Brooklyn Vegan — Jay Z at Barclays Center in January (more by PSquared) The Global Citizen Festival (formerly just Global Festival) returns this year with another concert on Central Park's Great Lawn on September 27. The giant, free ticketed event's goal is to... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin The Roots are a band of many things. In addition to being Elvis Costello collaborators, festival throwers, Fallon's house band, and plenty more, they're also cereal lovers. They appeared at a Kellog's event in NYC... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Outkast, who has now sold out three Atalanta shows, added yet another festival to the growing list of festivals they're playing this year. They'll be at Charlotte, NC's Funk Fest 2014 which goes down on September 12 & 13.... more info

Stereogum — The Roots’ new album …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin is a conceptual art-rap affair, made without any real concern for the marketplace, and so it’s not much of a surprise that their latest music videos are conceptual allegory-type deals. They�... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Dave Chappelle announced three musical nights to go down at Radio City Music Hall with The Roots on 6/24, Busta Rhymes, DJ Premier & Janelle Monae on 6/25, and Erykah Badu on 6/26, which follow his five sold out... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As previously discussed, Dave Chappelle is playing Radio City Music Hall in June, and since we last spoke his June 19 show was expanded to a 5-night run (6/18-22) which are all sold out. In addition to those comedy... more info

Stereogum — Will Ferrell and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith have long found themselves near the top of every celebrity-lookalike listicle, and last week, we learned the news that the two would stage a drum-off for charity on The Tonight Show. That drum... more info

Stereogum — It’s not surprising, of course, that the Roots were on The Tonight Show last night. They’re on The Tonight Show every night. But yesterday, the group released their expansive, experimental new album …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin. And they mar... more info

Core News — If you like Gilles Peterson, this show from LeFtO should be right up your alley. This is fast becoming one of my favorite shows! “Opening spiritually with Lonnie Liston Smith, into a Left Brain remix for Earl Sweatshirt. New Max Graef from his grea... more info

Stereogum — The Roots recently released their new album …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin and now have a new stop-motion video for the track “Understand.” Stop-motion is so entertaining that the medium usually just sells itself, but creator Joe Baughman adds... more info