from MTV.com

The Roots will host their third annual jam session the night before the Grammys on February 7 at the Key Club in West Hollywood, California. Dave Chappelle and Don Cheadle are co-hosting the event, which is sure to feature several special guests. ...


i wonder who's gonna show up this year

looks like you broke the exciting details that were supposed to be on tomorrow's update.

maybe it'll be like a chappelle block party 1.5

they are up on the home page now.

where are they...someone post that they are there...but I am trippin I can't find the details,,,probably too late now! dang it!

Web site has the performance details.

OKP news page has the RSVP details.

http://www.myspace.com/danceonconstellations
http://www.imagestation.com/member/index.html?name=eleese04&c=201

The expected guestlist includes Jay-Z, LA Reid, Common, Erykah Badu, Incubus, 311, Jeremy Piven, John Legend, Ben Harper, Martin Luther, Bill Maher, Van Hunt, Nikka Costa, Will Smith, Mos Def, Will.I.Am, Spike Lee, Talib Kweli, Dave Navarro, Kelis, Kanye West, Floetry, and more...

sorry if i spilled the beans, but the info is already out there.

where did u get the list of special guests?

Either that or he's their road manager or something.

lol who high voltage?

In a topic about whether Hub still played stand up bass or not, he used to haul around the bass for Hub, honestly where do you think he gets these recorded shows of the Roots from.

oh serious? but i dont think he works with them anymore. cuz when i was their runner in LA i only saw tina and keith as the managers

that we fired you over the psssghetti incident....we know you didn't mean to ruin is ponyhair coat)

that was cold.
real cold.
i got kids to feed ya know...

i remember the list from last year had some big names on it, but like a third of them ended up coming.

I like how Def Jam has that on their website, yet they never mentioned that The Roots actually joined their roster, like they did with Nas...

I just wish it wasn't on a Tuesday.
Oh well, there goes a sick day on Wednesday.

hell of a way to turn 25.

refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh, refresh

i feel you man! every 2 minutes!

I really hope I get to go again this year. Last year was awesome, although it kinda sucked when security shut down the even just when things were starting to heat up during the freestyle session.

is there an archived post with details about it? I think I messed it.

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This' hot, give up now, my crew's in control
if not, get shut down like schools when it snows
get got for your shoes and your coat
vanguard, I go hard like
nipples on boobs when its cold - Kenn Starr

Man, this is gonna be like a homework assignment.

crosses fingers

lol , me 2

If you can talk you sing, if you can walk you can dance

I know its going to be hard trying to get in with all these kufi spoken word fake dread writing cats. But damn a nigga tried.

this into a DVD or something.
Maybe a bonus DVD on GT or extras on Dave Chappelle's block party.

I won't be able to go but please post pictures, set list, commentary on the show.

Heck, broadcast this live on-line or something. Or have ?uest simultaniously blog/post at the same time he's performing (I know he's done it before!)

y'all ain't ready!!!

I was a featured okayphotogrpaher....who knows?!

they let people bring cameras last time, i dont see why they wont this time

If you can talk you sing, if you can walk you can dance

yezzir!

Why is no one talkin' aboutthe The Fugees HOB show on Wednesday NIGHT! I got tickets...and I am hyped...no way that I can take two sick days that week... Anyone know any details about this show..will it truly happen?

Is it still on?

Maybe because its an invite only event.

that the fugees are playing a free concert sponsored by verizon at the hollywood and highland complex on monday to kick off grammy week. can anyone confirm this?

They are giving away tickets so im guessing there is a general area and an area specified for tickets.

The Fugees GRAMMY AFTER PARTY at the house of blues IS CANCELLED
reason: Wyclef flies to HAITI in order TO VOTE in upcoming elections

BUT

there really is a FREE FUGEES concert presented by VERIZON on Feb, 06th 2006 in Hollywood. It is also broadcasted by V Music.

source: http://fugeesonline.proboards21.com/index.cgi?board=fugees&action=display&thread=1137401900&page=1





peace!

Called HOB's it is cancelled! So ill...it was my wifes regallo ..I also called the Key Club...and the roots show is invite ONLY! If anyone gets details on how to get on the list hook the gente' up! I need to rebound from the loss of the fugees cancelling!

Where? Where? Where?

hopefully i can get in.

hurry, youre mad late already.

