"Malik B get on the mic there's too much on my mind..."
You have no idea how many times I've asked The Roots, OKAYPLAYER, Questlove, and Black thought for this on Instagram. Literally @'d them about it again two days ago. Streams of Thought 2 is as good as it gets for me.
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I have, ‘tis legit. I think Spotify actually links to them from artist pages to buy merch.Has anyone purchased from here before? Noticed they have the recent Things Fall Apart 3xLP release on sale.
The Roots Things Fall Apart Limited Edition 3LP (Vinyl)
Regarded as their breakthrough album, The Roots' 'Things Fall Apart,' was recorded during the infamous Soulquarian recordings at Electric Lady Studios resulting in legendary collaborations from the collective. With all-star features from Erykah Badu, Common, Mos Def, Jay Dee, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Dice...
If anyone is still looking for this, small restock.
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They are supposed to do a similar 3LP reissue for Illadelph Halflife and then Do You Want More??!!??! after that. Original plans were 2019, 2020, 2021 -- but who knows now with the state of things.
I remember reading an article years ago in which Questlove said they had recorded something like 200 or 300 songs for their 13th album. Still nothing.. As such a sprawling ensemble the Roots relied very much on Rich Nichols, their career-long producer who passed in 2014. Rich steered the ship and made many of the tough calls for the group.
Just as much, the Roots' albums have always been reactive to the mood of the times and to personal events that rocked their worlds (see Game Theory, which plays like an audio-vigil to their close collaborator and friend J Dilla). Thought and brother question have been extra politically vocal lately, so something tells me we will have to wait until after the election for them to settle on the mood for album #13.
I'm calling album #13 now for a 2021 release. I think chances are fairly good that this will be their last studio album as a unit, other than probably some more film soundtracks using the band's name. Black Thought and Quest have so many other creative ventures now and are each edging on 50, and to me Then You Shoot Your Cousin felt a little bit tired/rehashed and not really like themselves - certainly not as inspired as Undun or How I Got Over before it - which is why I think this could be the last album if we get one at all.
Y i got an email that they shipped something on the 24th and it took until today for it to be "accepted" at the usps. If yours is still in pre-shipment that does seem weird... although given whatever is happening at your local distro center maybe FL is the hub for crappy mail service.
I saw P4P hasn't moved
Y i got an email that they shipped something on the 24th and it took until today for it to be "accepted" at the usps. If yours is still in pre-shipment that does seem weird... although given whatever is happening at your local distro center maybe FL is the hub for crappy mail service.
I saw P4P hasn't moved