10-16-2008
Whatup everyone, it's been a super busy week here at MooseShirts. We have an exciting new brand available - Suvas - engineered by a main designer for 10 Deep. Also, we have new seasons for Listen Clothing, Subscript, & Rocksmith. For our lady fans we have restocks on women's Akomplice gear, including Tanks dresses and With The Wind dresses. Also available are two Chicken & Waffles hats from Undrcrwn, and Crooks & Castles collab shirts by Sneaktip.
In other news, the World Series is here, and so to get ready for this party-intensive time, we have a two-tier coupon available. For those spending under $100, coupon world08 will give you 15% off your order and for orders over $100 coupon code series08 will give you 20% off your order (both expire late October 23rd. Enter coupon codes on the bottom of the shopping cart page).
Finally, check out our new blog at blog.mooseshirts.com. Email us at info@mooseshirts.com with suggestions on what you'd like to see on the site/ blog, and we'll make it happen.
The Roots formed in 1987 when rapper Black Thought (Tariq Trotter) and drummer ?uestlove (Ahmir Khalib Thompson) became friends at the Philadelphia High School for Creative Performing Arts. Playing around school, on the sidewalk, and later at talent shows (with ?uestlove's drum kit backing Black Thought's rhymes), the pair began to earn money and hooked up with bassist Hub (Leon Hubbard) and rapper Malik B. When they were invited to represent stateside hip-hop at a concert in Germany, the Roots recorded an album to sell at shows; the result, Organix, was released in 1993 on Remedy Records.
The Roots' first major-label album, Do You Want More?!!!??!, was released in January 1995; forsaking usual hip-hop protocol, the album was produced without any samples or previously recorded material. Two of the guests on the album who had toured around with the band, human beatbox Rahzel the Godfather of Noyze -- previously a performer with Grandmaster Flash and LL Cool J -- and Scott Storch (later Kamal) became permanent members of the group.
Early in 1996, the Roots released Clones, the trailer single for their second album. It hit the rap Top Five, and created a good buzz for the album. The following September, Illadelph Halflife appeared and made number 21 on the album charts. Much like its predecessor, though, the Roots' second LP was a difficult listen. It made several very small concessions to mainstream rap -- the bandmembers sampled material that they had recorded earlier at jam sessions -- but failed to make a hit of their unique sound. The Roots' third album, 1999's Things Fall Apart, was easily their biggest critical and commercial success; The Roots Come Alive followed later that year.
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