The Roots eagerly anticipated 9th studio album, 'How I Got Over', set for release on Def Jam Recordings.

Key tracks include re-imaginings of Monsters Of Folk's 'Dear God' feat. Yim Yames, Joanna Newsom's 'Book Of Right On' for the new Roots track 'Right On,' and John Legend's 'again' for The Roots' 'Doin' It Again'.

The Roots' 3rd Def Jam album - follows Rising Down (2008) and Grammy-nominated Game Theory (2006), with Grammy-nominated single, 'Don't Feel Right'

To call it 'long-awaited' or 'eagerly anticipated' would be the understatement of the year - as hip-hop's most daring pioneers the Roots release their 9th studio album (and third for Def Jam Recordings) on June 22nd, HOW I GOT OVER. The album, which takes its name from Clara Ward's gospel classic (made popular by Mahalia Jackson), is the Roots' first new release since joining Late Night with Jimmy Fallon for a full time gig as the show's house band. Grammy Award winners the Roots characterize the songs on HOW I GOT OVER as 'depicting the everyman's search for hope in this dispiriting post-hope zeitgeist'.