Esteemed veteran hip-hop band The Roots will be the house band for the upcoming Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on NBC and are said to be working hard at writing musical interludes for the show.
While many are wary of what this may do to their cred--Gawker called it "the cultural equivalent of Miles Davis playing his horn on the subway platform to back up a semi-trained dancing spider monkey"--the Philadelphia-based band itself are said to be looking forward to the normalcy in their personal lives the gig would afford them. (It would be an hour commute to NYC via commuter train.) Not to mention the exposure and financial considerations involved, especially in these dire economic times in which they've seen their concert revenue decrease.
Cheers to you, guys. You just gave us a reason to watch the show. We hope it works out for the best.
