What I'm Watching: The Roots - "Never" ft. Patty Crash

New visuals from The Roots off "...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin" featuring Patty Crash. Good, good music!



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What I'm Watching: The Roots - "Understand" feat. Dice Raw and Greg Porn

The Legendary Roots Crew are at it again. This time with some visual help from Joe Baughman and company, as well as featured familiars Dice Raw and Greg Porn.



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What I'm Watching: The Roots - "When The People Cheer" (Official Lyric Video)

The visuals for their first release to their upcoming album is here in the form of animation. This joint is so their style. It's different and dope.

'...and then you shoot your cousin' in stores May 19th on Def Jam."



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The Roots - "When The People Cheer"

I love The Roots. They're exactly what I love my Hip-Hop to be. Here, Black Thought and Greg Porn are giving you the opposite of what most of them radio rappers give with stories of life more real than the ones being fictionally painted for you. Dope.

The Roots new single off their upcoming album "And Then You Shoot Your Cousin" Coming Soon on Def Jam Recordings.

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DJ Premier Discusses The Roots

One legend in the game sits with Okayplayer TV to talk about a few other legends.



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DJ Low Budget - Official ROOTS PICNIC 2012 Mixtape

Mixtape artwork by DJ Underdog

Not much longer till I hit up my first Roots Picnic event in Philly. I'm psyched to say the least and with this mixtape that the homie DJ Low Budget (hilarious ass name) put together, I'm much more anxious for the day to get here. Check out the track list and then make sure you go and peep the mix.

Okayplayer Presents: The Official Roots Picnic 2012 Mixtape tracklist:

Intro
The Lesson Part III/Paid In Full blend – The Roots/Eric B & Rakim
The Next Movement- The Roots
Ego Trippin-De La Soul
Paid In Full b/w Stay cool – Eric B & Rakim
It Ain’t All Good b/w Don’t Look any Further (Low B Blend Up)- De la Soul/Dennis Edwards
Adenaline (Beanie’s Verse) – The Roots
That Tree (Low Beezy’s Midnight Mona Lisa Mix)- Kid Cudi
I Know You Got Soul b/w Slight Work (Low B Blend Up) – Eric B & Rakim/Wale/Diplo
That’s The Way – Wale & Dorrough
Express Yourself – DIplo Feat. Nicky B
Danger – Major Lazer Feat. The Beastie Boys & Santigold
Gangsta _ The TuneYards
Galactus (Emynd Remix) – Mr MF’n Exsquire
Swerve… The Reeping of All That Is Worthwhile (Noir Not Withstanding) -Shabazz Palaces
My Melody b/w Clones (Low B Blend Up) – Eric B. & Rakim/The Roots
Oooh b/w Sister Wife Star Slinger Remix (Low B Blend Up) – De La Soul feat Redman/ Alex Winston
Freaks N’ Geeks (Star Slinger Remix) – Childish Gambino
Get Free (Why So Not Remix) w/Die Like a Rockstar (Low B Blend Up) -Major Lazer Feat Amber/Danny Brown
Wit It/Harlem Shake (Low B Blendup) – Danny Brown/Baauerr
Piss Test – A-Track, Juicy J, &Danny Brown
All Tonight – Chill Moody
City Luuks (Kid Sister x Flosstradamus x Symmetry) – The Hood Internet
Luuk Out Girl – Flosstradamus feat. Kid Sister
Horsey (Diplo) – SwizzyMack (Philly Club remix)
Hood Fantasy – Flosstradamus
Original Don (Major Lazer) – Dj Sliink (Jersey Club Remix)
Yeah (Clap-a-Pella)- LCD Soundsystem
Yeah – LCD Soundsystem
Dr. Pill – WZRD (Kid Cudi)
Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood – St. Vincent
Powa b/w Purple Swag (Low B Blendup) – The Tuneyards/ASAP Rocky

Head over to Okayplayer to bump that mix right now: Okayplayer Presents: The Official Roots Picnic 2012 Mixtape

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What I'm Watching: The Roots & Big K.R.I.T. Perform Make My (Live At Highline Ballroom)

I rarely post videos of live shows that I didn't attend but I couldn't let this one slide. It's The Roots and Big K.R.I.T. performing "Make My" which is off of "Undun", the album that was released yesterday. It's been getting a crazy amount of great reviews everywhere but I'm not surprised. They are an amazing band. Check out the video and see a little of what I'm talking about.


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What I'm Watching: The Roots "Sleep"

It's Tuesday, again. And The Roots are back, again. They deliver up the Aaron Livingston featured Sleep to conclude their four-part video series. Man, December 6th can't come soon enough for Undun. In the meantime, enjoy another set of stunning visuals from The Legendary Roots Crew, as we come full circle with Redford Stephen. Enjoy.

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What I'm Watching: The Roots "Stomp"

It's Tuesday. And right on schedule The Roots drop off their latest video for Stomp featuring P.O.R.N., which is a series of stick ups. Off of their upcoming Undun, the new vid continues the journey of Redford Stephens. December 6, can't wait.

