Statik Selektah celebrated his album release last night at S.O.B.s. with performances from Bun B, Sean Price, Black Thought, Joey Bada$$, Pro Era, Flatbush Zombies, M.O.P., Troy Ave, PUSH!, Wais P and Chris Rivers. If you couldn’t get in, XclusiveZone has the recap. Purchase the album today.

With The Roots’ instrumentation, Black Thought goes off the top based off the random discussions between Jimmy Fallon and audience members. Thought takes some good notes.

Kicking off Complex TV‘s Combat Jack Show, Black Thought recalls meeting ?uestlove and breaks down how his past beef with Nas came about. UPDATE: Ep. 2 l Ep. 3

Statik Selektah brings the vets and the rising star together for the latest leak off his Extended Play. Album drops June 18.

It was freestyles galore a few weekends ago at

The Roots lead vocalist sits down with Uber

After a request from the suggestion box, Black Thought kindly accepted and name dropped a few of The

In support of Adam Mansbach’s novel, Rage Is Back, J. Period taps The Roots frontman for the accompanying mixtape’s title track featuring the classic Illmatic instrumental. okp

Roots affiliate, Truck North links with Black Thought and Asher Roth for a bonus cut off his upcoming, Our American Cousin EP due December 11. nahright

Peanut Live 215 is one of the funniest series on the web. The show revolves around Peanut, a gun-toting, foul-mouthed puppet from Philly. On this episode, he catches up with Black Thought and The Wurx in the studio. Real puppet shit. Ha!

Black Thought stopped by Tony Touch’s weekly show last week to promote The Roots’ undun. With The Wurx also present, they all dropped a freebie over the Shade 45 airwaves. allindstrom

VEVO news pulls up a chair with Black Thought and ?uestlove as they reflect on their come-up days. After the jump, they speak on Karmin and working with DD Jackson. undun in stores now.

On the eve of the album release, The Roots’ Black Thought and ?uestlove appeared on Cipha and Rosenberg‘s Juan Epstein podcast to discuss the album and a wide range of topics. undun in stores tomorrow.

The day before the release of Nikki Jean’s new LP, we make ourselves comfortable with her Lupe and Black Thought-featured cut. You can stream the album here. Don’t forget, Pennies In A Jar in stores tomorrow. hhnm x lupEND

[vodpod id=Video.11650976&w=540&h=350&fv=] Rakim celebrated the 25th anniversary of Paid In Full two nights ago with two shows at the Blue Note Jazz Club in Manhattan. Backstage, MTV caught up with the God and his esteemed back-up band, The Roots, as they spoke on the event. “The Roots is hip-hop royalty right now,” Rakim said. “From what they do, what they bring to the table, for them to holla at me, put this together, invite me out, that let me know, […]

[vodpod id=Video.6108896&w=540&h=350&fv=mediaKey%3D1ed65fd4-28d7-4403-be06-0c526e7b60da%26image%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fcdn.wbpp.warnerbros.com%2Fu%2Fessence%2Fus%2Fvideo%2F2011-04%2F13%2F041311_jillscott_still.jpg%26origin%3Dembed] After Black Thought, Meek Mill and others kick a cipher, Ms. Scott and E-V-E take front and center court at the Cecil B. Moore Recreational Center in this new clip. Off Jill Scott’s Light Of The Sun. essence