How does a dyed-in-the-wool hip-hop fan like me wait until 2012 to see his very first Roots show? I guess it’s been a combination of limited resources, being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and just plain bad luck (I was supposed to see them at the Apollo a few years back, but my ticket connection fell through.) So when it was announced that The Roots would be playing Boston’s House of Blues on the day after Christmas, […]
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Spin Cycle: The Roots’ “Undun”
The Roots are back with a concept album called “Undun” and Drew has the scoop.
Hear Here: Dice Raw’s “1995”
Dice Raw’s 2011 got off to a rocky start when his car was totaled back in January . Since then, he’s recovered, finished up his first solo album in over 10 years and been all over Twitter . Strangely, he hasn’t gotten the digital Questlove bump. Though, that will likely be changing soon. Born Karl Jenkins, the Philly based rapper and close associate of The Roots spent muchof the last ten years gathering Grammy nods most recently for How I Got Over with TheRoots. Curiously, the new album, […]
The Roots Continue to Show How to “Get Over” in the Hip-Hop Game
To say that The Roots have been hip-hop’s most consistently dope act is to do them a disservice. Fact is, the Philly crew has been one of the most consistently dope acts in music PERIOD over the past decade and a half. Despite making slight adjustments to their sound over the years in order to compete in the marketplace, the group’s never made a move that was desperate or ill-advised. Until (unless?) OutKast and the Beastie Boys come back, The […]