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The Roots - When The People Cheer
The Roots
When The People Cheer
Sounds like: A Tribe Called Quest, Black Star, Talib Kweli
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The legendary Philadelphian hip-hop collective The Roots return with the awesome new single, "When The People Cheer," taken from their much anticipate...
The Roots - Right On (Ft. Joanna Newsom and STS)
The Roots
Right On (Ft. Joanna Newsom and STS)
Sounds like: Common, John Legend & The Roots, Mos Def
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Back when I started doing the Song of the Day series, we would quote other blogs rather than writing our own reviews. That changed after ~6 months, bu...
The Roots
Paul Revere (The Beastie Boys Cover)
Sounds like: Common, John Legend & The Roots, Mos Def
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The Roots - Rising Down (Ft. Mos Def and Styles P)
The Roots
Rising Down (Ft. Mos Def and Styles P)
Sounds like: Common, John Legend & The Roots, Mos Def
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Leave it to Deep Dish halve Sharam Tayebi, the man who made Eddie Murphy-as-singer cool again with his club-tastic 2006 re-imagining of the comedian's...
The Roots - Dear God 2.0 (Ft. Ft. Monsters of Folk) (Zeds Dead Dubstep Remix)
The Roots
Dear God 2.0 (Ft. Ft. Monsters of Folk) (Zeds Dead Dubstep Remix)
Sounds like: Flux Pavilion, Porter Robinson
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Back in 2009, a super-group of artists including Conor Oberst and M. Ward joined forces to release the album Monsters of Folk. One track, in particula...
The Roots - The Fire (Ft. John Legend)
The Roots
The Fire (Ft. John Legend)
Sounds like: Erykah Badu, Tribe Called Quest, Jurassic 5, J Dilla
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Being from the UK, there are three things that make me marvel that The Roots took 16 years and 8 albums to produce what has critically been received a...
The Roots - How I Got Over
The Roots
How I Got Over
Sounds like: Common, John Legend & The Roots, Mos Def
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The Roots are set to release their ninth studio album How I Got Over. The album title comes from a Mahalia Jackson gospel song of the same name. The b...