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The Roots
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The Roots are an influential, Grammy Award-winning American hip hop 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 the "hip-hop band" concept pioneered by Stetsasonic, The Roots themselves have garnered critical acclaim and influenced later hip-hop and R&B acts.
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...
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Top 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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ExplicitDon't Say Nuthin' | The Tipping Point | 3:35 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitRising Down | Rising Down (Bonus Track Version) | 3:40 | $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 |
