Game Theory

In an interview for Rolling Stone magazine, Questlove expressed his view on contemporary black music and described Game Theory, comparing it to previous works: Described by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson as "very mature, serious, and very...

In this article: Questlove, Def Jam Recordings, Public Enemy, The Roots, Release Therapy, Metacritic, Rolling Stone magazine, Grammy Award, and J Dilla

...download available from iTunes as a bonus track, as well as on international releases. Picking up where Game Theory left off, the album maintains a dark and political tone, with Black Thought and several guests venting about the ills of...

In this article: The Roots, Black Thought, Grammy Award, Questlove, Rising Down, The Second Coming, Jay-Z, L.A., and Here I Come

...and to encourage Malik B to stop using damaging drugs and to rededicate his career to hip-hop. On The Roots' seventh studio album, Game Theory '', released in August 2006, Malik B appeared on three tracks, including the title "Game...

In this article: Malik B., The Roots, Here I Come, Rising Down, MC Solaar, and Prose Combat

...Billboard charts. They would follow with the critically acclaimed releases Phrenology, Tipping Point, as well as the heavily socio-political Game Theory and Rising Down. In March, The Roots took the gig as house band on Late Night with...

In this article: The Roots, Black Eyed Peas, Battle of the Bands, Questlove, Black Thought, The E.N.D, Boom Boom Pow, Billboard, Let's Get Retarded, and IGN Music

...the head with record-industry politics can be a drag, especially when the rest of the album aims so high. Still, the Roots rise above on this album, bravely pushing themselves at every turn, proving, in an era full of froth and fancy,...

In this article: Rising Down, Def Jam, MCA, Chrisette Michelle, Malik B, Dice Raw, Wale, Peedi Crack, and Black Thought

...for the Roots and for Erykah Badu, who sang the chorus. (They are touring together this month and next.) The Roots' last album, "Game Theory" (2006), was their Def Jam debut after a string of releases on Geffen and MCA. According to Nielsen...

In this article: Def Jam, Rising Down, The Roots, Black Thought, Jay-Z, MCA, The, and Illadelph Halflife

...out at No. 4 on first-week sales of 80,000 copies. The Roots scored a higher chart debut with its new album "Rising Down" than its 2006 "Game Theory," even though the new one sold slightly less in its first week. "Rising Down" enters at No....

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...more than 906,000 units of any album (with 1999's "Things Fall Apart"), according to Nielsen SoundScan. Their last album, 2006's "Game Theory," stalled at 204,000 copies. "At a time, it was safe to be the Roots," Thpmpson says. "Now as...

In this article: Rising Down, Def Jam, MCA, Antonio "L.A." Reid, Jon Stewart, Jay-Z, and Chrisette Michele

...consistently powerful, inventive and interesting bands around. Stephen Brookes The Roots have an album out, the Def Jam release "Game Theory," and a deep archive of classics, but this hip-hop band has always built its shows around...

In this article: Ahmad Jamal, Los Lobos, Jorge Drexler, Roberta Gambarini, The Roots, Jimmy Heath, High and Dry, Frank Wess, Hank Jones, and Donald Byrd

...their grooves with more neo-soul, industrial rock, acid jazz and winsome pop. But within the arcadelike density of the arrangements of "Game Theory," the heart, soul and musical fulcrum of the Philly sextet remains drummer and co-founding...

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