The Roots (1987 - )

Group - United States US hip hop group

Releases (40)

Official

Album

  1. Organix 1993
  2. Do You Want More?!!!??! 24 Oct 1994
  3. Illadelph Halflife 24 Sep 1996
  4. Things Fall Apart 22 Feb 1999
  5. Phrenology 26 Nov 2002
  6. The Tipping Point 12 Jul 2004
  7. Game Theory 25 Aug 2006
  8. Rising Down 25 Apr 2008
  9. How I Got Over 21 Jun 2010
  10. undun 05 Dec 2011
  11. …and Then You Shoot Your Cousin 19 May 2014

Album - Live

  1. The Roots Come Alive 02 Nov 1999

Album - Compilation

  1. Things Come Together 1999
  2. Do This Well Dec 2004
  3. Home Grown! The Beginner's Guide to Understanding The Roots, Volume 1 15 Nov 2005
  4. Home Grown! The Beginner's Guide to Understanding The Roots, Volume 2 15 Nov 2005
  5. Home Grown! The Beginner's Guide to Understanding the Roots, Vols. 1 & 2 15 Nov 2005

Album - Mixtape/Street

  1. The Best of the Roots 08 Aug 2006

Album - Remix

  1. Distortion to Static Remixes

Single

  1. Silent Treatment 1995
  2. What They Do 1996
  3. Clones / Section 1996
  4. The Next Movement 1999
  5. Don't Say Nuthin 2004
  6. I Don’t Care 18 Jan 2005
  7. Marathon Man (remix) 11 Sep 2007
  8. Champion 27 May 2016

EP

  1. The Roots From the Ground Up 1994
  2. The Legendary 20 Jul 1999

Other - Live

  1. Live in Zurich '97 1997

Promotion

Album - Live

  1. Nagoya Blue Note: September 7, 2004 2004

Album - Compilation

  1. Dilla Joints Apr 2010

EP

  1. Come Alive (Clean Album Sampler) 1999

Bootleg

Album - Live

  1. Live Au Festival Rock En Seine 11 Jun 2013
  2. Montreux Jazzfest 2003

Album - Compilation

  1. Instrumental Album 2000
  2. Hip Hop Collection 2002
  3. Organamix (Does Anyone Like Good Music?) Roots Rare & Remixed 2007
  4. Mellow My Roots

EP - Live

  1. Roots Live

Relationships (20)

Founded By

  1. Malik B
  2. Black Thought
  3. ?uestlove

Members

  1. Malik B ( - 2001) original
  2. Black Thought original
  3. ?uestlove original
  4. Rahzel (1995 - 1999)
  5. Scratch (1998 - 2003)
  6. “Captain” Kirk Douglas (2002)
  7. Frank "Knuckles" Walker (2002)
  8. Owen Biddle (Sep 2007 - Aug 2011)
  9. Mark Kelley (Aug 2011)
  10. Martin Luther McCoy electric guitar
  11. Ben Kenney ( - 2002)
  12. Hub ( - 31 Aug 2007)
  13. Ebony Joi
  14. Kamal Gray
  15. Dave Guy
  16. Scott Storch ( - 1995)
  17. James Poyser

Recordings by (431)

