About this episode
This week hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot interview Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter of The Roots about his memoir. The hosts also review the new album from Das Racist rapper Heems. Join our Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3sivr9T Become a member on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3slWZvc Sign up for our newsletter: https://bit.ly/3eEvRnG Make a donation via PayPal: https://bit.ly/3dmt9lU Send us a Voice Memo: Desktop: bit.ly/2RyD5Ah Mobile: sayhi.chat/soundops Featured Songs: The Roots, "You Got Me (feat. Erykah Badu & Eve)," Things Fall Apart, MCA, 1999 The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967 Heems & Lapgan, "I'm Pretty Cool," Lafandar, Veena, Mass Appeal India, 2024 Das Racist, "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell," Shut Up, Dude, Greedhead, Mishka, 2010 Heems & Lapgan, "Accent," Lafandar, Veena, Mass Appeal India, 2024 Heems & Lapgan, "Porches," Lafandar, Veena, Mass Appeal India, 2024 Heems & Lapgan, "Obi Toppin (Darling)," Lafandar, Veena, Mass Appeal India, 2024 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, "The Message," The Message, Sugar Hill, 1982 Run-DMC, "My Adidas," Raising Hell, Profile, 1986 El Michels Affair & Black Thought, "Protocol (feat. Son Little)," Glorious Game, Big Crown, 2023 The Roots, "The Roots is Comin'," Organix!, Self-Released, 1993 George Benson, "Give Me The Night," Give Me The Night, Qwest, 1980 The Jacksons, "We Can Change The World," Victory, Epic, 1984 Gene Chandler, "Duke of Earl," Duke of Earl (Single), Vee-Jay, 1961 Brian Eno, "Taking Tiger Mountain," Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), Island, 1974 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .