Rising Down
William T. Vollmann
...a hybridized and journalistic feel. In early 2004 (after many delays) McSweeney's published Rising Up and Rising Down, a 3,300-page, heavily illustrated, seven-volume treatise on...
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How I Got Over (album)
The album is scheduled for a 2010 release. Earlier in 2008, The Roots stated that their final album would be Rising Down, until drummer and producer for The Roots, ?uestlove, stated on...
Rising Down
...following Game Theory '' (2006). The album's title comes from William T. Vollmann's 2004 book ''Rising Up and Rising Down: Some Thoughts on Violence, Freedom and Urgent Means. Similar to...
Hip-hop band the Roots branch out on nightly TV
...the 1 million sales mark with any of its albums since its 1993 inception. The group's latest set, 2008's "Rising Down," has sold 171,000 copies in the United States, and its biggest...
Rising Up and Rising Down
...Vollmann explained by saying, "I did it for the money." Representing over 20 years of work, Rising Up and Rising Down attempts to establish a moral calculus to consider the causes,...
Imperial Valley gets royal treatment
...National Book Award-winning Europe Central, and, now, seven of nonfiction. One of those seven was Rising Up and Rising Down, a seven-volume, 3,299-page treatise on the history of...
Battle of the Bands: Black Eyed Peas vs. The Roots
...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...
Where's Wale? 10 Hot Tracks
...MC. 4. The Roots feat. Chrisette Michele and Wale: "Rising Up" Wale's appearance the 2008 Roots album "Rising Down" was mutually beneficial: The rapper's presence lent legitimacy to...
Is Okayplayer Played Out?
...of okayplayer realize it's crucial for the site to continue to evolve. The Roots released its 10th album, Rising Down, in April. To help promote it, OKP officials flipped the switch on...
Music Review - The Roots: A Hip-Hop Performance Only a Band Can Deliver
They wrapped a jazzy jam around the songs "Rising Up" and "Rising Down," from the Roots' most recent album, "Rising Down" (Def Jam), changing attack for a guest verse by the rapper...
The Roots Rising Down The Japan Times Online
...translates as a commercial sellout, as some older boosters believe, the socially conscious content on "Rising Down" is more clear-headed and penetrating than it was on their relatively...
Music's British Invasion, Remembering the '80s and Once Again, The Roots Go Deep
...out for now/a face in dodgy elevators/Creep up and suddenly/I found myself/an innovator." Email To A Friend Yo, Rising Down is an AMAZING album. I get every Roots album the day it comes...
