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Roots News

Roots man blogs from ambulance following tour bus crash

'We are sooo alive right now' says ?uestlove

  • Nov 20, 2008

Roots Manuva tests V Festival audience 'fitness'

Rapper teases Staffordshire crowd with biggest hit

  • Aug 17, 2008

The Roots announce UK dates

Grammy award winning hip-hoppers due here later this year

  • Jul 22, 2008

The Roots man to produce new Al Green album

Ahmir '?uestlove' Thomson is working with the legend

  • Feb 9, 2007

ROOTS RETURN!

The rap group play shows in support of new album 'The Tipping Point'...

  • Aug 18, 2004

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Roots Pictures

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YouTube Roots Videos

The Roots - The Seed (2.0): OG Lyrics Version

The Roots - The Seed (2.0): OG Lyrics Version (04:20)

Music video by The Roots performing The Seed (2.0): OG Lyrics Version with Lynn Pateman [Video Producer], Jesse Peretz [Video Director] (C) 2002 Geffen Records

The Roots - You Got Me

The Roots - You Got Me (04:33)

Music video by The Roots performing You Got Me (C) 1999 Geffen Records

The Roots - The Seed (2.0): Broadcast Version

The Roots - The Seed (2.0): Broadcast Version (04:20)

Music video by The Roots performing The Seed (2.0): Broadcast Version with Lynn Pateman [Video Producer], Jesse Peretz [Video Director] (C) 2002 Geffen Records

The Roots - The Next Movement

The Roots - The Next Movement (03:54)

Music video by The Roots performing The Next Movement with The Grand Wizards [Producer], Charles Stone [Video Director], Wendi Giles [Video Producer], Lisa Ruffler [Video Producer] (C) 1999 Geffen Records

The Roots - Break You Off: Original Version

The Roots - Break You Off: Original Version (04:03)

Music video by The Roots performing Break You Off: Original Version with Jessy Terrero [Video Director], Jeff Selis [Video Editor], Geomar Wells [Video Producer] (C) 2002 Geffen Records

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Roots Reviews

Roots  : London Camden Jazz Cafe

Roots : London Camden Jazz Cafe

Trust us: the full tour in March will be legend

  • Feb 4, 2003

Boston Avalon

This is more of a [b]Roots[/b] 'experience' than a [b]Roots[/b] concert...

  • Oct 6, 2000

London WC2 Astoria

[B]The Roots[/B] play to an audience which was theirs anyway, but which they bust several sweats to win over...

  • Mar 30, 1999

Things Fall Apart

Erudite, literate and keenly aware of their surroundings, Philadelphia's [B]The Roots[/B] have become an anomaly in hip-hop...

  • Feb 23, 1999

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Roots Biography

The Roots are a Grammy Award-winning, American alternative hip hop band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are famed for beginning with a jazzy, eclectic approach to hip hop which still includes live instrumentals. Their debut album was released in 1993 and they have collaborated with a wide range of artists from different genres, including Roy Ayers and Cody Chesnutt. The Roots have generated a great deal of critical acclaim and influenced numerous rap and R&B acts. On March 2, 2009, The Roots became the house band on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

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Roots's Best Songs

  • 1. Seed 2.0, The (featuring Cody
  • 2. Seed 2.0, The (featuring Cody Chestnutt)
  • 3. Burning And Lootin
  • 4. Rock You
  • 5. Seed 2.0
  • 6. The Seed 2.0
  • 7. Don't Say Nuthin'
  • 8. Quills
  • 9. Pussy Galore
  • 10. The Seed
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Roots Discography

Roots albums.

  • Rising Down - 28/04/2008 (Def Jam Recordings/GB)
  • Game Theory - 29/08/2006 (Def Jam Recordings/US)
  • Organix - 24/10/2005 (Scenario Records/GB)
  • The Tipping Point - 12/07/2004 (Universal Island Records/GB)
  • The Tipping Point (disc 1) - (Geffen Records/US)
  • The Tipping Point (disc 2) - (Geffen Records/US)
  • Phrenology - 12/2002 (MCA Records Ltd./GB)
  • Things Fall Apart - 23/02/1999 (MCA Records/US)
  • Illadelph Halflife - 24/09/1996 (Geffen Records/US)
  • Do You Want More?!!!??! - 17/01/1995 (Geffen Records/US)

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