Angela Nissel & Doug Muir teamed up to lay the groundwork for Okayplayer.com in Illadelph, PA. As a long-time Roots fan, I’ve been following Okayplayer.com since the site first launched in the late 90′s. Co-founded by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, the site mainly featured news on The Roots and other Okayplayer artists such as D’Angelo, Common, [...]
Yesterday, Questlove (of The Roots) mixed an hour-long J Dilla set on Mr. Cee’s “Black Power Friday” show on Hot 97 NYC. The mix features Jay Dee produced classics such as De La Soul “Stakes Is High,” Janet Jackson “Got ‘Til It’s Gone (Remix),” Common “The Light,” The Pharcyde “Runnin,” A Tribe Called Quest “Find [...]
In this digital age, its very refreshing to still be able to see great photography being utilized for an album cover such as The Roots new “undun” album. The cover was shot by legendary street photographer Jamel Shabazz and designed by Gravillis Inc. undun is an existential re-telling of the short life of one [...]
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