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 […]

schoolofvisualarts: The Roots silkscreen poster design by Brent Philhower

Peter Tosh had something to say, and he wasn’t the type to mince words or beat around the bush. He used his musical gifts to advocate for social justice - a message, that like his music, carried far and still rings true decades later. A self-taught musician, Tosh co-founded the original Wailers - one of the first bands to bring reggae music to a truly worldwide audience. While he left the Wailers in 1974, he shaped the band immeasurably - writing or co-writing early classics such as “Get Up…

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!)

Best Reggae Music on Instagram: ""Love to see when you move in the rhythm I love to see, when you're dancing from within! It gives great joy to feel such sweet togetherness Everyone doing and they're doing their best" - Bob Marley ❤️ 💛 💚 👑 Bob Marley: @bobmarley 📸 Photo by: @lynngoldsmith 🎵 Song: Jump Nyabinghi ❤️ 💛 💚 #bobmarley #reggae #roots #reggaemusic #rasta #jamaica #bestreggaemusic"

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. 💥

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