{"id":10949,"date":"2014-04-20T02:02:48","date_gmt":"2014-04-20T02:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=10949"},"modified":"2020-11-20T00:22:44","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T00:22:44","slug":"the-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=10949","title":{"rendered":"The Roots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/genius.com\/search?q=the+roots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10954\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/TheRoots.jpg\" alt=\"TheRoots\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/TheRoots.jpg 180w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/TheRoots-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theroots.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Roots<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>is an American\u00a0Grammy Award\u00a0winning\u00a0hip hop\/neo soul\u00a0band formed in 1987 by\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Black Thought\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Thought\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tariq \u00abBlack Thought\u00bb Trotter<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Questlove\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Questlove\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ahmir \u00abQuestlove\u00bb Thompson<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They are known for a jazzy, eclectic approach to hip hop which includes live instrumentals.\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Malik B.\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malik_B.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Malik B.<\/a><\/strong>, <strong>Leonard \u00ab<a title=\"Hub (bassist)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hub_(bassist)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hub<\/a>\u00bb Hubbard<\/strong>, and <strong>Josh Abrams<\/strong> were added to the band, originally called\u00a0<em>The Square Roots<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h5>\u25ca \u00a0&#8216;You Got Me&#8217; \u00a0\u21d3 \u00a0[feat. Erikah Badu]<\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MJCHeEQV454\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[Chorus] x 2<br \/>\n<strong>(Erykah Badu)<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you were worried &#8216;bout where<br \/>\nI been or who I saw \u00a0or \u00a0what club I went to with my homies<br \/>\nbaby don&#8217;t worry you know that you got me<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Verse 1]<\/strong><br \/>\n(Black Thought)<br \/>\nSomebody told me that this planet was small<br \/>\nwe use to live in the same building on the same floor<br \/>\nand never met before<br \/>\nuntil I&#8217;m overseas on tour<br \/>\nand peep this ethiopian queen from philly<br \/>\ntaking classes abroad<br \/>\nshe studying film and photo flash focus record<br \/>\nsaid she workin on a flick and<br \/>\ncould my click do the score<br \/>\nshe said she loved my show in paris<br \/>\nat Elysee Montmartre<br \/>\nand that I stepped off the stage<br \/>\nand took a piece of her heart<br \/>\nwe knew from the start that<br \/>\nthings fall apart, intentions shatter<br \/>\nshe like that shit don&#8217;t matter<br \/>\nwhen I get home get at her<br \/>\nthrough letter, phone, whatever<br \/>\nlet&#8217;s link, let&#8217;s get together<br \/>\nshit you think not, think the Thought went home and forgot<br \/>\ntime passed, we back in philly now she up in my spot<br \/>\ntellin me the things I&#8217;m tellin her is makin her hot<br \/>\nstartin buildin with her constantly round the clock<br \/>\nnow she in my world like hip-hop<br \/>\nand keep tellin me<br \/>\n[Chorus] x2<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Verse 2]<\/strong><br \/>\n(Black Thought)<br \/>\nYo, I&#8217;m the type that&#8217;s always catchin a flight<br \/>\nand sometimes I gotta be out at the height of the night<br \/>\nand that&#8217;s when she flip and get on some &#8216;ol<br \/>\n(Female Voice)<br \/>\nAnother lonely night<br \/>\nseems like I&#8217;m on the side you only loving your mic<br \/>\nI know you gotta get that paper daddy keep that shit tight<br \/>\nbut yo I need some sort of love in my life, you dig me<br \/>\nwhile politicin with my sister from new york city<br \/>\nshe said she know this ball player and he think I&#8217;m pretty<br \/>\nsike, I&#8217;m playin boo, you know it&#8217;s just wit you I&#8217;m stayin boo<br \/>\nand when cats be poppin game I don&#8217;t hear what they sayin boo<br \/>\nwhen you out there in the world, I&#8217;m still your girl<br \/>\nwith all my classes I don&#8217;t have the time for life&#8217;s thrills<br \/>\nso when you sweatin on stage think of me when you rhyme<br \/>\nand don&#8217;t be listenin to your homies they be leavin you blind<br \/>\n(Black Thought)<br \/>\nYeah, so what you sayin I can trust you?<br \/>\n(Female Voice)<br \/>\nIs you crazy, you my king for real<br \/>\n(Both)<br \/>\nBut sometimes relationships get ill<br \/>\n(Female Voice)<br \/>\nNo doubt<br \/>\n[Chorus] x2<br \/>\n[Verse 3]<br \/>\n(Black Thought)<br \/>\nThet snake could be that chick<br \/>\nand that rat could be that cool cat<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s whispering \u00abshe tryin to play you for the fool Black\u00bb<br \/>\nif something&#8217;s on your chest then let it be known<br \/>\nsee I&#8217;m not your every five minutes all on the phone<br \/>\nand on the topic of trust, it&#8217;s just a matter of fact<br \/>\nthat people bite back and fracture what&#8217;s intact<br \/>\nand they&#8217;ll forever be I ain&#8217;t on some \u00aboh I&#8217;m a celebrity\u00bb<br \/>\nI deal with the real so if it&#8217;s artificial let it be<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve seen people caught in love like whirlwinds<br \/>\nlistening to they squads and listening to girlfriends<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s exactly the point where they whole world ends<br \/>\nlies come in, that&#8217;s where that drama begins, she like<br \/>\n[Chorus] until fade<br \/>\n\u00abwe&#8217;re not against rap&#8230;we&#8217;re not against rappers&#8230;<br \/>\nwhat we are against is those THUGS\u00bb<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u25ca \u00a0&#8216;Make My&#8217; \u00a0\u2193<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zQGhUnFnvS4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<div>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>They told me that the ends\u00a0won&#8217;t justify the means<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> They told me at the end\u00a0don&#8217;t justify the dreams\u00a0that I&#8217;ve had since a child<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Maybe I&#8217;ll throw in the towel<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Make my . . . \u00a0(make my . . .)