Free show wednesday on Hollywood and Vine....i have to work Grammy Media ALL Week so I cannot go to anything....except the Grammy Jam Session.....

Is anybody else performing?

THE ROOTS TO HOST 3rd ANNUAL JAM SESSION
The legendary hip-hop band is again calling all vocalists, musicians and aspiring artists to take part in 5-hour jam session on February 7 at Hollywood’s Key Club; Hosted by Black Thought, Dave Chappelle, and Don Cheadle.


LOS ANGELES (January 30, 2006) Next week, as the entire music industry descends upon Los Angeles for Grammy week, The Roots—named one of the "20 greatest live acts in the world” in a 2003 Rolling Stone readers’ poll— will host their third annual Jam Session, co-hosted by Black Thought, Dave Chappelle, and Don Cheadle in association with LIVE FOR DARFUR. The event is presented by Dave Chappelle’s Block Party, in theaters March 3rd.

The private, invitation-only event, will feature a live five-hour jam session with rotating special guests, taking place at the Key Club, 9039 W. Sunset Blvd., in West Hollywood, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 7th at 10p.m. The event will again be produced by Okayplayer.com, Goodtime Girl Productions and Keldof Productions.

The Roots held their first pre-Grammy party in 2003 as an alternative to the more business oriented Grammy parties. The jam session offers the large core of musicians and executives a chance to entertain and be entertained. As with jam sessions, the emphasis will be on the freedom of expression sparked with the energy of live musical support from The Roots. Past attendants and performers include Norah Jones, Tom Cruise, Common, Alicia Keys, Sharon Stone, Sanaa Lathan, Musiq, Martin Luther, Wood Harris, Anthony Hamilton, Omar Epps, Mos Def, Fiona Apple, Jon Brion, Faith Evans, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, Musiq, Aisha Tyler, and Jada Pinkett-Smith.

"Most industry parties are a little too stuffy and are limited to performances by one or two artists. We created this event in order to put the focus back on the music and give major artists as well as new talent a chance to take part in a business and musical exchange," says The Roots founder and drummer Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson.

This year’s anticipated guest list boasts Def Jam Recordings president and CEO Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, Island Def Jam Music Group chairman LA Reid, Common, Erykah Badu, Incubus, 311, Jeremy Piven, John Legend, Ben Harper, Martin Luther, Bill Maher, Van Hunt, Nikka Costa, Will Smith, Mos Def, Will.I.Am, Spike Lee, Talib Kweli, Dave Navarro, Kelis, Kanye West, Floetry, and more...

Dave Chappelle's Block Party, directed by Oscar winner Michel Gondry, captures exclusive performances and crowd excitement during a once-in-a-lifetime free block party in a Brooklyn neighborhood. The day-long, life-affirming celebration of music and comedy, and history and community, featured all-new freestyle standup material by Dave Chappelle. With all concert music arranged and produced by The Roots' Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, The Roots performed and also provided musical backing for an incredible lineup including Kanye West, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Common, Dead Prez, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, and -- reunited for their first performance in over seven years -- The Fugees. Rogue Pictures releases Dave Chappelle's Block Party in theaters nationwide on March 3rd.

LIVE FOR DARFUR is a worldwide awareness campaign co-chaired by Don Cheadle and Djimon Hounsou that rallies high-profile talent, including Coldplay, Carlos Santana, Destiny’s Child, Norah Jones, Annie Lennox, and other top artists to help raise awareness of the crisis in the Darfur region of the Sudan. LIVE FOR DARFUR's participation in the event is produced by Red Carpet Media Partners for the 501(c)3 non-profit Save Darfur Coalition. To learn more, visit www.savedarfur.org.

The Roots are: Black Thought (MC), ?uestlove (MD), Lenoard "Hub" Hubbard (bass) and Kamal Gray (keyboards). Support musicians include Frankie Knuckles (percussion, Kanye West, D’Angelo), and world renowned Captain Kirk (guitar).

>Past attendants and performers include Norah Jones, Tom
>Cruise, Common, Alicia Keys, Sharon Stone, Sanaa Lathan,
>****Musiq****, Martin Luther, Wood Harris, Anthony Hamilton, Omar
>Epps, Mos Def, Fiona Apple, Jon Brion, Faith Evans, Matt Stone
>and Trey Parker, ****Musiq****, Aisha Tyler, and Jada Pinkett-Smith.

