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Funky Soul of Memphis: Booker T. Jones is Backnew

It’s a big story and only getting bigger. The spate of international touring Booker T has in his future will likely take him down some new roads, thoroughfares a kid from Memphis could have never dreamed he’d travel.
Chicago Newcity  |  Dave Cantor  |  06-25-2012  |  Profiles & Interviews

Check The Rhimenew

Q-Tip Talks Kanye West, the Roots, and the Reunion of A Tribe Called Quest.
Miami New Times  |  Stacey Russell  |  10-13-2010  |  Profiles & Interviews

The New Roots Album has Some Feeling Nostalgicnew

I didn't get hardcore Rootsy until '99 when they dropped their commercial breakthrough Things Fall Apart, which people were touting as the last great hip-hop album of the 20th century. (Looking back, it kinda was.)
Philadelphia Weekly  |  Craig D. Lindsey  |  04-28-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

The Roots' Unmarketable Masterpiecenew

Def Jam takes a gamble on Game Theory.
Shepherd Express  |  Evan Rytlewski  |  03-19-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Game Onnew

The Roots have made their best record ever -- but will anyone hear it?
Philadelphia City Paper  |  Neil Gladstone  |  08-22-2006  |  Profiles & Interviews

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