Interview: Robot Koch (German + English)

Our Friend Mandy Mozart (co-owner and artist of net-label  Shalom Salon) sat down with Robot Koch to discuss music and everything around it. Take your time with it. This is truly great and highly interessting.

Photo by Mandy Mozart himself.
Full interview (English/German) after the jump.

Audio: J.PERIOD x The Roots x John Legend - Wake Up! Radio // Free Mixtape

Hosted by The Roots’ own Black Thought, WAKE UP! RADIO pays tribute to the legacy of soul music that paved the way for WAKE UP! and imagines a world where mainstream radio transmits music with a message. Employing an all-star cast of musical contemporaries (including John Legend & The Roots themselves), J.Period dissects, remixes and rebuilds the original recording sessions from the WAKE UP! album in an unprecedented manner, defying the conventional wisdom of what a “mixtape” can be—producing a full-fledged remix album in the process.

This Project is of da chain. According to the 5-time Grammy Nomination for the Grammy Awards this Sunday J.PERIOD presents his "Wake Up! Radio" Mixtape. Fully remixed with the Original Sources of the recording sessions of "Wake Up!". 32 Tracks with features of Common, Q-Tip, K'naan, Blu, Nneka and many more, nevertheless new material of John Legend and Black Thought. The Remix of "Our Generation" also features the Reunion of the HipHop Legends Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth.
MUST DOWNLOAD !!!!!





Yack.Fou...

Audio: The Roots – Dilla Joints (Mixtape) (02/April/2010)

Download The Roots – Dilla Joints (Mixtape)

Tracklist:
01. Donuts Outro
02. Hot Shit (I’m Back!)
03. World Full Of Sadness
04. Upper Egypt
05. Stereolab
06. The Stars
07. Antiquity (feat. The Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Dillchestra)
08. She Said
09. Hall & Oates
10. Eve
11. Look Into Her Eyes
12. Make Em NV
13. Oh! O!
14. Wicked Ways

After many Tribute releases in the past weeks here we have one by "The Roots".And it is not more of that "pick over the bones",this Tribute is made by one of my favourite bands and they flow in with that Dilla Sound.A metamorphose and a notable way to show love to the Detroit King.So wish ya a good day with that!pRrrr

S.oup

Video: MONEY MAKING JAM BOYS IN THE STUDIO

jam boys rehearsal from Matt Koza on Vimeo.

BLACK THOUGHT'S "MONEY MAKING JAM BOYS" ARE CONSISTENTLY IN THE LAB WORKING ON NEW MATERIAL, AS WELL AS PREPARING FOR UPCOMING SHOWS. PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THE PHILADELPHIA EMCEES AS THEY WERE PREPPING FOR A STELLA PERFORMANCE AT THE 3RD ANNUAL ROOTS PICNIC THAT TOOK PLACE ON JUNE 5, 2010 IN PHILADELPHIA, PA. IF YOU ARE IN THE NEW YORK CITY AREA, PLEASE STOP BY HIGHLINE BALLROOM TOMORROW NIGHT...THE "MONEY MAKING JAM BOYS" WILL BE PERFORMING AT THE ROOTS JAM SESSION.

ALSO, THE "MONEY MAKING JAM BOYS" WILL BE FEATURED ON THE ROOTS UPCOMING DEF JAM/UNIVERSAL RELEASE "HOW I GOT OVER", WHICH WILL BE IN STORES ON JUNE 22, 2010. PLEASE SUPPORT!!!

THANKS!!!!

B.J.

S.trg

Audio: DJ Jazzy Jeff & Mick Boogie: Summertime // The Mixtape

2 "Legends" making a "Summertime" Mixtape.Whats wrong?.Nothing!DJ Jazzy Jeff & Mick Boogie with a nice song selection and fresh cuts.The tracklist is a heavy weight!Pump up the Volume!

