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Questlove, real name Ahmir Khalib Thompson, is the drummer and co-leader of hip hop group The Roots. continue reading...
The Roots release their tenth studio album today: Undun. It is the hip hop group’s first concept record and has already been receiving rave reviews. continue reading...
The Boss has been all over the news recently for his deluxe reissuing of Darkness on the Edge of Town and its accompanying b-side album The Promise, so invariably he was going to hit the late night circuit. Lucky for us Jimmy Fallon somehow convinced Springsteen to be the only guest of the night last night and he performed 2 songs with a couple of regular bandmates and The Roots backing him up. The real highlight is the performance of “Because The Night”, a song that Springsteen wrote during the sessions for Darkness but left off the album and was then later made famous by Patti Smith. The guitar dueling outro is pretty much the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. Check it out below and head to The Audio Perv for the rest of the interviews/performances, continue reading...
Wow, I assumed this would be good considering The Roots are backing them up and Timberlake is a talented dude, but this is a pretty amazing medley of classic to modern Hip Hop songs. Even Fallon holds his own! Enjoy: continue reading...
John Legend and The Roots have collaborated on a new album called Wake Up, which features covers of Soul songs from the 60’s and 70’s. While that is pretty awesome in its own right, what better way to scrounge up some press then by covering one of the best songs in the last decade by the Arcade Fire, that’s ALSO called “Wake Up”! Here is the cover, continue reading...
Here’s a gallery I’ve been working on for a while… Play any one of these songs for your girl and I guarantee she’ll shed a tear… continue reading...
Cover songs are hit or miss. Cover albums even more so. Luckily Gaz and Danny from Supergrass know their shit and the result is the Hot Rats, a high profile (perhaps only in the UK…) cover band with a new album called Turn Ons where they perform songs by everyone from the Beatles to the Beastie Boys. Here they are on Late Nite with Jimmy Fallon performing “Queen Bitch” by David Bowie with a little help from The Roots. Awesome:
For more on the Hot Rats click http://www.myspace.com/thehotrats continue reading...
I don’t even need to say anything… this is awesome: continue reading...
