According to a Rolling Stone interview with the Roots’ drummer ?uestlove, NBC will no longer pay for published music. This means the Roots need to write about 200 new songs for the upcoming season. They have written about 55 to date.
Found this on The Hollywood Reporter and thought I would repost it here.
If you aren’t one of the 9 million people who have already seen it, give it a look. It’s wonderfully done. And it’s a copyright infringement. Fantastic!
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