Download & Tracklist after the Jump:

Audio: The Roots – Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Sandwhiches EP

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Tracklist:
1. Once In A Lifetime
2. Sizuuuuuuuurpin
3. Head Slicer
4. Spain (ft. Chick Corea)
5. The Juice of Chicago
6. Baatin
7. Woman
8. Choir Fire
9. Teen Town
10. Cant Keep Headphones on Head

When The Roots enter and leave a commercial break on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, they perform small sets called “sandwiches”. And since joining the show in March, the crew have composed 1,000 of ‘em. This past weekend, drummer ?uestlove compiled 22 of them into a free EP.

Als Werbeblock Andeutung und zum wieder reinkommen der Show "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon", spielen die Roots kleine Sets. 10 davon hat der Roots Drummer Guestlove zusammengestellt und als Free EP rausgebracht.Viel Spass damit.

Solo

R.O.L.

Audio: Angeredrebel - Emotion's // EP

Cincinnati based producer Angeredrebel released his Emotion's EP today, a while ago we introduced him with a preview on this EP. Laid-Back beats vibing between Jazz, Soul and BossaNova. Im in Greece actually and Emotion's is my companion for the Beach trip tomorrow. Support independent music and invest 3 bucks. Yo.
(Complete Ep and Bio after the jump).

sOlo...

Audio: The Roots - Make My feat. Big K.R.I.T. // Stream

The Roots "Make My" featuring Big K.R.I.T. by okayplayer

Make My is the first leak off the new "The Roots" album "undun". It features Big K.R.I.T. and is co-produced by Khari Mateen of Elevator Fight. Great Joint. Via.

rOl...

Audio: The Roots - The Fire (feat. John Legend) // Mp3

Ok I am back, bitches. Had to take some time off.
First I want to post some Roots stuff. Now for some of you this might be too POP...well fuck you. The Roots don`t know how to make wack music, they don`t even know how to make decent music...it`s always THE SHIT.
John Legend doesn`t even sound like John Legend on this one, so why is that? Because he is with the best of the best. Can`t wait for the Blu features though.
Peace. More shit tomorrow.
jimmy

Audio: She Vs. I Episode 24 // Podcast

Ep24 Side B by She Vs. I

Cassette Edition. Episode 24 is a collection of some of our favorite mixes over the last two years with a couple of surprises.

The Good folks of She Vs. I sent me the new She Vs. I podcast (#24). It contains 2 sides called "A: Pattysaurus" & "B: 8-bits" , i like both, but the 8-Bits fits better into my actual mood. Nice cuckoo selection. Check side A and the tracklists after the jump.

solO

Audio: The Roots - Doin It Again // feat. John Legend // MP3

Fresh outta soul bakery!"Doin It Again" is the second announcement from the new "The Roots" Album "How i got over"."John Legend" lent them his great voice for the chorus.Seems to be a soulful Album.Take a listen to
"Dear God 2.0" at this point.Only 3 weeks to wait for the big cake!Now i have to cook a ginger roots tea against my flu.

S.o.l.o

Audio: Junktion Sampler - Nr. 3 // New Zealand Underground

Rots One - Day After Day:


1 Phat Buddahs - Walk With Me 3:32
2 Revival Orchestra - Scissors 4:09
3 Dirty Hairy - Sentimentally Mad 4:27 Feat. - Need Not Worry
4 Guy Friday - She Makes Me Go 3:33 Feat. - JK
5 Comrade 2face - Payback 3:15
6 Rots One - Day After Day 3:36
7 PaePae SoundSystem, The - Reggae #8 (Instrumental) 4:29
8 Faint and Skinni - Soul Of Oppisite 6:28 Edit - Dub XL
9 Dar Kist - 6 Million Ways To Die 5:27
10 Midnight Kid - Victoria 4:36
11 Dub XL - JunKtion Dub 5:53
12 DNator - Orphans Of The Storm 7:02
13 Nutella Monk - Jim 4:36 Feat. - Jemma Cheer
14 Faker - Into The Chamber 5:20 Feat. - Jemma Cheer
15 Mechanical Noise Theory - Crawl Space 5:45

Junktion is Palmerston North’s beat orientated musical hub. It was established in 2006 with the goal of promoting local artists within the community. Junktion gathers tracks from artists in Palmerston North and abroad, makes compilations and hands them out, all for free. With funding received from the local arts council and local Bnet station, Junktion has released free music from over 30 artists from the last four years. The original aspirations of developing an awareness of local musicians within their own community has evolved into exporting local talent nation and worldwide.

