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The Roots - How I Got Over
| Pitchfork |
| The breeziest thing the Roots have put forth since "Act Too (Love of My Life)", probably, the title single from the Roots' upcoming album is already eliciting a few jeers for loosening the reins (heard someone mention Black Eyed Peas' sodden "Where Is the Love?") So what if it doesn't revisit say, the El-P-inspired spacecraft synths of "Get Busy"? The Roots are virtually taken for granted by now as evocative groove-layers. Here, ?uestlove vies with congas, a low-shimmering organ, and a gorgeous "Who's worrying 'bout you babe" hooking you in for Black Thought's poetic license to drop Rwanda like he's Mr. Lif, whose own stab at this sort of Obama-softened reporting earlier this year wasn't warm enough. For every housing crisis or Philly shooting, there's a trope worth revisiting in Black (not bleak) Thought's reflective mode, and these are some of his blackest thoughts in some time. But unlike those taught him "not to give a fuck," his group insists, "Someone has to care"; here, they'd rather worry about the streets rather than glorify them....full text |
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| Prefixmag |
| When it was announced that the Roots would be Jimmy Fallon's house band when he took over for Conan O'Brien, fans of the legendary Philadelphia crew were worried that would mean the band was over as a recording entity. Drummer ?uestlove put that talk to rest quickly after, however, Twittering that the band was working on their 11th album, titled How I Got Over. There's no word on what style the band will strive for, like whether or not they'll return to the acoustic jazz of their earlier albums or the synthy blasts of their previous albums, Game Theory and Rising Down....full text |
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| Mog |
| As previously noted, The Roots' next album, How I Got Over, has been pushed back. The current date is October 13th. Related ProHipHop Coverage: The Roots Debut How I Got Over on Jimmy Fallon...full text |
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