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The Roots
The Roots connects directly to 18 artists, and through them to at least 22 more acts. Ben Kenney played in Supergrub, Time-Lapse Consortium and The Division Group, among others. Owen Biddle played in Mister Barrington, Edit Bunker and Aerobe, among others. Scratch played in The Dino 5 and Schoolz of Thought.
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21 threadsMembers
18- Ben Kenney2002
- Owen Biddle2007–2011
- Scratch(US human beatboxer Kyle Jones)1998–2003
- Kamal Gray(American keyboard player)
- “Captain” Kirk Douglas(The Roots’ guitarist)2002–present
- Frank “Knuckles” Walker2002–present
- Mark Kelley(US bassist, member of The Roots)2011–present
- James Poyser(soul, r&b, hip-hop producer and songwriter)
- ?uestlove(US drummer, producer and DJ)
- Scott Storch(producer)1995
- Hub(The Roots bassist Leonard Hubbard)2007
- Rahzel1995–1999
- Malik B(American rapper)2001
- Black Thought(US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)
- Dave Guy
- Martin Luther McCoy(American musician and actor)
- Ebony Joi(US R&B singer)
- Dame “Tuba Gooding, Jr.” Bryson
Founders
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Background
The Roots are an American hip-hop band formed in 1987 by rapper Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and drummer Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia. The Roots serve as the house band on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, having served in the same role on Late Night…via Wikipedia
Career Highlights
11 albums- Formed
- 1987
- Active
- 1987–present
- Listeners
- 2,070,928Last.fm
- Wikipedia
- Visit
Selected Discography
- 1993Organix
- 1994Do You Want More?!!!??!
- 1996Illadelph Halflife
- 1999Things Fall Apart
- 2002Phrenology
- 2004The Tipping Point
- 2006Game Theory
- 2008Rising Down
- 2010How I Got Over
- 2011undun
- 2014…and Then You Shoot Your Cousin
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