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John Legend and The Roots: Little Ghetto Boy, Live
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John Legend and The Roots: Little Ghetto Boy, Live

When John Legend and The Roots released Wake Up! back in 2010, I had it on auto-play for at least a couple of weeks. I stumbled on this video yesterday of their live performance of Donny Hathaway’s “Little Ghetto Boy”. Owen Biddle is laying it down on this one.

The Roots Release “…And Then You Shoot Your Cousin”
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The Roots Release “…And Then You Shoot Your Cousin”

The Roots’ latest, is one of the group’s shortest efforts while still being a conceptual piece focusing on self-destructive cycles. With the low end provided by bassist Mark Kelley, the record is a deep, different offering from the group, which is now on its 14th album. The group’s drummer and bandleader Questlove even goes so far as to call it...