Years Active: 1998-2008
Band Members: Rahzel, Scratch, Hub, ?uestlove, Scratch, Black Thought, Malik B.
Influenced by: A Tribe Called Quest, Beastie Boys, Digable Planets, De La Soul
Genre: Hip-Hop
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Jun 25 2009 12:30PM
by Sharks
Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop News
The Boombox Music Blog: The legendary Roots crew debuted a new track from their forthcoming album 'How I Got Over' last night on 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.' The song, which is the title track from the album, has been called "a prime slice of the Roots' socially ... Read moreJun 08 2009 8:30AM
by Tracey Ford
Filed under: Hip-Hop, Tours and Concerts
The Boombox Music Blog: If we had to give the 2nd Annual Roots picnic a theme, we'd simply say: Music unites the masses. Unarguably the best hip-hop band ever, The Roots, who scored a gig jamming for Jimmy Fallon Monday-Friday, packed approximately 7,000 music lovers and an ... Read moreFeb 13 2009 11:00AM
by Benjy Eisen
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02/13/09
The Roots Take Manhattan Philadelphia natives the Roots are relocating to New York City ...
Spinner
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11/20/08
The Roots Crash Tourbus in Paris The Roots got into an accident last night in Paris, whe...
The Boombox
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11/18/08
The Roots to Retire From Touring? This past weekend, ?uestlove announced via Youtube tha...
The Boombox
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06/29/09
Roots dig in with new album The Roots, performing at First Avenue on Thursday, debuted t...
Pioneer Press - St Paul MN
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06/25/09
Watch: The Roots Debut New Tune On 'Late Night' The Roots debuted the title track from t...
Spin.com
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06/25/09
New Roots - "How I Got Over" (Live On Late Night With Jimmy Fallon) Yes it's Fallon's sh...
Stereogum
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06/01/09
Music review: SFJazz show gets to the Roots It also had to be the first time that someon...
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco CA
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05/28/09
TOP 5 DEAD OR ALIVE: Shawnna S hawnna loves Hip-Hop is ways the voyeur cannot fathom.
AllHipHop.com
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05/26/09
Boyz II Men Announce Hip-Hop R&B Scholarship Best-selling 90's collective Boyz II Men re...
AllHipHop.com
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05/20/09
Melanie Fiona: Time Of the Season Some new artists are diamonds in the rough.
AllHipHop.com
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05/13/09
The Lonely Island & The Roots Do "I'm On A Boat" On Fallon
Stereogum
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05/12/09
Lonely Island To Make Live Debut On 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' Lonely Island crew ma...
VH1
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05/08/09
$10 Bill: Roots Live @ Highline Ballroom Sometimes your expectations can be larger than ...
AllHipHop.com
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04/20/09
Plain White T's go 3-for-3 at Muhlenberg show The Chicago punk-pop quintet nailed each p...
The Morning Call - Allentown PA
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04/19/09
Music reviews: The Roots, Third Eye Blind The eclectic hip-hop band hails from Philadelp...
The Morning Call - Allentown PA
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03/17/09
Public Enemy "Bring The Noise" On Fallon Last night they dusted off Millions ' "Bring Th...
Stereogum
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03/13/09
Ahmir Thompson Reflects On His 'Roots' Audio for today's show will be available at appro...
NPR
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03/10/09
The Roots see Fallon gig as lifeline The group is holed up in a Manhattan studio, rehear...
The Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne IN
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03/09/09
Reviews:The Roots The Roots have become known for giving extraordinary live performances...
Filter Magazine
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03/06/09
Rhymesayers takes another turn for the verse Local hip-hop label Rhymesayers knows what ...
Pioneer Press - St Paul MN
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03/05/09
TV Review: Rocky start for Jimmy Fallon The house band for "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon...
UWIRE
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03/04/09
Hey, something seems different about Max tonight (Sound Affects) Let's focus instead, th...
PopMatters
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03/02/09
The Roots: Late Night Day Job Hip hop can be found in the strangest places.
Vibe
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02/27/09
The Roots gets a steady talk-show gig with Jimmy Fallon The Roots are making sandwiches....
The Kansas City Star - Kansas City MO
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02/27/09
Quizzing the Roots' Questlove: Can the man who reinvented rap music revolutionize the late-night TV band?
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg FL
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02/26/09
Black Thought To Star in New Movie 'Explicit Ills' Next month, Roots frontman Black Thou...
AllHipHop.com
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02/24/09
The Roots Gear Up For 'Late Night' The Philadelphia-based band has started work on a new...
Billboard
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02/23/09
Scheduled To Appear – 02/23 Although lots of people, including friend and former "Tonigh...
Pollstar
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02/22/09
Fallon gig keeps Roots alive The band is holed up in a Manhattan studio, preparing for i...
