The Roots

E10874
hip hop band musical group

The Roots are a critically acclaimed American hip hop band from Philadelphia known for their live instrumentation and role as the house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
The Roots canonical 469
The Roots crew 3
The Roots collective 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hip hop band ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1987 ⓘ
album Do You Want More?!!!??! ⓘ
Game Theory ⓘ
How I Got Over ⓘ
Illadelph Halflife ⓘ
Phrenology ⓘ
Rising Down ⓘ
The Tipping Point ⓘ
Things Fall Apart ⓘ
Undun ⓘ
…And Then You Shoot Your Cousin ⓘ
associatedAct Common ⓘ
D'Angelo ⓘ
Erykah Badu ⓘ
Jill Scott ⓘ
award Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ⓘ
basedIn Philadelphia ⓘ
cityOfOrigin Philadelphia ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
debutAlbum Organix ⓘ
debutAlbumReleaseYear 1993 ⓘ
formedIn 1987 ⓘ
formerMember Hub ⓘ
Malik B. ⓘ
Rahzel ⓘ
Scott Storch ⓘ
founder Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ
genre alternative hip hop ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
jazz rap ⓘ
neo soul ⓘ
label DGC Records ⓘ
Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Geffen Records ⓘ
MCA Records ⓘ
member Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
Damon "Tuba Gooding Jr." Bryson ⓘ
Dave Guy ⓘ
Ian Hendrickson-Smith ⓘ
James Poyser ⓘ
Kirk "Captain Kirk" Douglas ⓘ
Mark Kelley ⓘ
Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ
notableFor serving as the house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ⓘ
use of live instrumentation in hip hop ⓘ
notableWork Things Fall Apart ⓘ
You Got Me ⓘ
previouslyServedAs house band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon ⓘ
single The Seed (2.0) ⓘ
What They Do ⓘ
You Got Me ⓘ
stateOfOrigin Pennsylvania ⓘ
wonFor You Got Me ⓘ
surface form: "You Got Me"

Referenced by (477)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Common → associatedAct → The Roots ⓘ
Common Sense → associatedAct → The Roots ⓘ
Geffen Records → signedArtist → The Roots ⓘ
One Day It'll All Make Sense → producer → The Roots ⓘ
Erykah Badu → associatedAct → The Roots ⓘ
Consequence → associatedWith → The Roots ⓘ
Jeff Gitelman → associatedAct → The Roots ⓘ
Do You Want More?!!!??! → artist → The Roots ⓘ
Do You Want More?!!!??! → performer → The Roots ⓘ
Illadelph Halflife → artist → The Roots ⓘ
Illadelph Halflife → performer → The Roots ⓘ
Illadelph Halflife → producer → The Roots ⓘ
Illadelph Halflife → notableWorkOf → The Roots ⓘ
Things Fall Apart → artist → The Roots ⓘ
Things Fall Apart → performer → The Roots ⓘ
Things Fall Apart → notableWorkOf → The Roots ⓘ
Phrenology → artist → The Roots ⓘ
Phrenology → performer → The Roots ⓘ
Phrenology → producer → The Roots ⓘ
Phrenology → notableWorkOf → The Roots ⓘ
The Tipping Point → artist → The Roots ⓘ
The Tipping Point → performer → The Roots ⓘ
The Tipping Point → hasProducer → The Roots ⓘ
…And Then You Shoot Your Cousin → artist → The Roots ⓘ
…And Then You Shoot Your Cousin → performer → The Roots ⓘ
…And Then You Shoot Your Cousin → producer → The Roots ⓘ
…And Then You Shoot Your Cousin → byArtist → The Roots ⓘ
…And Then You Shoot Your Cousin → partOf → The Roots ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Roots discography
You Got Me → artist → The Roots ⓘ
You Got Me → performer → The Roots ⓘ
You Got Me → producer → The Roots ⓘ
The Seed (2.0) → artist → The Roots ⓘ
The Seed (2.0) → performer → The Roots ⓘ
The Seed (2.0) → producer → The Roots ⓘ
The Seed (2.0) → isSignatureSongOf → The Roots ⓘ
What They Do → artist → The Roots ⓘ
What They Do → performer → The Roots ⓘ
What They Do → albumArtist → The Roots ⓘ
What They Do → backingBand → The Roots ⓘ
Common (musician) → associatedAct → The Roots ⓘ
subject surface form: Common
It’s Your World (Part 1 & 2) → performer → The Roots ⓘ
It’s Your World (Part 1 & 2) → featuredArtist → The Roots ⓘ
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson → memberOf → The Roots ⓘ
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson → coFounderOf → The Roots ⓘ
Mark Kelley → associatedAct → The Roots ⓘ
Mark Kelley → memberOf → The Roots ⓘ
Mark Kelley → basedIn → The Roots ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States television show band The Roots (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon)
Organix → artist → The Roots ⓘ
Organix → performer → The Roots ⓘ
Organix → producer → The Roots ⓘ