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The Real Housewives Of Late Night Start Thanksgiving Food Fight With The Roots (VIDEO)

Posted 11.21.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Jimmy Fallon, Video, Real Housewives Food Fight, Real Housewives, Real Housewives of Late Night, Thanksgiving, The Roots, Roots Food Fight, Real Housewives of Late Night Episode Five, Comedy News

We're on episode five of this fabulous series, so we thought we'd catch you up on all the drama so far. In the first installment we met Denise Fallon-...

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Fallon & The Roots Slow Jam Low Voter Turn Out (VIDEO)

Posted 11.13.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Slow Jam, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, News, Late Night, The Roots, Voter Turn Out, Election, Voter, Jimmy Fallon, Voting, Comedy News

Compared to the 2008 election, the midterm elections weren't nearly as exciting. So, to make a low Democratic turnout at the polls a little more stimu...

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Why Musicians Are Right, Liz Cheney Is Wrong

Jon Soltz | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Billy Bragg, Pearl Jam, Trent Reznor, Keep-America-Safe, Liz Cheney, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, The Roots, Jackson Browne, Matthew Alexander, Votevets, Roseanne-Cash, R.E.M., Rise Against, Torture, Politics News

By lobbying to keep Guantanamo Bay open, Liz Cheney's group is helping keep alive one of the greatest recruiting posters that al Qaeda ever had.

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Fallon & The Roots Slow Jam The Unemployment Crisis (VIDEO)

Posted 10.14.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Jimmy Fallon, Video, Jimmy Fallon Slow Jamming the News, The Lost Generation, Slow Jamming the News, Slow Jam Unemployment, The Roots, Slow Jam the News, Slow Jamming the Lost Generation, Comedy News

The recession has created what "Business Week" dubbed a "lost generation" -- recent grads from high school, college, and grad school who cannot find j...

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Fallon And The Roots Make The Health Care Debate Sexy With A Slow-Jam (VIDEO)

Posted 11.15.2009 | Comedy

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Jimmy Fallon and the Roots sexualized the health care debate last with a sensual slow jam about reform. "Bipartisanship means everyone can partay," th...

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New York Jets Sing John Madden Karaoke On Jimmy Fallon (VIDEO)

Posted 10.18.2009 | New York

Read More: Jimmy Fallon, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Video, New York, Football Karaoke, The Roots, Nfl Karaoke, John Madden, John Madden Karaoke, Dustin Keller, Jerricho Cotchery, New York Jet, Kerry Rhodes, New York News

New York Jet players Dustin Keller, Kerry Rhodes, and Jerricho Cotchery dropped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night to sing some remixed John M...

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Jimmy Fallon, The Roots Featured At Free NYC Concert To Mark 1st 9/11 Day Of Service

AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 09.27.2009 | New York

Read More: Harlem Boys and Girls Choir, Jimmy Fallon, Barack Obama, The Roots, National Day of Service and Remembrance, New York City, Gavin Degraw, National Day of Service, Gary Sinise, United We Serve, Day of Service Concert, Concert, September 11th, New York News

NEW YORK — President Barack Obama is asking Americans to volunteer on Sept. 11, making this year's anniversary of the terror attacks the first N...

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AFRA, The Japanese Beatbox, Talks New York, Fashion (VIDEO)

Posted 09.19.2009 | New York

Read More: New York, Afra Beatboxer, The Roots, Hip Hop, Afra, Afra Japan, Rahzel, Afra Beatboxing, Afra Japanese, Hypebeast, New York News

Hypebeast recently caught up with AFRA, the Japanese beatbox star to talk about life in New York, how fashion relates to music, and his musical inspir...

