We All Want Someone To Shout For — Holy cow, what a show! ?uestlove announced the spectacular lineup for the Roots Picnic 2010 which is held on June 5th at Penns Landing in Philadelphia. He announced it via tweetvid. The lineup is pretty heavily “afro-beat” influenced. It’s also... more info
The Playlist — Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson will star as a college senior football player in a film called "Things Fall Apart" (certainly no relation to the famed novel of the same name by author Chinua Achebe or The Roots record). The film will be produced through his... more info
Silent Uproar — According to ?uestlove himself, The Roots will produce (and probably perform on) the next John Legend album, Wake Up Sessions, in its entirety. This is great news, but where's How I Got Over? [rapradar.com] more info
Pop Crunch — Have you heard about the controversy brewing over NBC’s Black History Month menu? The already embattled network came under fire again on Thursday after The Roots’ Questlove — now a drummer in the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon band — TwitPic... more info
Perez Hilton — After Questlove, drummer for The Roots, Tweeted about the questionable menu featured at NBC yesterday in honor of Black History Month, NBC's cook Leslie Calhoun doesn't seem to understand what all the fuss is about!
She says:
"All I wanted to do was... more info
Perez Hilton — Racially insensitive much?!?!
Check out the menu available at NBC today that Questlove, drummer for The Roots and Jimmy Fallon's house band, Tweeted about today.
Thoughts??
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VH1 News — New Kids on the Block called the Roots "gentlemen" after their "Jimmy Fallon" gig. "They're on it," Donnie Wahlberg said of the "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" house band. more info
MTV.com News — 'They're on it,' Donnie Wahlberg says of the 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' house band.By Jocelyn Vena
When New Kids on the Block stopped by "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" on Monday night, they couldn't help but notice one thing about the show's ... more info
VH1 News — The Roots were joined by John Legend, Mos Def, Jay Electronica and other friends for a high-energy set at the group's sixth annual Pre-Grammy Jam Session in Hollywood Saturday night. more info