The Roots
How I Got Over
(Def Jam)

Style/Genre : Hip-hop, R&B

The Roots are back with their new album How I Got Over. The album, named after the Clara Ward gospel hymn, is definitely a well-timed work of art that conjures images of Marvin Gaye's What's Going On. The Grammy award winners describe the songs on How I Got Over as "depicting the everyman's search for hope in this dispiriting post-hope zeitgeist". The lead single from the Roots new set will be "Dear God 2.0." The track re-imagines the Monsters Of Folk song "Dear God" and features MOF members Yim Yames from My Morning Jacket, Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis from Bright Eyes and M. Ward. How I Got Over also includes two appearances from Grammy-winning soul man John Legend: "Doin' It Again" a re-working of his track "Again," and "The Fire," an original song written for the Roots' 2010 Olympic concert performance. Also avalable on vinyl.

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