  1. The Roots Is Comin’ 1:17 (1993)
  2. Pass the Popcorn 5:32 (1993)
  3. The Anti‐Circle 3:48 (1993)
  4. Writer’s Block 1:45 (1993)
  5. Good Music (prelude) 1:00 (1993)
  6. Grits 6:36 (1993)
  7. Leonard I–V 4:06 (1993)
  8. I’m Out Deah 4:11 (1993)
  9. Essawhamah? (live at Soulshack) 4:21 (1993)
  10. There’s a RIOT Goin’ On 0:13 (1993)
  11. Popcorn Revisited 4:06 (1993)
  12. Peace 1:16 (1993)
  13. Common Dust 5:04 (1993)
  14. The Session (Longest Posse Cut in History 12:43) 12:45 (1993)
  15. Syreeta’s Having My Baby 0:42 (1993)
  16. Carryin’ On 1:26 (1993)
  17. Good Music 4:35 (1993)
  18. Intro / There’s Something Goin’ On 1:18 (24 Oct 1994)
  19. Proceed 4:35 (24 Oct 1994)
  20. Distortion to Static 4:18 (24 Oct 1994)
  21. Mellow My Man 4:41 (24 Oct 1994)
  22. I Remain Calm 4:08 (24 Oct 1994)
  23. Datskat 3:40 (24 Oct 1994)
  24. Lazy Afternoon 5:06 (24 Oct 1994)
  25. ? vs. Rahzel 3:18 (24 Oct 1994)
  26. Do You Want More?!!!??! 3:21 (24 Oct 1994)
  27. What Goes On, Pt. 7 5:32 (24 Oct 1994)
  28. Essaywhuman?!!!??! 4:59 (24 Oct 1994)
  29. Swept Away 3:50 (24 Oct 1994)
  30. You Ain’t Fly 4:42 (24 Oct 1994)
  31. Silent Treatment 6:52 (24 Oct 1994)
  32. The Lesson, Pt. 1 5:12 (24 Oct 1994)
  33. The Unlocking 8:11 (24 Oct 1994)
  34. It’s Comin’ 6:27 (1994)
  35. Dat Scat 5:14 (1994)
  36. Worldwide (London Groove) 8:13 (1994)
  37. Do You Want More?! 3:30 (1994)
  38. Silent Treatment (radio edit) 4:32 (1994)
  39. The Lesson Part 2 5:21 (1994)
  40. Lazy Afternoon (alternate version) 5:06 (1994)
  41. Silent Treatment (Kelo's mix-clean) 4:07 (1995)
  42. Silent Treatment (Da Beatminerz mix-clean) 4:19 (1995)
  43. Silent Treatment (Street mix) 7:00 (1995)
  44. Silent Treatment (Da Beatminerz bonus beats) 2:05 (1995)
  45. Silent Treatment (Black Thought's '87 You and Yours mix-clean) 4:38 (1995)
  46. Silent Treatment (Question's mix-clean) 4:55 (1995)
  47. Silent Treatment (Kelo's bonus Beats) 2:01 (1995)
  48. Silent Treatment (Black Thought's bonus beats) 2:00 (1995)
  49. Dat Skat 3:43 (1995)
  50. The Good, The Bad and The Desolate 4:06 (10 Sep 1996)
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On Recordings (50)

Performer

  1. Summertime 6:01 Bobby Womack + The Roots (06 Oct 1998)
  2. Burnin’ and Lootin’ 4:53 Bob Marley with The Roots featuring Black Thought (26 Oct 1999)
  3. The Roots (interlude) 0:57 Jill Scott (10 Jul 2000)
  4. Lift Your Fist 3:48 Guru feat. The Roots (03 Oct 2000) guest
  5. Rock Me Baby 7:46 B.B. King, Trey Anastasio, and The Roots (2001) additional
  6. Return to Innocence Lost 5:41 Ursula Rucker with The Roots (2003)
  7. Funky Kingston 4:06 Toots & The Maytals feat. Bootsy Collins & The Roots (06 Apr 2004)
  8. Funky Kingston 4:05 Toots & The Maytals feat. The Roots (2004)

Instruments

  1. Hurricane 5:37 Black Thought, Common, Mos Def, Dice Raw, Flo Brown, Jazzyfatnastees & The Roots (11 Jan 2000)

Vocals

  1. Da Jawn 5:19 Bahamadia (02 Apr 1996) guest

Remixed

  1. Montara 4:53 Bobby Hutcherson feat. The Roots (06 May 1996)
  2. I Confess (The Roots remix) (a cappella) 3:46 Bahamadia (1996)
  3. I Confess (The Roots remix) 3:59 Bahamadia (1996)
  4. I Confess (The Roots remix) (instrumental) 3:58 Bahamadia (1996)
  5. Tabou (Roots remix) 4:11 Les Nubians (22 Sep 1998)
  6. Tabou (The Roots remix without rap) 3:47 Les Nubians (1999)
  7. Tabou (The Roots remix with rap) 4:10 Les Nubians (1999)
  8. Remind Me of Self (Roots remix) 3:58 Common (2001)
  9. Montara (The Roots remix) 4:37 Bobby Hutcherson (2003)

