat down with MTV for a brief interview about the bands’ upcoming Rising Down project where he talks about the difficulties in putting together one of the joints off the album called “Birthday Girl” featuring Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy. He also reveals the origin of the album title and the significance of […] read more…

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The Roots Apollo Weekend

February 25, 2008 – 12:00 pm

The Roots were on the move as usual recently doing two sold out shows in NYC at the Apollo. As always plenty of great photos were taken to capture the night. Here are some behind-the-scenes from BigMell as well as a few nice crowd shots from OKP jaybeekay_1. read more…

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“75 Bars” audio

February 22, 2008 – 12:00 pm

The first look at Rising Down, The Roots’ 10th LP due out April 29th on Def Jam, comes in the form of a one verse/no chorus, lyrical assault from Black Thought over a sharp ?uestlove drum break and filtered sousaphone bass. The song is appropriately titled “75 Bars (Black’s Reconstruction)” and can be heard for […] read more…

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