Group · Active since 1987
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The Roots
? vs. Rahzel
The Roots
? vs. Scratch (The Token DJ cut)
The Roots
(She Might Be a) Grenade
Elvis Costello, The Roots
@ 15
The Roots
100% Dundee
The Roots
100% Dundee
The Roots
3rd Acts: ? vs. Scratch 2… Electric Boogaloo
The Roots
75 Bars (Black’s Reconstruction)
The Roots
Act Fore… The End?
The Roots
Act Too (Love of My Life)
The Roots, Common
Act Too (The Love of My Life)
The Roots
Act Won (Things Fall Apart)
The Roots
Adrenaline
The Roots
Adrenaline!
The Roots
Adrenaline!
The Roots
Ain’t Sayin’ Nothin’ New
The Roots
Atonement
The Roots, Jack Davey of J*Davey
Baby
The Roots, John-John of Nouveau Riche
Bass Intro/There’s Something Goin’ On/Love
The Roots
Becoming Unwritten
The Roots
Birthday Girl
The Roots
Boom!
The Roots
Break You Off
The Roots
Break You Off
The Roots, Musiq Soulchild
Break You Off (a cappella)
The Roots, Musiq
Burned Hollywood Burned
Chuck D, The Roots, Zack de la Rocha
Can You Hear Me?
Elvis Costello, The Roots
Can’t Stop This
The Roots
Clock With No Hands
The Roots, Mercedes Martinez of Jazzfatnastees
Clones
The Roots
Come the Meantimes
Elvis Costello, The Roots
Compared to What
John Legend, The Roots
Complexity
The Roots, Jill Scott
Concerto of the Desperado
The Roots
Concerto of the Desperado
The Roots
Cops See Fogel’s ID / Seth Saves Evan
The Roots, Dice Raw of Nouveau Riche, Malik B
Criminal
The Roots, Truck North, Saigon
Datskat
The Roots
Datskat
The Roots
Dave vs. US
The Roots
Dear God 2.0
The Roots, Monsters of Folk
Dear God 2.0
The Roots, Monsters of Folk
Diedre vs. Dice
The Roots
DillaTUDE: The Flight of Titus
The Roots
Dilltastic Vol Won(derful)
The Roots
Distortion to Static
The Roots
Distortion to Static
The Roots
Do You Want More?!!!??!
The Roots
Do You Want More?!!!??!
The Roots
Doin’ It Again
The Roots
Don’t Feel Right
The Roots, Maimouna Youssef
Don’t Say Nutthin
The Roots
Don’t See Us
The Roots
Don’t See Us
The Roots
Double Trouble
The Roots
Duck Down!
The Roots
Dun
The Roots
Dynamite!
The Roots
Episodes
The Roots
Essaywhuman?!!
The Roots
Essaywhuman?!!!??!
The Roots
False Media
The Roots
Funky Kingston
Toots & The Maytals, Bootsy Collins, The Roots
Game Theory
The Roots, Malik B
Get Busy
The Roots, Dice Raw, Peedi Peedi
Guns Are Drawn
The Roots
Hang On In There
John Legend, The Roots
Hard Times
John Legend, The Roots, Black Thought
How I Got Over
The Roots, Dice Raw
Humanity (Love the Way It Should Be)
John Legend, The Roots
Hustla
The Roots, STS
I Can’t Help It
The Roots, Malik B, Mercedes Martinez, Dice Raw
I Can’t Write Left Handed
John Legend, The Roots
I Don’t Care
The Roots
I Remain Calm
The Roots
I Remain Calm
The Roots
I Remember
The Roots
I Will Not Apologize
The Roots, Porn, Dice Raw
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
John Legend, The Roots
If I Could Believe
Elvis Costello, The Roots
In the Music
The Roots, Malik B, Porn
In the Music
The Roots, Malik B, Porn
Intro
The Roots
Intro / There’s Something Goin’ On
The Roots
It Just Don’t Stop
The Roots
It Just Don’t Stop
The Roots
Ital (The Universal Side)
The Roots
Kool On
The Roots, Greg Porn, Truck North
Lazy Afternoon
The Roots
Lazy Afternoon Pt. 1
The Roots
Lazy Afternoon Pt. 2
The Roots
Lazy Afternoon Pt. 3
The Roots
Lift Your Fist
Guru, The Roots
Lift Your Fist
Guru, The Roots
Lighthouse
The Roots, Dice Raw
Little Ghetto Boy
John Legend, The Roots, Black Thought
