?uestion: How do you put out an innovative new record after acting as the house band for a late night TV show for over a year? With a lot of help, evidently. The Roots’ new record, How I Got Over, out last Tuesday, features Monsters of Folk, the women of Dirty Projectors, and none other than Joanna Newsom, among others. True, Joanna Newsom really only appears as a sample, but it works nonetheless. Like a lot of great hip hop, this week’s Song of the Week, ‘Right On,’ leans heavily on the juxtaposition of rhythmic verse and more melodic breaks, so we’re not really covering a whole lot of new ground here, but that doesn’t make this any less enjoyable. Check it out and, if you like, take a listen to the rest of the new Roots record over at their MySpace page.
Music Monday
June 28, 2010