Nice Compilation of underground Artists from New Zealand.(Thx. Junction Crew for the Contact).At the Comp. you can find any kind of music holding the Roots in the Underground.From Rapmusic,over Dub to Raggae and so on.My favourite Track on the Comp. you can hook up under the Cover.BimbiddiBYeBye!

Download Compilation via Junction Crew

Solo

Rapohnelizenz.com

Audio: The Roots - The Day (feat. Blu, Phonte and Patty Crash) // Mp3

Here is the latest song of the new Roots album featuring Phonte and Blu. Above you`ll find a clip of The Roots performing another song at Jimmy Fallons show. Promoting what they do in their free time while at work, sort of...
Anyway...album is out tuesday.



jimmy fallen

Audio: Untold Songs: Volume One // Jus Like Music Records & Amnesty International

Untold Songs: Volume One is a groundbreaking compilation of songs by female artists brought together from all across the globe. The compilation is being released through Jus Like Music Records in collaboration with Amnesty International and She Said 2 Much to raise awareness and money for Amnesty Internatioal's "Stop Violence Against Women" campaign. London-based singer, Belle, is the brains behind the project and has grafted to assemble an amazing array of songs from a selection of immense talents from the far corners of the globe. Proceeds from the sale of this release will go straight to Amnesty International....(further informations after the jump...)

video: Efdemin - There Will Be Singing

Efdemin, There Will Be Singing (Chicago) from jutojo on Vimeo.

the video relates to the musical influence of the city on Efdemin's new album "Chicago" and the yearning for a city's modernism known only from a physical and temporal distance through books.

As you may know, my love for music goes beyond funkydrummer- drums with nice rhymes on top. But as we call ourselves RAPohneLizenz, I try to stay near by the roots. This post is an exeption: straight up house music. But what catched my intention in the first place was the exceptional video. How simple is this? how good is this? Shot (with the Canon 5D) by he always brilliant Jutoju.
By the way, the LP from EFDEMIN is also worth a listen.
jones

Video: The Roots - Dear God 2.0

Now I saw this a couple of days ago, but somehow ignored the play button. We posted numerous songs off the new The Roots album (just search for it on the top left of the screen) and after listening to "How I Got Over" for so many times now I have to say it`s very radio friendly, but every single song is good.
The video is süper nice, too. Directed by Jason Goldwatch.

jimmy

Video: The Roots for John Varvatos 2011

Exclusive track by the Roots for designer John Varvatos. Dont need many words for this fashion project, the nameless track is typically Roots, typically fresh. That's all...via

sOlo

Video: Holder And Friends // Music By Naeem Oba

I love this song and now it`s been properly used in my opinion.
Back in the days when I used to hop on the skateboard a lot I saw this video by the company Real and it had a part with like the best skateboard pros riding the streets of L.A. or S.F. and Good Music by The Roots was part of the soundtrack. That was like the coolest shit ever. This gets close, though I don`t even have a bike at the moment. SoLo, I need my bike. Please help me, brother.

jimmmy

Audio: Dj Parler - Cover Me! // Mixtape

Cover Me! by djparler

Yeah Yeah...This Mixtape is damn kool...the final song,is this re-interpretation of "Mark Morrisom's" "Return of the Mack" by Phonte and Zo! im playing in rotation since some days..anyways...get your portion of soul..by DJ Parler...Tracklist after the Jump.

solo

DIBIA$E - EXCUSE THE TAPE HISS // Green LLama

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Its all about too much hiss. Whenever you see a Dibiase post on ROL and think, Dibiase again? Yes, two points. 1. Iam a huge fan since years. 2. This cat is too productive, in a positive way -> see it as a reference :)

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