Roots : London Camden Jazz Cafe
Amidst December's glut of hip-hop albums, The Roots ' 'Phrenology' was an endlessly fascinating late challenger for 2002's album of the year. For the best part of a decade now, the Philadelphia crew have fused rap with live funk, been...
Boston Avalon
Lyrically and musically The Roots are a band that are nothing else if not tight. The bang-on band part of The Roots - bassist Hub , keyboardist Kamal and the impressively Afro-ed funky drummer - get loose and most definitely down live,...
London WC2 Astoria
Yeah, The Roots are live hip-hop, but that ain't what makes 'em special. What makes The Roots special is just how good their itchy, firebrand hip-hop is. Never mind that their new 'Things Fall Apart' album is one of those 'sleeper' LPs...
Things Fall Apart
Erudite, literate and keenly aware of their surroundings, Philadelphia's The Roots have become an anomaly in hip-hop - even though they arguably stay truest to its original spirit. Black Thought , ?uestlove and their compatriots might be a...
