this is fire

NICE

He keeps playing the see you later tag & not leaving.

Holy s***

it's like they have a lockdown network on youtube on now:

@Soupvillain @fonti @flosh @AtTheEquinox @fellivarda

"Starting this week, Philadelphia hip-hop band The Roots will be streaming content on their YouTube channel every day, Monday through Friday.

DJ sets by the band’s drummer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson have been highlights of the new paradigm in livestreamed music while the world is on coronavirus lockdown. His four-hour late-night sessions have been enormously entertaining and educational — an all-Stevie Wonder evening was so impressive that Wonder himself called in to say hello.

But as with a lot of the livestreaming excitement over the past few weeks, it’s been difficult to keep track of when exactly the good stuff was happening. You needed to keep an eye on Questlove’s Instagram to see when he was going to be popping up on YouTube.

Now, the band is putting a plan in place to let fans know not only when Questlove is manning the wheels of steel, but when a whole package of entertainment options from the band is going to take place, on a regularly scheduled basis.

This week's schedule for the Roots on YouTube.
LIVE NATION URBAN / TWO ONE FIVE ENTERTAINMENT

Monday’s schedule kicked off at noon with pianist James Poyser’s “Behind the Keys” podcast, focusing on his work with Mariah Carey, followed by Capt. Kirk Douglas telling Bruce Springsteen “Guitar Stories” at 3. And then at 9 p.m., it’s the main event, with a live episode of “DJ Questlove Presents.”

Questlove’s DJ sets will go live Monday to Friday at 9 p.m., with various live and taped podcasts and interviews during the day, such as rapper Black Thought’s conversation with deejay D-Nice at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

“While we are daily trying to figure out ways for us to play as a group while practicing social distancing, we are always thinking of new ways to be creative and leaving our comfort zone," Questlove said in a news release Monday. "We just hope people will follow and subscribe and we will keep the treats coming.”

The programming is a joint venture of the band’s Two One Five Entertainment and Live Nation Urban, the division of the concert promotion company that presents the Roots Picnic.

This year’s picnic has been moved from its original May 30 date at the Mann Center to Aug. 1.
“After we made the decision to postpone The Roots Picnic, there was a major creative void as usually we spend the months of April and May on phone calls and in countless meetings planning the various aspects of the event," said Roots manager and Live Nation Urban head Shawn Gee, in a statement. "We built this idea for a content rich channel after seeing the immediate success of Questlove’s virtual DJ sets.”

Fonti change the title to Roots Curated Livestream Network Monday to Friday

holy s***
this is fantastic

in

@proper @localblaccmane @Bow_And_Arrow @grimes @Prbz

They have become the goats in one swift move for streaming content.

Budden tried
Producer clash from Swizz ...
D-Nice
Boosie
etc

But who would have guessed the Roots would become the network for streaming content? I wouldn't have guessed they would do this.

They could have so many people, it's ridiculous.

But a full network, look who the guests are?

What's Week 2 Going to be like:

This dude is going to pass out from dj'n

?uest the goat

GOAT

imagine if D'angelo sets up a live stream & connects with ?Love.

18 minutes to go

MAN
i'll lose my mind

wait a minute is he playing unreleased soulquarians s*** now?

okay, this is cool. Soulquarian jam session tapes

Oh s*** this track

YEA

the drums man

Nice selection of tracks. Quest has weird al on a track 😳 😎

this is so heat

I wonder what time he configures the next set list? He’s going live at 9 pm. 🤔