Here are some vids to catch you up on The Roots this week thus far. First The Roots On David Letterman’s show this past Monday performing “Rising Up” with Wale and Chrisette Michele. Then that same night On Green Lanterns’ Hip Hop Nation show with Styles P and David Banner. Finally a video of Black […] read more…
April 29, 2008 – 12:58 pm
The Roots had a long day in NYC yesterday which started with rehearsals for their performance on David Letterman, followed by the actual throw-down which even had Dave jumping out of his seat. The crew then headed to Sirius Radio for three hours of: live performances, on-air calls from fans, and to chop it up […] read more…
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Also tagged ?uestlove, David Banner, David Letterman, Dice Raw, Dj Premier, Green Lantern, Mos Def, Rising Down
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Rolling Stone caught up with Black Thought and ?uestlove in New York for an in studio video interview. You get a glimpse of the jam session and plenty of talk on Rising Down.
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This freestyle was originally slated as the last track on Rising Down (couldn’t be cleared because we couldn’t track down who the DJ was). Recorded in 1994 at WPFW radio station, peep how young Black Thought sounds.
Download: http://www.zshare.net/audio/1076053703d87634/
photo by mpozi (R.I.P.)
Bonus joints after the jump with a download of a live version of “75 […] read more…
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…