Biography

Though popular success has largely eluded the Roots, the Philadelphia group led the way for live rap, building on Stetsasonic's "hip-hop band" philosophy of the mid-'80s by focusing on live instrumentation at their concerts and in the studio. Though their album works have been inconsistent affairs, more intent on building grooves than pushing songs, the Roots' live shows are among the best in the business. ~ John Bush

Top Tracks

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• 2003 Wrap Up

• 75 Bars (black's Reconstruction)

• Act Too (love Of My Life)

• Adrenaline!

• Baby Come Back

• Clones

• Criminal

• Dear God 2.0

• Din Da Da

• Do You Want More?!!??!

• Doin' It Again

• Don't Feel Right

• Don't Say Nuthin'

• Essaywhuman?!!!??!

• Friday Night

• Game Theory

• Good Music

• Guns Are Drawn

• How I Got Over

• I Can't Help It

• I Can't Write Left Handed

• In The Middle Of The Game (don't Change The Play)

• In The Music

• Lighthouse

• Long Time

• Look Around (be A Man)

• Make My

• Mellow My Man

• One Time

• Pass The Popcorn

• Proceed

• Radio Daze

• Redford Suite: Will To Power (3rd Movement)

• Respond/react

• Rising Down

• Singing Man

• Star

• Star/pointro

• The Next Movement

• The Seed (2.0)

• The Seed/melting Pot/web

• Thought @ Work

• Wake Up Everybody

• Water

• What They Do

• Wholy Holy

• You And Me, Leroy

• You Got Me

Discography

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• Undun

  Def Jam

  2011

• Betty Wright: The Movie

  S-Curve

  2011

• Wake Up!

  G.O.O.D./Columbia

  2010

• How I Got Over

  Def Jam

  2010

• Rising Down

  Def Jam

  2008

• Present

  Image Entertainment

  2005

• Illadelph Halflife

  DGC

  1996

• Organix

  Remedy

  1993