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more about #theroots more comments → PandoraSpocks: I am an oldz. I usually sleep through Fallon, but I'm pretty sure Ben Vereen is in this band. more » DennyCrane: Very simple: You're The Roots. You were hired for this because you're The Roots. It's not like the CBS Orchestra, who, while they are fantastic musici... more » Hamilton Nolan: Black thought should definitely battle Jimmy Fallon on live TV, loser dies. more » VoxPopuli: Hmmm...well, entertaining the audience at home is easy, just do the set you're supposed to do. For the audience in the studio, tell them you're playin... more » onebadclam: Throw in a pony and it's a deal. more » onebadclam: Martin and Malcom? More like the Loggins & Messina of rap. Am I right? Don't leave me hangin', here. more » VoxPopuli: Wait, what happened to February? Has Black History Month finally gotten a full 31 days? more » forwardmotion: I was living in Philadelphia when Things Fall Apart came out. It was a big deal. One of my roommates had gone to high school with ?uestlove ( Philadel... more » amoureuse est heureuse: Talk about things fall apart, this makes me makes me genuinely sad. This is as equally sad as Morris Day being the band leader on Baisden After Dark. more » EstelleAlcimede: but the people i will feel the worst for, are all the white folks who will no longer be able to call upon the memory of seeing The Roots one time, bac... more » morninggloria: The only way to keep Jimmy Fallon from laughing the entire way through his show is to have the Roots get up there and act all intimidatingly cool at e... more » RonMwangaguhunga: As someone in the blogosphere once said, there's a cold wind blowing in the American economy. It's a bitter pill, thinking of The Roots exchanging ban... more » fileunder: This means next to nothing to me, since I'm so old and sad, the last Philly band I listened to was The Hooters. more » forwardmotion: I love and will always love this group. You could say I'm 100% Dundee. more » Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC: Is this kind of a sell-out? Just curious. They've been losing lyrical stamina for a minute. Maybe they've finally gone flat. SMDH...don't leave us all... more » -
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The Roots Will Save Jimmy Fallon, Also Magazines
Jimmy Fallon has a lot going for him: His house band The Roots are Grammy nominated. His blog-crew is Webby nominated. And he, well, he reads Gawker to get his spirits up. True story! More » -
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The Re-Education of ?uestlove & The Roots
NY Mag spent 55 minutes with ?uestlove and deemed him a "a soft, Pooh-like pile of a person." Aww. That's a compliment, right? We, too, have 55 minutes of The Roots, but actual video. More » -
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Never Plan A Weekend Without Your Ass-Ex
Waddup, homedogs and homebidges. We're strapping in for another gritty-urban afternoon with your host with the most, T.A.N. .This weekend: The Roots, Asher Roth discourse, and poignant photos from Spanish Harlem. Maybe more! More »
