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A Peace of LightThe Roots
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Dear God 2.0The Roots
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Doin' It AgainThe Roots
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Guns Are DrawnThe Roots
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How I Got OverThe Roots
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Kool On (feat. Greg Porn & Tru...The Roots
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Make My (Feat. Big K.R.I.T.)The Roots
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Now or NeverThe Roots
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Right OnThe Roots
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StompThe Roots
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The DayThe Roots
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The FireThe Roots
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The Otherside (feat. Bilal & P.O.R.N.)The Roots
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The Roots - The OtherSide (feat. Bilal Oliver &... (single)The Roots
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The Seed (2.0) Ft Cody ChesnutThe Roots
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The Seed 2.0The Roots
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Tip the Scale (feat. Dice Raw)The Roots
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You Got MeThe Roots
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The Roots of Levon HelmToday would've been Levon Helm 's 72nd birthday. Such a weird, humbling sentence to write. Following his death on April 19, my original plan was to survey his entire career, which in retrospect was absurdly ambitious. I still may do some smaller version of that, but the survey vacuum was quickly filled by the internet, with dozens of moving tributes neatly summarizing his life and music. My favorite is Charles M. Pierce's piece in Esquire, Whip to Grave: Levon Helm, the Real Voice of America . It's an elegy to The Band as much as "Levon, in whose ...The Adios Lounge27 May 2012
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The Roots' Questlove Sides W/ Lupe Fiasco, " ..While things appear to have settled down between Grammy-winning rapper Lupe Fiasco and producer Pete Rock over a "T.R.O.Y" sample, The Roots' Questlove admits he's siding with the Chi-town emcee.SOHH.com27 May 2012
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VA – 2012 Roots Picnic Mixtape (Mixed by DJ ..With the 5th Annual Roots Picnic kick starting June 2nd in Philly, OKP releases the official mixtape. With DJ Low Budget on the mix, tracks from The Roots (of course), De La Soul, KiD CuDi, Rakim, Danny Brown, Diplo and others take center stage. Grab tickets to the festival here (separate days are available here and [...]2dopeboyz26 May 2012
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Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young, Black Key ..The Austin City Limits Music Festival, now its 11th year, will take place from Oct. 12-14 in Zilker Park. Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The Black Keys, Jack White, Florence + The Machine and The Avett Brothers top the 130-band lineup, which also features The Roots, Iggy & theArtist Direct26 May 2012
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Tune-Yards and Questlove Cover Fela Kuti for ..Pitchfork : tUnE-yArDs have teamed with the Roots’ ?uestlove, rapper Akua Naru, and African singer Angélique Kidjo for a cover of Fela Kuti’s “Lady”, to be included on a new Fela tribute compilation, Red Hot + FELA from the Red Hot Organization and the (RED) initative. Both not-for-profit groups raise money to fight AIDS through popular culture and consumer products, respectively. Read and comment. From pitchfork.com.The Daily Swarm25 May 2012
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FRIDAY!!! May 25, 2012demiurge \DEM-ee-urj\, noun: Philosophy. A. Platonism. The artificer of the world. B. (In the Gnostic and certain other systems) a supernatural being imagined as creating or fashioning the world in subordination to the Supreme Being, and sometimes regarded as the originator of evil. (In many states of ancient Greece) a public official or magistrate. Demiurge meant "a worker for the people" in Ancient Greek, from the roots dḗmio- meaning "of the people" and -ergos, "a worker." sleeping terms used to describe a relationship with an ex-significant other that still involves occasional sex. they broke up a while ago, but they ...Baxojayz25 May 2012
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[GIVEAWAY] Jazz and Reggae Festival This Wee ..A handful of KCRW favorites – Gary Clark Jr., Booker T Jones, The Roots, Thundercat–will be making their way to the Intramural Field at UCLA this weekend for the 26th annual Jazz and Reggae Festival and two of our own– Music Director Jason Bentley and Anthony Valadez – will be hosting the festivities and spinning sets of music. Check out the full lineup below! If you want to go get your groove on this Sunday, May 27 (Jam Day) and Monday, May 28 (Reggae Day) tickets are still available here OR ...KCRW25 May 2012
