The Roots keep it local on “Without a Doubt,” the seventh track off Things Fall Apart, featuring fellow Philadelphian Lady B and a beat sampled from Schoolly D’s “Saturday Night”. Drummer Questlove commented on using the sample in the album’s liner notes: "Another one of our in house geniuses, Chaos, suggested that if we were going to ‘go there’ (Hip Hop’s ever so effortless task of ‘creating’ the cover tune) we should keep it ‘ill’ (adelph). So it was no question to whom shall we borrow a tune from … 52nd street’s own Schoolly D. By this point the Hip-Hop nation overused his c… read more
The Roots keep it local on “Without a Doubt,” the seventh track off Things Fall Apart, featuring fellow Philadelphian Lady B and a beat sampled from … read more
The Roots keep it local on “Without a Doubt,” the seventh track off Things Fall Apart, featuring fellow Philadelphian Lady B and a beat sampled from Schoolly D’s “Saturday Night”. Drumme… read more
The Roots, also known as The Legendary Roots Crew, The Square Roots and The Foundation, are an influential, Grammy winning hip hop group based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, famed for a heavily jazzy sound and live instrumentation. Inspired by the "hip-hop band" concept pioneered by Stetsasonic, the Roots themselves have garnered critical acclaim and influenced later hip-hop and R&B acts. The Roots' original lineup included Black Thought (MC vocals) and Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson (drums), who were classmates at the Philadelphia High School for Creati… read more
The Roots, also known as The Legendary Roots Crew, The Square Roots and The Foundation, are an influential, Grammy winning hip hop group based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, famed for a… read more
The Roots, also known as The Legendary Roots Crew, The Square Roots and The Foundation, are an influential, Grammy winning hip hop group based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, famed for a heavily jazzy sound and live instrumentation.… read more