May 22nd, 2013 
Grant Trimboli J.Cole made an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to perform his Miguel-featured single “Power Trip.” Along with Cole for the set was legendary late night rockers The Roots.
The single will come off of J.Cole’s forthcoming sophomore effort, Born Sinner, which hits shelves on June 18 via Roc Nation.
Watch J.Cole performing some of his newer material in the video provided. Did you enjoy the live rendition as much as the radio version? Let Under The Gun Review know by simply commenting.
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March 19th, 2013 Adrian Garza So get this, on the very night before the release of his third album, Justin Timberlake has just confirmed that ?uestlove’s mention of The 20/20 Experience being a two-part release is legitimate.
Although JT doesn’t give any insight on a release date, we’ll keep our fingers crossed that The Roots drummer was on point when he said that it’s looking to be dropped in November.
We received the news in the form of a tweet made by Ryan Seacrest. Follow the jump for a look at the tweet made by Seacrest himself, then do yourself a favor and …
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January 23rd, 2013 Dan Bogosian The Roots have always been a band to take chances with collaborations; they’ve done albums with John Legend and Betty Wright. Being Jimmy Fallon’s house band has lead them to meet some interesting artists, including Elvis Costello. After the second of his three performances on Fallon, Costello wanted to work with The Roots on something, and that something has turned out to be a full album in 2013. Ahmir Thompson, also known as ?uestlove, told Billboard “It was really love at first sight… The second time he came on, we surpassed the first one. So by the third …
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January 3rd, 2013 Adrian Garza Chicago hip-hop frontrunner Lupe Fiasco teamed up with Guy Sebastian and The Roots to deliver a performance of “Battle Scars” on last night’s Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.
“Battle Scars” is one of the hit tracks from Lupe’s latest album, Food And Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1, which was released at the tail-end of 2012 and can be purchased right here.
Follow the jump for a clip of the performance.
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October 19th, 2012 Dan Bogosian Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson, the producer and drummer most famed for being the leader of hip hop band The Roots, has a new job. In addition to being a session musician and band leader for the Philadelphia based band that doubles as Jimmy Fallon’s house band, the drummer will be teaching a class at NYU.
The class? “Classic Albums” at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts for this Spring semester. The class will be two credits, and focus on classic albums that stand out historically one way or another – be it production, songwriting, ingenuity, or something else. …
October 3rd, 2012 Matthew Dondiego It seems like Kendrick Lamar just can’t stay out of the news. The rapper has been dropping new songs, made multiple radio appearances, and last night appeared on the popular Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, all to promote his coming album good kid, m.A.A.d city.
The up and coming rap star took the stage to perform his hit song “Swimming Pools (Drank)”, performing with the legendary band The Roots, the house band on the show. Hit the jump to watch the performance and be sure to check out good kid, m.A.A.d city when it drops on October 22.
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July 10th, 2012 Jacob Tender Yup, this is the third Frank Ocean post in a row on UTG this evening. A first? Yes. Unwarranted? No.
Since the announcement that the Odd Future crooner’s record was to be released tonight, we’ve all been scrambling to prepare. In addition to that, Jimmy Fallon had him on his program this evening where Frank performed “Bad Religion” from Channel ORANGE with support from The Roots and a small group of orchestral strings players. It was pretty great.
Miss it? No you didn’t. We’ve got you covered. Click through to watch now.
Posted in News Tags: frank ocean, Jimmy Fallon, love, odd future, OFWGKTA, questlove, The Roots No Comments » July 6th, 2012 Jacob Tender It’s only been a few days since R&B crooner Frank Ocean came out publically as a homosexual male, but the news regarding this Odd Future star is far from finished.
Today, Frank has released a new song called “Sweet Life” for free. The song will appear on his new record entitled Channel Orange courtesy of Def Jam Records on July 17. If a new song wasn’t enough, Frank will be hyping up his release by appearing on the Jimmy Fallon show Monday, July 9. It’s hinted that he will be peforming with the Roots, but the setlist is still untold.…
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June 1st, 2012 Grant Trimboli The Roots‘ own ?uestlove made an appearance on the Power 99 radio show to talk about their new album plans for 2013 and more.
?uestlove stated that we will see their album drop officially in March of 2013, via Def Jam Records, so get ready for the crazy hype to start building now. Take a listen to the entire two-part interview after the jump and let UTG know what you think of this news!
May 22nd, 2012 Grant Trimboli Austin City Limits Music Festival 2012 has announced the entire line-up and Under The Gun Review has the list right here for you. This festival takes place from October 12 through the 14 at Zilker Park.
Be sure to head to Austin City Limits official website to purchase tickets right now and please check out the entire listing of performing bands and artists by simply heading through the jump.
Who are you most excited to see?
ANNOUNCED:
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, The Black Keys
Jack White, Florence + The Machine, The Avett Brothers, Iggy & …
March 2nd, 2012 Grant Trimboli Under The Gun is bringing you quite the treat this morning, a remix of a cover. The Roots decided to cover Monsters of Folk’s (Conor Oberst, Jim James, M. Ward, Mike Mogis) song “Dear God” and now Toronto dubstep duo Zeds Dead have turned the tables by remixing their version.
For Zeds’ interpretation they decided to incorporate an electro feel, with plenty of womps to pick this song up. It is definitely an interesting rendition you need to hear!
Please click through the jump to stream/download this track and let Under The Gun Review know what you think!
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February 3rd, 2012 James Shotwell Nas teamed up with The Roots last night for a performance of “Nasty” and UTG has the footage.
Never one to disappoint on record or stage, Nas appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night during the show’s taping at Madden Bowl Bud Light Hotel in Indianapolis. While there, the “Hate Me Now” rapper joined forces with house band The Roots to perform his incendiary single “Nasty” to a packed house. You can view the performance after the jump.
After you watch Nas’ performance, comment and let UTG know what you think of the legendary emcee’s latest appearance.
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