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An Interview with Raphael Saadiq Plus This Week's New Albums

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: New Orleans, Albert King, The Four Tops, Duffy, Raphael Saadiq, Earth Wind & Fire, Motown Records, Whitney Houston, Second Line, Stevie Wonder, Nba, Joss Stone, Funk, Brian Grant, Katrina, Reggae, Dark Side of the Moon, Stax Records, CJ Hilton, Motown, Anthony Hayes, John Legend, Tony! Toni! Toné!, Bob Marley, Louisiana, Stax, Erykah Badu, Mary J. Blige, The Roots, Gospel, Lionel Richie, Amy Winehouse, The Funk Brothers, The Bee Gees, D'Angelo, Jimmy Cliff, Macy Gray, Paul Riser, Young Spodie, Entertainment News, Jack Ashford, Youtube, Pink Floyd, Shia LeBeouf, Snoop Dogg, Smokey Robinson, Seal, Marvin Gaye, Q-Tip, Babyface, Ludacric, Third Eye Blind, Entertainment News

Though his latest album The Way I See It was released last year, Saadiq still is touring pretty much non-stop. He took a quick break from his schedule for this interview.

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Zap Mama: A Story Of ReCreation

Modiba | Posted 09.06.2009 | World

Read More: Global Music Corner, World Music, Talib Kweli, Democratic Republic of Congo, Marie Daulne, Zap Mama, Mother's Day, Common, M.I.A., The Roots, World News

Congo-born artist Marie Daulne has worked with some of hip hop's biggest names, including the Roots, Talib Kweli and Common. But as child, TV and radio was forbidden in her home.

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Jimmy Fallon And The Roots Slow Jam The Health Care Debate (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 07.27.2009 | Comedy

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Obama's ambitious health care reform promises seem stalled these days, in no small part because of Democratic resistance. This made Jimmy Fallon upset...

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I Challenge Brad Pitt to a Mustache Duel

Jon Chattman | Posted 07.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Shuffleboard, The Roots, The Iron Sheik, Brad Pitt, Stache Off, Tom Skerrit, Mustache, Mustaches, Catwalk, Mike Ditka, Entertainment News

I'll be damned if I'm going to let a Mustache-Come-Lately steal the thunder of such immortal mustachioed gods like Tom Skerritt, The Iron Sheik, and Mike Ditka

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Will Forte's New Theme Song For "Late Night" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 07.03.2009 | Comedy

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Last night Jimmy Fallon and his team pulled out all the stops. Jon Favreau appeared via the Interweb, Anne Hathaway played guitar, and the Roots slow-...

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Booker T. Jones Q&A

Adrianne Murchison | Posted 05.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Memphis, Potato Hole, Carlos Santana, Outkast, The Roots, Booker T. Jones, Rock, Willie Nelson, Entertainment News

Jones: "'Hey Ya!"' was just a fun song for me to do. I've always liked OutKast. They push the limit. But I would say The Roots are closest to my style and making the kind of music that I've made."

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Power Shift '09 - Youth Event of the Year

Jason Pollock | Posted 05.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Jobs, Jason-Pollock, Santogold, Election Day, Green, Washington DC, The Roots, Nic Clark, Leigh Arsenault, Millennial Generation, Green Energy, Milennial Politics, Jessy Tolkan, The Youth Movement, Hayley Zachary, The-Youngest-Candidate, Power Shift 2009, Energy Action Coalition, The Youngest Candidate, Power Shift, Green Technology, Millennials, Jason Pollock, Green News, Santigold, Green News

To describe the feeling of seeing 12,000 politically active college students from around America is not really possible for me to do in words. It's like taking a picture of a sunset.

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The Roots: We Wouldn't Have Survived Without Jimmy Fallon

AP | JAKE COYLE | Posted 03.22.2009 | Comedy

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NEW YORK — The Roots are making sandwiches. The band is holed-up in a Manhattan studio, preparing for their new gig as the house band on "Late N...

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Expand Your Hip-Hop Horizons: Royce At Darkroom

Centerstage | J. Min | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Hip-Hop, Gorillaz, Chicago Concerts, Royce Darkroom, Chicago Music, The Roots, Royce Hip-Hop, Darkroom Chicago, Qwel, Royce, Chicago News

Most hip-hop bands follow the standard percussion heavy boom-bap style, popularized by the Roots over a decade ago. Thankfully, this sextet breaks awa...

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Like Music and Oil. Perfect Together?

Mark Levine | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Benefits, Barter, The Roots, Iraq, Public Enemy, Oil, Petroleum, Music, Opec, Charities, Politics News

Bringing artists to engage the peoples of countries that are often in tension with the United States (as are many OPEC nations) can increase international goodwill and ease geopolitical tensions.

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