More new-new from the Roots, but this one remixed by J. Period: With John Legend & The Roots joining forces to propel political songs like Ernie Hines’ “Our Generation” back into mainstream popularity, it was only fitting for J.Period to reunite the group that first sampled Hines’ on their seminal ’92 single “Straighten It Out”—artists [...]
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John Legend & The Roots – Our Generation (J. Period Remix) f. Pete Rock & CL Smooth
Posted: September 23, 2010 by treylord in Downloads, Hip Hop, J. Period, John Legend, Pete Rock, The Roots0
John Legend & The Roots – I Can’t Write Left Handed
Posted: September 23, 2010 by treylord in John Legend, The Roots, VideoWe posted the song a week or so ago, but here is an extended version. If you have the time to sit and watch a nearly 13-minute performance of a classic Bill Withers song, I wholly suggest you do so. Wake Up! is in stores now.
John Legend & The Roots – Little Ghetto Boy
Posted: September 9, 2010 by treylord in Downloads, Hip Hop, John Legend, Mixtape, The Roots, VideoThe official video from John Legend and The Roots’ collaborative album Wake Up! dropping September 21st. DOWNLOAD: John Legend & The Roots – Little Ghetto Boy
John Legend & The Roots – Hard Times feat. Black Thought
Posted: September 7, 2010 by treylord in Downloads, Hip Hop, John Legend, The RootsThis one has been around for a minute, but I’m just raising the anticipation for the album. John Legend and The Roots’ upcoming covers project,Wake Up!, dropping September 21st. John Legend & The Roots featuring Black Thought – Hard Times DOWNLOAD: John Legend & The Roots – Hard Times w/ Black Thought
John Legend & The Roots – Shine
Posted: September 7, 2010 by treylord in Downloads, Hip Hop, John Legend, The RootsHere is the second single off John Legend and The Roots’ upcoming covers project,Wake Up!, dropping September 21st. John Legend x The Roots-Shine by iiirdworld DOWNLOAD: John Legend & The Roots – Shine
John Legend & The Roots “I Can’t Write Left Handed” In-Studio Performance
Posted: September 1, 2010 by treylord in John Legend, The Roots, VideoJohn Legend & The Roots’ new LP, Wake Up!, is just 3 weeks away. According to John Legend: “It’s an album full of socially-conscious songs about empowerment, songs about struggle, songs about standing up for your rights and believing in something bigger than yourself. Songs about love, connecting people, believing in one another and believing [...]
HuffPost: Why The Roots Might Have the Best Album Of 2010
Posted: August 3, 2010 by treylord in Hip Hop, HuffingtonPost, John Legend, The RootsHuffingtonPost music contributor Andrew Shapter makes a really good argument for my the Roots newest album How I Got Over is the best album of 2010. In other Roots related news, John Legend and The Legendary Roots crew are the featured artists for VH1′s series, Posted. This is all to help lead into the September 21st release [...]
Estelle “Fall In Love” feat. Nas & John Legend
Posted: July 27, 2010 by treylord in Estelle, John Legend, Nas, R&B, Soul, Uncategorized, VideoSo today one of my favorite soul singers, Estelle, debuted the video for her lead single, “Fall In Love,” off her upcoming album, All of Me. To my surprise there are actually two different versions of this song. Above, check out the one featuring Nas as well as the one with John Legend. Both videos [...]
Estelle "Fall In Love" feat. Nas & John Legend
Posted: July 27, 2010 by treylord in Estelle, John Legend, Nas, R&B, Soul, Uncategorized, VideoSo today one of my favorite soul singers, Estelle, debuted the video for her lead single, “Fall In Love,” off her upcoming album, All of Me. To my surprise there are actually two different versions of this song. Above, check out the one featuring Nas as well as the one with John Legend. Both videos [...]
The Roots “The Fire” feat. John Legend
Posted: July 26, 2010 by treylord in Hip Hop, John Legend, Rik Cordero, The Roots, Uncategorized, VideoTags: Hip Hop
Been waiting for this for a while. In this new Roots video, Rik Cordero produces a mini-film, a cinematic narrative to accompany “The Fire” as its’ score. Rik is definitely doing something different here. With a full cast of characters set in a fictional post-apocalyptic Europe just after WWII, Rik takes us through a bloody, [...]
The Roots "The Fire" feat. John Legend
Posted: July 26, 2010 by treylord in Hip Hop, John Legend, Rik Cordero, The Roots, Uncategorized, VideoTags: Hip Hop
Been waiting for this for a while. In this new Roots video, Rik Cordero produces a mini-film, a cinematic narrative to accompany “The Fire” as its’ score. Rik is definitely doing something different here. With a full cast of characters set in a fictional post-apocalyptic Europe just after WWII, Rik takes us through a bloody, [...]
John Legend & The Roots "Hard Times" Live Studio Performance and their collabo album "Wake Up"
Posted: June 24, 2010 by treylord in Hip Hop, John Legend, Soul, The Roots, Uncategorized, VideoTags: Hip Hop
First heard whispers of this collabo album last summer, but now it has an official release date fresh off the Roots’ How I Got Over release. John Legend & The Roots’ album, Wake Up, will be out September 21st via Sony Music. The album “will feature soulful music from the 60’s and 70’s all with [...]
John Legend & The Roots “Hard Times” Live Studio Performance and their collabo album “Wake Up”
Posted: June 24, 2010 by treylord in Hip Hop, John Legend, Soul, The Roots, Uncategorized, VideoTags: Hip Hop
First heard whispers of this collabo album last summer, but now it has an official release date fresh off the Roots’ How I Got Over release. John Legend & The Roots’ album, Wake Up, will be out September 21st via Sony Music. The album “will feature soulful music from the 60’s and 70’s all with [...]
The Roots "Doin It Again" featuring John Legend
Posted: June 3, 2010 by treylord in download, Hip Hop, John Legend, The Roots, UncategorizedTags: Hip Hop
The Roots will be dropping their highly anticipated LP, How I Got Over, on June 22nd. Here is another song from the LP to keep your anticipation level as high as ours is. The John Legend featured jam, “Doin It Again” – A Rootsified version of Legend’s song “Again.” The Roots f. John Legend – [...]
The Roots “Doin It Again” featuring John Legend
Posted: June 3, 2010 by treylord in download, Hip Hop, John Legend, The Roots, UncategorizedTags: Hip Hop
The Roots will be dropping their highly anticipated LP, How I Got Over, on June 22nd. Here is another song from the LP to keep your anticipation level as high as ours is. The John Legend featured jam, “Doin It Again” – A Rootsified version of Legend’s song “Again.” The Roots f. John Legend – [...]
Common ft. John Legend "Strange Fruit" (prod. by Kanye West)
Posted: November 30, 2009 by treylord in Common, Downloads, Hip Hop, John Legend, Kanye WestTags: Hip Hop
Here is a previously unreleased Common joint. The song is called “Strange Fruit” and features John Legend, with Kanye West on the production. Apparently this song was meant for Com’s album, Finding Forever, but Cassidy got to the beat first. I like the soulful feel, mellow rhymes. Thoughts? Common – Strange Fruit (Feat. John Legend) [...]
