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The Roots
The Roots are an American hip hop band, formed in 1987 by Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The Roots currently serve as the house band on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, having served in the same role on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon from 2009–2014.
Members Black Thought, Questlove, Captain Kirk Douglas, Damon "Tuba Gooding Jr." Bryson, Raymond Angry, James Poyser, Mark Kelley, Stro Elliot, Kamal Gray, Ian Hendrickson-Smith, Dave Guy
Origin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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The Roots - You Got Me ft. Erykah Badu
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Also known as The Legendary Roots Crew, The Fifth Dynasty, The Square Roots, The Tonight Show Band
Genres Hip hop, alternative rap, conscious rap, progressive soul, progressive rap
Labels Def Jam, DGC, Interscope Geffen A&M, MCA, Okayplayer
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Discography

Organix (1993) Do You Want More?!!!??! (1995) Illadelph Halflife (1996) Things Fall Apart (1999) Phrenology (2002) The Tipping Point (2004) Game Theory (2006) Rising Down (2008) How I Got Over (2010) Undun (2011) ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin (2014)

Band lineup

Current members Black Thought – rap and singing vocals (1987–present) Questlove – drums, backing rap vocals, beatboxing (1987–present) Kamal Gray – keyboards, backing rap vocals (1994–present) Captain Kirk Douglas – guitars, singing vocals (2003–present) Tuba Gooding, Jr. (Damon Bryson) – sousaphone, tuba (2007–present) James Poyser – keyboards (2009–present) Ray Angry – keyboards (2010–present) Mark Kelley – bass, synthesizer bass, moog (2011–present) Ian Hendrickson-Smith – flutes, saxophones (2015–present) Dave Guy – trumpet (2015–present) Stro Elliot – beatbox, percussion, sampling, tambourine, Ableton, HandSonic, SPD-SX, finger drumming, keyboards (2017–present) Jeremy Ellis – beatbox, sampling, Maschine, Arcade machine sampler, midi fighter, finger drumming (2014–present) Former members Malik B. – rap vocals (1987–1999; died 2020) Josh 'Rubberband' Abrams – bass (1992–1994) Kenyatta 'Kid Crumbs' Warren – rap vocals (1993) Scott Storch – keyboards (1993–1995) Nikki Yeoh – keyboards (1994) Hub – bass (1994–2007; died 2021) Rahzel – beatboxing (1995–2001) Dice Raw – rap vocals (1995–2001) (frequent collaborator with the band) Scratch – beatboxing (1996–2003) F. Knuckles – percussion (2001–2017) Ben Kenney – guitars, bass (2000–2003) Martin Luther – guitars, vocals (2003–2004) Owen Biddle – bass (2007–2011)
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