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DOWNTIME 2: ACOUSTIC

Posted: Sunday, April 17, 2011 | | Labels: Acoustic, Album Cover, Aloe Blacc, Culture, Downtime, Jay-Z, Lou Bond, Nick James, Singers Unlimited, Stevie Wonder, The Free Experience, The Roots 0 comments

DOWNLOAD: DOWNTIME 2: ACOUSTIC

Back by popular demand, Downtime is a series of mixtapes designed to personify moments of relaxation, meditaion, retrospection, introversion, and the like. Given the first Downtime had a more contemporary and electric vibe, I decided to piece together some acoustic sounds and rare live recordings to complement the first offering.

TRACKLIST

1. Autumn In New York - Singers Unlimited // 2. Ci'iy Life - Tranqill // 3. Sunday Morning (Live) - K-OS // 4. Good Man (Acoustic) - Raphael Saadiq // 5 Gotcha feat. Tyler Woods (Nick James Remix) - Camp Lo // 6. Encore (Acoustic) - Jay-Z // 7. All Falls Down (Acoustic) - Kanye West & John Legend // 8. what kinda cool will we think of nexT - Cody ChesnuTT // 9. Portrait of Tracy - Jaco Pastorius // 10. Something In The Silence - Andreya Triana // 11. Black Maybe - Syreeta // 12. Step into the Realm (Live) - The Roots // 13. Billie Jean (Michael Jackson Cover Live) - Aloe Blacc & The Grand Scheme // 14. You Are My Everything - Janelle Monáe // 15. Transformer (Live at Abbey Road Studio) - Gnarls Barkely // 16. Angel (Acoustic) - Jimi Hendrix // 17. I'll Come Running Back to You - Sam Cooke // 18. Visions - Stevie Wonder // 19. To The Establishment - Lou Bond // 20. Piano Cover - H.O.P.E. Wright

NEW ROOTS MUSIC

Posted: Monday, June 7, 2010 | | Labels: Dear God, Doin It Again, New Music, The Free Experience, The Roots 0 comments

The Roots - Dear God

I like how The Roots are starting to sample more. Yes, they have sampled in the past but every now and then you need a blatant sample like Dear Good and Doin It Again. With the security of The Jimmy Fallon Show, I think they are going to make spontaneous/organic music. These two records are perfect examples of my prediction.

Download: The Roots - Dear God
Download: The Roots - Doin It Again Share

"HISTORY" & "CASA BEY" (LIVE) MP3

Posted: Saturday, January 9, 2010 | | Labels: Casa Bey, History, Jimmy Fallon, Live Performance, Mos Def, Nick James, The Ecstatic, The Free Experience, The Roots 0 comments

Download Links: "HISTORY" & "CASA BEY"

Next to Dame Dash's DD172 Studios, The Jimmy Fallon Show is becoming the premier creative outlet for Hip-Hop at the moment. All of this can be be attributed to the house band, The Roots, who like their stage shows, always try something different to amaze and dumbfound the audience. These two downloads are live streams from two Mos Def performances. The Ecstatic was probably my favorite album of 09 and to see Mos finally getting television exposure for this project is great. To see The Roots handle "Casa Bey" with such ease was phenomenal to experience as a producer. Casa Bey is a chopped up sample that is schizophrenic in its arrangement. "History" with two live singers and the fact we get to here a Dilla sample loop track played by a live band was like chicken soup for the soul. Below you can download the whole Late Night with the Roots Mixtape.

Here is the new video for "History" to boot.

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