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Photo Re-Cap: Okayplayer Holiday Jam w/ The Roots, Gary Clark Jr + more!

by killakam on December 19, 2011   0 Comment(s)

If you want the full play-by-play head here, this one’s for the visually inclined. Here’s a photo re-cap of last week’s Okayplayer Holiday Jam with The Roots, Gary Clark Jr., Big Daddy Kane, Shaggy, Rahzel, Angelique Kidjo, Bajah + The Dry Eye Crew, Patra, Big Freedia, Mr. Eazy, Red Fox, Rayvon, The Wurx, Ray Angry, Robert Glasper, plus DJs ?uestlove, Chief Boima, LargeUp fam Gravy, and OKP’s own Eddie “STATS.” Check out the albums above and below. All pictures by Mel D. Cole.

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Photos: The Roots in Lubljana, Slovenia circa 1994

by dantana on December 8, 2011   1 Comment


Our boy Indy just shot over these freshly scanned vintage photos from a 16 year old Roots show held in Slovenia taken by DJ Phat Phillie and we thought we would share them with y’all.  While The Roots continually push their artistic boundaries, it is easy to forget they’ve been around for 20 years now.  These photos depict a more stripped down version of the band around Do You Want More?!!!??! days featuring Brother ?uestion on drums, Black Thought on the mic, Kamal on the Fender Rhodes, Hub on Bass, and Rahzel the “Godfather of Noyze” on vocal percussion.  The band recently revisited this sound at the Blue Note in NYC earlier this week where ?uest, Black, and Rah freestyled a 20 minute set.  Post from that show coming right up!

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Photos: Rock The Bells in NY, by Terrence Jennings

by dantana on September 6, 2011   2 Comments

This Saturday NYC played host to the 8th annual Rock The Bells touring festival. Photographer extraordinaire Terrence Jennings was on hand to capture performances and behind the scenes from the main stage. Check out his gallery featuring great pics of: Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Erykah Badu, Nas, Lauryn Hill, B-Real, 9th Wonder, Steve Nash and more! Next stop for RTB, Boston. We are giving away a pair of tickets! Contest ends tonight.

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Photo: Common, Del, Mos Def & More Backstage at Rock The Bells, SF

by Eddie "STATS" on September 1, 2011   6 Comments

Our dude Trevor Traynor was backstage at Rock The Bells, San Francisco and (with Amanda Lopez on the lovely assist) shot an amazing series of portraits of the artists in attendance from Common to Sen Dog, from Blu to Masta Killa. 20 years from now somebody is going to dig these up somewhere and only then will we realize, Damn. 2011 was kind of a cool time to be alive. Check the photos below or in they’re natural habitat at T2′s blog I Shoot Everything.

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Photo: OKAYSUMMER 2011 at The Palms

by Eddie "STATS" on August 22, 2011   0 Comment(s)

Okayplayer was part of the plot to blow up summer over the weekend (dayyum there was a lot going on this weekend), a conspiracy of partner channels Okayafrica and LargeUp that involved palms trees, building swimming pools on-site out of dumpsters and about 18 hours of steady partying. OKA put it like this:

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Photo + Words: The Bodega Education Initiative at BHF 2011

by Rico a.k.a. Superbizzee on July 18, 2011   0 Comment(s)


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Although Q-Tip & Kanye grabbed headlines and blog-love, an essential part of the past week’s Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival was the an educational symposium that organizers Brooklyn Bodega put together at Pratt Institute here in Brooklyn. Luckily, our correspondents Rico aka Superbizzee and photographer Jayro were on hand to document the whole thing. Check the photo gallery (above) and read on for the full story.

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Photos: PSK party July 3rd in Philadelphia

by dantana on July 11, 2011   0 Comment(s)

Photographer Tim Blackwell was on hand to capture the vibes on the historical night that was PSK (Philadelphia Sound Konnoisseurs) featuring ?uestlove, DJ Jazzy Jeff, J Rocc, Diplo, DJ Spinna, and Kenny Meez.  Check ‘em out, relive the moments.

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The Roots and Rakim Perform “Paid In Full”

by dantana on June 27, 2011   NEWS 3 Comments

This past Wednesday June 22, as part of the annual Blue Note Jazz Festival, The Legendary Roots teamed up with the Legendary Rakim for a very special Paid in Full 25th Anniversary Edition celebration at NYC’s intimate Blue Note venue. With an early show and a late show, the band ran through the 10 track of the classic album with funky flawlessness. During the first show, Nelson George asked Rakim and Black Thought questions about the album’s legacy and Rakim’s career at the beginning and half way points. The second show featured questions from Toure, and both Dave Chappelle and Talib Kweli were in the house who had their turn posing questions as well. Very dope stuff indeed. Check out the excellent photo gallery from Mel D. Cole after the cut as well as a video interview with Rakim and Black Thought from MTV News.

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4th Annual Roots Picnic Portraits by Trevor Paulhus & Nick Prendergast

by dantana on June 14, 2011   0 Comment(s)

In Picnic tradition, Festival Pier once again played host to Trevor Paulhus and this year he brought along his buddy Nick Prendergrast to set up by the stage and snap portraits of artists, crew, and fam.

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Photos: Mel D. Cole Shoots the 4th Annual Roots Picnic Performances

by dantana on June 9, 2011   0 Comment(s)

A second set of photographs from Mel D. Cole this time highlighting the performances at the 4th Annual Roots Picnic.  Some particularly great ones of Yelawolf (who’s high energy set had the tent stage packed out) and Nas.

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Photos: Mel D. Cole goes BTS at the 4th Roots Picnic

by dantana on June 8, 2011   0 Comment(s)

Okayplayer resident photographer and all around bad mofo Mel D. Cole gets exclusive access inside The Roots’ rehearsal space and back stage at the 4th Annual Roots Picnic in Philadelphia last weekend.

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Photos: Terrence Jennings Shoots the 4th Annual Roots Picnic

by dantana on June 7, 2011   NEWS 1 Comment

Our boy Terrence Jennings was (as always) on hand at the 4th Annual Roots Picnic capturing both on stage and behind the scenes moments.  Plenty of Nas in this gallery, as well as Wiz Khalifa, The Roots, and more.  Check out the full gallery and stand by while we post Mel D. Cole’s photos, they are crazy good.  Also coming soon will be portraits by Trevor Paulhus and webisodes form OkayplayerTV.

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