Produced Material That Was Sampled In

  1. Apprehension 4:39 Don Cherry with The Watts Prophets (Oct 1994) spoken vocals

Produced

  1. Da Jawn 5:19 Bahamadia (02 Apr 1996)
  2. Otherside of the Game 6:33 Erykah Badu (11 Feb 1997)
  3. Sometimes (mix #9) 0:44 Erykah Badu (11 Feb 1997)
  4. Sometimes… 4:10 Erykah Badu (11 Feb 1997)
  5. The ’Notic 5:20 The Roots feat. D’Angelo (01 Jul 1997)
  6. All Night Long 7:35 Common feat. Erykah Badu (30 Sep 1997)
  7. Why 4:45 Eric Benét & The Roots (17 Feb 1998)
  8. Cold Blooded 4:58 Common feat. Rahzel, Roy Hargrove & Black Thought (28 Mar 2000)
  9. Big Pimpin’ (album version) 4:05 JAY‐Z (12 Jun 2000)
  10. Lift Your Fist 3:48 Guru feat. The Roots (03 Oct 2000)
  11. Izzo (H.O.V.A) 5:08 JAY‐Z (18 Dec 2001)
  12. Can't Knock the Hustle / Family Affair 6:06 Jay‐Z feat. Mary J. Blige (18 Dec 2001)
  13. Jigga What, Jigga Who 2:34 JAY‐Z (18 Dec 2001)
  14. Can I Get A… 1:42 JAY‐Z (18 Dec 2001)
  15. Ain’t No 1:01 JAY‐Z (18 Dec 2001)
  16. Star 4:25 Sly & the Family Stone w/ The Roots (13 Jul 2005)
  17. Long Time 4:21 The Roots feat. Peedi Peedi & Bunny Sigler (25 Aug 2006)
  18. Don’t Feel Right 4:08 The Roots feat. Maimouna Youssef (25 Aug 2006)
  19. Livin’ in a New World 1:47 The Roots feat. John‐John of Nouveau Riche (25 Aug 2006)
  20. Game Theory 4:01 The Roots feat. Malik B (25 Aug 2006)
  21. Can’t Stop This 8:35 The Roots (25 Aug 2006)
  22. Cops See Fogel’s ID / Seth Saves Evan 4:11 The Roots feat. Dice Raw of Nouveau Riche & Malik B (25 Aug 2006)
  23. Atonement 2:35 The Roots feat. Jack Davey of J*Davey (25 Aug 2006)
  24. Take It There 2:50 The Roots feat. Wadud Ahmad (25 Aug 2006)
  25. Clock With No Hands 4:23 The Roots feat. Mercedes Martinez of Jazzfatnastees (25 Aug 2006)
  26. Baby 2:50 The Roots feat. John‐John of Nouveau Riche (25 Aug 2006)
  27. In the Music 4:06 The Roots feat. Malik B & Porn (25 Aug 2006)
  28. I Will Not Apologize 4:34 The Roots feat. Porn & Dice Raw (25 Apr 2008)
  29. Becoming Unwritten 0:36 The Roots (25 Apr 2008)
  30. Criminal 4:08 The Roots feat. Truck North & Saigon (25 Apr 2008)

Credited as (275)

