The Roots discography

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The Roots discography
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The Roots performing in 2016
Studio albums14
Live albums2
Compilation albums3
Music videos24
EPs2
Singles18

The discography of the Roots, an American hip hop band, consists of fourteen studio albums, plus three collaborative studio albums, three compilation albums, two extended plays, and two live albums. The Roots began performing in 1989 as the Square Roots with rapper Black Thought and drummer Questlove. Rapper Malik B., and bassist Leonard Hubbard joined the band in 1991. [1] Over its history, Questlove and Black Thought have always remained with the Roots while their lineup of backing musicians has changed.

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In 1993, the Roots debuted with independently released album Organix , and signed to DGC Records (later MCA Records) that same year. The Roots' debuted on Geffen with Do You Want More?!!!??! , an album that was unique in hip hop for using no sampling, and being embraced more by fans of alternative rock than fans of hip hop. [2] Do You Want More?!!!??! peaked at only number 104 on the Billboard 200 chart in the US. [3] Illadelph Halflife , the third album by the Roots, peaked at number twenty-one on the Billboard 200. [3] In 1999, the Roots' fourth album Things Fall Apart became the band's biggest success. The album was certified gold in the US, [4] and its single "You Got Me" peaked at number thirty-nine on the Billboard Hot 100, and number nineteen on the Hot Rap Tracks chart. [5] "You Got Me" won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group in 2000. [6] In 2002, The Roots released Phrenology , which contained the band's second single to chart on the Hot 100. "Break You Off", which featured Musiq Soulchild, peaked at number ninety-nine. [5]

The Roots founded the company Okayplayer, and released The Tipping Point in 2004. [2] In 2006, the Roots signed to Def Jam, and released Game Theory under Def Jam and Rising Down in 2008; the band's album How I Got Over was released in 2010. The Roots released two live concert albums, the first being The Roots Come Alive in 2000, and the next The Roots Present in 2005. In 2009, the Roots became the house band for the late-night show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and in 2014, upon Fallon's take over of The Tonight Show , the Roots moved to that series.

Albums

Studio albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[3]
US
R&B

[3]
AUS
[7]
CAN
[3]
FIN
[8]
FRA
[9]
GER
[10]
NLD
[11]
NOR
[12]
SWE
[13]
SWI
[14]
UK
[15]
1993 Organix
  • Released: May 19, 1993
  • Label: Remedy
  • Format: CD, cassette, digital download
93
1995 Do You Want More?!!!??!
  • Released: January 17, 1995
  • Label: DGC (24714)
  • Format: CD, cassette, digital download
1042287
1996 Illadelph Halflife
  • Released: September 24, 1996
  • Label: DGC (24972)
  • Format: CD, cassette, digital download, LP
21456
1999 Things Fall Apart
  • Released: February 23, 1999
  • Label: MCA (11948)
  • Format: CD, cassette, digital download, LP
4274164924084
2002 Phrenology
  • Released: November 26, 2002
  • Label: MCA (112996)
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP
2811141175457112
2004 The Tipping Point
  • Released: July 13, 2004
  • Label: Geffen (000257302)
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP
42223544442037371
2006 Game Theory
  • Released: August 29, 2006
  • Label: Def Jam (0007222)
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP
953669957826776
2008 Rising Down
  • Released: April 29, 2008
  • Label: Def Jam (001113802)
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP
631001495341095
2010 How I Got Over
  • Released: June 22, 2010
  • Label: Def Jam
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP
63711411770333111
Wake Up!
(with John Legend)
83421695696291526
2011 Betty Wright: The Movie
(with Betty Wright)
  • Released: November 15, 2011
  • Label: S-Curve [19]
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP
1972744
Undun
  • Released: December 6, 2011
  • Label: Def Jam
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP
1746620879130178
2013 Wise Up Ghost
(with Elvis Costello)
  • Released: September 17, 2013
  • Label: Blue Note Records
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP
16401312935261228
2014 ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin
  • Released: May 13, 2014
  • Label: Def Jam
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP
113342012779639111
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Compilation albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
[3]
US
R&B
[3]
2005Home Grown! The Beginners Guide to Understanding The Roots, Vol. 1
  • Released: November 15, 2005
  • Label: Geffen (000567002)
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP
16141
Home Grown! The Beginners Guide to Understanding The Roots, Vol. 2
  • Released: November 15, 2005
  • Label: Geffen (000567102)
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP
18746

