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From the Album
1. Phrentrow
2. Rock You
3. !!!!!!! (exclamation marks)
4. Sacrifice
5. Rolling With Heat
6. WAOK (Ay) Rollcall
7. Thought @ Work
8. The Seed 2.0
9. Break You Off
10. Water
11. Quills
12. Pussy Galore
13. Complexity
14. Something in the Way of Things (In Town)
From the Album 1. Act Won (Things Fall Apart) 2. Table of Contents (Parts 1 & 2) 3. The Next Movement 4. Step into the Realm 5. The Spark 6. Dynamite! 7. Without A Doubt 8. Aint Sayin Nothin New 9. Double Trouble 10. Act Too (The Love of My Life) 11. 100% Dundee 12. Diedre Vs. Dice 13. Adrenaline! 14. 3rd Acts: ? vs. Scratch 2... Electric Boogaloo 15. You Got Me 16. Dont See Us 17. The Return To Innocence Lost 18. Act Fore... The End?
From the Single
Clones
From the Album 1. Intro / There's Something Goin' On 2. Proceed 3. Distortion To Static 4. Mellow My Man 5. I Remain Calm 6. Datskat 7. Lazy Afternoon 8. ? Vs. Rahzel 9. Do You Want More?!!!??! 10. What Goes On Pt. 7 11. Essaywhuman?!!!??! 12. Swept Away 13. You Aint Fly 14. Silent Treatment 15. The Lesson Pt. 1 16. The Unlocking
Other Songs @15 75 Bars A Peace Of Light Act Fore Act Too Aint Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around Alma Atonement Baby Becoming Unwritten Birthday Girl Bittersweet (Bitter) Black Rock blooming rose Boom! Bread and Butter Break You Off [Radio Edit] Burn Can You Hear Me? Can't Stop, Won't Stop Carolina Agents Cinco Minutos Con Vos Clock With No Hands Come The Meantimes Common Dust Compared To What Concerto Of The Desperado Criminal Dale Ganas Dat Scat Dear God 2.0 Dies Irae Doin It Again Dont Feel Right Dont Say Nuthin Duck Down! Episodes False Media Feel It (You Got It) For The Love Of Money Friday Night Game Theory Get Busy Glitches Good Music Grits Guns Are Drawn Hang On In There Hard Times Here I Come How I Got Over Humanity Humanity (Love the Way It Should Be) Hurricane Hustla I Cant Help It I Cant Write Left Handed I Dont Care I Remember I Will Not Apologize I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free If I Could Believe I'll Stand by You Im Out Deah In Love With The Mic In The Music Into Darkness It Ain't Fair It Just Dont Stop Ital Kings and queens of slum Kool On Leonard I-V Lighthouse Little Ghetto Boy Livin In A New World Long Time Lost Desire Make My My Father My New Haunt My Shot [Rise Up Remix] Never No Alibi No Great Pretender No Hometro / Proceed 2 No Hometro / Proceed 2 No John Trumbull (Intro) Now Or Never One Time Our Generation Our Generation (The Hope of the World) Panic!!!!!!! Part III Pass The Popcorn Peace Popcorn Revisited Proceed II Proceed III Proceed IV Proceed V Push Up Ya Lighter Radio Daze Refuse To Be Saved Respond / React Respond / React Rhymes And Ammo Right On Rising Down Rising Up Roots And Aphillyation Unreleased Section (She Might Be A) Grenade Shine Signed, Sealed, Delivered Singing Man Sleep Somebodys Got To Do It Somebody's Gotta Do It Something In The Way Of Things Sonido Radio Fantasma Star Star / Pointro Star / Pointro Stay Cool Step Into The Relm Stick Out Your Tongue Stomp Sugar Wont Work Table Of Contents Table of Contents (Parts 1 and 2) Take It There Tao of the Machine The Adventures In Wonderland The Anti-Circle The Coming The Dark The Dark (Trinity) The Day The Devil The Fire The Good The Bad And The Desolate The Grand Return The Hurricane (a/k/a Hurricane) The Hypnotic The Hyponti The Jump The Lesson The Lesson Pt. 3 The Notic The Notice The OtherSide The Puppet Has Cut His Strings The Roots Is Comin The Seed The Session The Show The Ultimate The Unraveling Theme from Middle of the Night Theme From The Middle Of The Night Tip The Scale Tomorrow Tripwire Understand Universe At War Unwound Unwritten Viceroys Row Wake Me Up Wake Up Everybody Walk Alone Walk Us Uptown Web Web 20/20 What They Do What You Want When The People Cheer Who Tells Your Story Wholy Holy Why Why (What's Goin On?) Wise Up Ghost Writters Block Ya All Know Who! Yall Know Who You Don't Know What Love Is You'll Be Back
From the Album 1. Act Won (Things Fall Apart) 2. Table of Contents (Parts 1 & 2) 3. The Next Movement 4. Step into the Realm 5. The Spark 6. Dynamite! 7. Without A Doubt 8. Aint Sayin Nothin New 9. Double Trouble 10. Act Too (The Love of My Life) 11. 100% Dundee 12. Diedre Vs. Dice 13. Adrenaline! 14. 3rd Acts: ? vs. Scratch 2... Electric Boogaloo 15. You Got Me 16. Dont See Us 17. The Return To Innocence Lost 18. Act Fore... The End?
