The Roots – Redford/Possibility/Will To Power

Three new tracks from The Roots’ upcoming concept album undun have emerged. Stereogum premieres three cuts “Redford,” “Possibility” and “Will To Power” which perfectly outline the overall concept of the highly anticipated album. The LP centers around a man named Redford Stephens which is inspired by the character “Redford,” a short instrumental piece from the Sufjan Stevens album Michigan. ?uestlove offered following explanation to Spin:

We’ve always loved the song “Redford” from Michigan. So we close the new album with a cover of “Redford.” We stretched it out into this four-part movement. Part 1 is Sufjan at the piano performing it. And then Part 2 is a string quartet that we had interpret it. Part 3 is myself and D.D. Jackson, who is an avant-garde piano player. He’s probably one of the most dangerous pianists — I don’t know how he doesn’t have carpal tunnel now. But he just destroys, literally, destroys the piano. The final movement, which ends the record, is essentially the beginning of the story. But it’s the last thing you hear. It’s a very powerful piece of work.

Listen to all three tunes over at Stereogum.