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Nov 7, 2023 · Trotter, aka Black Thought, reflects on his childhood in Philly, his decades-long friendship with Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and his life as a musician. Trotter's new memoir is The Upcycled...
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Nov 9, 2023 · By Simon Vozick-Levinson. Illustration by Mark Summers. Nov 9, 2023 9:00 am. T ariq Trotter, a.k.a. Black Thought, has given the world endless insight into his mind in the 35-plus years since...
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- “There’s Something Goin’ On” (1995) It spoke to the buzz that we had built with Organix and with our early European tour; just going overseas and doing those initial festivals.
- “Proceed” (1995) The chorus was some inside joke. There’s always been lots of running jokes and inside humor in what it is that we do as the Roots. “Proceed” was a chance for us to show our range as musicians.
- “Mellow My Man” (1995) It was a glimpse into how we get down and our world. There were no live hip-hop bands before us. It was very much decided ahead of time that we were going to have the same instrumentation on every song.
- “Silent Treatment” (1995) There was no Amina. This was the beginning of me becoming knowledgeable of how to work in narratives. That was like my earliest storytelling work, and being able to string a story together that makes sense and being able to sell it.
Dec 5, 2023 · Dec 5, 2023 6:20 PM EDT. By — Jeffrey Brown. By — Anne Azzi Davenport. By — Simon Epstein. Leave your feedback. Transcript Audio. The Roots are one of hip-hop’s most important and influential...
May 31, 2018 · May 31, 201812:23 PM ET. Rodney Carmichael. Credit: NPR. Black Thought rarely unmasks. Not even in our in-depth interview, which lasted more than an hour, did he remove the shades that enable...
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May 9, 2023 · By Charisma Madarang. May 9, 2023. Black Thought of The Roots Erika Goldring/Getty Images. Tariq “ Black Thought ” Trotter announced that he’s releasing a new memoir. The Upcycled Self is...
Nov 18, 2023 · By Julian Kimble. Published Nov. 18, 2023 Updated Nov. 20, 2023. Despite earning worldwide acclaim as the frontman of the Roots and achieving a degree of ubiquity when they became the house band...
