The Roots Perform "The Fire" Live at The NHL Winter Classic [VIDEO]

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The Roots - One Time ft. Phonte & Dice Raw [NEW MUSIC]

Undun in stores December 6th (itunes).
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Betty Wright & The Roots - Grapes On A Vine ft. Lil' Wayne [NEW MUSIC]

Betty Wright: The Movie drops next Tuesday (Nov 15).
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The Roots - Tip The Scale ft. Dice Raw [MUSIC VIDEO]

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The Roots ft. Big K.R.I.T. - Make My [MUSIC VIDEO]

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The Roots - Make My ft. Big K.R.I.T. [NEW MUSIC]

Check out the first single off The Roots' upcoming album, Undun.

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J. Period - In The Ghetto (Wake Up!) ft. Black Thought, John Legend & Rakim [NEW MUSIC]

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Drake, John Legend, ?uestlove, Swizz, Wyclef & more Tell Billboard Their Favorite 2010 Albums [VIDEO]

Billboard.com talked to 37 of today's biggest recording artists to see which albums soundtracked their year.

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Kid Cudi Performs "Maniac" w/The Roots Live on Jimmy Fallon [VIDEO]

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Q-Tip performs "Sucka N**ga" w/The Roots in Miami [VIDEO]

Q-Tip & The Roots perform "Sucka N*gga" (Miami) from The305.com

John Legend & The Roots (AOL Sessions + Behind the Scenes) [VIDEO]

Hit the jump/read more to watch John Legend & The Roots Perform "Wake Up Everybody", "Hard Times" and "Little Ghetto Boy" plus catch some behind the scenes footage.

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John Legend & The Roots ft. CL Smooth - Our Generation (Final) [NEW MUSIC]

This song originally was released as part of Levi's Pioneer Sessions series and now is blessed with a verse by CL Smooth midway through the track. Enjoy and don't forget to cop Wake Up! when it drops on Tuesday!
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John Legend & The Roots - Little Ghetto Boy [MUSIC VIDEO +mp3]

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John Legend & The Roots - Hard Times (ft. Black Thought) x Shine [NEW MUSIC]

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VIDEO: John Legend & The Roots perform at Miss Universe Pageant 2010

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THROWBACK MUSIC: Men In Black 'The Album' [1997] (Featuring Snoop, Nas, Alicia Keys, Roots, JD, ATCQ, Destiny's Child, more)

Found this CD while cleaning up and figured let me rip the CDQ (256kbps) audio from this pretty impressive soundtrack/album. Check out the talent on here (including a young, almost unrecognizable Alicia Keys).

Track Listing:
1. "Men in Black" - Will Smith featuring Coko of SWV
2. "We Just Wanna Party with You" - Snoop Dogg featuring Jermaine Dupri
3. "I'm Feelin' You" - Ginuwine
4. "Dah Dee Dah (Sexy Thing)" - Alicia Keys
5. "Just Cruisin'" - Will Smith
6. "The 'Notic" - The Roots featuring D'Angelo
7. "Make You Happy" - Trey Lorenz (with Mariah Carey's back vocals. Carey also
wrote and produced the song.)
8. "Escobar '97" - Nas
9. "Erotik City" - Emoja
10. "Same Ol' Thing" - A Tribe Called Quest
11. "Killing Time" - Destiny's Child
12. "Waiting for Love" - 3T
13. "Chanel No. Fever" - De La Soul
14. "Some Cow Fonque (More Tea, Vicar?)" - Buckshot LeFonque
15. "M.I.B. Main Theme" - Danny Elfman
16. "M.I.B. Closing Theme" - Danny Elfman
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MUSIC VIDEO: John Legend & The Roots - Wake Up Everybody ft. Common & Melanie Fiona

VIDEO: Happy Hour with John Legend & ?uestlove

John Legend & ?uestlove talk to VH1 over martinis as part of their "Posted" series (VH1 x AT&T) to promote their upcoming collaboration album, "Wake Up!"

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VIDEO: John Legend & ?uestlove Talk About "Wake Up" Collabo LP

Rolling Stone:
John Legend and the Roots' ?uestlove recently stopped by the Rolling Stone offices to preview their upcoming "gritty and raw" soul collaboration Wake Up! . The LP features Legend and the Roots adding some funk flavor to socially conscious songs by soul legends like Donny Hathaway, Bill Withers and Marvin Gaye while putting a modern twist to obscure cuts like Baby Huey and the Babysitters' "Hard Times," with ?uestlove calling their rendition "the funkiest song ever created in the last 10 years."

The Roots drummer says Wake Up! is "a reaction to what passes as soul music." "Black music, all forms of it, lost the emotional spirituality and realness that it once had," ?uestlove tells RS. "With hip-hop, although they sample '70s music, they dress it up with very contemporary flourishing… with this record, I get to become vicariously a member of the JB's," referring to James Brown's legendary backing band. For more on Wake Up!, due out September 21st, check out the video above and The Roots, John Legend Refresh Sixties Protest Songs on 'Wake Up.'

VIDEO: Giovanni Ribisi Jams with The Roots on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

washington post: Back in April, a photo caption on washingtonpost.com misidentified Roots bassist Owen Biddle for actor Giovanni Ribisi when the two appeared at an Earth Day concert on the National Mall.

Last night, Jimmy Fallon tried to right the Post's wrong by making the mistake a reality. He invited Ribisi to jam with the Roots on "Late Night."