The Roots
(feat. Busta Rhymes, Joell Ortiz & Nate Ruess)
"My Shot (Rise Up Remix)"
“So the show is done. Cast album is out. Now we begin planning The Hamilton Mixtape. Remixes & Covers & Inspired bys. FOR REAL. GET READY.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda
ABOUT HAMILTON – AN AMERICAN MUSICAL
- Hit Broadway Musical about founding father Alexander Hamilton
o Hamilton was George Washington’s right hand during the revolution
o Wrote “The Federalist Papers” which developed into The Constitution of the United States
o He served as the first Treasury Secretary of The United States
o Founded the US National Bank (which still exists today)
o Had the first national sex scandal in The United States
o Died in a duel against Vice President Aaron Burr
- Based off of the Biography of Alexander Hamilton by historian Ron Chernow
- Uses hip-hop, rap, and R&B to tell the story of the founding father
- Music and lyrics by Grammy, Emmy, and Tony award winner, Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Lin-Manuel originally starred in the show as Alexander Hamilton
- Nominated for a record 16 Tony Awards, winning 11 including Best Musical, Best Music, Best Actor, and Best Actress
- Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama
- George Washington Book Prize Winner
- The cast of Hamilton performed at The White House for the President and First Lady (watch)
- 60 Minutes presents a special on Hamilton The Musical and cast album (watch)
- PBS airs a special on Hamilton titled “Hamilton’s America” featuring footage from the Broadway show (watch)
- The show is open in both New York & Chicago, and will be opening in San Francisco, Los Angeles and London in late
2017
ABOUT THE CAST ALBUM
- RIAA certified 2x Platinum
- Grammy Award winner for Best Broadway Cast Recording
- Highest debuting cast album in over 50 years
- Highest streaming debut of a cast album ever
- First cast recording to spend over 5 weeks in the Billboard Top 200 albums chart
- Reached #1 on the Rap Albums chart; the first cast album to ever do so
- Received the first ever 5 out of 5 star Billboard album review
- Received 4.5 out of 5 stars by Rolling Stone Magazine
- NAACP image award nominee for Outstanding Duo, Group, or Collaboration
- Performed the opening number “Alexander Hamilton” at the 54th Grammy Awards (watch)
- Performed at the 2016 Tony Awards (watch)
ABOUT THE MIXTAPE
- Companion album to the Hamilton Original Broadway Cast Recording
- A collection of songs from Hamilton that are remixed and covered by today’s top artists
- Executive produced by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson & Tarik “Black Thought” Trotter for The Roots
- Featured artists include...
o Sia
o Common
o Alicia Keys
o Usher
o Chance The Rapper o Regina Spektor
o Jimmy Fallon
o The Roots
- Includes
- Already featured in Vanity Fair, The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, Billboard Magazine & more!
- Lin-Manuel and Chance the Rapper cover Complex Magazine to promote The Hamilton Mixtape
3 unreleased demos from the musical Hamilton recorded by Lin-Manuel Miranda
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