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Songs Performed or Written by The RootsTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography

The Roots are an American hip-hop band formed in 1987 by singer Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and drummer Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia. The Roots serve as the house band on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, having served in the same role on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon from 2009 to 2014. The regular members of The Roots on The Tonight Show are Captain Kirk Douglas (guitar), Mark Kelley (bass), James Poyser (keyboards), Ian Hendrickson-Smith (saxophone), Damon "Tuba... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: You Got Me - #2: What They Do - #3: The Seed (2.0) - #4: Break You Off - #5: Otherside of the Game

The Roots

10/1994

Distortion to Static
The Roots

1 pts

R&B

[DGC 19272]
written by Ahmir-Khalib Thompson, Leonard Hubbard, Scott Storch, Smart Abdul-Basit & Tariq Trotter

01/1995

Proceed
The Roots

from Do You Want More?!!!??!

5 pts

123

R&B

[DGC 19380]
written by Ahmir-Khalib Thompson, Leonard Hubbard, Scott Storch, Smart Abdul-Basit & Tariq Trotter

04/1995

Silent Treatment
The Roots

from Do You Want More?!!!??!

1 pts

105

R&B

written by Ahmir-Khalib Thompson, Scott Storch, Leonard Hubbard, Collins & Smart Abdul-Basit

06/1996

Clones
The Roots

from Illadelph Halflife

5 pts

101

R&B

[DGC 19402]
written by Tariq Trotter, Smart Abdul-Basit, Karl Jenkins, Phillip Blenman & Kelo Williams

12/1996

#2 What They Do
The Roots

from Illadelph Halflife

48 pts

R&B

[DGC 19407]
written by Tarik Collins, Jimmy Gray, Leonard Hubbard, Raphael Saadiq & Ahmir Thompson

Erykah Badu

08/1997

#5 Otherside of the Game
Erykah Badu

from Baduizm

9 pts

R&B

[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
[Kedar/Universal album cut]
written by Erykah Badu, Bro Questlove, Richard Nichols, James Poyser & The Roots

The Roots

12/1998

Adrenaline
The Roots

from Things Fall Apart

1 pts

R&B

[MCA 55514]
written by Ahmir Thompson, David Segal, C. Jenkins, Scott Storch, Malik Abdul-Basit & Tariq Trotter

01/1999

#1 You Got Me
The Roots

from Things Fall Apart

62 pts

R&B

featuring Erykah Badu
[MCA 55539]
written by Black Thought, ?uestlove, The Roots

, Jill Scott & Scott Storch

06/1999

The Next Movement
The Roots

from Things Fall Apart

1 pts

103

R&B

written by The Roots

10.

10/1999

What You Want
The Roots

from The Roots Come Alive

1 pts

R&B

featuring Jaguar
[Columbia 79288]
written by Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, Jaguar Wright, Mike Lowe, Scott Storch & Tariq Trotter

11.

11/2002

#4 Break You Off
The Roots

from Phrenology

20 pts

R&B

featuring Musiq
[MCA 113971]
written by Tariq Trotter, Ahmir Thompson, Leonard Hubbard, James Gray, Kyle Jones, Ben Kenney, Karl Jenkins, Taalib Johnson & Jill Scott