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Departure from the world<\/strong><\/address>\n<h5>\u25ca \u00a0DJ Krush &#8211; &#8216;Meiso&#8217; (feat. The Roots) \u2193 REMIX by DJ Shadow<\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UR0AfZoWVFk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Black Thought :<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yin for yang I walk on a line<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Between ghetto slang and stimulation of the mind<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Life is a labyryth for dollars and cents<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>As I quest for cream, through the steam so dense<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>From the sensei me a puff, cause the tunnel is tough<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Some lick shots with sound, some&#8217;ll bust from the cannon<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Experts o-rig-i-nal man&#8217;ll examine<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I am in fact lacking con-fus-ion, as to what&#8217;s real<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>and what&#8217;s illus-ion<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I come from Illadelph where ya health you never take for granted<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>As hot as the equator in a cypher round the planet<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Or abnormal, niggas appearing out of portals and demanding your soul<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Who controls the eight immortals but the number seven<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>In this continual maze, where night fight with days<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Within my mind marijuan blaze<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And some say I should change my ways<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>But it&#8217;s hard to hear the phrase through the havoc and haze<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Thought&#8217;s style will never since or never cease to excella-rate<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>It&#8217;s the great lab dwella<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Tha mentals of The Roots are beyond any computer<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>The judge prosecutor, or the drug distributor<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Respect to the ex-Lex Luger, my nigga Malik B the intruder<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Phila 5th Dynasty&#8217;s the future<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And DJ Krush is the producer, ya healin with the ginseng Roots<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>We get ya renascence loosa<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Remember me the Thought I represent essentially and<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>mentally eventually, ya mention me as most high<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>My decibels are most fly, I come to paint ya Thought&#8217;s Black<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Yo Krush, where&#8217;s it at?!!!??!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Malik B :<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Roots bring it from the Phila Fifth, spill the gift<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>The melody of a felony is straight off a cliff<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Now can I get a witness to dismiss Christmas from the myth list<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Man that&#8217;s bogus, let&#8217;s try to stay focused<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>You would think it was the Fourth of July<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Cause in Illadelph a round of applause light up the sky<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Why? Don&#8217;t ask me, subtle attitudes sometimes nasty<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Foul mouth bitches walk around looking trashy<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Bimbos talking about where&#8217;s the indo?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Crackheads leavin babies unattended at the window<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>To see death, and brothers with strikes who got three left<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I&#8217;m trying to make it, cause if I don&#8217;t I&#8217;ll probably take it<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>But perserverence is a virtue<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>The person that you thinking you hurting might hurt you<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ya celly might jerk too<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Perhaps I&#8217;ll go to court this time when I&#8217;m summoned<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>But I&#8217;m a rebel to the system so I might not be coming<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>So if I fail, man just get up the bail<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>It&#8217;s just more time to write another story to tell<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ill elements, drop intelligence, Black Thought Malik B<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>fuck up their-re-le-vance<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>We got strain on the brain from bodies left in the dust<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Man just leave it to us, look main aim and I&#8217;ll bust<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Fuck betrayal just trust, all the tracks we lust<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>With DJ Krush from Japan with no more need to discuss<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5 