The Roots’ excellent new album Rising Down is the focus of this week’s Rolling Stone New Music Report. Click above for Contributing Editor Christian Hoard’s take on the beloved hip-hop band’s intense, propulsive new record.

• Review: The Roots’ Rising Down

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