The Roots find hipper friends than Jimmy Fallon and record with Dirty Projectors

The Roots find hipper friends than Jimmy Fallon and record with Dirty Projectors

The Roots, who saw their credibility rating decline in a sharp slope once they signed on as the studio band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and became the world’s first lounge-hop band, have been hard at work on their 11th studio album, with the hopes of taking their credibility right back on top!

The album already includes hip cameos by The Monsters of Folk (Jim James, M. Ward, Conor Oberst, and Mike Mogis), who help out on a cover of the Monsters’ “Dear God”; and Joanna Newsom, who provides original vocals (according to Entertainment Weekly) and will also have one of her songs sampled for the track “Right On.” But The Roots are taking it one step further, with drummer ?uestlove taking to Twitter (via P4k) to deliver a revealing picture, provide a video, and make a statement that all allude (okay, they pretty much say outright) to help from Dirty Projectors: “Workin on 2 interludes at the same time w/ the ladies of the Dirty Projectors,” says ?uestlove, who teases us with one of the coolest collaborations of the last couple years (beaten only by this one).

The Roots have also supplied us with a tracklist, and I really want you to see it, so, look below and have faith that one day The Roots won’t be the house-band for a lousy late night show!

How I Got Over:

01. Walk Alone [ft. Truck North, P.O.R.N., Dice Raw, Mercedes Martinez]
02. Dear God 2.0 [ft. Jim James, Monsters of Folk]
03. Radio Daze [ft. Blu, P.O.R.N., Dice Raw, Mercedes Martinez]
04. Now Or Never [ft. Phonte Coleman, Dice Raw]
05. How I Got Over [ft. Dice Raw]
06. The Day [ft. Blu, Phonte Coleman, Patty Crash]
07. Right On [ft. Joanna Newsom, Sugar Tongue Slim]
08. Doin’ It Again [ft. John Legend]
09. The Fire [ft. John Legend, Rick Friedrich]

How I Got Over is set for release June 22 via Def Jam

• The Roots: http://www.theroots.com
• Def Jam: http://www.defjam.com

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