The Roots-trummisen och Oscars-belönade regissören Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson har gett en välkommen update kring gruppens kommande album. I en intervju med HipHopDX berättar han mer om uppföljaren till 2014 års “…And Then You Shoot Your Cousin” och hur Oscars-vinsten för filmen “Summer of Soul” skapat lyxiga problem för honom.

“Here’s the weird thing. In a normal world, I would’ve done this film, it would’ve came out and I would’ve promoted it for maybe eight to 12 weeks. And then, once it’s done its thing, then it’s over. And of course, a funny thing happened was that Disney’s like, ‘Hey, this is Oscar caliber.’ And I’m like, ‘Huh? You sure?’”, säger han och fortsätter:

“And so, that part of my life, I didn’t plan. I mean, I’m glad it happened, but what it did do was it pushed our album back from happening. So right now, there is a very short window before I start my second movie.”

Den andra filmen som Questlove refererar till är dokumentären om soulikonen Sly Stone från Sly and The Family Stone som ska börja filmas i oktober. Det innebär att The Roots har drygt två månader på sig att färdigställa skivan, något som dock inte verkar helt omöjligt.

“I have a short window now to just knock it out. And so we’re doing a bunch of dates right now. As soon as we get back from Japan in August, I’m just going to […] It took us two weeks to do Organix. It took us three months to do Do You Want More?!!?!”

“We’ve been working on this album for six years, so I’ll say that we’re 60 percent done. And the fact that it still sounds good, even after six years of starting and stopping, that’s how timeless it is, and it’s a return to form.”

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