The Roots
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Though popular success has largely eluded the Roots, the Philadelphia group showed the way for live rap, building on Stetsasonic's "hip-hop band" philosophy of the mid-'80s by focusing on live instrumentation at their concerts ...

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1. The Seed (2,0) LYRICS

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2. Rising Down

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3. Rising Up

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4. Break You Off LYRICS

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5. You Got Me LYRICS

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Rising Up

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Birthday Girl

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75 Bars (Black's Reconstruction)

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LAUNCHcast Radio Stations that play The Roots:
Listen to Track	The Roots Fan Station - The Roots, Black Star, Roc Raida
Listen to Track	Quiet Storm - Alicia Keys, Anthony Hamilton, Fantasia more info >
Listen to Track	Underground Hip-Hop - Black Milk, Lupe Fiasco, Pharoahe Monch more info >
Listen to Track	1990s Hip-Hop - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Busta Rhymes, Diddy more info >
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