root jams weekly

  • The Root Jams Weekly (5/15/2020): 'A Long Walk'
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    The Root Jams Weekly (5/15/2020): 'A Long Walk'

    This week’s playlist is both in honor of Jilly from Philly and E. Badu’s Verzuz battle from last weekend, but also because in our current climate, a long walk is what many of us rely on for a bit of peace. “A Long Walk” (5/15/2020) J’Na Jefferson India.Arie “Can I Walk With You” Frank Ocean…

  • The Root Jams Weekly Playlist (5/8/2020): 'Bring Me Peace'
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    The Root Jams Weekly Playlist (5/8/2020): 'Bring Me Peace'

    May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and in honor of that fact, the playlists this month will all be dedicated to it. Our first one, titled “Bring Me Peace,” is a list of songs from staffers of TheRoot.com that are used to bring a peaceful mental state. “Bring Me Peace” (5/8/2020) Panama Jackson Maxwell “Ascension…

  • The Root Jams Weekly (5/1/2020): 'Guilty Pleasures'
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    The Root Jams Weekly (5/1/2020): 'Guilty Pleasures'

    We all have them. Maybe you don’t want the homies to know that you love that song. Based on your understood level of music appreciation, there’s no way you’d love that drivel. A person like you would never listen to that. Except you would because you do and every time it comes on, you buss…

  • The Root Jams Weekly Playlist (4/24/2020): 'Move Your Body'
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    The Root Jams Weekly Playlist (4/24/2020): 'Move Your Body'

    This playlist is in honor of Breyon Prescott, Teddy Riley’s homie/hypeman during his initial social-distancingless Verzuz battle against Babyface that never really happened. For Breyon’s dedication to the jam, this week we chose songs that make you move as soon as you hear them! “Move Your Body” (4/24/2020) Playlist Monique Judge Montell Jordan “Get It…