Photos: “Rising Up” Video Shoot

April 15, 2008 – 12:00 pm

The Roots were in NYC yesterday to shoot the video for their single “Rising Up” featuring Wale and Chrisettte Michele. The video was directed by Rik Corder, check the pictures our boy Tone took during the shoot. read more…

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OKP Pre-Order for Rising Down

April 10, 2008 – 11:31 am

IT’S HERE! The Roots Rising Down pre-sale!! Cop an exclusive Rising Down tee with your copy of the album, either featuring the original album artwork or just rep “Rising Down”. You can also pre-order the album by itself. Get that lunch money ready and be the first kid on your block […] read more…

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New videos on the way

April 9, 2008 – 12:00 pm

Although Billboard and ?uestlove report on the song being dropped from the album, Rik Cordero shot a video for “Birthday Girl” somewhere out in Long Island this past weekend. The Roots were not there, but as previously reported, the video features Adult Film Star / Performance Artist Sasha Grey as well as, according to one […] read more…

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Video: Rolling Stone Interview

April 8, 2008 – 5:18 pm

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. read more…

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Black thought and Malik B. 1994 freestyle

April 4, 2008 – 11:00 am

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…

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