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The Roots (Musical Group)

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2009

    Former Trocaderos employee alleges sexual harassment

    A former Trocaderos employee says she was fired after she complained about repeated sexual harassment on the job.

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2008

    Over the Weekend: September 19-21, 2008

    A former Trocaderos employee says she was fired after she complained about repeated sexual harassment on the job.

  • Music

    August 1, 2007

    Purple Drizzle

    Prince's fair-to-middling latest is a sad sign o' the times

  • Arts

    October 5, 2005

    Sweet Sixteen

    Beautiful (mostly) and all yours, our sneek peek at the 6th Annual 'Sound Unseen'

  • Arts

    March 16, 2005

    Things Come Together

    What new DVDs by the Roots and Dolly Parton tell us about hip hop and country music's parallel lines

  • Music

    July 14, 2004

    The Roots: The Tipping Point

    What new DVDs by the Roots and Dolly Parton tell us about hip hop and country music's parallel lines

  • Music

    March 5, 2003

    Common: Electric Circus

    What new DVDs by the Roots and Dolly Parton tell us about hip hop and country music's parallel lines

  • Music

    February 12, 2003

    Digging Deeper

    Excavating hip hop's history with the Roots

  • Music

    January 8, 2003

    The Roots: Phrenology

    Excavating hip hop's history with the Roots

  • Music

    July 24, 2002

    The Flamin' Groovies

    Smokin' Grooves lights up hip hop's crossover crowd

  • Music

    March 13, 2002

    Heiruspecs: Small Steps

    Smokin' Grooves lights up hip hop's crossover crowd

  • Music

    August 23, 2000

    Revolutions Per Minute

    Smokin' Grooves lights up hip hop's crossover crowd

  • Music

    August 2, 2000

    Funk Is Instrumental

    The teenage Heiruspecs put live horns and guitars back into hip hop

  • Music

    March 15, 2000

    Beatbox Hero

    Rahzel continues the hand-to-mouth tradition of the human turntable

  • Music

    March 8, 2000

    Femi Kuti: Shoki Shoki

    Rahzel continues the hand-to-mouth tradition of the human turntable

  • Music

    February 9, 2000

    Footsteps in the Dark

    A walk through D'Angelo's hotly awaited, strangely elusive masterpiece, Voodoo

  • Arts

    January 5, 2000

    Year of the White Male

    In 1999, cock rock and teenybop ruled the roost

  • Arts

    January 5, 2000

    Rap Up

    Will 2000 be the year Minnesota hip hop broke?

  • Music

    October 20, 1999

    The Jungle Book

    With their mix of Pygmy chants and hip-hop beats, Zap Mama journey into "the exotic"

  • Music

    March 10, 1999

    Deeper Roots

    Underappreciated hip hoppers the Roots put their sound together on the new album Things Fall Apart

  • Music

    January 27, 1999

    The Coup: Steal this Album

    Underappreciated hip hoppers the Roots put their sound together on the new album Things Fall Apart

  • Music

    May 27, 1998

    Big Punisher: Capital Punishment

    Underappreciated hip hoppers the Roots put their sound together on the new album Things Fall Apart

  • Music

    October 15, 1997

    Common: One Day It'll All Make Sense

    Underappreciated hip hoppers the Roots put their sound together on the new album Things Fall Apart

  • Music

    October 1, 1997

    Jon B / Usher

    Underappreciated hip hoppers the Roots put their sound together on the new album Things Fall Apart

  • News

    March 19, 1997

    Peeling the Onion

    USA Today, Tomorrow the World: Inside the only humor publication that matters

  • News

    January 15, 1997

    Notes on '96

    USA Today, Tomorrow the World: Inside the only humor publication that matters

  • Music

    October 9, 1996

    Record Roundup

    USA Today, Tomorrow the World: Inside the only humor publication that matters

  • Music

    June 12, 1996

    The Roundup

    USA Today, Tomorrow the World: Inside the only humor publication that matters

  • Music

    May 22, 1996

    Record Roundup

    USA Today, Tomorrow the World: Inside the only humor publication that matters

  • Music

    April 10, 1996

    Record Roundup

    USA Today, Tomorrow the World: Inside the only humor publication that matters

  • News

    January 24, 1996

    The Year in Music 1995

    USA Today, Tomorrow the World: Inside the only humor publication that matters

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