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  Jukebox Jury: Feist, ?uestlove, SNL's Bobby Moynihan

  December 22, 2011 – The first two members of this year's Jukebox Jury have been responsible for their own share of 2011's memorable music. On her fifth album, Metals (Cherrytree/Interscope), smoky-voiced chanteuse Feist proved the success of 2007's The Reminder was no fluke. The new set is tougher and deeper than its predecessor. The Roots' ?uestlove long ago earned his bona fides as an Ivy League–level music-head. …
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  Watch the 5-Song Roots 'undun' Short Film

  December 14, 2011 – The Roots' undun has a complex narrative about a low-level drug dealer named Redford Stephens that, as our reviewer notes, is often obscured by the glut of guest rappers. …
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  Complyin' Ass Bitch: The Roots Muzzled After Bachmann Controversy

  December 8, 2011 – The Roots' ?uestlove got into some trouble last month after the band played Fishbone's "Lyin' Ass Bitch" as the intro music when Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann visited Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. …
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  Henology: SPIN Test Drives ?uestlove's New Chicken Drumstick

  December 6, 2011 – Though his mighty Roots crew just released an especially complex concept album, drummer ?uestlove premiered his tastiest work yet at New York's legendary Blue Note last night: Love's Drumstick, an origami-wrapped buttermilk chicken drumstick served in a Bento Box. It was all part of "?uestlove Eats... A Night of Food and Music," the first event for his new catering service?uest Loves Food. …
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  The Roots, 'undun' (Def Jam)

  December 6, 2011 – Does anyone still consider the Roots to be harbingers of a kinder, gentler, more approachable iteration of hip-hop? …
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  Roots Welcome Michele Bachmann to 'Fallon' With 'Lyin' Ass Bitch'

  November 22, 2011 – The Roots have famously underscored a few choice Late Night With Jimmy Fallon guest appearances with clever walk-on music. When Ashlee Simpson appeared on the show, they played Milli Vanilli's "Girl You Know It's True." "What made this classic was the fact we did the VH1 Behind the Music version of the song in which Vanilli explained that the broken loop kept going "Girl, you know it's ... …
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  A Brief History of Rappers Sampling Radiohead

  November 9, 2011 – In 2011, "Looking for the perfect beat" increasingly means digging on the Hype Machine for out nerdball indie rock â€" in the last two years, you can hear Lupe Fiasco rap over Modest Mouse, E-40 flipping Bjork, the Roots borrowing Joanna Newsom, B.o.B. ganking Vampire Weekend, and of course Kanye West pulling Bon Iver from his cabin and giving him a shutter shade makeover. …
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  WeekSauce: SPIN's Friday Night Highlights

  November 4, 2011 – • This week we found out the first posthumous Amy Winehouse album will be released on December 6. Perhaps more importantly, we learned the cover of said Amy Winehouse album was photographed by Bryan Adams. Yes, this guy! • We made you laugh (and cry, and then laugh again) at our countdown of the 40 Greatest Comedy Albums of All Time. …
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  ?uestlove Explains How SPIN and Sufjan Inspired the Roots' 'undun'

  November 1, 2011 – On December 6, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon house band, Philadelphia-bred hip-hop vets the Roots, will release undun, their 13th studio release and first concept album. We rang ?uestlove at 30 Rock, where he was hiding out in zoologist Jeff Musial's dressing room between rehearsals, to find out what the heck this album is actually about. Tell us about undun. …
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  Exclusive: Hear the Roots Toast 'To Life, Love & Loot'

  October 26, 2011 – Late Night With Jimmy Fallon house band the Roots agreed to remix the theme song from Captain Morgan's latest TV commercial, but the Philadelphia-bred hip-hip vets handle "remixes" their own unique way — by completely reinterpreting and re-recording the track. The result? …
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