Nearly six months after Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson revealed that The Roots were working on an album with veteran Rock & Rock/New Wave singer/songwriter Elvis Costello, additional details have emerged. According to Radio.com, the album is titled Wise Up Ghost, and will be released through the famed Blue Note Records imprint.
Costello penned late ’70s hits such as “Watching The Detectives,” “Radio, Radio” and “Pump It Up.” The last song was among the samples on “Egg Man,” from Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique LP. Costello, an English musician is also considered a pioneer within Punk’s first wave.
The album is slated to release on September 17. This is The Roots’ first effort, as a group and collaborative, since their 2011 effort with John Legend, Wake Up!. Previously, the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania natives have also released an effort with Betty Wright.
Additionally, the band has plans to release their own album later this year, said to be titled, & Then You Shoot Your Cousin. This Friday (May 31), the band will be honored by a mural on Philly’s Broad & South Street’s, that is currently being painted.
(My 29)
UPDATE: ?uestlove has posted a tracklist to The Roots & Elvis Costello’s Wake Up Ghost album, via his Instragram account, as reported by OkayPlayer.com. ?uest said the following with the post, “Guess What Just Got Mastered Kids? The New #WiseUpGhost by Elvis Costello & The Roots. Gotta say this sounds incredible!”
The 14-song tracklisting is as follows:
1. Walk Us Uptown
2. Sugar Don’t Work
3. Refuse To Be Saved
4. Tripwire
5. Stick Out Your Tongue
6. Come The Meantimes
7. Grenade
8. Cinco Minutos Con Vos
9. Viceroy’s Row
10. Wise Up Ghost
11. If I Could Believe
12. Can You Hear Me
13. My New Haunt
14. Puppet
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Curious to hear what this sounds like have they put out any songs from this project yet?
im sick of seeing that ugly ass porch monkey
co-sign
that ugly porch monkey should get a haircut.
*Police Officer sees Porch Monkey 4 Life written on the back of Randal’s Mooby Uniform and looks flabbergasted*
ja rule would teach this lil porch monkey some manners.
#RULETALk
So undun doesn’t count, huh? Great journalism, as always…hacks.
What u talkin bout my nigglet?
First collaborative effort since the Betty one.
Undun was just a Roots effort.
Good reading though.
The roots are pathetic. All of you old, broke people claim that they are the best and very talented. But if they were so talented, would they need to work two jobs to make ends meet? And yes, they do work two jobs. Every night, they are at the beck and whim of Jimmy Kimmel, playing what and when he tells them to. These guys can’t even go out and party. Then during the day they record music to sell on the side to make a little extra money. Real talents like Wayne, Drake and Tyga spend thier lives ballin out and they just happen to rap…and the money still flows in like a faucet.
Hater
you’re a hater
I hope you are trollin’ because this is a completely backwards statement. Anyways the roots make good music they have been doing so for over 20 years now and they still can make great music, they will be considered one of the greatest hip hop groups of all time.
You are
a) a hater
or
b) ignorant
or
c) a troll
You really need some attention huh? It’s summer time now get out the house stop trolling on every DX post
First of all, they work with Jimmy Fallon, not Jimmy Kimmel. LNWJF is probably the hottest talk show out and has been for some time now. Second of all, if you know nothing about the Roots catalog and don’t appreciate their music, I feel sorry for you. Tyga and Wayne are a complete joke. Hop off all that gay dick and take your head out of your ass.
Jimmy Kimmel comment says it all. This nigga is clueless! #TheRoots Blackthought! MalikB #PhillyRap
although “Wise Up Ghost” might be great, i’m looking more forward to “& Then You Shoot Your Cousin”
Same here! Starghit The Roots Black Tought Questlove Malik B Dice Raw and the rest. #PhillyHipHop
I have all the roots albums and will continue to buy there music because they make good music, and they know how to rock a crowd.
… all i have to state bunch of irrelevent nobodies that probably make their money shining drakes shoes
You have no clue what you are talking about! The Jimmy Kimmel says it all! Ctfu
#TheRoots #HipHop #music
Who benefits from this collabo? The Roots or Costello? I would rather see a Roots collabo with Prince. The Questlove produced Al Green album was the shyt though.