After 25 years, a dozen records and multiple awards, the Roots are trying something new -- a full-length concept album. Already known for pushing the boundaries of hip-hop, the Roots' "undun" tells ...

I can’t recall ever having a harder time choosing my hip-hop album of the year, but I think that may be because we are at a crossroads moment in hip-hop history. In some ways every year is a ...

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Legendary Hip-Hop band The Roots have revealed the tracklist and album concept for their upcoming new LP, Undun. According to reports, the band’s new single “Make My” featuring Big K.R.I.T. will be ...

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Long-running, forward-thinking hip-hop icons the Roots have revealed that they have begun work on their next album, Undun. Late last night (July 26), drummer extraordinaire and band mouthpiece ...

The concept album. It's a nebulous, musical roll-of-the-dice that can garner both awe-inspiring returns -- Marvin Gaye's genius 1971 protest statement 'What's Going On' -- and laughable, ...

The Roots will return with a new album, "undun," their first conceptual full-length, on Dec. 6. By Jason Lipshutz Editor As if serving as the house band on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” curating ...

Hip hop’s most inventive group were destined to make a concept album and Undun, the Roots' tenth, chronicles the wasted life of a gangster. The bleak story reads like a plot from The Wire, but avoids ...

The Roots have been so good for so long (two decades) that it’s perhaps easy to take them for granted. The Philadelphia octet is higher profile than ever as the house band for the “Late Night with ...