Just a little over a year back the absolution of "Rising Down," Philadelphia's the Roots are alive on their 11th album, advantaged "How I Got Over." The Def Jam absolution is slated for an October artery date, as per a contempo amend on bagman ?uestLove's cheep page. While the aboriginal single, the appellation track, has not been serviced yet, the allegorical hip-hop bandage attempt the accompanying video for it aloof bygone (June 10) in New York.

The Roots is currently the abode bandage for the "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" show, area they accept performed with abundant agreeable guests like Paul Simon, Mos Def, Booker T. Jones and Amadou & Mariam.

The Roots will accompany opera accompanist Jessye Norman, applesauce accompanist Nnenna Freelon and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Aug. 30 in the West Coast premiere of author/poet Langston Hughes' "Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz." Aboriginal presented in 1961, the revamped adaptation of "Ask Mama" - a accord amid Norman and Emmy Award-winning artisan Laura Karpman - appearance a account encompassing agreeable music, hip-hop and jazz.

In accompanying news, the additional anniversary Roots Picnic at Philadelphia's Festival Pier took abode this accomplished Saturday and included performances by Asher Roth, Busdriver, Black Keys, TV On the Radio and Public Enemy.

"Rising Down" has awash 166,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.