The artwork for The Roots’ thirteenth studio album undun depicts a child completely inverted, mid-air, after springing up from a frayed, dirty and potentially dangerous, mattress. In that fleeting moment he’s flying. For a fraction of a second he rises above his surroundings. Read the rest of this entry »

“I wonder when you die do you hear harps and bagpipes
If you born on the other side of the crack pipe
Niggas learn math just to understand the crack price
Then dive in head first like a jack knife Read the rest of this entry »

Even though there were a few diehards showing discipline to refrain from listening to last night’s “One Time” leak, the ever-ready folks over at NPR plops down with the “like we always do about this time” face and comes through with the big enchilada for us to gobble up in its entirety before the December 6 street date. Read the rest of this entry »

I refuse to listen to anything undun more than once, if that much. When December 6 comes, I want to experience it as a whole instead of sampling tracks in piecemeal. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s Tuesday, so it’s time for some new material courtesy of The Legendary Roots Crew. We already know that undun is a concept album that will be narrative in nature, but knowing the Roots, I wouldn’t put it past them to tell some kind of concrete story in their videos as well. Read the rest of this entry »

Would you rather have a Lexus or justice? A dream or some substance? A Beamer, a necklace watch or freedom? The Roots’ video snippet run for undun continues with “Stomp,” an answer of sorts to poverty for a surefire, get-rich-quick ghetto scheme. Although the risks of crapping out in this dicey game are much too high for anyone with a lick of sense. Read the rest of this entry »

If you’re an absolute LRC head and are fiending to get undun to their next release, don’t fret too much. For the future Tuesdays leading up to the December 6th date of The Roots new album, they’re not only giving you a new video each week but an essential preview of the music contained on the LP. Read the rest of this entry »

At this point, my anticipation for Live From The Underground has me willing to sacrifice a goat to the Soundscan gods. K.R.I.T. continues to keep his name in the air with the release of videos for two of his more talked about features, “Make My” with The Roots and T.I.’s flagship comeback record “I’m Flexin’.” Read the rest of this entry »

The Roots’ 13th studio LP undun will be their first project that isn’t thematic in nature, but rather their initial venture into concept albums. At ten tracks, the album is a bit shorter that what we’re used to, and according to Questlove it’s “a movie without visuals,” complete with the plotlines of a concrete narrative. Read the rest of this entry »

The Roots and Big K.R.I.T. didn’t come together because they are labelmates. Both acts dedicate their lives to delivering music that can be infused into your soul, in turn seeing life outside of marketing windows, media coverage and even this here blog post. Over a serene backdrop that allows the lyrics to occupy the center stage, Read the rest of this entry »

Never missing a beat, whether they’re on the road or helping Jimmy Fallon sound like Chuck D., Questlove recently unveiled great news for fans of The Roots. Hip-Hop’s most legendary band are back in the studio recording the following up to their Grammy-nominated, How I Got Over. Read the rest of this entry »