The Roots: Stomp

You could almost call these trailers to the release of The Roots latest album, Undun; which hits stores & itunes on December 6th.

Undun is an existential re-telling of the short life of one Redford Stephens (1974-1999). Through the use of emotives and Redford's internal dialogues the album seeks to illustrate the intersection of free will and prescribed destiny as it plays out 'on the corner'. Utilizing a reverse narrative arc, the album begins as the listener finds Redford disoriented -postmortem- and attempting to make sense of his former life. As he moves through its pivotal moments he begins to deconstruct all that has led to his (and our own) coming "Undun".



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The Legendary: A Film About The Roots

Filmed in 2010 during the Hennessey Artistry Tour

A couple Late Nights with The Roots

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon has been on the air for almost a year now, with The Roots as Jimmy's house band. Ove the past year there hav been several musical guest on the show. Many of these guest have performed with ?uestlove & The Roots.
DJ Heat puts together some of the more memorable performances on Late Night With The Roots

Check out the Tracklist:
01 The Roots – How I Got Over (Live)
02 Ludacris – I Do It For Hip Hop / Last Of A Dying Breed (Live)
03 Mos Def – Casa Bey (Live)
04 Beastie Boys – So Whatcha Want (Live)
05 Black Star – History (Live)
06 Snoop Dogg – I Wanna Rock (Live)
07 Ghostface – Baby f. Raheem DeVauaghn (Live)
08 Wale – Pretty Girls (Live)
09 Raekwon – Catalina (Live)
10 50 Cent – Baby By Me / Do You Think About Me (Live)
11 Clipse – Popular Demand f. Black Thought (Live)
12 Clipse – Grindin’ f. Black Thought (Live)
13 Q-Tip – Barely In Love (Live)
14 Goodie Mob – Soul Food (Live)
15 Public Enemy – Bring the Noise (Live)

Download Late Night With The Roots HERE

BONUS:


Be sure to also check out Sandwiches. An EP of some of the commercial break sets, nicknamed Sandwiches, that are performed by The Roots.
?uestlove compiled 22 of his favorite Sandwiches for this EP. (There is rumored to be over 1000 sandwiches composed by the Roots for LNWJF)

Tracklist:
1. Once In A Lifetime
2. Sizuuuuuuuurpin
3. Head Slicer
4. Spain (ft. Chick Corea)
5. The Juice of Chicago
6. Baatin
7. Woman
8. Choir Fire
9. Teen Town
10. Cant Keep Headphones on Head
11. Red Toe Nail Bashing
12. Blinded By The Light (No Douche Here)
13. Caveman for Dennis Quaid
14. Wan Cook Soup
15. Someone Is Late To Dentist Appointment
16. I Get Lifted
17. Werewolf Barmitzvah
18. Like This Anna Torv
19. Breezin (ft. George Benson)
20. EvenzarahlikesTHISone
21. The Suits
22. Usher In That Choir

Download Sandwiches HERE