Soul Sides — John Legend and The Roots: Our Generation Raphael Saadiq: It’s a Shame Both from Levi’s Pioneer Sessions These two come from Levi’s “Pioneer Sessions” series where they ask different artists to cover the songs that influenced them. Coo... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Roots released their latest album, How I Got Over, this week. The disc features the band collaborating with several interesting musicians, including Joanna Newsom, My Morning Jacket's Jim James, John Legend, and others. To enter the contest, leav... more info

Pitchfork — The Roots don't stop. How I Got Over, their newest album, has barely been in stores three days, and already the band has announced the release of heir next full-length. When you factor in the band's day job as house band on "Late Night With Jimmy ... more info

Culture Bully — Following the dark overtones of 2008's "Rising Down," the Legendary Roots Crew have returned with "How I Got Over," a record that reexamines the bleak state of our culture, this time striving to find a glimmer of hope amongst the darkness. more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — The 00s might be best described as the Roots experimental period.  Their songs challenged the tradition hip-hop norms and opened new doorways to what the genre could be. I first saw the Roots in the 90s in a college gym.  I had never seen a rap gr... more info

Popdose — At this point, the Roots have been around long enough — and have been accruing glowing reviews long enough — that there are two kinds of hardcore music lovers: Those who are fans of the band, and those who are tired of hearing about how great the... more info

MTV.com News — 'You really don't hear any hip-hoppers dare use the word 'midlife crisis,' the drummer tells MTV News.By Mawuse Ziegbe, with reporting by Steven Roberts ?uestlove Photo: MTV News The Roots' long hip-hop career is rivaled by only a few acts.... more info

Pitchfork — In director Jason Goldwatch's video for "Dear God 2.0", the Roots' version of the Monsters of Folk track "Dear God", lead MC Black Thought plays a cabdriver who experiences a whole ton of societal ills from the front seat of his car. Monsters of F... more info

Culture Bully — Music video for "Dear God 2.0" by the Roots from the group's 2010 album, "How I Got Over." more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — The Roots are streaming their new album, How I Got Over, in its entirety over at their myspace. It doesn’t come out until tomorrow, so you can decide if it’s worth you hard earned $$. We got early leaks/previews of two of the albums songs, “Dea... more info