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Rae, Thought & the mighty Roots Crew

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History

one of my year favourites get's full live treatment on the Jimmy Fallon show.

Roots x Mos Def x Talib Kweli x Dilla

Rising Up

Roots - Rising Up Video Shoot

More here. Thanks to Tone.

Song is puuuuure fire. Chrisette Michelle and Wale both come strong.

April 29th.

Rising Down

New heat from the Roots. Who else?

Ft. Mos Def, Dice Raw & Styles P

Thanks to OKP.



Hello hello hello hello…

(MOS DEF)
Every anywhere heights plains peaks or valleys
Entrances exits vestibules and alleys
Winding roads that test the firm nerve
fortune or fatal behind the blind curve
The engine all purr life's flash to a blur
speed work through the earth make your motor go scurrr
tonight at noon watch a bad moon rising
identities in crisis and conflict diamonds
blindin staring at lights till they cryin
bone gristle popping from continuous grindin
grapes of wrath in a shapely glass
ingredients influential on your ways and ask
zero tolerance to raise the tax
it don't matter how your gates is latched
you aint safe from the danger jack
made a way before they made the map
or a GPS this is DEF leader

(DICE RAW)
I know where I'm goin even when its dark and being let down that road
Hello hello hello hello…
you don't see that somethings wrong earth's spinnin outta control
Hello hello hello hello…
Everything's for sale even souls someone get God on the phone
Hello hello hello hello…
Northside nigga Southside
Hello hello hello hello…
shits poppin off Worldwide
Hello hello hello hello…

(BLACK THOUGHT)
Between the greenhouse gases and earth spinnin off its axis
got mother nature doin back flips the natural disasters
its like 80 degrees in Alaska you in trouble if u not an Onasis
it aint hard to tell that the conditions is drastic
just turn on the telly check for the news flashin
how you want it bagged paper or plastic
lost in translation or just lost in traffic
yo I dont wanna floss I done lost my passion
and I ant trying to climb yo i lost my traction
they makin me break my contents under pressure
do not shake I'm workin while the boss relaxin
here come Mr. tax man he leavin a fraction give me back some
matter fact next pay check it's like that son
I'll fuck around and have to hurt a few men
They probably chalk it up as a disturbing new trend hello

(DICE RAW)
Chorus…

(TYLES P)
Should I say hello or should I say that hell is low
And my nigga or a niggero I'm an African American
They sell drugs in the hood but the man he move the medicine
He'll prescribe you …… for everything
a little stuffy nose tell you get some Claritin
you know I'm hip to it and its hard to claim the land
when my great great great grands were shipped to it
look at technology they call it downloading
I call it downsizing somebody follow me
Does a computer chip have an astrology
When it fuck up could it give you an apology
Could it
Should it say hello or should it say goodbye
Try to understand how smart and how hood am I, It don't matter though
until we learn that the world don't turn right ,we all on the scatter though

(DICE RAW)
Chorus…

Best yet...This will be in my head allll night rest assured.

Rising Down April 29th.

Rising Down Cover

Nahright had the new Roots cover. . April 29th.

Another track leaked today. . I will duly find for you.

Black Thought on 75 Bars

"Thats all it is. its dope. its hip hop. its new , yet classic. theres nothing else to be read into the equation. i could go on and on about how that dude represents every record company exec that ever looked at me wrong or every critic that ever underestimated my caliber ... but he doesnt. he's just "some dude" who did "some shit" and now he regrets it. the rest, we leave up to u to interpret. 75 bars is raw, drum driven, in your face emceeing. period. yes its a little nostalgic and reminiscent of 1987 but hey, thats when we started this thing of ours that has become the roots/ okp brand and when, in my opinion, hip hop was a lot more real so, every now and then i like to revisit that. long story short, we had no idea what race the hostage would be before the shoot and didnt really care if dude was white, black, asian, latino or martian, he was gonna get it either way. our concern was a visual that compliments the music. i think we have that. the only other concern was to get yall blogaholics to chirping and creating an awareness of the upcoming album. i think we've done that too. everything else is cake. .... and we're not a bunch of vegetarians but why do u care?"

Check the Video here

Completely killing all the confusion and debate on the Okayplayer forums. . Big track.

75 Bars (Video)

The new roots video as promised. I hear rumours you can download it from okayplayer.com . . maybe worth checking out. Another fine piece of work from Director Rik Cordero.

75 Bars (Behind The Scenes)

Today, Behind the scenes. Tomorow, the video.

Rising Down

This, for most other artists, would be sidebar material. But, it's the Roots.

Track by Track : Entertainment Weekly. .

Still kickin' it.

If you look around you'l find the first track thats leaked. So Raw.

Rising Down

The Roots have penned in a release date for their tenth album, "Rising Down", April 28th.

In a recent interview with sohh ?uestlove conceded that the sound of the new album would be a bit different to what fans had come to expect, taking on a new electronic feel - including the use of vintage synthesizers.

MP3: The Roots - The Melting Pot ( gilles peterson session)

Common Sense: The Rare Ones

New album due in June. Who says it smoother than Common Sense?

MP3: Common - (Lately) I've Been Thinking (Ft. Sean Lett)

MP3: Common - Reminding Me (Of Sef) (The Roots Remix)

MP3: Common - Geto Heaven (Sound of Iladelphia Remix Extended Version) (Ft. Macy Gray)

MP3: Common - The Light (Remix for U) (Ft. Erkyah Badu)