Little Ghetto Boy (prelude)
John Legend, The Roots, Malik Yusef
Live at the T-Connection
The Roots
Livin’ in a New World
The Roots, John-John of Nouveau Riche
?uestlove
IPI: 00184010796“Captain” Kirk Douglas
Since 2002
Ben Kenney
Until 2002
IPI: 00530974252Black Thought
IPI: 00184006978Dame “Tuba Gooding, Jr.” Bryson
Dave Guy
IPI: 00343790747Ebony Joi
Frank "Knuckles" Walker
Since 2002
Hub
Until 2007
IPI: 00184007877James Poyser
IPI: 00333998132Kamal Gray
IPI: 00194680339Malik B
Until 2001
IPI: 00184010205Mark Kelley
Since 2011
Martin Luther McCoy
Owen Biddle
2007–2011
Rahzel
1995–1999
IPI: 00192920262Scott Storch
Until 1995
IPI: 00340654774Scratch
1998–2003
…and Then You Shoot Your Cousin
2014 · Def Jam Recordings
…and Then You Shoot Your Cousin
2014 · Def Jam Recordings
Betty Wright: The Movie
2011
Betty Wright: The Movie
2011 · S-Curve Records
Break You Off
2003 · MCA Records
Clones / Section
1996 · DGC
Do This Well
2004 · Dysfunctional Youth Music
do you want more?!!!?!
1994 · DGC
Do You Want More?!!!??!
2021
Do You Want More?!!!??!
1999 · Geffen Records
Don't Feel Right
2006 · Def Jam Recordings
Don't Say Nuthin
2004
Game Theory
2006 · Def Jam Recordings
Game Theory
2006 · Def Jam Recordings
Game Theory
2025 · Def Jam Recordings
Game Theory Deluxe Edition (Explicit Version)
Home Grown! The Beginner's Guide To Understanding The Roots (Vol.1)
2005
Home Grown! The Beginner's Guide to Understanding The Roots, Volume 1
2006 · Ukrainian Records
Home Grown! The Beginner's Guide to Understanding The Roots, Volume 2
2005 · Geffen Records
How I Got Over
2010 · Def Jam Recordings
How I Got Over
2010
How I Got Over
2010 · Def Jam Recordings
How I Got Over
2010 · Def Jam Recordings
Illadelph Halflife
1996 · DGC
Illadelph Halflife
2012
Instrumental Collection
2003 · Instrumental Records
Live Au Festival Rock En Seine
2017 · Let Them Eat Vinyl
Live Au Festival Rock En Seine
2013 · Zero Live
My Shot (Rise Up remix)
2016
New Year’s Eve Polka (5‐4‐3‐2‐1)
2024
Organix
2021 · Remedy Recordings
Organix
1993 · Remedy Recordings
Organix
1998 · Remedy Recordings
Phrenology
2006 · Geffen Records
Phrenology
2002 · MCA Records
Phrenology
2002 · MCA Records
Phrenology
2002 · MCA Records
Phrenology
2002 · MCA Records
Phrenology
2002 · MCA Records
Respond/React (Live at Blue Note NYC)
2025
Rising Down
2008 · Def Jam Recordings
Rising Down
2008 · Def Jam Recordings
Rising Down
2008 · Island Def Jam Music Group
Rising Down
2008 · Def Jam Recordings
Rising Down
2008 · Def Jam Recordings
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (Live from Late Night with Jimmy Fallon)
2013
The Best of The Roots
2011
The Legendary
1999 · MCA Records
The Roots Come Alive
1999 · MCA Records
The Roots Come Alive
1999 · MCA Records
The Roots is a group, active since 1987. The members of The Roots include ?uestlove, “Captain” Kirk Douglas, Ben Kenney, Black Thought, Dame “Tuba Gooding, Jr.” Bryson, Dave Guy, Ebony Joi, Frank "Knuckles" Walker, Hub, James Poyser, Kamal Gray, Malik B, Mark Kelley, Martin Luther McCoy, Owen Biddle, Rahzel, Scott Storch and Scratch. Each member's individual songwriter and performer credits can be explored on their profile page.
Our database contains 231 recordings and 50 releases associated with The Roots. Credits data is sourced from the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), MusicBrainz (CC0), and Spotify.
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