Tagged: The Roots
We Were There When Odd Future Played Jimmy Fallon
We speed-walked up to 30 Rock yesterday to be in the room while Tyler, The Creator and Hodgy Beats of Odd Future taped their appearance on Jimmy Fallon. NBC played Blackalicious while we waited in … read more »
Interview: Cody ChesnuTT
Today, studied rock and roll guitarist Cody ChesnuTT released a new EP called Black Skin No Value. The collection of six songs (download one below) is his first major output since The Headphone Masterpiece, a … read more »
TGIM: New Songs from Nicki Minaj and Eminem, Diddy, The Roots Restore Sanity
It’s Monday again, so here’s what you might have missed over the weekend: Nicki Minaj & Eminem are mad, Diddy doesn’t write his own raps again, and The Roots are good band. Check it all … read more »
Video: Duck Sauce (A-Trak & Armand Van Helden), “Barbra Streisand”
Apparently lacking the ability to get the song’s actual namesake in the clip for their latest disco partystarter, the Duck Sauce boys settled for a decently annoying SNL-style Streisand stand-in and a cameo selection of … read more »
The Morning After: The Roots and John Legend, "Hard Times" on Good Morning America
Check in with us daily to see Suite903 artists take over TV. Today we’re watching The Roots perform “Hard Times” and “Wake Up” on Good Morning America.
Video: The Roots f. John Legend, "The Fire"
If the cover art for “The Fire” was any indicator of what the video would be about, then we should have seen it coming. Rik Cordero puts the song in the context of an infantry … read more »
Video: Rick Ross and The Roots, “BMF” Live
Considering the grown-n-dangerous direction Rick Ross has been going in lately, we expected his live collaboration with The Roots to be one of his more, um, mature songs. Instead, the band channels the darker jams … read more »
The Roots and John Legend, “Our Generation” MP3
Yesterday we posted the first jam from The Roots and John Legend‘s album of social protest songs, Wake Up. Today, we have the second! “Our Generation” is a cover of Ernie Hines’ song of the … read more »
John Legend & The Roots f. Common and Melanie Fiona, "Wake Up Everybody" MP3
John Legend may not exactly be Teddy Pendergrass but his raspy voice makes for great vocals on this cover. Both JL and Melanie Fiona stick to Teddy Pendergrass’ quiet and and soulful calm on the … read more »
The Roots + John Legend f. Common and Melanie Fiona, “Wake Up Everybody” MP3
The Sound of Philadelphia! Arguably one of the greatest sounds in the history of soul music, singer/songwriters Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff started TSOP Records in the early ’70s releasing a tidal wave of impassioned … read more »
