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The Roots
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Sat Jun 30
10 pm
The Roots at Miller Lite Oasis (Summerfest)
The Roots have been extremely cool so far as the house band on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, a show that gains a lot from the energy the group emits just sitting there. In addition to its ineffable aura, no other outfit in hip-hop (not to mention any other realm of music) boasts as strong a reputation for barnstorming funk pyrotechnics. Even if The Roots’ incendiary leanings are tempered a bit on TV, the Late Night gig hasn’t dampened the group’s restless activity: A record called How I Got Over came out in 2010; the group backed John Legend on a classic soul covers album; and The Roots recently released their first concept album, Undun, a magnum opus whose narrative unfolds similarly to Christopher Nolan’s Memento—which is also pretty cool.
Miller Lite Oasis (Summerfest) 200 N. Harbour Dr., Milwaukee, WI
The Roots have been extremely cool so far as the house band on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, a show that gains a lot from the energy the group emits just sitting there. In addition to its ineffable aura, no other outfit in hip-hop (not to mention any other realm of music) boasts as strong a reputation for barnstorming funk pyrotechnics. Even if The Roots’ incendiary leanings are tempered a bit on TV, the Late Night gig hasn’t dampened the group’s restless activity: A record called How I Got Over came out in 2010; the group backed John Legend on a classic soul covers album; and The Roots recently released their first concept album, Undun, a magnum opus whose narrative unfolds similarly to Christopher Nolan’s Memento—which is also pretty cool.
Updated 06/21/2012
