Rising Down Rehearsals, Day 5

March 31, 2008 – 10:52 am

“Now it’s time to say goodbye…” With Friday came the end of my week of spying and the wrap-up of rehearsing, jamming and interviewing in NYC for The Roots. There was a less scattered pace to the day, but there were still members of the press constantly filing in and out. Black Thought was shot early on by Trace TV. […] read more…

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Audio: “Rising Up” ft Wale & Chrisette Michele

March 28, 2008 – 10:32 am

Another sensational track off Rising Down. This is the last joint on the album (US version) and features a verse from Wale and Chrisette Michele on the hook (accompanied by ?uestlove.) No, we are not calling this go-go (merely go-go influenced). Yes, we have the FINAL mastered version and we wish you […] read more…

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Rising Down Rehearsals, Day 4

March 28, 2008 – 10:00 am

Day 4, and we’re still in the studio in New York City. Today was a clusterf*%$ of press activity, including a live Roots jam for AOL Sessions. With the whole band present, a noticeably more crowded lounge room gave way to jokes all afternoon. The jam was short but insane, including a Roots rendition of […] read more…

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Inside the philly listening party

March 27, 2008 – 2:49 pm

Here’s a vid of all that went down at the Rising Down Listening party on Tuesday read more…

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Rising Down Rehearsals, Day 3

March 27, 2008 – 11:00 am

Day 3, and we’re in New York City. I’m not sure the Big Apple is ready. ?uestlove and Black Thought performed a marathon press day, giving interviews to everyone from VH1 to allhiphop.com, from The New York Times to Rolling Stone and many, many in-between. After a long day of in-studio press activity, a posse […] read more…

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