Grumble, grumble, grumble. Last night, while a tons of my colleagues were headed to Brooklyn Bowl to see Questlove and D'Angelo perform together as the Soulquarians, I was in a Hell's Kitchen surf…   Read Story »

As if Roots bandleader ?uestlove didn't already have enough on his plate, he's now taking on yet another job: College professor. As Billboard reports, ?uesto and Universal Music vice president Harry…   Read Story »

In April, Questlove performed a medley of Beastie Boys tracks at this year's annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony in celebration of the life of Adam Yauch. Recently, Questlove let…   Read Story »

More than two years ago, Hot Chip came through Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to perform "One Life Stand" with the Roots. We've gotten a little more used to these impromptu Roots collabs on the show…   Read Story »

This year's Bonnaroo-culminating "Superjam" was curated by the Roots' Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, and during the 90-minute show he brought out special guest D'Angelo, the first time the R&B singer…   Read Story »

Merrill Garbus's unhinged yawp turns out to be just about ideal for Afrobeat. The Red Hot Organization and the (RED) initiative are currently teaming up to release (RED) Hot + Fela, a new fundraising…   Read Story »

Morgan Spurlock's Hulu-only doc series A Day In The Life -- a show that recently featured Das Racist -- just released an episode featuring the Roots' Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in which we catch…   Read Story »

We're outsourcing Where's The Beef? today to Videogum to address ?uestlove's critical comments on Tina Fey's inability to bond with her Philly peers. Kelly, take it away! UPDATE: This was a publicity…   Read Story »

Back in the day, when two artists didn't like each other, they'd deal with it in relatively low-profile ways: A snippy backstage comment, or a pointed interview comment. Maybe they'd toss in a…   Read Story »

Yesterday, we posted a fairly random and goofy list of Bon Iver's five favorite rap verses, which main man Justin Vernon had compiled for the current issue of Rolling Stone. As it turns out, Vernon…   Read Story »