You said Musiq twice.

sounds fly!!!

ol' bones is feelin' like dancin'

s.blak
eating dog @ pinks

for a confirmation? the suspense...

>for a confirmation? the suspense...
true that....I am dying.....

I am preparing myslef for a no as I will be at the G.O.O.D Music after Grammy Party.....at least I can have some fun next week....although I would rather it be with The Roots.....

>for a confirmation? the suspense...

Co sign

*HARLEM SHAKES*

Again thanks to the whole OKP fam for making things like this happen.

Congrats!!!

>*HARLEM SHAKES*
>
>Again thanks to the whole OKP fam for making things like this
>happen.

I was waiting for the official invite before I said anything too.....Didn't want bragging to be a factor in the reason I wouldn't get picked.....I am super excited but also really busy (working Grammys)....I guess I can sleep when I am dead...

i'll be there. buying my plane tickets from san francisco to LA on southwest tonight.

the big question is: what will i wear?

rick

so if everyone else has that means I am not, congrats to everyone that is going!

I got my email after someone else had already posted. Keep hope alive!

Rick

where the love?! Have fun y'all. I'm looking forward to the buildingblock recap though. I'm calling for an anchor right now!

So did I. See you there.

Thanks Okayplayer!

I'm so there.

Thank you Okayplayer.

I love you guys!

much appreciated to all those responsible (Dan, Goodtimegirl, whoever else). This will be my first Pre-Grammy joint and I can't wait.

have fun and share everything post show.

I'm gonna be in the house!! This just made my new year!!

Im in the house too yall...

so who else is going?

from the posts i've counted about 8 including myself so far...so who's the other 22???

we should link up at the door or somethin


HOLLA!!!

Yup.

I need someone to act a fool with.

Yeah that's a good idea. Hard to act a fool rollin solo...

it's gonna be a whole new crop than the usual i see
lol
no tim, no lamont, no johnny...no justin?

damn an OKP contest!

awww yeah...last year's was tight as hell...can't wait...I'm just glad we don't have to pick up the RSVP at 3 pm again...I went crazy with anticipation walking around LA (it sucks when you live 2 hours north and don't know where anything is!!!)...now I can leave a few hours afterwork and still have plenty of time!!! great stuff...I love Don Cheadle!!!

I feel you, I'm coming from 2 hours south and usually only to LA for Laker Games

I'm also there, don't know a single one of you. If people are meeting up in there, can someone let me know?

Yeah Yall, you dont know me cause very rarely post, but I am in, and cruisin from San Diego

I'm plus one'd in already, I just don't know what time it kicks....


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I am sure that most of you are still sleeping. Please post when ever you can

>I am sure that most of you are still sleeping. Please post
>when ever you can

Man, they didn't let us in till 11ish...then all we got was a red band.....could've bought that.....

Anyway, The Roots jumped off right away, then Erykah played with a band I think is called "Funk Shui". Then The Roots hopped back on....there were a lot of artists.....Common, Talib, Bavid Banner, of course My favorite...Martin Luther, Bushwacked (spelled this way?), Cee-Lo, Snoop-Dogg and some others.....about 2 ish, they bring on some awful R&B singer NEO? then someone else and my mood started to diminish....I went downstairs to a table I was at with a friend and Snoop and his crew sat next to us. I decided to stay a little bit longer but once they brought out Fall Out Boy I was out....I was too tired....left about 2:30am....so someone else needs to fill in the rest and anything I missed because I had to get home to bed since I got up at 6:30....check out my post time.....oh yeah I am tired....huge bags under my eyes....

Nice meeting you buildingblocks and thebiatch....nice seeing you again Sweeney....

Questo....I tried not to stand in front so I could get your sticks....I know you were gonna give em to me.....but man you like never left the stage.....next time....

