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The Roots – Dear God 2.0

It’s time for another album from America’s most lovable hip-hop group The Roots. You know, the superstar band who became the house band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, a move so crazy that Fallon himself still doesn’t seem to believe that they were able to get THE ROOTS as their HOUSE BAND. Nuts. But I must say that I kind of like the show, with its intimate live show setting for its musical guests and the fact that its house band is The Roots!

The group is releasing their new How I Got Over on June 22, but we’ve already been given our first taste in “Dear God 2.0″. Just as their classic “The Seed 2.0″ from Phrenology was a remake of the Cody Chesnutt track “The Seed”, they’ve remade “Dear God”, the Monsters of Folk track memorably sang by Jim James. The track can be yours for free right over here if you so chose to accept it. Here’s the tracklisting for the album that was sent to us. And as you can see, the special guests abound per usual. I’m probably most excited to hear the Dirty Projectors track, because I enjoy the voices of those gals.

Interlude 1 feat. Amber Coffman, Angel Deradoorian & Haley Dekle of Dirty Projectors
Walk Alone feat. Truck North, P.O.R.N. & Dice Raw
Dear God 2.0 feat. Monsters Of Folk
Radio Daze feat. Blu, P.O.R.N. & Dice Raw
Now Or Never feat. Phonte & Dice Raw
How I Got Over feat. Dice Raw
Interlude 2
The Day feat. Blu, Phonte & Patty Crash
Right On feat. Joanna Newsom & STS
Doin’ It Again
The Fire feat. John Legend
Interlude 3
Web 20/20 feat. Peedi Peedi & Truck North
BONUS* Hustla feat. STS

The Roots – Dear God 2.0

monsters of folk – dear god (sincerely m.o.f.)

one album that is definitely near the top of my list of upcoming releases has to be the upcoming album by monsters of folk, the cheekily-titled indie rock supergroup comprised of m. ward, jim james of my morning jacket, conor oberst of bright eyes and producer mike mogis, also of bright eyes. weve only heard a few tracks so far, but from whats been released, the album sounds very promising. the tracks seem to cover a wide range of genres and you can definitely tell that each song sort of plays off the style of one of the members of the group.

after one listen to “dear god (sincerely m.o.f.)”, its clear that this track is definitely in the key of my morning jacket. aside from the obvious fact that jim james provides most of the vocals, there are clear signs of my morning jacket all over this one. the chord changes are classic mmj, and the overall dreamy feel of the song adds to it. the exciting part about this album is the stark contrast between this song and the m. ward led “say please” and “the right place”, which, based on the 10 second youtube teaser, sounds like it will definitely be highlighting conor oberst. is this the first time musicians have posted 10-15 second teasers of upcoming songs on youtube (just search for monsters of folk)? either way, its definitely an interesting marketing strategy and one that seems to be working in this case. the cool part about their tour is they’ll be playing monsters of folk tunes, plus songs by all of their own respective “solo” acts. but im pretty sure they arent making a stop in detroit, because nobody makes stops in detroit anymore.

monsters of folk – dear god (sincerely m.o.f.)

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