From the Single
From the Album 1. Intro / There's Something Goin' On 2. Proceed 3. Distortion To Static 4. Mellow My Man 5. I Remain Calm 6. Datskat 7. Lazy Afternoon 8. ? Vs. Rahzel 9. Do You Want More?!!!??! 10. What Goes On Pt. 7 11. Essaywhuman?!!!??! 12. Swept Away 13. You Aint Fly 14. Silent Treatment 15. The Lesson Pt. 1 16. The Unlocking
Other Songs @15 75 Bars A Peace Of Light Act Fore Act Too Aint Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around Alma Atonement Baby Becoming Unwritten Birthday Girl Bittersweet (Bitter) Black Rock blooming rose Boom! Bread and Butter Break You Off [Radio Edit] Burn Can You Hear Me? Can't Stop, Won't Stop Carolina Agents Cinco Minutos Con Vos Clock With No Hands Come The Meantimes Common Dust Compared To What Concerto Of The Desperado Criminal Dale Ganas Dat Scat Dear God 2.0 Dies Irae Doin It Again Dont Feel Right Dont Say Nuthin Duck Down! Episodes False Media Feel It (You Got It) For The Love Of Money Friday Night Game Theory Get Busy Glitches Good Music Grits Guns Are Drawn Hang On In There Hard Times Here I Come How I Got Over Humanity Humanity (Love the Way It Should Be) Hurricane Hustla I Cant Help It I Cant Write Left Handed I Dont Care I Remember I Will Not Apologize I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free If I Could Believe I'll Stand by You Im Out Deah In Love With The Mic In The Music Into Darkness It Ain't Fair It Just Dont Stop Ital Kings and queens of slum Kool On Leonard I-V Lighthouse Little Ghetto Boy Livin In A New World Long Time Lost Desire Make My My Father My New Haunt My Shot [Rise Up Remix] Never No Alibi No Great Pretender No Hometro / Proceed 2 No Hometro / Proceed 2 No John Trumbull (Intro) Now Or Never One Time Our Generation Our Generation (The Hope of the World) Panic!!!!!!! Part III Pass The Popcorn Peace Popcorn Revisited Proceed II Proceed III Proceed IV Proceed V Push Up Ya Lighter Radio Daze Refuse To Be Saved Respond / React Respond / React Rhymes And Ammo Right On Rising Down Rising Up Roots And Aphillyation Unreleased Section (She Might Be A) Grenade Shine Signed, Sealed, Delivered Singing Man Sleep Somebodys Got To Do It Somebody's Gotta Do It Something In The Way Of Things Sonido Radio Fantasma Star Star / Pointro Star / Pointro Stay Cool Step Into The Relm Stick Out Your Tongue Stomp Sugar Wont Work Table Of Contents Table of Contents (Parts 1 and 2) Take It There Tao of the Machine The Adventures In Wonderland The Anti-Circle The Coming The Dark The Dark (Trinity) The Day The Devil The Fire The Good The Bad And The Desolate The Grand Return The Hurricane (a/k/a Hurricane) The Hypnotic The Hyponti The Jump The Lesson The Lesson Pt. 3 The Notic The Notice The OtherSide The Puppet Has Cut His Strings The Roots Is Comin The Seed The Session The Show The Ultimate The Unraveling Theme from Middle of the Night Theme From The Middle Of The Night Tip The Scale Tomorrow Tripwire Understand Universe At War Unwound Unwritten Viceroys Row Wake Me Up Wake Up Everybody Walk Alone Walk Us Uptown Web Web 20/20 What They Do What You Want When The People Cheer Who Tells Your Story Wholy Holy Why Why (What's Goin On?) Wise Up Ghost Writters Block Ya All Know Who! Yall Know Who You Don't Know What Love Is You'll Be Back
The Roots are an American hip hop/neo soul band, formed in 1987 by Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter
and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Roots served as the house band on NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon from 2009 to 2014, and in the same role (and accompanying show guest artists) on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon since 2014.-Wikipedia
Also Known As: The Legendary Roots CrewThe Fifth DynastyThe Square RootsJimmy Fallon's Tonight Show BandThe Roots served as the house band on NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon from 2009 to 2014, and in the same role (and accompanying show guest artists) on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon since 2014.
Members:
Black Thought -
rapping (1987-present)
Questlove -
drums (1987-present)
Kamal Gray -
electronic keyboard (1994-present)
F. Knuckles -
percussion (2001-present)
Captain Kirk Douglas -
electric guitar (2003-present)
Tuba Gooding, Jr. (Damon Bryson) -
sousaphone (2007-present)
James Poyser -
electronic keyboard
(For The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and occasional performances only)
Mark Kelley -
bass guitar (2011-present)
From: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Genre(s): Alternative hip hop, neo soul, jazz rap
Active From: 1987-present
Associated Acts: DJ Jazzy Jeff, Jill Scott, Jaguar Wright, Amel Larrieux, John Legend, Dave Chappelle, Erykah Badu, BT, Big K.R.I.T., Jimmy Fallon, Elvis Costello
Did You Know:
The founding members met at Philadelphia High School for Creative Performing Arts
Quotes:
Phrenology is the study of the brain or how it operates, you know, the particular components that effect the nerves and the thought process, and the study of the size of the head. We just wanted to tie it into subject matters.
Black Thought
My main concern is that there is a balance in the system and that some art-based hip-hop can get out to the masses, 'cause right now people are not responding to what they don't know. Most people are just afraid to think on their own.
Black Thought
We go under the industry There is no subculture anymore, hip-hop used to be the subculture of the music industry; it was the underground. Now it's the mainstream of the music industry.
Black Thought
In Italy once I caused a car crash, that was the sweetest revenge. It was the sweetest vindication I have ever had in my life. Four assholes were driving in their car in Rome and they rode by me, rolled down the window, shouted out derogatory comments, and drove straight into a pole.
Black Thought