If anyone knows the latest on the near-reclusive R&B sage who goes by the name D’Angelo, it would be Roots drummer and NYU professor, ambassador Questlove. Lately, he’s spent a great deal of his free time outside of “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” laying down drum tracks for D’Angelo’s perennially-anticipated follow-up to 2000′s classic LP, [...]
Mystery of the Disappearing Wall Mural in Philadelphia
December 1, 2012 | Posted by
Has Ad Reinhardt risen from the grave to vandalize the East Coast? Probably not. But officials don’t have a much better idea of who destroyed this culturally significant mural, which was an important milepost on the city’s tour route of black history-themed public art. “We’re not exactly sure what happened at this moment,” says Thora [...]
Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, ?uestlove Exposed as Illuminati on ‘The Cleveland Show’ – Video
October 19, 2012 | Posted by
After years of back-room dealings and slyly shaping popular culture, the hip-hop Illuminati will finally be yanked from the shadows by culture’s one true savior: The Cleveland Show. On this Sunday’s season premiere entitled, “Menace 2 Secret Society”, guest stars Kanye West, ?uestlove, Nicki Minaj, Bruno Mars, and will.i.am are all revealed as the architects of the modern rap industry. “Cleveland inadvertently breaks [...]
Roots’ ‘?uestlove’ Gets a New Job – Teaching ‘Classic Albums’ Course
October 18, 2012 | Posted by
Ahmir ‘?uestlove’ Thompson will soon be adding another job to his exhaustive list of titles: professor. The Roots’ drummer will be joining Universal Music Enterprises vice president of A&R and Grammy winning reissues producer Harry Weinger to co-teach a course titled ‘Classic Albums’ at the Clive Davis Institue for Recorded Music at NYU’s Tisch School [...]
The Roots Will Rock Philadelphia This Weekend with Their Annual ‘Roots Picnic’
June 1, 2012 | Posted by
The legendary Roots crew will rock their hometown not once but twice this summer. The annual Roots Picnic has expanded to two days — June 2nd and 3rd — at Festival Pier on Delaware Avenue. Now in its fifth year, the picnic is a one-of-a-kind, genre-bending festival that showcases eclectic collaborations from the latest and [...]
