JamBase — Watch ‘The Tonight Show’ house band The Roots accompany vocalist Bilal for a performance of “It Ain’t Fair” on last night’s episode of the late night talk show. more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy + The Roots of Music covering The Mekons. New Orleans, LA. more info

Stereogum — Shea Serrano's The Rap Yearbook is getting turned into a television series for AMC, per Variety . It'll be part of the channel's new AMC Visionaries documentary series and each of its 6 episodes will center around one key song and feature a guest MC... more info

AllHipHop — THE ROOTS EXECUTIVE PRODUCING NEW HIP-HOP DOC READ MORE! more info

Stereogum — Philadelphia natives the Roots teamed up with New York City-based singer Bilal for the soundtrack of the forthcoming Kathryn Bigelow-directed film Detroit about the city's 1967 12th street riot. Despite the artists' respective hometowns, "It Ain't Fa... more info

Popdose — This wonderful, 22-track compilation is just part of the work Chris Bell did before he dug his heels in with Big Star in 1971.  Omnivore Recordings has gathered selections from Chris’ earlier bands like Icewater and Rock City; some of these tracks... more info

Stereogum — Next Friday, the Southern California sister act HAIM will release their deeply impressive sophomore album Something To Tell You. And last night, they were the musical guests on The Tonight Show, where they wore very sparkly matching outfits and perfo... more info

AllHipHop — THE LONG BEACH RAPPER GOT TO SHARE THE STAGE WITH ONE OF HIS INSPIRATIONS more info

Stereogum — On Friday, Vince Staples released his excellent, techno-flavored new album Big Fish Theory . It's an album full of guest stars, many of whom help out in almost-imperceptible ways. And when he performed on The Tonight Show last night, Staples was bac... more info

JamBase — Watch Jimmy Fallon & The Roots discuss Prince's remastered ‘Purple Rain’ album which came out today. more info