The Roots

The Roots

Biography

The Roots, a.k.a. The Legendary Roots Crew, are an influential, Grammy Award-winning American band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, famed for a heavily jazzy sound and live instrumentation. They made their debut in 1993 and have gone on to collaborate with artists from a range of genres, such as Roy Ayers and Cody Chesnutt. Inspired by Stetsasonic, The Roots themselves have garnered critical acclaim and influenced later beat and R&B acts.

The Roots's Official Website

The Roots's Wikipedia Page



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Reviews & Previews

Shilo Urban

Get out your history textbooks because what went down last night at Neumos with ?uestlove and Black Thought was Old School, straight up and down li... (blog.culturemob.com)

Jonathan Cunningham

You never know what you're going to get when you see the Roots concert. The band has roughly 14 years of material to pull from and 10 albums full o... (blogs.miaminewtimes.com)

User Reviews

The Roots Videos

The Roots Discography

All Night Long (Common ft. Erykah Badu)

Back To Mine: Everything But The Girl

Bait Soundtrack

Blade 2 OST

Come Alive

Distortion to Static Remixes

Do This Well (disc 1)

Do You Want More?

Do You Want More?!!!??!

Don't Say Nothin

Don't Say Nuthin'-VLS

Dont Say Nuthin

Fish Market

Freestyle (feat. RZA)

Game Theory

Game Theory (Bonus Track Version)

Havok's Ass Bag Volume 7

Hip Hop

Hip Hop Collection: The Roots

Home Grown! The Beginner's Guide To Understanding The Roots, Vol. 2

Home Grown! The Beginner's Guide to Understanding the Roots, Volume 1

Illadelph Halflife

Instrumental Album (Limited Edition)

LIVE

Live May 30, 1999

Mellow My Roots

Men In Black