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.
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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)
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)
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