root jams weekly
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The Root Jams Weekly (10/9/2020): 'Baby Baby Baby'
My family will soon welcome a new baby into our household so it only makes sense to dedicate a playlist to songs about kids and/or songs with “baby” in the title. The Root’s weekly playlist is going to be taking a hiatus. Thanks for sleepwalking with us and we’ll see you on the other side…
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The Root Jams Weekly (10/2/2020): 'Jams Upon Jams'
This week there has been absolutely too much going on—sometimes you just need to rock with your favorite jams of the moment to get through the day. This week’s list is made up of folks’ personal jams. Jam on it. “Jams Upon Jams” (10/2/2020) Jessica Moulite Majid Jordan “Shake Shake Shake” D Smoke “Lights On”…
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The Root Jams Weekly (9/25/2020): 'It's Lit'
Today, The Root launches its new weekly podcast, “It’s Lit,” that centers Black literature and will feature some of the culture’s best and brightest authors. The podcast is hosted by The Root’s editor-in-chief, Danielle Belton, and The Glow Up’s managing editor, Maiysha Kai. To celebrate the launch, we’re dropping a playlist full of our favorite…
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The Root Jams Weekly (9/18/2020): 'Lost Ones'
Sometimes you don’t know what you have until it’s gone. Sometimes you have to remind people that if they had just zigged instead of zagging, everything would have been alright. You’ve got to live and learn as they say, I suppose. So in honor or the Los Angeles Clippers epic collapse on what should have…
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The Root Jams Weekly (9/11/2020): 'Auntie Jams'
This Sunday, the good folks at Verzuz are bringing a “battle” most of us didn’t even know we needed: Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle. The stories alone should be amazing, but the jams, oh the jams! These two women have been present at cookouts, graduations, breakups (to makeups) to church and back. In honor (and…
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The Root Jams Weekly (9/4/2020): 'The Teenage Years'
Monday evening, we were treated to the Verzuz folks have been talking about since the idea came to be: Monica versus Brandy. It featured all of the shade and entertainment we expected, but what it mostly did was take everybody back to the the early-to-mid 90s. For many of us, those were our teen years…
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The Root Jams Weekly (8/28/2020): 'Walkout'
It’s been a week in America. After another shooting of a Black person at the hands of police—7 times in the back, no less—everybody reached a new level of over it. Athletes in several of the major sports either postponed, cancelled or walked out of games or contests. It’s the kind of week when the…
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The Root Jams Weekly (8/14/2020): 'Wet Ass Playlist'
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion set the internet on fire with their song and video, “WAP,” which stands for “wet ass p***y.” Well, after probably a million formal and informal takes on the song, the staff at The Root decided to curate a playlist of Raunch-jams for your listening pleasure(s). Shouts out to Cardi…
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The Root Jams Weekly: 'The Bad Bitch Playlist' (8/7/2020)
Every now and then you have to reach into your bag for your inner “bad bitch.” Sometimes, that’s what it takes to get the job done. This week’s playlist is chock full of jams to harness the power of that inner “bad bitch.” “The Bad Bitch Playlist” (8/7/2020) Maiysha Kai Betty Davis “They Say I’m…
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The Root Jams Weekly (7/31/2020): 'Soundtrack Jams'
We all have movies that resonate with us. And in those movies, there are usually songs that help flesh out the story that become part of our lives. Today’s list is full of our favorite soundtrack jams. “Soundtrack Jams” (7/31/2020) Maiysha Kai Al Jarreau “Moonlighting” Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams “Without Us” Labrinth “All for…