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The Roots ‘Undun’ (Short film)

December 14th, 2011

We’ve been keeping you posted on the video project The Roots unveiled for their new album Undun. Over the past month, Jimmy Fallon’s live band were posting a series of music videos that told the story of their new album. And as we expected, they’ve compiled the four of them to make a neat and [...]

Tags: RapCity, Short film, the roots, undun, Video
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The Roots ft. Phonte and Dice Raw “One Time” (MP3)

November 29th, 2011

Last night, ?uestlove tweeted “Lol all these big ups for #UNDUN. Can I take a guess that it leaked or something? Love that I can still hold a record til 7 days b4 leak.” Yes, it’s true, The Roots’ upcoming album, undun, leaked one week before its release. But ?uestlove doesn’t seem to mind. So, [...]

Tags: ?uestlove, Dice Raw, One Time, phonte, the roots, undun
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The Roots ft. Aaron Livingston “Sleep” (Video)

November 22nd, 2011

“Sleep” is the fourth and final installment in The Roots’ video series for their album, undun. This clip continues the story of Redford Stephens and begins with the character dead on the ground. Clifton Bell directed, shot, and edited this black and white video, which you can watch below. And keep counting down the days [...]

Tags: Aaron Livingston, Sleep, the roots, undun
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The Roots ft. P.O.R.N. “Stomp” (Video)

November 15th, 2011

“Stomp” is the third installment in the Roots’ video series in promotion for their upcoming album, undun. The short clip continues to follow the life of Redford Stephens, the main character in The Roots’ concept album. Next Tuesday, the last music video will be released and then it’s only a few more weeks until undun [...]

Tags: def jam, Stomp, the roots, undun
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The Roots “Tip the Scale” (Video)

November 8th, 2011

The second entry in The Roots’ promotional clips for their new album Undun, “Tip the Scale” follows up last week’s “Make My” video. Again, the song has been cut down and continues on with the album’s narrative about a man named Redford Stephens, who died in 1999 at the age of 25 due to gang [...]

Tags: RapCity, the roots, Tip the Scale, undun, Video
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The Roots “Make My” (Video)

November 4th, 2011

The Roots have begun rolling out the campaign for their upcoming album, Undun. “Make My” is the first of four videos to be released each Tuesday, up to the album’s release date, which is December 6th. Big K.R.I.T. is featured on this track, but not in the video. Instead, the band have opted for a [...]

Tags: Big K.R.I.T., Make My, RapCity, the roots, Video
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The Roots ft. Big K.R.I.T. “Make My” (MP3)

October 17th, 2011

“Make My” is the first single off of The Roots’ new concept album, which hits stores on December 6 on Island Def Jam. Big K.R.I.T., who’s also part of the Def Jam family, is featured on the slow-moving track, which also sees the production skills of Khari Mateen and The Roots. In a press release, [...]

Tags: ?uestlove, Big K.R.I.T., Make My, the roots, undun
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RapCity News Round Up: ?uestlove keeps getting his combs stolen

September 16th, 2011

?uestlove can’t seem to hold on to those combs of his. Speaking with New York Magazine, the Roots’ drummer says that despite buying a huge supply of his trademark item to tame his mighty Afro, he’s now down to a very limited supply. “I bought a massive stock, maybe like 2,000 of them,” he said. [...]

Tags: ?uestlove, diddy, Game, Interscope, James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond, Jimmy Iovine, snoop dogg, the roots
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RapCity P.M. News Round Up: Big Sean Talks Kanye & Consequence Beef

July 27th, 2011

Big Sean responded to Consequences and Kanye’s beef and The Game’s diss song “Uncle Otis”. Sean says that the Consequence and Kanye situation is “way personal. That’s not a random dude dissing. That was somebody who was part of the fam, was all in the fam together and then they had their problems.” As for [...]

Tags: Big Sean, j. cole, rick ross, the roots
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Timberlake and Fallon: A History of Rap, Part 2

July 20th, 2011

Back in October Justin Timberlake was on Jimmy Fallon to promote ‘The Social Network’ and ended up doing a musical number with Fallon. The musical number was a medley of famous rap songs accompanied by Fallon’s in-house band, The Roots. Last night on ‘Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,’ JT was promoting his new movie, ‘Friends [...]

Tags: jimmy fallon, justin timberlake, the roots
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