id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u25ca \u00a0<a id=\"watch-headline-show-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/artist\/the-roots?feature=watch_video_title\">The Roots<\/a>\u00a0 feat \u00a0Cody ChesnuTT \u00a0\u2193 \u00a0&#8216;The Seed&#8217;<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ojC0mg2hJCc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">w\/ <strong>Elvis Costello<\/strong>:\u21d2<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stereogum.com\/1584742\/elvis-costello-the-roots-cinco-minutos-con-vos-karriem-riggins-remix\/mp3s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;<strong>Cinco Minutos con Vos<\/strong>&#8216; \u00a0[Karriem Riggins mix]<\/a>\u21d0<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a4 \u00a0The Roots \u00a0\u21d3 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DkVuCsnxuik\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">History of the Hip Hop Band<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0Formation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hip hop group The Roots formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1987. Rapper Tariq Trotter, known as Black Thought, and drummer Ahmir Thompson, known as Questlove, met during high school. They began performing together and were eventually joined by bassist Leon \u201cHub\u201d Hubbard and rapper Malik B. The artists soon began to make a name for themselves in the underground scenes of Philadelphia and New York City.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2022 \u00a0Debut<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They independently released the hip hop album Organix! in 1993. This effort garnered the interest of several labels and allowed The Roots to sign with David Geffen Company Records shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2022 \u00a0Alternative Rock Fans<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Do You Want More?!!!??! followed two years later. This hip hop jazz effort did not initially attract the attention of many hip hop fans. However, some of the alternative rock audience took notice after the band played at the Lollapalooza music festival in the mid-1990s. During this time, The Roots also added producer Scott Storch and beatboxer Rahzel M. Brown to the line-up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2022 \u00a0First Mainstream Success<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Up next was 1996\u2019s Illadelph Halflife. The intense record found a place within the top thirty of the Billboard 200 chart and featured \u201cWhat They Do,\u201d which was the band\u2019s first single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2022 \u00a0Critical and Commercial Recognition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, The Roots really began to earn recognition with their record Things Fall Apart. The 1999 album reached the fourth spot on the Billboard chart and won them a Grammy for the song \u201cYou Got Me.\u201d The effort featured meaningful lyrics as well as neo-soul influences, and was their most successful to that point. Later that year, The Roots demonstrated their talent and passion for live instrumentation with the album The Roots Come Alive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2022 \u00a0\u201cPhrenology\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite a few personnel changes, the collective released another disc in 2002. Phrenology made it within the top thirty on the charts. The commercially successful effort included several collaborations with multiple artists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2022 \u00a0Line-Up Changes and Jam Sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">More members of The Roots left the band prior to the release of 2004\u2019s The Tipping Point. This more varied record was based on previously recorded jam sessions and contained various influences, like pop, jazz and funk. It reached number four on the charts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2022 \u00a0Darker Themes and Top Ten Records<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">2006\u2019s Game Theory was The Roots\u2019 first disc on Def Jam Recordings. The top ten record was much darker than their previous material and spoke of socio-political themes. It was followed by Rising Down two years later, which carried over the grim tone of the last effort with the addition of electronic influences. This album also charted within the Billboard top ten.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2022 \u00a0Late Night With Jimmy Fallon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2009, The Roots became the house band on the late-night talk show \u201cLate Night With Jimmy Fallon.\u201d While holding this gig, they continued to record and came out with How I Got Over in 2010. The top-ten record was praised for combining various musical genres such as soul, indie rock and gospel into a unified sound.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2022 \u00a0John Legend<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later that year, The Roots made a collaborative album with singer John Legend. Wake Up! consisted mainly of soul music covers and was followed by \u201cThe \u2018Wake Up Radio\u2019 Mixtape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2022 \u00a0\u201cUndun\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2011, while still appearing on \u201cLate Night With Jimmy Fallon,\u201d The Roots co-produced singer Betty Wright\u2019s album Betty Wright: The Movie. They also released their first concept record Undun later that year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2022 \u00a0Excellent Live Band<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With their blend of hip hop and neo soul, The Roots won fans by using multiple instruments more often associated with jazz and funk during their live performances. As such, they have become an influence for many artists and continue to be admired by critics and fans alike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Roots is an American Grammy Award winning hip hop\/neo soul band formed in 1987 by Tariq \u00abBlack Thought\u00bb Trotter and Ahmir \u00abQuestlove\u00bb Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They are known for a jazzy, eclectic approach to hip hop which includes live instrumentals. 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