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American hip hop band Use mdy dates March 2018 Infobox musical artist | name = The Roots | image = The Roots 2016 Holiday Tour - Orlando (31139328734).jpg | landscape = yes | caption = The Roots performing in 2016 | alias = The Legendary Roots Crew
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The Tonight Show Band | origin = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | genre = flatlist| *Hip-hop|Hip hopcite web Bush John n.d. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-roots-mn0000415906/biography The Roots: Biography & History AllMusic January 27, 2021 *alternative hip-hop|alternative rapcite magazine Patrin Nate June 25, 2010 https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14386-how-i-got-over/ The Roots: How I Got Over Album Review|magazine=Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork January 27, 2021 * Political hip-hop|conscious rapcite web |last1=Nieman |first1=Carrie Digging the Roots https://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/digging-the-roots/Content?oid=1375737 Style Weekly May 14, 2003 21 February 2022 * progressive soulcite news Gross Jason May 10, 2006 https://clclt.com/charlotte/the-roots/Content?oid=2360759 The Roots: They're a (funky) American band|newspaper=Creative Loafing|Creative Loafing Charlotte January 27, 2021 * progressive rapcite news Lewis Miles Marshall|authorlink=Miles Marshall Lewis August 9, 2007 https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/common-6375880 Common|newspaper=Dallas Observer|accessdate=July 14, 2021 | discography = The Roots discography | years_active = start date|1987–present | label = flatlist| *Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam *DGC Records|DGC *Interscope Geffen A&M Records|Interscope Geffen A&M *MCA Records|MCA *Okayplayer | spinoffs = flatlist| *Nouveau Riche (Philadelphia band)|Nouveau Riche *Soulquarians | website = URL|theroots.com | current_members = *Black Thought *Questlove *Captain Kirk Douglas *Tuba Gooding Jr.|Damon "Tuba Gooding Jr." Bryson *Raymond Angry *James Poyser *Mark Kelley *Stro Elliot *Kamal Gray *Ian Hendrickson-Smith *Dave Guy | past_members = *Joshua Abrams (musician)|Josh "Rubberband" Abrams *Malik B. *Owen Biddle (musician)|Owen Biddle *Kid Crumbs *Jeremy Ellis *Dice Raw *F. Knuckles *Hub (bassist)|Hub *Ben Kenney *Martin Luther McCoy|Martin Luther *Rahzel *Scratch (musician)|Scratch *Scott Storch *Nikki Yeoh ''The Roots'' are an American Hip-hop|hip hop band formed in 1987 by singer Black Thought|Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and drummer Questlove|Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 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 with Jimmy Fallon'' from 2009 to 2014. Current regular members of The Roots on ''The Tonight Show'' are Captain Kirk Douglas (guitar, Mark Kelley (bass, James Poyser (keyboards, Ian Hendrickson-Smith (saxophone, Damon "Tuba Gooding Jr." Bryson (sousaphone, Stro Elliot (keyboards and drums, Dave Guy (trumpet, Kamal Gray (keyboards, and Raymond Angry (keyboards). The Roots are known for a jazz rap|jazzy and eclectic approach to hip hop featuring live musical instrumentscite magazine https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theroots/albums/album/111873/review/5946009/illadelph_halflife https://web.archive.org/web/20070506052925/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theroots/albums/album/111873/review/5946009/illadelph_halflife May 6, 2007 Album Review: Illadelph Halflife Powell Kevin October 24, 1996|magazine=Rolling Stone January 25, 2010 and the group's work has consistently been met with critical acclaim. ThoughtCo ranked the band #7 on its list of the 25 Best Hip-Hop Groups of All-Time, calling them "Hip-hop's first legitimate band."cite web https://www.thoughtco.com/best-rap-groups-2857977 25 Greatest Hip-Hop Groups – Best Rap Groups of All Time ThoughtCo. Henry Adaso October 12, 2017 March 26, 2018 In addition to the band's music, several members of the Roots are involved in side projects, including record producer|record production, acting, and regularly serving as guests on other musicians' albums and live shows.