The Roots sounded especially funky last night on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, thanks to one of Cincinnati’s greatest contributions to music, funkmaster Bootsy Collins. Collins lent his ample bottom end to The Roots’ between-segment jams (and even played on some silly skit background music with the group). Collins and his new bandmates closed the show out with a rendition of the Parliament Funkadelic classic “We Want the Funk.” Check the clip below.—-
This article appears in Mar 23-29, 2011.