Photos by Kevin Hinton/Kreative71 and Sneakshot Photography Words by Sojourner Turner Hot temperatures did not deter thousands of hip-hop, go-go and r&b fans gathered at Merriweather Post Pavilion for […]
EVENT PREVIEW: 2018 Summer Spirit Festival (August 4th & 5th)
It’s that time! The Summer Spirit Festival is rapidly approaching –did you get your tickets yet? One of the best festivals in the DC area will take over […]
REVIEW: Vintage Babies
Singer-songwriter and rhymer Maimouna Youssef (aka Mumu Fresh) first made national waves by crooning the unsettled hook on The Roots’ banger “Don’t Feel Right” off Game Theory (2006). […]
The List: Top 5 Hip-Hop Samples of Radiohead
Over an extremely fertile 33-year career, Thom Yorke and Co. have produced loads of beautiful.weird.haunting.mournful moments, from the guitar-driven Britpop and art rock of their early albums through to the electronic and […]
RECAP: The 10th Annual Roots Picnic
Descending upon the City of Brotherly Love like a sonic boom, the 10th Annual Roots Picnic showed once again why The Roots Crew are Legendary. The Roots’ eclectic sound, […]
EVENT PREVIEW: 10th Annual Roots Picnic (June 3rd, Philadelphia, PA)
The annual Philly summer festival celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, and the P-5-D is blowing it out with one of the best lineups to date. The Couch […]
MUSIC: Party with Public Enemy & The Roots at National Museum of African American History and Culture
The National Museum of African American History and Culture aka the Black Smithsonian is kicking off Sept 24th with its grand opening AND free concert on the lawn. […]
Erykah Badu, Janelle Monae, The Roots and more turn the 2016 Summer Spirit Festival Into A Party
Photos courtesy of zenarfoto On a sweltering hot Summer day in DC, thousands crowded into Merriweather Post Pavilion to enjoy the annual Summer Spirit Festival. This year, CD Enterprises, […]
EVENT PREVIEW: 2016 Summer Spirit Festival (August 6th & 7th)
The Summer Spirit Festival rolls into the DMV in early August for a two-day extravaganza at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD! To get you geared up, here’s a sampler platter […]
The Next Movement: The Roots' Things Fall Apart, Revisited
Things Fall Apart, the 1999 masterpiece from The Roots, opens with a clip of dialogue from Spike Lee’s Mo’ Better Blues, wherein a trumpet player (Denzel Washington) is […]