The Roots
The Roots
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Artist Information
Genres:
Alternative Rap, Jazz-Rap
Active:
80's, 90's, 2000's,
Formed:
1989 in Philadelphia, PA
Influences
De La Soul
,
KRS-One
,
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,
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,
The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
,
Eric B. & Rakim
,
EPMD
,
Leaders of the New School
,
Main Source
,
Public Enemy
,
Poor Righteous Teachers
,
Paris
,
Gang Starr
,
LL Cool J
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Lyrics
"Break You Off"
Comin' to break you off
Comin' to break you off
Comin' to break you off...
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Biography
Though popular success has largely eluded the Roots, the Philadelphia group showed 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.
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The Roots
Birthday Girl
The Roots
Break You Off
Lyrics
Comin' to break you off
Comin' to break you off
Comin' to break you off...
The Roots
Clones
The Roots
Concerto Of The Desperado
Lyrics
The Concerto of the Desperado
R-double-O-T-S check the flow
If you know like I know then you know th...
The Roots
Dear God 2.0
The Roots
Distortion To Static
The Roots
Don't Feel Right/Here I Come/In The Music Medley
The Roots
Don't Say Nuthin
Lyrics
Yeah! That all mighty amazing, ill, highly contagious
Kamikaze south splash like it shot from a gaug...
The Roots
How I Got Over
The Roots
Proceed
Lyrics
Just think, what if you could just, just blink yourself away?
Just think, what if you could just, ju...
The Roots
Rising Up
Lyrics
Yesterday I saw a B-girl crying, yesterday I saw a B-girl crying
I walked up and asked what's wrong...
The Roots
Silent Treatment
The Roots
Star
Lyrics
Get 'em up high, okay, yeah...
The Roots
The Next Movement
Lyrics
C'mon, yes y'all
You are now in tune to the sounds of the legendary foundation...
The Roots
The Seed (2.0)
Lyrics
Knocked up nine months ago
And what she's fittin' to have she don't know
She wants neo-soul cause hi...
The Roots
What They Do
Lyrics
Never do what they do, what they do, what they do
Never do what they do, what they do, what they do...
The Roots
You Got Me
Lyrics
If you don't worry 'bout where
I been or who I saw or
What club I went to with my homies
Baby don't...
Discography
Wake Up!
Release:
September 21, 2010
Label:
Columbia, Columbia Records
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How I Got Over
Release:
June 22, 2010
Label:
Def Jam
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