The pair use their respective talents to bring out the best in one another.

The duo has also released lead-single "No Gold Teeth." A press release for No Cheat Codes explains that it's “an album untethered to any genre, era or trend — uncategorizeable and timeless. It is the ...

The Roots have been an unusual proposition in hip-hop since the group first appeared on record in the early 1990s—here was an actual band working in a genre built on DJs and sampling, and the person ...

Recorded piece-meal since 2006, the album is laced with high octane guests. A$AP Rocky and Run The Jewels pop in for the menacing drone on “Strangers,” while ...

Mamdani becomes the city’s first Muslim mayor and first of South Asian descent. 11 hours ago Cheat Codes brings several ear-catching features. Spread throughout the ...

After nearly two decades of on-off collaborations, the veteran musicians finally reach the finish line with their first full-length together, yielding a dozen tracks of solid, bare-bones hip-hop. Take ...

The Roots’ Black Thought and super-producer Danger Mouse have joined forces for a new collaborative album titled Cheat Codes. The album, due out Aug. 12 via BMG ...

For his latest project, Cheat Codes, he's teamed up with rapper Black Thought (Tariq Trotter). A founding member of The Roots, Philadelphia hip hop legends and in-house band for US talk show host ...