Live albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
[3]
US
R&B
[3]
1999 The Roots Come Alive
  • Released: November 2, 1999
  • Label: MCA (12059)
  • Format: CD, cassette, digital download, LP
5012
2004Nagoya Blue Note: Live In Japan – September 7, 2004
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Okapi (unofficial)
  • Format: CD
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Extended plays

YearAlbum details
1994 From the Ground Up
  • Released: April 1, 1994
  • Label: Geffen (5189412)
  • Format: CD
1999 The Legendary
  • Released: July 20, 1999
  • Label: MCA (55539)
  • Format: CD

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
US
[5]
US
R&B

[5]
US
Rap

[5]
AUS
[7]
FRA
[9]
GER
[10]
NLD
[11]
NZL
[20]
SWI
[14]
UK
[15]
1994"Distortion to Static"9625Do You Want More?!!!??!
1995"Proceed"123 [A] 7913
"Silent Treatment"105 [A] 31
1996"Clones"101 [A] 6211Illadelph Halflife
"What They Do" (featuring Raphael Saadiq)3421549
1998"Adrenaline!"7329Things Fall Apart
"You Got Me" (featuring Erykah Badu and Eve)391119282546371531
1999"The Next Movement" (featuring DJ Jazzy Jeff and Jazzyfatnastees)103 [A]
"Don't See Us"
"What You Want"82The Roots Come Alive
2002"Break You Off" (featuring Musiq Soulchild)995559Phrenology
2003"The Seed (2.0)" (featuring Cody ChesnuTT)7867312233
2004"Don't Say Nuthin'"66662792The Tipping Point
"I Don't Care" (featuring Dom)5497
"Stay Cool"53 [B] 31 [B]
2006"Don't Feel Right" (featuring Maimouna Youssef)48 [B] 200Game Theory
2008"Birthday Girl" (featuring Patrick Stump)Rising Down
"Rising Up" (featuring Chrisette Michele and Wale)
2009"How I Got Over" (featuring Dice Raw)How I Got Over
2010"Let It Be" (Jennifer Hudson featuring The Roots)9819 [C] 97 Hope for Haiti Now
"Dear God 2.0" (featuring Monsters of Folk)How I Got Over
"The Fire" (featuring John Legend)
"Wake Up Everybody" (with John Legend featuring Common & Melanie Fiona)532162179Wake Up!
"Hard Times" (with John Legend)
"Well, Well, Well" (with Duffy)1124581941 Endlessly
2011"Shine" (with John Legend)64Wake Up!
"Make My" (featuring Big K.R.I.T.)Undun
"Tip the Scale" (featuring Dice Raw)
2014"When the People Cheer"...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Other appearances

YearSongAlbum
1996"The Good, The Bad and The Desolate" High School High: The Soundtrack
1996"Da Jawn"
(with Bahamadia
Kollage
1997"The 'Notic"
(with D'Angelo)
Men in Black: The Album
1997"The Show" In Tha Beginning...There Was Rap [22]
1998"Why?"
(with Eric Benét)
Ride
1998"Let It Go"
(with Jazzyfatnastees)
Down in the Delta
1998"Peas and Cues"Rapology 13
1999"Ya' All Know Who!" The Wood (soundtrack)
1999"What You Want?"
(with Jaguar)
The Best Man
2000"Hurricane"
(with Common, Mos Def, Jazzyfatnastees, Dice Raw and Flo Brown)
Hurricane (soundtrack)
2000"Burned Hollywood Burned"
(with Chuck D and Zack de la Rocha)
Bamboozled
2000"Work"
(with Alechia James)
Bait
2001"Glitches (The Skin You're In)"
(with Amel Larrieux)
Down to Earth
2002"Act Too (Love of My Life) (Remix)" Brown Sugar
2002"Tao of the Machine"
(with BT)
Blade II
Emotional Technology
2006"Boom! (Live Album Version)"
(with Kool G Rap and Big Daddy Kane)
Dave Chapelle's Block Party
2010"I'll Stand by You"
(with Shakira)
"Hard Times Come Again No More"
(with Mary J. Blige)
"Let It Be"
(with Jennifer Hudson)
Hope For Haiti Now
2012"Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round" Soundtrack for a Revolution (soundtrack) [23]
2016"No John Trumbull (Intro)"
"My Shot (Rise Up Remix)"
(with Busta Rhymes, Joell Ortiz and Nate Ruess)
"You'll Be Back"
(with Jimmy Fallon)
"Who Tells Your Story"
(with Common and Ingrid Michaelson)
The Hamilton Mixtape
2017"It Ain't Fair"
(with Bilal)
Detroit

Music videos

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