During a recent conversation with Common and Pete Rock on his Questlove Supreme podcast, the drummer from the Roots shared updates on when fans can expect to finally hear a new album from the legendary Philadelphia hip-hop crew. The Roots last album was 2014’s …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin. “I know the exact date I want to release it, and it’s not 2024,” Questlove teased. “But it’s a seminal 2025 date that will make sense once it comes out.” Questlove shared that Common and Pete Rock’s 2024 joint album, The Auditorium Vol. 1, inspired him and Black Thought (Tariq Trotter) on the new Roots record. “I was just going off about it and I could tell I planted a seed. But then, I think after the Hollywood Bowl performance that we did, I think that lit something under Tariq,” Quest revealed. “I can say in the last two weeks, he’s knocked off at least 80 percent. I mean, back in Do You Want More?!!!??! days, ‘Riq would write, like, six or seven songs in a setting. This album is definitely…it’s probably what he’s working on right now as I speak. It’s inspiring.” (Uproxx)
