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May 02, 2013

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Apr 25, 2013

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Apr 24, 2013

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Apr 15, 2013

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The Roots Tour Dates

City	Venue	Date		Tickets
Philadelphia, PA	Festival Pier at Penn's Landing	Sat	Jun 01 / 13	Find Tickets
Brooklyn, NY	Prospect Park	Tue	Jun 18 / 13	Find Tickets
Winnipeg	Centennial Concert Hall	Sat	Jun 22 / 13	Find Tickets
Los Angeles, CA	Club Nokia	Sat	Jun 29 / 13	Find Tickets
Atlantic City, NJ	Borgata Casino Event Center	Mon	Jul 01 / 13	Find Tickets
Bridgeport, CT	Seaside Park	Thu	Jul 25 / 13	Find Tickets
Bridgeport, CT	Seaside Park	Thu	Jul 25 / 13	Find Tickets

The Roots Biography

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The Roots are an American Grammy Award-winning hip hop/neo soul band, formed in 1987 by Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is known for a jazzy, eclectic approach to hip hop which includes live instrumentals. Malik B., Leonard "Hub" Hubbard, and Josh Abrams were added to the band, originally called ''the Square Roots''. Since their first independent album release, the band has released 10 studio albums, two EPs, two collaboration albums and have collaborated with a wide range of artists from different genres. The Roots have served as the house band on ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'' since its premiere in 2009. The Roots' work has been repeatedly met with critical acclaim. About.com ranked the band #7 on its list of the 25 Best Hip Hop Groups of All-Time, describing them as "Hip hop's first legitimate band."

Wikipedia This entry is from Wikipedia, the user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. If you find the biography content factually incorrect, defamatory or highly offensive you can edit this article at Wikipedia.