The roots

Revisit The FADER’s 2002 cover story on Questlove’s hip-hop ensemble group. The Roots, Black Thought.

The Roots’ bandleader and legendary drummer Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson shares his formative experiences of record collecting. Even the biggest record collections have to start somewhere. In his new autobiography Mo’ Meta Blues: The World According To Questlove, the drummer goes right back to the beginning of what is now by all accounts a 70,000+ collection […]

French graphic designer Zaven Najjar spent three months of 2013 creating imaginative representations of rap lyrics. These are some of the best (and available as t-shirts!)

schoolofvisualarts: The Roots silkscreen poster design by Brent Philhower

Miniseries based on novels captivated audiences with epic sagas. Among the most successful were Roots, Rich Man, Poor Man and The Thorn Birds.

#ReggaeHeart 💚On Pinterest dedicated to #BobMarley 💚 #MemoriesOfJahPeople #Wailers #TuffGong »Bob Marley @Milan, Italy, June 1980« Photo by Lynn Goldsmith @MemoriesOfJahPeople

Roots by Alex Haley. http://www.history.com/shows/roots/season-1/episode-1?cmpid=Social_FBPAGE_ROOTS_20160604_483453695&linkId=25198546

Over-consumption is at the root of the planet’s #environmental crisis. Consumption of fast fashion, flights, Black Friday-discounted gadgets – has become the primary driver of ecological crisis. We are devouring the planet’s resources at a rate 1.8 (2023) times faster than it can regenerate. When people buy less stuff, you get immediate drops in emissions, resource consumption and #pollution. That doesn’t just mean fewer physical things; it’s also less electricity, travel and eating out. 💥