Whitney

It was a great event. The scene before was sucked ass. It took about 2 damn hours to get in. I barely made the cut because after they gave me my band I heard them say "only 3 more" so I know some people are pissed today. Dave Chappelle was in classic form, Bushwick Bill spit on the mic for a while and got his boogie on. Erykah got on stage with Wendy from Prince's Revolution band and her sister, Big Daddy Kane ripped, Snoop passed the mic and the blunt, Warren G and Yo Yo also there. Ne yo did sang about 2 songs, Martin Luther, Capt Kirk did one rock song, David Banner did a couple. It got real slow at the end with a couple of newer artists that were ok. Dice Raw got on for a minute, The dude from Fall Out Boy did Prince's "Kiss". Ehh whatever. Celebrities I spotted, Don Cheadle, Spike Lee, Queen Latifah, a few actreses I know by face but not by name. I stayed to the end which was about 3am. Tired as hell but worth it. Definetly a great time.

I couldnt think of another way to turn 25 at midnight than Badu on stage (finally got to peep the ass in person...wow!!!). My personal hightlight was Big Daddy Kane, common and snoop passing the blunt to the crowd. Cee lo killed it and Bushwick bill was loaded on stage acting a fool. When BT showed up he took the time to stop and give me a pound and chop it up for a few minutes, that was cool as hell i didnt even go up to him. The line outside was thick i was fortunate to show up early enough to get in the door(im sure there is alot of pissed off people right now). I spotted a few people in the crowd Will I Am, David Banner,Queen Latifah,Ron Jeremy and that white guy that owns that cat house thats on HBO. I bounced at around 2:30 with a big ass smile on my face and on my 6th Bacardi and coke(which was free all night) and im at work with an hour and half worth of sleep. Best night i have ever had thanks OKP!!

Erykah does have a nice onion :)

And from reading some of your reviews, I think last year's may have been better.

This year was much better. Too tired to go into detail, but I enjoyed myself a lot more this year, better performances. Not that last year sucked or anything.

Here's my recap of the jam session (up till about 2:30, it seemed to be winding down a little......plus the parking garage closed at 3 and I had to work at 8)

The order from what I remember:
-Don Cheadle (Didn't really do much but he's one of my favorite actors so it warrants mentioning)

-Dave Chappelle (Dude was cracking me up all night.....particularly with the "Piss on You" performance)

-The Roots (Web, Star, Dynamite, Stay Cool)

-Funk Shway featuring Doyle Bramhall II (of SRV, Fiona, mad other people fame), Wendy (of the Revolution), Susannah Melvoin (The Family), Mike Elizado (Dre's bassist), James Poyser, Quest, and Miss Erykah Badu aka "Lowdown" Lorretta Brown. These guys took a moment to get things moving but they eventually took off. Doyle is a sick guitarist and once Badu took the lead vocally she did her thing (and she remains one of the most beautifull female artists I've ever laid eyes on in person). That "Annie Don't Wear No Panties" joint at the end of their mini-set was mind-bending.

-Big Daddy Kane who still rocks a stage as well as anyone (Ain't No Half Steppin', Raw, Set it Off, Warm it up Kane)

-Common (Act Too-Love of my Life, The Light w/Badu)

-Kweli (Get By)

Starts getting blurry here but:

-Bushwick Bill! WTF?!? Seeing this dude was pretty crazy. He did some verse I didn't recognize and then his "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" verse. You could tell he didn't want to give up the mic or get off the stage.

-David Banner (cleaned up with a jacket and tie on). Played something into "Like a Pimp", even had the Roots playing in Screw-mode at one point.

-Somewhere in here: Omarion, Neo, Martin Luther......I don't know, I was much bigger on the hip-hop portions of the show outside of Badu's participation (did I mention I'm in love with her?).

-SNOOOOOOOP!! You can tell a star when you see one and this dude is that. He basically just came out and freestyled while pulling blunts from his Steelers cigarette case. The band backed him up with a few trademark beats, including "G Thing", "Dre Day", and "Drop it Like It's Hot".

-Captain Kirk did some solo rock stuff that to be honest I wasn't really feeling too much but to be honest it might have just been the setting and the fact that he was following legends onstage.

I left at about 2:30, I waited online for almost 2 hours (which is a personal record I believe, especially since I was solo), and I slept about 3 hours or so.......and I couldn't be happier about it.

Star sightings offstage: The Roots, Badu, Bill Maher, Spike Lee....that's about all I can think of at the moment, VIP upstairs was maxed out by the time I got in which is probably where most folks were at.

Much love to Okayplayer fam for getting me in, to all the great artists who participated, to the Key Club bartenders/bouncers, and to all those who sponsered the event. I hope to be a part of this next year as well.