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subject	MCA Records artists Musical groups established in 1987 African-American musical groups Grammy Award winners Alternative hip hop groups Def Jam Recordings artists The Roots American funk musical groups DGC Records artists Geffen Records artists Hip hop groups from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Musical groups from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Musical octets The Tonight Show Band members Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Radio and television house bands
abstract	The Roots is an American Hip-Hop / Neo Soul band formed in 1987 by Tariq %22Black Thought%22 Trotter and Ahmir %22?uestlove%22 Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are famed for beginning with a jazzy, eclectic approach to Hip-Hop which still includes live instrumentals.Malik B., Leonard %22Hub%22 Hubbard, and Josh Abrams were added to the band, originally called %22The Square Roots%22.
dbo:abstract	The Roots are an American hip hop/neo soul band, formed in 1987 by Tariq %22Black Thought%22 Trotter and Ahmir %22Questlove%22 Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The Roots are known for a jazzy and eclectic approach to hip-hop featuring live musical instruments. Malik B., Leonard %22Hub%22 Hubbard, and Josh Abrams were added to the band (formerly named %22The Square Roots%22).Since its first independent album-length release the band has released 10 studio albums, two EPs, two collaboration albums (with other artists), and also collaborated on recordings and in live shows with a wide variety of artists in many musical genres. The Roots served as the house band on NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon from 2009 to 2014, and in the same role (and accompanying show guest artists) on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon since 2014. The Roots' work has consistently been met with critical acclaim. About.com ranked the band #7 on its list of the 25 Best Hip-Hop Groups of All-Time, calling them %22Hip-hop's first legitimate band.%22
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schema:genre	Hip Hop
is mo:performer of	The Coming The Dark (Trinity) The Lesson Birthday Girl The Unraveling Distortion To Static Mellow My Man

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