Bad Religion (Live on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon) / Frank Ocean
To coincide with the release of Channel Orange which you can stream in its entirety, backed by The Roots, Frank Ocean made his very first live television performance tonight on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon performing his single Bad Religion. This all hits barely a week after Frank’s personal announcement the day before Independence Day; they perfectly hit […]
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J Dilla Documentaries
Happy Birthday to the greatest hip hop producer that we have ever seen. That’s the truth. Tragically, J Dilla battled thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, a rare blood disease, while also fighting lupus and passed away on February 10, 2006, three days after his 32nd birthday. Check out these documentaries. The first (above) is the J.Dilla: Still Shining documentary from last year. […]
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undun / The Roots
The undun short film in its entirety, which coincides with the recent release of the coinciding album undun, by The Roots. undun is an existential re-telling of the short life of one Redford Stephens (1974-1999). Through the use of emotives and Redford’s internal dialogues the album seeks to illustrate the intersection of free will and prescribed […]
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Make My / The Roots
The Roots with Make My featuring BIG K.R.I.T. from the album undun. This is one of four videos in a series; we previously featured Tip the Scale (out of sequence). Video directed, shot and edited by Clifton Bell. undun is an existential re-telling of the short life of one Redford Stephens (1974-1999). Through the use of […]
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Tip the Scale / The Roots
New video from The Roots. Illadelphia, nuff said. Keeping true to their word, The Roots are right on time with the second installment of their weekly video releases. This time around we get a short for their single entitled “Tip The Scale,” in which we follow a youngster as he walks through his tough neighborhood. Directed […]
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The Roots for John Varvatos Fall/Winter 2011
On May 22, 2011, Illadeph’s finest, The Roots, did an improv performance at the Republic Airport in New York for John Varvatos high fashion menswear’s Fall/Winter 2011 Campaign. The eight minute performance was simply captured on one camera on a single take. Take a gander… Written and produced by Yard Directed by Danny Clinch
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