The Roots


First Record: 1993


VH1's 50 Greatest Hip Hop Artists (#37)
Billboard/Vibe's Greatest Rappers of All Time (#28)

HHGA Best 250 Albums (?)Rank
Illadelph Halflife (1996)35
Things Fall Apart (1999)54
Game Theory (2006)60
Undun (2011)157
Rising Down (2008)207
How I Got Over (2010)249

R.S. Top 200 Hip Hop Albums (?)Rank
Things Fall Apart (1999)51
How I Got Over (2010)150

Essential Albums (?)WikipediaYouTube
Illadelph Halflife (1996)
Things Fall Apart (1999)
Phrenology (2002)
Game Theory (2006)
Rising Down (2008)

Essential Songs (?)WikipediaYouTube
You Got Me. (1999)

The Roots @ Wikipedia

Should The Roots be inducted into the Hip Hop Hall of Fame?
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they need to they experimented with actual instruments and are one of the old school groups that never broke up.

Posted by GMU on Monday, 01.12.09 @ 07:45am


HELL YEAH!!
these guys need to be in there as much or more than anyone..

best live hip hop band ever!!!!!

Posted by tim on Sunday, 01.4.09 @ 18:59pm


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