Hiphop-gruppen och bandet The Roots från Philadelphia, med Black Thought och ?uestlove i spetsen, är i full fart med att spela in sitt sjuttonde (!) album som fått titeln “End Game”. Gruppen har under senaste åren varit mest i blickfånget som uppskattat husband på Jimmy Fallons TV-show. Senast gruppen släppte album var 2014 med skivan “& Then You Shoot Your Cousin”.

I en serie Instagram-klipp ger Questlove en inblick i arbetet bakom det nya albumet:

“In 1996 w our 3rd album #IlladelphHalflife we decided to be our own sampling source and jam in the day and sample ourselves at night” he says alongside a couple video clips. “20 years later we are working on our 17th album entitled #Endgame….& we startin all over again.”

& another one. Key to making music is to LOVE making music. It's 4:30am and we still in the zone. I'm not tryna knock the hustle (using music to survive) but the question lies in the passion of it all: if you don't have a passion for the music it will be a diminished return in your life. I still love music. Never has making an album been so cool. #Endgame day 3 @TheRoots

Ett filmklipp publicerat av Questlove Gomez (@questlove) Okt 20, 2016 kl. 1:18 PDT

Son. I can’t remember the last time I made 12 bangers in a 24 hour period. Came to the studio and knocked like 6 joints off w @StroElliot then went into the next studio to see what @SalaamRemi had cookin knocked those jawns out and right when I thought I was spent…..went to the upstairs room and got 2nd wind and made 7 CRAZY joints w @KarriemRiggins1—4am we still goin! #Endgame day 3

Ett filmklipp publicerat av Questlove Gomez (@questlove) Okt 20, 2016 kl. 12:59 PDT

In 1996 w our 3rd album #IlladelphHalflife we decided to be our own sampling source and jam in the day and sample ourselves at night. 20 years later we are working on our 17th album entitled #Endgame….& we startin all over again. Here the gawd @StroElliot is breaking out his get busy tools and making ish sound tight!

Ett filmklipp publicerat av Questlove Gomez (@questlove) Okt 17, 2016 kl. 10:11 PDT