Musicaddictz - Addicted To Music —  This is very good album, featured top stars like R.Kelly, Shakira, Wyclef,etc. The sounds in this album will be uptempo and danceable. Happy, too. Countdown to World Cup 2010 !!! Get download link after the jump!Release Name: VA-Listen_Up_The_Offi... more info

Silent Uproar — It's almost comical now: The Roots new album, How I Got Over, got pushed back again, but only by two weeks. The record drops on June 22nd and features performances from Jim James (My Morning Jacket), Joanna Newsom, Dirty Projectors, Patty Crash, John... more info

MTV.com News — 'The song kind of helped me out when I was a young knucklehead,' Nas says of '88 classic 'Hey Young World.'By Steven Roberts Nas Photo: MTV News For its Levi's Pioneer Sessions, the popular denim company called on a dozen musical acts to re... more info

Pitchfork — Denim institution Levi's has launched a series of free downloads called Levi's Pioneer Sessions. This one's got a simple concept: Current artists covering older songs. The first download in the series is up now, and it's Nas doing his take on Sli... more info

Pitchfork — Monsters of Folk photo by Jennifer Tzar MP3:> The Roots: "Dear God 2.0" [ft. Monsters of Folk] "Dear God" was a slow-burning highlight from the self-titled 2009 LP from Monsters of Folk (aka Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst, My Morning Jacket's Jim James, M... more info

AllHipHop — The Roots are set to drop their 11th album, How I Got Over, but group member Black Thought and Questlove said they also have a number of projecting comes as well. "He [Black Thought] has a project that I'm in called the Money Making Jam Boys. The... more info

ET Online — Some of the music world's biggest stars, like John Legend, Lenny Kravitz and Mos Def are using their talents for a good cause! On Saturday, Fuse, Madison Square Garden's national music television network, will air "Gulf Aid: Concert for the Co... more info

MTV.co.uk News — John Legend is teaming with soulful collective The Roots for a collaboration album remaking soul and R&B classics - to be called Wake Up. Apparently the project will feature updated versions of... more info

ContactMusic — Hip-hop mogul RUSSELL SIMMONS and singer JOHN LEGEND were among the stars who turned out to support a young entrepreneurs event in Washington, D.C. on... more info

Undercover, Australia — Philly’s finest hip hop legends are teaming up with one of the greats of modern soul to release an album of covers. more info