(Washington, DC) -- Tonight and tomorrow night, the legendary band - The Roots - will be performing live for two sold out shows at the 9:30 Club (815 V Street NW) in Washington, DC. With a total of 10 Studio Albums, and 12 Overall - This show is guaranteed to be heaven. A couple of hours with The Roots is enough to cure your fix for authentic and purely live music. The Roots don't do it too flashy, but their music has enough illuminating from it that you will enjoy this show with your eyes closed.
This ground-breaking band was founded in 1987, out of Philadelphia, by ?uest Love (Drummer, Ahmir Thompson) and Black Thought (Tariq Trotter, Rapper) - and currently consists of QuestLove, Black Thought, Kamal (Keyboard), Frank Knuckles (Percussion), and Captain Kirk (Guitar). Their first EP was released in 1994 entitled "From The Ground Up" - From there they went on to release albums such as: "Illadelph Halflife" (1996), "Things Fall Apart" (1999), "Phrenology" (2001), and "How I Got Over" (2010) - to name a few. The band is very familiar with the Billboard Charts, as they've graced them often. They became the House Band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in March 2009.
Their latest collaboration Album with John Legend entitled, "Wake Up" was released this year on September 21, 2010. The Roots are known to hone into the issues that our world faces and address them through their music. QuestLove and John Legend comment on the idea behind their album and the various singles in the "The Making Of "Wake Up"" (I've created a link at the bottom of this post). In the leading single - "Wake Up" - a segment of the lyrics says "The world won't get no better, if we just let it be." Check out the Video below.
You can get a taste of what a live experience with The Roots would be like by watching this In-Studio video of a song called "Little Ghetto Boy". The tickets for tonight's show is SOLD OUT, so hopefully you got yours before they became ghost. There are quite a few live videos of The Roots, but here's one I hadn't seen and you should find refreshing on this Music Monday. My favorite line of Black Thought's in this track is: "Humble beginning, but a star is what became of it all" when he talks about growing up in the city of Philadelphia.
But, let's not forget the HISTORY... One of my favorite songs of all time - from the album "Things Fall Apart" (1999), below >> The Grammy-Winning - "You Got Me" featuring Erykah Badu & Eve.
More about The Roots...
The Roots Website
The Roots Wikipedia
The Roots VEVO
The Making Of "Wake Up"
Quest Love on Twitter
Tickets are definitely GONE.. But, we're crossing our fingers to get our hands on the (IN)side experience. Stay tuned to InsiderNights.com for more!
This ground-breaking band was founded in 1987, out of Philadelphia, by ?uest Love (Drummer, Ahmir Thompson) and Black Thought (Tariq Trotter, Rapper) - and currently consists of QuestLove, Black Thought, Kamal (Keyboard), Frank Knuckles (Percussion), and Captain Kirk (Guitar). Their first EP was released in 1994 entitled "From The Ground Up" - From there they went on to release albums such as: "Illadelph Halflife" (1996), "Things Fall Apart" (1999), "Phrenology" (2001), and "How I Got Over" (2010) - to name a few. The band is very familiar with the Billboard Charts, as they've graced them often. They became the House Band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in March 2009.
Their latest collaboration Album with John Legend entitled, "Wake Up" was released this year on September 21, 2010. The Roots are known to hone into the issues that our world faces and address them through their music. QuestLove and John Legend comment on the idea behind their album and the various singles in the "The Making Of "Wake Up"" (I've created a link at the bottom of this post). In the leading single - "Wake Up" - a segment of the lyrics says "The world won't get no better, if we just let it be." Check out the Video below.
You can get a taste of what a live experience with The Roots would be like by watching this In-Studio video of a song called "Little Ghetto Boy". The tickets for tonight's show is SOLD OUT, so hopefully you got yours before they became ghost. There are quite a few live videos of The Roots, but here's one I hadn't seen and you should find refreshing on this Music Monday. My favorite line of Black Thought's in this track is: "Humble beginning, but a star is what became of it all" when he talks about growing up in the city of Philadelphia.
But, let's not forget the HISTORY... One of my favorite songs of all time - from the album "Things Fall Apart" (1999), below >> The Grammy-Winning - "You Got Me" featuring Erykah Badu & Eve.
More about The Roots...
The Roots Website
The Roots Wikipedia
The Roots VEVO
The Making Of "Wake Up"
Quest Love on Twitter
Tickets are definitely GONE.. But, we're crossing our fingers to get our hands on the (IN)side experience. Stay tuned to InsiderNights.com for more!
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