- The Roots( Roots )【 260 songs in total 】
- The Roots is an American hip hop group, formed in 1987 by Tariq 'Black Thought' Trotter and Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The Roots are known for a jazzy and eclectic approach to hip-hop featuring live musical instruments. Malik B., Leonard 'Hub' Hubbard, and Josh Abrams were added to the band (formerly named 'The Square Roots').
Since its first independent album-length release the band has released 10 studio albums, two EPs, two collaboration albums (with other artists), and also collaborated on recordings and in live shows with a wide variety of artists in many musical genres. The Roots served as the house band on NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon from 2009 to 2014, and in the same role (and accompanying show guest artists) on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon since 2014. The Roots' work has consistently been met with critical acclaim. About.com ranked the band #7 on its list of the 25 Best Hip-Hop Groups of All-Time, calling them 'Hip-hop's first legitimate band.'
Discography
Organix (1993)
Do You Want More?!!!??! (1995)
Illadelph Halflife (1996)
Things Fall Apart (1999)
Phrenology (2002)
The Tipping Point (2004)
Game Theory (2006)
Rising Down (2008)
How I Got Over (2010)
Undun (2011)
...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin (2014)
End Game (2018)
EPs
From the Ground Up (1994)
The Legendary (1999)
Collaborative albums
Wake Up! (2010) (with John Legend)
Betty Wright: The Movie (2011) (with Betty Wright)
Wise Up Ghost (2013) (with Elvis Costello)
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Song
Lyricist
Composer
Date
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1
100% Dundee
1999-02
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2
3rd Act: ? Vs. Scratch 2(Provided)
1999-02
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3
75 Bars (Black's Reconstruction)
2008
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4
A Peace Of Light
2010-07
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5
Act Fore... The End?
1999-02
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6
Act Too (The Love of My Life) (remix)
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7
Act Too (The Love of My Life)
Leonard Hubbard, Rashid Lonnie Lynn, James Poyser, Ahmir Thompson, Tariq Trotter
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8
Act Too(Love Of My Life)
2014-10
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9
Act Too.. The Love Of My Life
1999-02
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10
Act Won.. Things Fall Apart(Provided)
1999-02
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11
Adrenaline (Live)
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12
Adrenaline!
1999-02
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13
Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round
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14
Ain't Sayin' Nothin' New
Tariq Collins, Jimmy Gray, Leonard Hubbard, Karl Jenkins, Malik Smart, Scott Storch, Ahmir Thompson
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15
Ain't Sayin' Nothing New
1999-02
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16
All I Know
Rozell Manely Brown, Peter O. Phillips
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17
Atonement
Tarik Collins, Colin Charles Greenwood, Jonathan Richa Greenwood, Karl B Jenkins, Edward John O'brien, Philip James Selway, Thomas Edward Yorke
2006-09
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18
Baby
2006-09
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19
Becoming Unwritten
Tarik L. Collins, Tahir Jamal, Karl B. Jenkins, Khari Mateen, Radji Mateen, Ridhwan Mateen, Ahmir K Thompson, Tariq Trotter
2008
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20
Birthday Girl (explicit)
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21
Birthday Girl
2008
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22
Black Rock
2014
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23
Boom!
Tarik Collins, Hardy, Jenkins, Lewis, Ahmir Thompson, Williams, Wilson
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24
Bread And Butter
2006-09
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25
Break You Off (dub/sound check at Bogart's Cincinnati, Ohio, 2003)
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26
Break You Off (Radio Edit)
Tarik Collins, James Gray, Leonard Hubbard, Karl Jenkins, Taalib Johnson, Kyle Jones, Benjamin Kenney, Jill H Scott, Ahmir K Thompson
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27
Break You Off - Dub/Sound check at Bogart's Cinncinati, OH 2003
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28
Break You Off
2014-10
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29
Break You Off
Tarik Collins, James Gray, Leonard Hubbard, Karl Jenkins, Taalib Johnson, Kyle Jones, Benjamin Kenney, Jill H Scott, Ahmir K Thompson
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30
Can't Stop This
Tarik L Collins, Brian Holland, Karl B Jenkins, Michael Lovesmith
2006-09
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31
Carryin' On(Provided)
2011-09
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32
Champion (2016 NBA Finals Theme Song)
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33
Champion
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34
Clap
Collins Tarik L, Evans Neal
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35
Clock With No Hands
2006-09
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36
Clones
2014-10
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37
Clones
1996
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38
Common Dust
2011-09
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39
Complexity
Tarik Collins, Omar Edwards, James Gray, Leonard Hubbard, Jill Scott, Ahmir K Thompson
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40
Concerto Of The Desperado
1996
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41
Criminal
Brian Carenard, Tarik L. Collins, Karl B. Jenkins, Khari Mateen, Jamal Miller, Ahmir K Thompson, Tariq Trotter
2008
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42
Datskat
1996-02
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43
Dave Vs. Us(Provided)
1996
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44
Dear God 2.0
J James, P Martinez, R Nichols, A Thompson, T Trotter
2010-07
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45
Diedre Vs. Dice
1999-02
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46
Dies Irae(Provided)
2014
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47
Dillatastic Vol Won(derful)(Provided)
2006-09
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48
DillaTUDE (The Flight Of Titus)(Provided)
2010-07
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49
Distortion To Static
2014-10
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50
Distortion To Static
1996-02
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51
Do You Want More ?
