So as you may or may not have heard, Jimmy Fallon is set to take over Conan O'Brien's job as host of Late Night, as Conan takes over for Leno on The Tonight Show, as Leno takes over for someone else on some Night Show, who will then play Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, and Good Luck. Anyway, say what you will about Jimmy Fallon - and there is plenty to say - but he has made a brilliant choice for his house band. None other than Philly's own The Roots will be backing up the Jimster, growing crazy hair, spitting cool lyrics, and playing the loosest, jazziest, hip-hoppingest interludes to ever grace your television set.
I've long been a fan of The Roots (and was in fact thinking about posting some tracks from The Tipping Point even before hearing this news) and I'm very excited to see them in this context. They've never really completely jived with the Hip Hop and Rap worlds, and seem to dabble in all sorts of areas. Hopefully they'll be able to use this space to explore those traditional musical bounds. And maybe ?uestlove will even partake in some witty banter.
Here's the announcement of The Roots, from Jimmy Fallon's blog at www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/
Pretty cool. Everybody's heard The Seed 2.0, so I'll post up a few lesser known tracks, including the cut they play at the end of that video, "Here I Come" from Game Theory.
The Roots - Here I Come (f. Dice Raw and Malik B)
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