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Album Review
The Roots’ third album for Def Jam and ninth studio set, How I Got Over, is the group’s first release since becoming the house band on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Crossing paths with the show’s musical guests has fostered collaborations that would not have occurred under any other circumstances. While the album features the likes of My Morning Jacket’s Jim James and Monsters of Folk, there are several less surprising contributions from Little Brother’s Phonte, Dice Raw, P.O.R.N., John Legend, and Jazzyfatnastees’ Mercedes Martinez.
Biography
Formed: 1987 in Philadelphia, PA
Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s
Though popular success has largely eluded the Roots, the Philadelphia group showed the way for live rap, building on Stetsasonic's "hip-hop band" philosophy of the mid-'80s by focusing on live instrumentation at their concerts and in the studio. Though their album works have been inconsistent affairs, more intent...
Full bioTop Albums and Songs By The Roots
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ExplicitYou Got Me | Things Fall Apart | 4:19 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Seed (2.0) (feat. Cody Chestnutt) | Phrenology (Explicit Version) | 4:27 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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The Fire | How I Got Over | 3:40 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitRising Down | Rising Down (Bonus Track Version) | 3:40 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe OtherSide (feat. Bilal Oliver & Greg Porn) | Undun | 4:03 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitHere I Come | Game Theory (Bonus Track Version) | 4:11 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitDon't Say Nuthin | Don't Say Nuthin - Single | 3:38 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitHow I Got Over | How I Got Over | 3:33 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Dear God 2.0 | How I Got Over | 3:51 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGame Theory | Game Theory (Bonus Track Version) | 4:01 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $10.99
- Genres: Hip-Hop/Rap, Music, Hardcore Rap, Alternative Rap
- Released: Jun 21, 2010
- ℗ 2010 The Island Def Jam Music Group