Ahmir Thompson、Tariq Trotter、Scott Storch
2014-10
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52
Do You Want More?!!!??!
1996-02
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53
Doin' It Again (Edited))
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54
Doin' It Again
J Stephens, A Thompson, T Trotter
2010-07
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55
Don't Feel Right (Explicit)
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56
Don't Feel Right
Robert Earl Bell, Ronald D. Bell, Leroy Bonner, Donald Boyce, George M Brown, Tarik L. Collins, Tahir Jamal, Karl Jenkins, Marshall Jones, Marshall E Jones, Kiyani 1 (ascap), Robert Spike Mickens, Ralph Middlebrooks, Walter Morrison, Norman Napier, Andrew Noland, Marvin Pierce, Raw Life Ascap, Claydes Smith, Robert Spike, Dennis R Thomas, A Thompson, Tarik Trotter, Gregory Webster, Richard Westfield
2006-09
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57
Don't Say Nuthin' (The Polish Ambassador remix)
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58
Don't Say Nuthin' - Radio Edit
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59
Don't Say Nuthin
Tarik Collins, Scott Storch
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60
Don't See Us
1999-02
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61
Double Trouble
Leonard Hubbard、Jimmy Grey、James Poyser、Ahmir Thompson、Tariq Trotter、D. Beze、Dante Smith、Smart Abdul-Basit
2014-10
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62
Double Trouble
1999-02
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63
Duck Down!
Tarik Collins, Montez Roberts, Scott Spencer Storch
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64
Dun(Provided)
2011-12
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65
Dynamite!
1999-02
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66
Episodes
1996
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67
Essawhamah? (Live at the Soulshack)
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68
Essaywhatman?!!!??!(Original)(Provided)
2011-09
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69
Essaywhuman?!!!??!
1996-02
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70
False Media
James Boxley, Tarik Collins, James Gray, James Poyser, Carlton Ridenhour, Eric Sadler, Ahmir Thompson
2006-09
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71
Finality(Provided)
2011-12
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72
Game Theory
Tarik Collins, Malik Smart, S Stewart, T Trotter
2006-09
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73
Get Busy
Vincent P. Davis, Karl B. Jenkins, B Mckenna, Charles L. Patierno, Brent Reynolds, Chuck Rio, Joel Roper, Tarik Trotter, Pedro Luis Zayas
2008
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74
Good Music (Prelude)
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75
Good Music
2014-10
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76
Good Music
2011-09
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77
Good Music(Preclude)
2011-09
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78
Grits
2011-09
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79
Guns Are Drawn
Tarik L Collins, Douglas, Gray, Leonard Hubbard, Livingston, Ahmir K Thompson, Anthony Tidd, Walker
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80
Hard Times
Curtis Mayfield
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81
Here I Come (feat. Malik B. & Dice Raw)
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82
Here I Come
2006-09
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83
How I Got Over - Album Version (Edited)
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84
How I Got Over
R Friedrich, J Grenhart, K Jenkins, T Trotter
2010-07
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85
Hustla
T Pentz, D Price, A Thompson, T Trotter
2010-07
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86
I Can't Help It
2008
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87
I Don't Care
Tarik Collins, Gray, Leonard Hubbard, Karl Jenkins, Ahmir Thompson, Anthony Tidd, Frank Walker
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88
I Remain Calm
1996-02
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89
I Remember
2011-12
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90
I Will Not Apologize
2008
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91
I'm Out Deah
2011-09
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92
In the Music (feat Malik B & Porn)
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93
In The Music
2006-09
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94
Intro(Provided)
1996
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95
Intro/there's Something Goin' On(Provided)
1996-02
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96
It Just Don't Stop
1996
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97
It's Comin'
2014-10
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98
Ital (The Universal Side)
Timothy Glenn Condict, Gary Tyrone England, Tim Russell
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99
Ital
1996
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100
Kool On
2011-12
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101
Lazy Afternoon
1996-02
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102
Leonard I-v
2011-09
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103
Lighthouse
2011-12
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104
Little Ghetto Boy
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105
Livin' in a New World
2006-09
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106
Long Time
2006-09
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107
Lost Desire
2008
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108
Love Of My Life (Featuring Common)
Leonard Hubbard, Rashid Lonnie Lynn, James Poyser, Ahmir Thompson, Tariq Trotter
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109
Lovely, Love My Family
Amos Watene
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110
Make My (Single)
2011
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111
Make My
2011-12
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112
Mellow My Man
1996-02
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113
Meltin' Pot
Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn, Al Jackson, Booker T Jones
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114
Melting Pot
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115
Never
2014
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116
No Alibi
1996
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117
No Great Pretender
1996
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118
No Hometro / Proceed 2
2014-10
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119
Now Or Never
P Coleman, J Grenhart, K Jenkins, T Trotter
2010-07
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120
One Shine(Provided)
1996
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121
One Time
2011-12
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122
Our Generation
Leon Moore
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123
Outro(Provided)
1996
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124
Panic!!!!!