  1. The Roots
  2. John Legend & The Roots
  3. BT & The Roots
  4. DJ Krush + The Roots
  5. Jennifer Hudson feat. The Roots
  6. The Roots feat. Erykah Badu
  7. The Roots feat. Malik B
  8. The Roots feat. Maimouna Youssef
  9. The Roots feat. Malik B & Porn
  10. The Roots feat. Wadud Ahmad
  11. The Roots feat. John-John of Nouveau Riche
  12. The Roots feat. Dice Raw of Nouveau Riche & Malik B
  13. The Roots feat. Peedi Peedi & Bunny Sigler
  14. The Roots feat. Mercedes Martinez of Jazzfatnastees
  15. The Roots feat. Jack Davey of J*Davey
  16. The Roots feat. Dice Raw of Nouveau Riche
  17. The Roots feat. Mercedes Martinez of The Jazzyfatnastees
  18. The Roots feat. Cody ChesnuTT
  19. John Legend & The Roots feat. Black Thought
  20. John Legend & The Roots feat. Common & Melanie Fiona
  21. John Legend & The Roots feat. C.L. Smooth
  22. John Legend & The Roots feat. Malik Yusef
  23. The Roots & Bahamadia
  24. The Roots feat. Musiq
  25. The Roots feat. Musiq Soulchild & Musiq
  26. The Roots feat. Truck North, P.O.R.N. & Dice Raw
  27. The Roots feat. Monsters of Folk
  28. The Roots feat. Blu, P.O.R.N. & Dice Raw
  29. The Roots feat. Phonte & Dice Raw
  30. The Roots feat. Dice Raw
  31. The Roots feat. Blu, Phonte & Patty Crash
  32. The Roots feat. Joanna Newsom & STS
  33. The Roots feat. John Legend
  34. The Roots feat. Peedi Peedi & Truck North
  35. The Roots feat. STS
  36. The Roots feat. Big K.R.I.T. & Dice Raw
  37. The Roots feat. Greg Porn & Truck North
  38. The Roots feat. Bilal Oliver & Greg Porn
  39. The Roots feat. Greg Porn
  40. The Roots feat. Nelly Furtado
  41. The Roots feat. Talib Kweli
  42. The Roots feat. Jill Scott
  43. The Roots feat. Talib Kweli & Dice Raw
  44. Morcheeba feat. The Roots & Mr. Coplex
  45. The Roots feat. Ursula Rucker
  46. The Roots feat. Musiq Soulchild
  47. Guru feat. The Roots
  48. The Roots feat. Roy Ayers
  49. The Roots feat. Jill Scott and Eve
  50. The Roots feat. Jaguar Wright
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Works (2)

Wrote

  1. Otherside of the Game
  2. Sometimes...

Events (25)

Main Performer At

  1. Soundset 2016
  2. 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards
  3. One World: Together at Home
  4. Wireless Festival 2012, Day 1: Main Stage
  5. BET Awards 2016
  6. North Sea Jazz Festival 2017, Day 1: Nile Stage time
  7. Vegoose 2006, Sunday: Jokers Wild Stage time
  8. Glastonbury Festival 1998, day 2: Jazz World Stage time
  9. Planeta Terra Festival 2013 time
  10. Summerfest 2016, Day 5: Miller Lite Oasis time
  11. Lollapalooza 2007, day 2: Bud Light Stage time
  12. Southside 2003, Day 3, Hauptbühne time
  13. Summerfest 2012, Day 4: Miller Lite Oasis time
  14. Summerfest 2009, Day 9: Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard time
  15. Southside 2003
  16. Reading Festival 2004, day 2: Main Stage
  17. 2012‐03‐02: Studio 6B, GE Building, Rockefeller Center, New York City, NY, USA
  18. 2012 Bonnaroo Music Festival, Day 3: What Stage
  19. Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2007, Day 3: Coachella Stage
  20. Later... with Jools Holland: Series 13, Episode 4
  21. The Roots
  22. Rock Werchter 2003, day 2: Main Stage
  23. Open'er Festival 2007, day 1: Main Stage

Guest Performer At

  1. 2012‐07‐07: Festivalpladsen, Roskilde, Denmark
  2. 2010‐11‐16: Studio 6B, GE Building, Rockefeller Center, New York City, NY, USA

Links (30)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.theroots.com/

Other Databases

  1. http://musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/R/Roots,_The/
  2. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/the_roots
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no98062493
  4. http://www.musik-sammler.de/artist/3350
  5. https://d-nb.info/gnd/10297159-6
  6. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98062493
  7. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139681477

Lyrics Page

  1. http://muzikum.eu/en/122-9036/the-roots/lyrics.html
  2. https://genius.com/artists/The-roots

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/The+Roots

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/417487

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/76894

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000415906

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1437310/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/155086809

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1052139

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/5536

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/78xUyw6FkVZrRAtziFdtdu
  2. https://www.deezer.com/artist/239

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/id43680

Streaming Page

  1. https://tidal.com/artist/24996

Fan Pages

  1. http://brucebase.wikidot.com/relation:the-roots

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/80b3cf5e-18fe-4c59-98c7-e5bb87210710

Social Networking

  1. https://twitter.com/theroots
  2. https://www.facebook.com/TheRoots
  3. https://www.instagram.com/theroots/

Soundcloud

  1. https://soundcloud.com/the_roots

Myspace

  1. https://myspace.com/theroots

Youtube Channels

  1. https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRootsVEVO