The Roots
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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 Ton
The Roots performing in 2016
Black Thought with the Roots in 1999
The Roots in 1999
Questlove in discussion during book signing, 2013.
Things Fall Apart (album)
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Things Fall Apart is the fourth studio album by American hip-hop band the Roots, released on February 23, 1999, by MCA Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at Electric Lady during 1997
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…would provide the foundation for the creation of the Soulquarians and forged the Roots' association with the neo-soul subgenre. The group released Things Fall Apart in 1999 (named after Things Fall Apart, a novel by Chinua Achebe, which in turn was named after a line from "The Second Coming" by W.B. Yeats). This…
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