1996
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125
Pass The Popcorn
2011-09
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126
Peace
2011-09
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127
Phrentrow(Provided)
2014-10
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128
Popcorn Revisited
2011-09
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129
Possibility(Provided)
2011-12
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130
Pow Wow 2(Provided)
2008
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131
Proceed II
Smart Abdul-basit, Tarik Collins, Leonard Hubbard, Scott Spencer Storch, Ahmir K Thompson
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132
Proceed III
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133
Proceed
1996-02
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134
Proceed
Smart Abdul-basit, Tarik Collins, Leonard Hubbard, Scott Spencer Storch, Ahmir K Thompson
2006
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135
Push Up Ya Lighter
1996
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136
Pussy Galore
2014-10
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137
Pussy Galore
Tarik Collins, Nathaniel Hall, Michael Small, Scott Storch
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138
Quills
Tarik Collins, Andrew Connell, Corinne Dewewry, Martin Jackson, O'duff, Emmanuel Riggins, Karriem Riggins, Ahmir K Thompson, Tarik Trotter
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139
Radio Daze
J Barnes, R Friedrich, J Grenhart, K Jenkins, G Spearman, T Trotter
2010-07
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140
Redford(Provided)
2011-12
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141
Respond React
1996
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142
Respond/ React
Collins Tarik L, Saunders Kenyatta, Malik Smart, Thompson Ahmir
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143
Return To Innocence Lost
1999-02
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144
Rhymes And Ammo
2014-10
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145
Rhymes And Ammo
Tarik Collins, Jimmy Gray, Karl Jenkins, Talib Kwali, Ahmir K Thompson
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146
Right On
D Lawrence, J Newsom, D Price, A Thompson, T Trotter
2010-07
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147
Rising Down
Tarik L. Collins, Mark Farner, Karl B. Jenkins, Dante Smith, David Styles
2008
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148
Rising Up
Olubowale Akintimehin, Tarik L. Collins, Karl B. Jenkins, James Jason Poyser, Ahmir K Thompson
2008
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149
Rock You (live)
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150
Rock You
2014-10
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151
Rolling With Heat
Tariq Collins, James Gray, Talib Kweli Greene, Karl Jenkins, Kyle Jones, Ahmir Thompson
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152
Sacrifice
Tarik Collins, James Gray, Leonard Hubbard, Ahmir K Thompson, Tariq Trotter
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153
Section
1996
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154
Seed 2.0, The (featuring Cody
Antonious Bernard Thomas, Tarik Trotter
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155
Silent Treatment
Leonard Hubbard、Scott Storch、Ahmir Thompson、Tariq Trotter
2014-10
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156
Silent Treatment
1996-02
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157
Singing Man
Tarik L. Collins, Karl B. Jenkins, Khari Mateen, Jamal Miller, Greg Spearman, Ahmir K Thompson
2008
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158
Sleep
2011-12
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159
Somebody's Gotta Do It
Floyd Carson, Tarik L Collins, Douglas, Gray, Leonard Hubbard, Ibrahim, Tahir Jamal, Karl Jenkins
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160
Something In The Way Of Things (In Town)
Amiri Baraka, Tarik Collins, Benjamin Kenney, Ahmir K Thompson
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161
Something in the Way of Things
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162
Star / Pointro
Tarik Collins, Sylvester Stewart, Ahmir Thompson
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163
Star
Tariq Trotter、Ahmir Thompson、Leonard Hubbard、James Gray、Sly Stone
2014-10
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164
Stay Cool - Live From AOL Session
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165
Stay Cool
Tarik L Collins, P Griffin, Jenkins, Lewis, Y Paterno
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166
Step Into The Realm
1999-02
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167
Step into the Relm
Tarik Collins, Kenyatta Saunders, Malik Smart
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168
Stomp
2011-12
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169
Swept Away
1996-02
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170
Syreeta's Having My Baby(Provided)
2011-09
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171
Table Of Contents - Part 3
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172
Table Of Contents Part 1
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173
Table Of Contents Part 2
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174
Table Of Contents(Parts 1&2)
1999-02
