Thundercat: "Bowzer's Ballad" + North American Tour
Bass-guru Thundercat returned earlier this year with his album, Apocalypse, which put him back at the forefront of experimental music. Today he gives us his latest, "Bowzer's Ballad", an ode to Nintendo owner Hiroshi Yamauchi who passed away last week. Along with the track, Thundercat announced his North American tour which will begin November 13 in San Francisco. Tonight he will be playing onstage with The Roots for a performance at Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Check it all out below.
Thundercat - "Bowzer's Ballad"
Tour Dates
Nov 13 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
Nov 14 Portland, OR - Bunk Bar
Nov 16 Vancouver, BC - Fortune Sound Club
Nov 17 Seattle, WA - Barboza
Nov 19 Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge
Nov 21 Chicago, IL - Schubas Tavern
Nov 22 Toronto, ON – Wrong Bar
Nov 23 Montreal, QC – Le Belmont
Nov 24 Boston, MA – The Sinclair
Nov 25 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
Nov 26 Washington, DC - U Street Music Hall
Dec 05 Los Angeles, CA – The Echoplex
[Video] Kanye West: "Bound 2" on Jimmy Fallon
Right on the heels of his announcement of a Yeezus tour, Ye' unexpectedly stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to perform "Bound 2" live for the first time. In his now-signature kilt over leather pants, Kanye, as usual went big with Charlie Wilson singing the hook live and backing from a children's choir, and The Roots. Of course, where there's Kanye, there's usually controversy and the Fallon set was no exception as West changed the opening lines of the song to apparently poke fun at beau Kim Kardashian's ex, Ray-J, rhyming: "Brandy's little sister lame, man, he know it now/When a real brother hold you down you supposed to drown." Interesting. For his part, Fallon has made himself a pop-culture icon from his late night desk by connecting with viewers through music, without The Roots as his house band it's not totally certain he would have made it out of his first season, and this Kanye performance adds to the growing list of great acts to grace the late night stage with electrifying live sets. Video below.
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[Video] Q-Tip, The Roots, Talib Kweli: "Electric Relaxation" Live at OKP Holiday Jam
Okayplayer throws some ill parties. For the 2012 edition of their annual Holiday Jam, OKP welcomed The Roots, Gary Clark Jr., Q-Tip, Talib Kweli and more to the stage, while friends, fan, and fans partied it up. Today they released this cool video for Kweli, Q-Tip, and The Roots performing the Tribe classic, "Electric Relaxation". Watch the video below. And see a full photo recap of the Holiday Jam over at OKP.
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The Roots Jam Session w/Boot Camp Clik
OKP just put up some footage from the latest installment of their Jam Session at the Highline Ballroom. Going down last week Tuesday, the Jam Session featured The Boot Camp Clik, and you can see the highlights below.
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MGD Presents The Roots & Cee-Lo
Photos by Virgil Solis
The Roots and Cee Lo Green (Goodie Mob) hit up Chicago 's Vic Theater for the Miller Genuine Draft "Genuine Flow" concert series. The legendary crew played a two hour plus show playing tracks from their whole catalog. Check out some of my photos from the night.