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What I'm Watching: The Roots: "Tip The Scale"

Another haunting set of visuals for the latest track from The Roots off of their upcoming project undun. As previously mentioned, The Roots will deliver up their concept album in December, which "is an existential re-telling of the short life of one Redford Stephens (1974-1999)." Tip The Scale finds Stephens, walking the streets of his tough neighborhood. When faced with such a rough reality, we'd want to tip the scale too. I'd say enjoy the video but it would be more fitting to say embrace it.

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What I'm Watching: The Roots "Make My"

There's more in a minute and forty-seven seconds of this video than there is in some folk's entire video catalog. The Roots drop off the visuals to Make My, one of four videos from their upcoming project undun. You'll probably run this video back a few times because it's captivating albeit brief. Enjoy. Chea!

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TMB's Throwback Video of the Day ... The Roots - "What They Do"

We're back with another Throwback Video of the Day and this is the kind of joint you want to wind down your Wednesday with (that was a tongue twister) Ha! If you can't bob your head to this, you just don't know music. I'm definitely loving the vibe of this one tonight. It's the perfect nightcap to end a busy day. At the request of @JosephAParker, raise your glass in the air and enjoy "What They Do" off 1996 album Illadelph Halflife.




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Download ... J.Period + John Legend + The Roots - Wake Up! Radio Mixtape

J.Period, John Legend, The Roots and a bunch of other legendary folks on this mix Period put together. How can you not be interested?! Download now. It's free.

Hot on the heels of John Legend & The Roots' Grammy-winning night, Truelements presents the first single release from WAKE UP! RADIO -- an epic collaboration between Black Thought, John Legend, and the God MC himself, Rakim -- "In the Ghetto (Wake Up!)" Produced by J.Period, this history-making digital 12" release pairs two of hip hop's most legendary MC's together on wax for the first time, with a soulful finale from R&B superstar, John Legend. Revisiting the themes of the Eric B. & Rakim original, "In the Ghetto (Wake Up!)" shines a new light on ghetto life to reveal that some things may have changed, but many more remain the same.

Download here: J.Perdios + John Legend + The Roots - Wake Up! Radio

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For more on WAKE UP! RADIO, visit: http://www.jperiod.com/wakeup

For info about upcoming J.Period releases, events and tours, visit: http://www.jperiod.com

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The Legendary: A Film About The Roots

The Legendary: A Film About The Roots from Cam Be on Vimeo.

Check out the fresh Cam Be and Jeff Baraka produced mini-doc about The Roots. Enjoy.

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What I'm Watching ... A History of Rap: Jimmy Fallon, Justin Timberlake and The Roots

As Q would say, #LatePass, but fuck it. I've already watched it a bunch of times and it's pretty dope each time. These guys go through a medley of a bunch of classic and a couple non-classic Hip-Hop joints from years passed to what's current. If you're one of the few that hasn't checked it out yet, here you go. Plus, I couldn't pass up a chance to post something involving my favorite Hip-Hop group of all time. Haha.

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What I'm Watching ... John Legend & The Roots - "You Got Me: Amex UNSTAGED"

If you have never got a chance to see The Roots live, you really need to break that habit. I've seen them about 6 times if I can remember correctly and every single time I loved it. Dope ass performers, people. Live performers. These guys are amazingly talented. Check it.



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John Legend & The Roots “Our Generation (J.Period Remix)” feat. Pete Rock & CL Smooth

Check out new music from John Legend & The Roots featuring Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth off of the upcoming J.Period Wake Up! Radio mixtape, scheduled for release in November. The track is dope. Enjoy.

What EMS Is Watching ... The Roots feat. Musiq - "Break You Off"

I swear I'm going to stop flooding the people with posts, BUT when I'm feeling something, I have to break you off. Ha. Perhaps I'm getting the Q trigger finger itch... *inside joke* Anyway, so when I did the Throwback Sessions w/ EMS ... The Roots feat. Erykah Badu - "You Got Me," I saw the "suggested video" of "Break You Off" (2002) and I'd never seen it. I know I'm late, but I'm here now. I've always thought The Roots were DOPE, but I haven't checked everything they've done. I listen to so much music in a day, it's hard to get it all in. The point is, I'm feeling this jawn and if you hadn't heard the song or seen the video, watch it! They've been in the game for so long and I give them so much love. They keep it real and they keep it interesting and unique. You pretty much can't go wrong when it comes to The Roots. So enjoy.


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Throwback Sessions w/ EMS ... The Roots feat. Erykah Badu - "You Got Me"

It's The Roots. Need I say more?


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What I'm Watching ... John Legend & The Roots - "Wake Up Everybody featuring Melanie Fiona & Common"

Real cool video. I like how they used the steps as their stage. Real chill. Good music all around to go along with a good video. Check it.


Music video by John Legend & The Roots performing Wake Up Everybody. (c) 2010 Getting Out Our Dreams and Sony Music Entertainment.

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