Black Thought puts Hip Hop on notice with the release of his ‘Streams of Thought, Vol. 1’ EP.

While he still has everyone’s attention The Roots’ Black Thought releases ‘Streams of Thought, Vol. 1‘, a project he’s billing as his “debut EP” and the first in a series of three. The EP inlcudes features from Rapsody, Styles P, and Kirby with production from 9th Wonder and The Soul Council,

“The Roots brand always has to be maintained, and we’re just at a place now where prime-time TV affords us a different sort of visibility,” he said, referring to their Tonight Show gig. “I’m able to kind of take a step back and focus on some of the other creative energy that I still need to get out. None of this is my solo album. It’s just a chance to see me in a different light doing a different thing.”

The cover of Vol. 1 is a piece by the artist Rashid Johnson titled Untitled Anxious Audience.

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