Music: Hip-Hop's Next Wave

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On Dec. 11 and 12, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Roots will perform Prince's classic album 1999 in its entirety. It's another interesting turn by a band that lets its flaws show, keeps things loose, lets the chips fall where they may. On the Roots song The Next Movement, Black Thought raps, "Before it all come together/Things fall apart." The next movement is here.