The Roots

Stephen Colbert covers Rebecca Black’s “Friday”

Late night comedian Stephen Colbert appeared on Jimmy Fallon’s show last night to premiere his cover of Rebecca Black’s “Friday.” You can view the performance below. Now the question remains, whose version is less nauseating? Comment below and let us know!

Yelawolf joins The Roots on stage

During a recent tour stop in Atlanta, legendary rap group, The Roots surprised fans with special guest Yelawolf who was welcomed to the stage by Roots frontman Black Thought to perform “Pop The Trunk.” Watch the clip after the jump!

Lohn Legend and The Roots rock Jimmy Fallon

Click past to view a couple songs being performed by this awesome group of artists!

The Roots new music video

The Roots’ new video for “The Fire” can be seen after the jump!

Feist, Stars, Devo, the Roots to perform during Olympic Ceremonies

Courtesy of Pitchfork: There will be plenty of music at next month’s Winter Olympics in Vancouver, including a free outdoor Wilco show and an all-star tribute to Neil Young. A number of artists, including Feist and Stars, will perform during actual Olympic ceremonies.

Monsters of Folk + The Roots on Jimmy Fallon

Courtesy: PreFix Mag Folk-rock Justice League Monsters of Folk were Voltron-ed with the Roots last night on Fallon, performing their mellowed-out “Dear God” in promotion of their self-titled debut. “Dear God” is a group jam, with the three main members each getting a verse to do their thing. Too bad they didn’t let Black Thought […]

The Roots release new track via Fallon

The Roots – How I Got Over (Live on Fallon 6/24/09) …a creative way to release new music for the first time.

The Roots to premier song on Fallon tonight!

The Roots are using their late-night TV gig on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon as a forum to preview their upcoming album, How I Got Over. Billboard reports that the show’s house band will debut the socially aware title track from their ninth studio LP on tonight’s (June 24) broadcast. The song’s official music video […]

Mos Def rocks Fallon along side The Roots

Mos Def – Casa Bey (peformance on Fallon 6/9) Last night was an epic day in the hip-hop world because Jimmy Fallon had hip-hopper Mos Def on as the musical guest for Late Night. Not only did Mos Def get to bring the roof down with his end of the show, but he also got to perform […]

New Crooked I and Black Thought exclusive tracks

UTG has your back again — this time around with two exclusive tracks that just hit the internet. Bigs up to my friend Knowledge for sliding me these records to supply to you folks and heavy hip-hop listeners. Wow…doesn’t that Tears of Fire beat go hard or what? Crooked I – Tears of Fire (featuring […]