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron OH
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02/21/09
Hip-hop band says Fallon show gig 'enabled us to survive' The band is holed up in a Manh...
The Blade - Toledo OH
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02/19/09
The Roots say Jimmy Fallon house band gig 'enabled us to survive' The band is holed-up i...
JAM! Showbiz
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02/19/09
First guest for Jimmy Fallon's hip new NBC late night show: Robert DeNiro? I get that he...
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg FL
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02/18/09
Roots Do Residencies, ?uestlove Twitters Album Title Roots fans worried about the not be...
Pitchfork Media
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06/28/09
erykah badu x the roots :: "i wanna be where you are" According to Questlove , the Roots...
Gorilla vs. Bear
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06/24/09
The Roots Set to Debut New Song Tonight on “Fallon” The Roots will double as house band ...
Rock and Roll Daily
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05/23/09
The Sasha Grey Interview Experience [Interviews] It's totally difficult to come up with ...
Gawker
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03/23/09
The Roots (and guests) @ Highline Ballroom - pics & video The Highline Ballroom to bring...
Brooklyn Vegan
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03/10/09
Jon Caramanica: The Roots Creativity "Threatened with Becoming a Relic"?!? "In their exp...
ProHipHop
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03/09/09
So how was Fallon's first week? The answer, as I've learned in my brief stint here at TV...
TV Squad
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03/06/09
The Roots Do Double Duty As House Band and Live Act For the time being, at least, having...
ArtsBeat - The New York Times
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03/05/09
Up Past Midnight With The Roots: Hanging With Jimmy Fallon’s New House Band With due res...
Rock and Roll Daily
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03/03/09
The Roots Breathe Some Life Into Late Night A consensus highlight from the debut of Late...
The Assimilated Negro
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03/03/09
Jimmy Fallon has a rocky 'Late Night' debut The house band for "Late Night with Jimmy Fa...
The Watcher - Chicago Tribune
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02/23/09
The Roots' Things Fall Apart: 10 Years Later Things Fall Apart starts with its provocati...
Ear Infection
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02/15/09
?uestlove reveals new Roots album title? How I Got Over Today on Twitter (where all band...
You Ain't No Picasso
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02/13/09
The Roots Take Manhattan Philadelphia natives the Roots are relocating to New York City ...
Spinner
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02/11/09
Jimmy Fallon's house band THE ROOTS - 14 NYC shows @ Highline, 1 @ MSG, a Questlove LPR residency + Carnegie Hall
Brooklyn Vegan
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12/22/08
Favorite Live Shows of 2008 Caribou completely jammed the Courtyard Cafe with their brig...
Music For Kids Who Can't Read Good
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12/09/08
Jimmy Fallon Puts Down Roots Given the hoopla surrounding Jay Leno over the last 24 hour...
Zap2it
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11/20/08
The Roots Crash Tourbus in Paris The Roots got into an accident last night in Paris, whe...
The Boombox
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11/20/08
The Roots Get In Bus Crash, Escape Serious Injury [Scary] The Spiceworld -esque double-d...
Idolator
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11/19/08
The Roots to Become Jimmy Fallon's House Band?! There's been an unfortunate little rumor...
The Culture Czar
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11/18/08
The Roots to Retire From Touring? This past weekend, ?uestlove announced via Youtube tha...
The Boombox
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11/17/08
Best Music of 2008? You Tell Us As for ours, it's been a wide-ranging palette of intrigu...
Listening Post
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11/17/08
Bruce Springsteen to issue fifth new set this decade in January He went on to say that h...
Soundcheck - OCRegister.com
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11/17/08
The Roots To Be Jimmy Fallon's Band; We Are Old And Sad [Rumormonger] This past weekend,...
Gawker
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11/16/08
The Roots will be Jimmy Fallon's band. Wait, what? - VIDEO The first wave of shock hit w...
TV Squad
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10/10/08
The Roots’ ?uestlove: “Philly Is In Dire Need of a Healing” Roots drummer Ahmir "?uestlo...
Rock and Roll Daily
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10/07/08
My Favorite Drummers: Greg Saunier from Deerhoof (Part 2) GS: I just got Shine a Light f...
You Ain't No Picasso
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10/06/08
The Roots, Gym Class Heroes Fire Up Big Jams, Political Messages at Baltimore Tour Kick-Off
Rock and Roll Daily
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08/11/08
Hip-hop heavyweights the Roots are going ... [Upcoming Tours] Hip-hop heavyweights the R...
Idolator
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08/10/08
All Points West: Day 2 With a much, much larger crowd came even more grumbling about fer...
Time Out NY
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06/19/08
'Hittin' the Town' for Thursday, June 19, 2008 The Roots return to town, Uganda Roberts ...
Hittin' the Town - NOLA.com
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