The Roots Ready Their 13th Album And Drummer ?uestlove Says D'Angelo Is In The Home Stretch Of His Project

We’ve been waiting for the return of D’Angelo for eons now but word on the skreets is his long awaited third album is near completion.

Roots drummer ?uestlove opened up to Billboard.com about the project in a recent interview:

While Questo spoke of the many jobs he has, he revealed some work on a more elusive artist’s highly-anticipated album: D’Angelo. “I’m on his [D’Angelo’s] record as well,” he said. “He’s in the home stretch right now. I know that Fred Wesley and the JB Horns just did a cut that Q-Tip did; I know he’s doing his vocals right now.”

Hells yes! We’ve been waiting for this day to come for so long…

In the meantime we want to extend a big congratulations to The Roots on wrapping up their 13th album! Quest had this to say about their latest effort:

“We actually completed [the album] at five [o’clock] this morning, so it’s officially done,” ?uestlove tells Billboard.com’s The Juice of “Undun.” “It’s essentially a biographical narrative about Redford Stephens. Stephens [is] a composite of four or five people that we’ve known over the past few years from Philadelphia.” The album, which features Big K.R.I.T. and Phonte from Little Brother, tells Steven’s story backwards from his death to his birth.

When asked about The Roots’ incredible schedule, he took it all as just another day on the job. “It’s really not that hard. People are always amazed with the amount of projects and events that we’re involved in and the hardest thing about it is just staying the course and concentrating,” ?uestlove said. “I’ve just seen so many examples of people who take it for granted. You dream of being in a certain position and once you approach it you manage to sabotage it or you get off course. For us, that’s really not an option.”

Despite the hectic schedule, ?uestlove brings it into perspective with hard work. “We’re really highly responsible and very disciplined,” he said. “I take pride in the fact that this is our 13th record; not many hip-hop groups can even get to their 8th record.”

True True. Props to them!

But uh… back to this D’Angelo business. Can whoever is handling his affairs make sure they bring in celebrity trainer Mark Jenkins to get D looking like this again???