The Roots

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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.

Aliases (3)

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 →
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" →

Referenced by (85)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bilal → Common → Common → Common Sense → D'Angelo → Damon "Tuba Gooding Jr." Bryson → Dave Guy → Erykah Badu → Jeff Gitelman → Jill Scott → Karriem Riggins → Kirk "Captain Kirk" Douglas → Malik B. → Mark Kelley → Rahzel → Rahzel ("The Roots crew") → Scott Storch → Soulquarians → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter →	associatedAct
Do You Want More?!!!??! → How I Got Over → Illadelph Halflife → It’s Your World (Part 1 & 2) → Organix → Phrenology → Rising Down → The Seed (2.0) → The Tipping Point → Things Fall Apart → Undun → What They Do → You Got Me → …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin →	performer
Do You Want More?!!!??! → How I Got Over → Illadelph Halflife → Organix → Phrenology → Rising Down → The Seed (2.0) → The Tipping Point → Things Fall Apart → Undun → What They Do → You Got Me → …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin →	artist
How I Got Over → Illadelph Halflife → Like Water for Chocolate → One Day It'll All Make Sense → Organix → Phrenology → Rising Down → The Seed (2.0) → Undun → You Got Me → …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin →	producer
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson → Damon "Tuba Gooding Jr." Bryson → Dave Guy → Kirk "Captain Kirk" Douglas → Malik B. → Mark Kelley → Rahzel → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter →	memberOf
Illadelph Halflife → Phrenology → Things Fall Apart →	notableWorkOf
Bilal → Rahzel →	collaboratedWith
Damon "Tuba Gooding Jr." Bryson → Kirk "Captain Kirk" Douglas →	employer
DGC Records → Geffen Records →	signedArtist
What They Do →	albumArtist
Consequence →	associatedWith
What They Do →	backingBand
Mark Kelley ("United States television show band The Roots (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon)") →	basedIn
…And Then You Shoot Your Cousin →	byArtist
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson →	coFounderOf
It’s Your World (Part 1 & 2) →	featuredArtist
Public Enemy →	hasInfluenced
The Tipping Point →	hasProducer
The Seed (2.0) →	isSignatureSongOf
…And Then You Shoot Your Cousin ("The Roots discography") →	partOf