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The Roots Debut New Single on Jimmy Fallon

Wednesday June 24, 2009

The Roots will debut "How I Got Over," the lead cut from their similarly titled new album on Wednesday's edition of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, according to reports from Billboard.com. The Philly rap ensembled signed on as Jimmy Fallon's house band in March.

"How I Got Over" is being touted as a slice of the Roots' socially conscious hip-hop, as Black Thought raps, "Livin' with the police right behind ya / It's always more than a slight reminder / we're livin' in a war zone like Rwanda."

How I Got Over the album, is slated for release on October 20, via Def Jam. Tentative track titles include: "Walk Alone," "Make a Move," "The Day," which features Icelandic vocalist Patty Crash and a cover of Frank Zappa's instrumental classic "Peaches en Regalia."



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Comments

June 25, 2009 at 5:30 pm
(1) Jean says:

i had no idea that the roots were fallon’s house band thats pretty sick. this song sounds real good to whens the album come out?

June 26, 2009 at 4:10 am
(2) Henry says:

October 20 is the tentative street date.

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