Release date: 22-07-2010

2010 eu issue limited edition UK vinyl LP issue-The Roots are a Philadelphia-based alternative rap group whose work has been met with much critical acclaim in recent years. When it was announced that the Roots would be Jimmy Fallon's house band when he took over for Conan O'Brien, fans of the legendary Philadelphia crew were worried that would mean the band was over as a recording entity. Drummer ?uestlove put that talk to rest quickly after, announcing that the band was working on their 11th album,entitled How I Got Over. The album features a Joanna Newsom sample and a cameo from My Morning Jacket's Jim James on a reworking of Monster of Folk's "Dear God."

Tracks:
01. A Peace Of Light
02. Walk Alone
03. Dear God 2.0 (w/ Jim James, Monsters of Folk) 
04. Radio Daze   
05. Now Or Never   
06. How I Got Over
07. DillaTUDE: The Flight Of Titus
08. The Day
09. Right On (w/ Joanna Newsom, Sugar Tongue Slim)  
10. Doin’ It Again (w/ John Legend)   
11. The Fire (w/ John Legend, Rick Friedrich)
12. Tunnel Vision   
13. Web 20/20   
14. Hustla

To call it "long-awaited" or "eagerly anticipated" would be the understatement of the year - as hip-hop's most daring pioneers the Roots release their 9th studio album (and third for Def Jam Recordings) on June 22nd, HOW I GOT OVER. The album, which takes its name from Clara Ward's gospel classic (made popular by Mahalia Jackson), is the Roots' first new release since joining Late Night with Jimmy Fallon for a full time gig as the show's house band.
Grammy Award winners the Roots characterize the songs on HOW I GOT OVER as "depicting the everyman's search for hope in this dispiriting post-hope zeitgeist".

The lead single from the Roots new set will be "Dear God 2.0." The track re-imagines the Monsters Of Folk song "Dear God" and features MOF members Yim Yames from My Morning Jacket, Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis from Bright Eyes and M. Ward.

HOW I GOT OVER also includes two appearances from Grammy-winning soul man John Legend: "Doin' It Again" a re-working of his track "Again," and "The Fire," an original song written for the Roots' 2010 Olympic concert performance.

The Roots and Legend have developed a strong musical bond, as the group has produced John's entire upcoming release Wake Up, which shares the socially conscious themes of the "How I Got Over" set and is comprised of late sixties/early seventies covers.

Other guests on HIGO include Joanna Newsom on "Right On," Phonte Coleman (Little Brother, The Foreign Exchange), Blu (Blu & Exile), Peedi Peedi , Mercedes Martinez, Icelandic alt-pop singer Patty Crash, newcomer Sugar Tongue Slim as well as long time Roots' Crew members Dice Raw, Truck North and P.O.R.N.