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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Oct 26 2009 13:00PM
by Spinner Staff
Filed under: The Hit List
Spinner: In the music industry, every day is El Dia de los Muertos, especially when los muertos can be reanimated to ensure big record sales. "It's f---ing weird to be doing a song with someone who is deceased," as Korn's Jonathan Davis once said. Here are 10 ... Read moreOct 21 2009 7:30AM
by Tracey Ford
Filed under: Hip-Hop Videos
The Boombox Music Blog: Artist: The Roots Song: 'How I Got Over' Why You Should Watch: The Philadelphia Roots crew managed to make some time in between daily jams with Jimmy Fallon and tweeting to crank out a video for the first official (?) single off their upcoming ... Read moreOct 02 2009 8:30AM
by Jennifer Kellas
Filed under: Concerts and Tours, News
Spinner: What would happen if a math rock band made up of two nerdy white guys with a penchant for old school R&B suddenly had the chance to have their idols play back-up? Well for Pattern is Movement, New York really is the city of dreams. Thursday ... Read more
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11/18/08
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11/06/09
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11/05/09
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10/23/09
The Roots' TV Party For the past seven months, Questlove has been on the run.
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10/14/09
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10/13/09
Eminem, Public Enemy Celebrate Def Jam Catalog At VH1's 'Hip Hop Honors' Honors" inducte...
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10/13/09
Eminem, Public Enemy Celebrate Def Jam Catalog At VH1's 'Hip Hop Honors' Usually when hi...
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10/09/09
Does Late Night TV Still Matter? Part 2 (Column) The media paid so much attention to the...
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10/08/09
Common, The Roots Turn Up The Volume With Queen Latifah, Q-Tip In NYC featuring Colin Mo...
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10/05/09
?uestlove Involved In Another Car Crash The Roots star Ahmir ' ?uestlove ' Thompson is n...
Starpulse
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10/02/09
Kurt Rosenwinkel Tears It Up With The Roots On 'Jimmy Fallon' (You Heard Us) If you were...
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10/02/09
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09/29/09
Dirty Projectors Bring Mount Wittenberg Orca To Fallon Before the taping, Questlove twee...
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09/28/09
Questlove and Stevie Wonder Involved in Love Triangle? Unless you're an avid reader of Q...
The Boombox
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09/24/09
Live: Kid Rock, Eminem, Roots Celebrate Def Jam Def Jam Records, a label that supported ...
Spin.com
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09/24/09
Eminem, Kid Rock, The Roots Pay Tribute To Def Jam At VH1's 'Hip Hop Honors' For their s...
MTV
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09/24/09
The Roots 'redefine art of house band' ?uestlove said he doesn't appreciate a lot of the...
CNN International
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08/25/09
Common, Questlove Talk Hennessy Artistry Series Cognac kings Hennessy are embracing the ...
The Boombox
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08/06/09
Roots Perform Surprise Times Square Show Uh, a little more advance notice next time, fel...
MTV
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08/04/09
NAMES + FACES: Questlove on Slum Village, Baatin After news ricocheted across the hip-ho...
Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI
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07/31/09
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07/31/09
Mann Had Rapper Black Thought As Acting Partner Actress Leslie Mann has an unlikely conn...
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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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06/23/09
Roots To Debut New Single On 'Jimmy Fallon' The Roots will debut the title track from th...
Billboard
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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...
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05/20/09
Melanie Fiona: Time Of the Season Some new artists are diamonds in the rough.
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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' But not everybody doe...
MTV
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10/07/09
The Roots Highline residency ending? ++ Terminal 5 tonight The October 6th, 13th and 27t...
Brooklyn Vegan
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10/02/09
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09/28/09
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09/27/09
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09/25/09
?uestlove & others playing w/ Wizard of Oz screening in Central Park (win VIP tix), Roots playing Brooklyn Bowl
Brooklyn Vegan
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09/24/09
Eminem, Public Enemy, Tom Morello Bring All-Star Team-Ups to VH1’s Hip Hop Honors VH1's ...
Rock and Roll Daily
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08/28/09
Single Minded: Shakira Remixes, The Roots With Ornette Coleman As if the original didn't...
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08/25/09
Common, Questlove Talk Hennessy Artistry Series Cognac kings Hennessy are embracing the ...
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08/09/09
Live review: Rock the Bells Headliner Ice Cube trotted out fellow West Coast legend and ...
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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 ...
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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
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12/22/08
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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...
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11/17/08
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