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Thursday, May 24, 2012chrestomathy \kres-TOM-uh-thee\, noun: A collection of selected literary passages. Chrestomathy literally means "useful to learn" in Greek, from the roots chres- meaning "to use" and math- meaning "to learn." Phone Stack A game played at either a meal or in a group setting. When at a meal, and everyone is on their phones, grab them and stack them face down in the center of the table. First to pick up their phone, pays the bill for all. If no one grabs it, everyone pays their part. When in a group setting, grab the phones and stack them. Whoever grabs their ...Baxojayz24 May 2012
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John Mayer Sizzles On Late Night With Jimmy ..mm. mm. Look at that SMILE!! John Mayer jammin’ out onstage with The Roots John Mayer Interview: Part One John Mayer Interview: Part Two LINK TO DOWNLOAD ENTIRE SHOWMia24 May 2012
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tUnE-yArDs, ?uestlove Cover Fela Kuti for Ch ..tUnE-yArDs have teamed with the Roots ' ?uestlove , rapper Akua Naru , and African singer Angélique Kidjo for a cover of Fela Kuti 's "Lady", to be included on a new Fela tribute compilation , Red Hot + FELA from the Red Hot Organization and the (RED) initative. Both not-for-profit groups raise money to fight AIDS through popular culture and consumer products, respectively. The single, out June 1 via iTunes, will mark the beginning of a ten-day fundraising and awareness campaign called (RED) RUSH TO ZERO , an initiatve to end mother-to-child HIV by 2015. Also on June 1, (RED) will launch (RED) ROWS , where ...Pitchfork24 May 2012
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Watch The Afghan Whigs Return with Fallon Ap ..After more than a decade, The Afghan Whigs kicked off their reunion tour last night on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. With the help of The Roots, they played “See Don’t See,” a string-heavy cover of the Mary “Queenie” Lyons song, and a web exclusive track “I’m Her Slave.”...Paste Magazine24 May 2012
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Watch the Afghan Whigs on "Jimmy Fallon"The Afghan Whigs kicked off their reunion tour last night on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" , making their first public appearance in 13 years. The band performed "See and Don't See" (a cover of the Mary "Queenie" Lyons song) with a sizable string section, as well as a web exclusive, "I'm Her Slave". They were accompanied on the former by ?uestlove of "Fallon" house band the Roots . "See and Don't See": "I'm Her Slave":Pitchfork23 May 2012
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The Great GoogaMooga Fest to Refund 'Extra M ..Complaints against the inaugural Great GoogaMooga festival, held in Brooklyn last weekend, said the event was marred by impossibly long lines, nonexistent cell phone service, food and drink running out, and a breakdown of the wine and beer tent payment system. Now the fest's promoter, Superfly Presents, is issuing full refunds for the $250 'Extra Mooga' tickets (general tickets were free). The event included performances by the Roots, Hall & Oates, Fitz & The Tantrums, James Murphy and others.Billboard Biz23 May 2012
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Past triviaI was away on vacation last week, and only touched a computer once or twice, and even then only briefly. I know many people visit BAXOJAYZ-CENTRICITY for the trivia, so here's what I didn't post: In militaryspeak, what is an aerodynamic personnel decelerator? A parachute. As a songwriter, what was Bruce Springsteen’s only No. 1 hit single on Billboard’s Hot 100? Bonus: Who recorded it? “Blinded by the Light,” recorded by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, which topped the charts in 1977. The song was the first track on Springsteen’s 1973 debut album, “Greetings from ...Baxojayz23 May 2012
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ACL 2012After scratch offs and fakes, the full lineup for ACL 2012 was released last night. We at MSD are super stoked about RHCP, Jack White, The Back Keys, Florence & The Machine, The Roots, The Civil Wars, M83, Childish Gambino, War On Drugs">The War On Drugs, Oberhofer, Zola Jesus, and many more. Click here for the full lineup. Here's LCD Soundsystem in direct sun at the 2010 festival:Motorcycle Sidecar Drama23 May 2012
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How I Got Over [Vinyl]Def Jam2010TRACK LISTING- A Peace Of Light feat. Amber Coffman, Angel Deradoorian & Haley Dekle
- Walk Alone feat. Truck North, P.O.R.N. & Dice Raw
- Dear God 2.0 feat. Monsters Of Folk
- Radio Daze feat. Blu, P.O.R.N. & Dice Raw
- Now Or Never feat. Phonte & Dice Raw
- How I Got Over feat. Dice Raw
- DillaTUDE: The Flight of Titus
- The Day feat. Blu, Phonte & Patty Crash
- Right On feat. Joanna Newsom & STS
- Doin' It Again
- The Fire feat. John Legend
- Tunnel Vision
- Web 20/20 feat. Peedi Peedi & Truck North
- Hustla feat. STS (BONUS)
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How I Got OverDef Jam2010TRACK LISTING- A Peace Of Light feat. Amber Coffman, Angel Deradoorian & Haley Dekle
- Walk Alone feat. Truck North, P.O.R.N. & Dice Raw
- Dear God 2.0 feat. Monsters Of Folk
- Radio Daze feat. Blu, P.O.R.N. & Dice Raw
- Now Or Never feat. Phonte & Dice Raw
- How I Got Over feat. Dice Raw
- DillaTUDE: The Flight of Titus
- The Day feat. Blu, Phonte & Patty Crash
- Right On feat. Joanna Newsom & STS
- Doin' It Again
- The Fire feat. John Legend
- Tunnel Vision
- Web 20/20 feat. Peedi Peedi & Truck North
- Hustla feat. STS (BONUS)
