June 22nd, we get the 9th studio album from The Roots, How I Got Over. Peep the tentative tracklisting below. Fingers crossed that this one is much better than their latest releases. It’s not that I don’t like their more recent albums, its just that their earlier output contains some of my favorite tunes. AND, I wonder if this album will go for that crossover appeal since their audience has been vastly expanded by their nightly television gig. I like Dear God 2.0, by the way, it has a certain Sade/Sweetback feel to it
The Roots – Dear God 2.0
1. Walk Alone (Truck North, Porn, Dice Raw, Mercedes Martinez)
2. Dear God 2.0 (Jim James, Monsters of Folk)
3. Radio Daze (Blu, Porn, Dice Raw, Mercedes Martinez)
4. Now Or Never (Phonte Coleman, Dice Raw)
5. How I Got Over (Dice Raw)
6. The Day (Blu, Phonte Coleman, Patty Crash)
7. Right On (Joanna Newsom, Sugar Tongue Slim)
8. Doin It Again (John Legend)
9. The Fire (John Legend, Rick Friedrich)
10. Web 20/20 (Truck North, Peedi Crakk)
11. Bonus Cut