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submitted by Nick Feb 21st 2014 10:00 pm (stereogum.com)

Questlove remembers the exact moment when the Roots became passé. In Mo’ Meta Blues, the memoir he published last year, the renowned drummer, bandleader, producer, DJ, and all-around music geek flashes back to the filming of Michel Gondry’s concert film Dave Chappelle’s Block Party in 2004: I remember one moment so clearly that it’s like [...]

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Lucinda Williams: Watch Lucinda Williams Play With The Roots On Fallon

submitted by Nick Oct 1st 2014 02:00 pm (stereogum.com)

Lucinda Williams was the musical guest on last night’s Fallon, and the host called the singer-songwriter one of his favorites. She performed “Protection” off of her new double LP, Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone, along with some assistance from the Roots. Watch the performance below. Down Where The Spirit Meets...

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Public Enemy: Watch Public Enemy Do “Public Enemy No. 1″ With The Roots On Fallon

submitted by Nick Sep 17th 2014 02:00 pm (stereogum.com)

1987′s “Public Enemy No. 1″ was the first single from Long Island’s Public Enemy. The group recorded the track before they got explicitly political, but its blaring, needling synth line laid the groundwork for the chaotic noise that the group would soon bring. Last night, to help promote a bigass Def Jam a...

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