For the past couple weeks there’s been rumor that The Roots would be dropping a new, Ric Cordero-directed video for their single with John Legend, “The Fire”, and now that I’ve actually watched it I have no idea what’s going on. This one blew my mind a bit, even more so than that crazy, gingericide flick from M.I.A. Watch…

After The Roots essentially added John Legend to the crew as their vocalist, the legendary Roots crew and Legend decided to make it official and put together an entire album together titled “Wake Up”. Today we get the first taste of what that album will sound like with the soulful new joint “Wake Up Everybody”, featuring Melanie Fiona and Common. Listen and download…

After contributing two tracks (“Doin’ It Again” and “The Fire”), John and the legendary Roots crew also decided to knock out a new track for Levi’s Pioneer Sessions series, which I was kind of hoping would suck so I wouldn’t be forced to endorse corporate sponsored music, but is actually pretty dope. Both the Nas and Raphael Saadiq tracks were dope, and unsurprisingly “Our Generation” is as well. Listen and download…

What, you thought I was kidding when I said today I was giving the site over to The Roots and B.o.B.? Any problems with that? I thought not. So after a remix of “The Fire” featuring B.o.B. I’m back on my Philly ish with the latest visuals from The Roots other single, Dear God. See more…

The hip-hop gods are telling me to post as much B.o.B. and Roots related material as possible. Hey, who am I to defy the hip-hop gods, especially when they’re making their intentions so clear by dropping a remix to The Roots stellar track “The Fire” featuring a new verse from, you guessed it, Bobby Ray. Listen and download…

Instead of letting their highly anticipated new album “How I Got Over” leak - and giving us a few choice selections like “Dear God 2.0” and “The Fire -  the legendary Roots crew have officially unveiled a sampler plate of the entire album. Listen…

The legendary Roots crew is rolling heavy with John Legend these days. Just a few days after they dropped the Legend-assited “Doin’ It Again”, they’re back at it again with the release of “The Fire”. Sonically speaking, ironically “The Fire” is actually pretty cool and minimalistic by roots standards, consisting primarily of ?uestlove laying down a simply drum backbone, a few piano keys and a looping bass. Listen and download…

Last Friday viewers of “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” were treated to one hell of a surprise when Ice Cube unexpectedly launched into a live version of his classic “Today Was a Good Day”. But what viewers didn’t get to see or hear were the highlight of the rehearsals, a live version of N.W.A.‘s classic “Straight Outta Compton”. Listen and download…

Fresh off their crazy fresh but frankly depressing last release “Dear God 2.0”, Philly’s finest crew are back with the mellow yet pounding “Doin’ It Again”. “Again” most notably brings on John Legend for some hook and piano work, and it’s that piano line that really gives the track it’s distinctive sound. Listen and download…

The Roots’ latest single, “Dear God 2.0” was highly acclaimed by Booth readers - not least for the pensive instrumental, sampled from a similarly-titled cut by indie rock supergroup Monsters of Folk. Though I assumed that ?uest and co. had reworked M.O.F’s track considerably, I was a little surprised at what I heard when I checked out the original. Read more/watch video…