Revisit The FADER’s 2002 cover story on Questlove’s hip-hop ensemble group. The Roots, Black Thought.
Jasper van Grunsven
The roots
Dive into the fascinating world of roots and their significance. Discover the history, types, and benefits of roots in various contexts. Start your journey of exploration today.
q.love & his vinyl collection.
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A series of silkscreened poster designs
Georgia Costa Gomes
Melanie Harp
What are the names that pop to mind when you think of '80s rap? The Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, LL Cool J—all essential hip-hop artists, all signed to Def Jam Records. Half oral history, half photo portfolio, the coffee-table book Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label sketches out the tales of a record label that became one of the greatest forces in American pop culture.
MV
The Roots’ bandleader and legendary drummer Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson shares his formative experiences of record collecting. Even the biggest record collections have to start somewhere. In his new autobiography Mo’ Meta Blues: The World According To Questlove, the drummer goes right back to the beginning of what is now by all accounts a 70,000+ collection […]
AUSTIN REED
The Roots’ co-founder and drummer on that Michele Bachmann thing, the band’s new album, and political activism in America.
Isaiah Spencer
The long read: In 1904, Ota Benga was kidnapped from Congo and taken to the US, where he was exhibited with monkeys. His appalling story reveals the roots of a racial prejudice that still haunts us
Penny Taylor
French graphic designer Zaven Najjar spent three months of 2013 creating imaginative representations of rap lyrics. These are some of the best (and available as t-shirts!)
House of Barlow
Miniseries based on novels captivated audiences with epic sagas. Among the most successful were Roots, Rich Man, Poor Man and The Thorn Birds.
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