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<span style="color: black; ">The Roots released </span><b><i><span style="color: black; ">…and then you shoot your cousin </span></i></b><span style="color: black; ">today. P</span><span style="color: black; ">lease let us know if you would like music!</span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: black; ">The Roots * <i>…and then you shoot your cousin</i> (Island Def Jam)</span></u></b><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<img width="166" height="166" align="left" hspace="12" alt="159bb720-167a-4343-8773-e2517628f860" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2" id="0cf70480-c8a0-4bc5-9be8-c50ae9507173" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CF7378.D7896810">The Legendary
Roots Crew have released their 11<sup>th</sup> studio album today. The group’s latest musical creation, entitled <b><i>…and then you shoot your cousin</i></b> (Island Def Jam), reaffirms the creativity of the outfit that are notorious for pushing the envelope.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; ">Together, they have created a work that is intentionally short and meant to be absorbed in full with eleven tracks in a concise thirty-three minutes, examining familiar figures in hip-hop storytelling</span><span style="color: black; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">—hustlers
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<span style="color: black; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">"It's not just about
one kind of character," main vocalist Black Thought has said. "We create quite a few different characters in this record. It's satire, but in that satire it's an analysis of some of the stereotypes perpetuated in not only the hip-hop community, but in the
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<b><i><span style="color: black; "> </span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; ">...and then you shoot your cousin</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; "> delivers a theatrical impact, accruing as it goes on, with situations
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; ">The official video for <b>“Understand”</b> is now live on <b><a href="http://Okayplayer.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Okayplayer.com</a>. <u><a href="http://www.okayplayer.com/news/the-roots-understand-official-video-premiere.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">PRESS
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