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175
Take it There
2006-09
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176
Tariq's Mario Rap
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177
The 'notic
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178
The Adventures In Wonderland
1996
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179
The Anti-circle
2011-09
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180
The Coming
2014
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181
The Dark (Trinity)
2014
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182
The Day
J Barnes, O Biddle, D Bryson, P Coleman, K Douglas, J Gray, K Jenkins, K Newman, J Poyser, A Thompson, T Trotter, F Walker
2010-07
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183
The Devil(Provided)
2014
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184
The Fire
R Friedrich, K Jenkins, A Thompson, T Trotter
2010-07
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185
The Grand Return
2008
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186
The Hypnotic
Tariq Trotter、Hardison、Ahmir Thompson
2014-10
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187
The Hypnotic
1996
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188
The Jump
2011-12
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189
The Lesson Part 1
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190
The Lesson
Antoine Green、Ahmir Thompson、Tariq Trotter、Karl B. Jenkins
2014-10
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191
The Lesson
Tarik Collins, Karl Jenkins, James Poyser, Malik Smart, Ahmir Thompson
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192
The Lesson, Pt. 1
1996-02
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193
The Lesson, Pt. 3 (It's Over Now)
Malik Abdul-basit, Karl Jenkins, James Jason Poyser, Ahmir Thompson, Tarik Trotter, Jaguar Wright
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194
The Lesson, Pt. 3
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195
The Lesson-Part III (It's Over Now)
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196
The Next Movement - Live (1999 Palais X-Tra)
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197
The Next Movement
Leonard Hubbard、Jimmy Grey、Tracy Moore、Ahmir Thompson、Tariq Trotter、Mercedes Martinez、Smart Abdul-Basit
2014-10
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198
The Next Movement
1999-02
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199
The Pow Wow(Provided)
2008
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200
The Return to Innocence Lost
Ursula Desire Rucker, Ahmir Thompson, Anthony Lennox Tidd
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201
The Roots Is Comin'
2011-09
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202
The Seed (2.0) (Radio Edit (Explicit))
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203
The Seed (2.0)
Antonious Bernard Thomas, Tarik Trotter
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204
The Seed (2.0, Extended Radio Edit)
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205
The Seed 2.0
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206
The Seed/Melting Pot/Web - Live on Radio One's Worldwide Show with Gilles Peterson
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207
The Seeds (2.0)
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208
The Session(Longest Posse Cut In History)
2011-09
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209
The Show
Tarik L. Collins, Tahir Jamal, Karl B. Jenkins, Khari Jenkins, Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Ahmir K Thompson, Tariq Trotter
2008
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210
The Spark
1999-02
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211
The Ultimate (Live) [1999 Palais X-Tra]
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212
The Ultimate
Tarik Collins, James Gray, Leonard Hubbard, Ahmir Thompson
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213
The Unlocking
1996-02
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214
The Unraveling(Provided)
2014
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215
Theme from the Middle of the Night(Provided)
2014
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216
There's A Riot Goin On(Provided)
2011-09
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217
There's a Riot Going On(Provided)
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218
Thought @ Work
Jiggs Chase, Tariq Collins, Cheryl Cooke, Ralph Macdonald, M Morales, Sylvia Robinson, William Salter, Ahmir K Thompson, D Wimbley, Michael Wright
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219
Thought@Work
Jiggs Chase, Tariq Collins, Cheryl Cooke, Ralph Macdonald, M Morales, Sylvia Robinson, William Salter, Ahmir K Thompson, D Wimbley, Michael Wright
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220
Tip The Scale
2011-12
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221
Tomorrow
2014
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222
Tunnel Vision
2010-07
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223
U.n.i.verse At War
1996
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224
Understand
2014
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225
Universe At War
Tarik Collins, Leon Hubbard, Mel Lewis, Rashied Lynn
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226
Unwritten
2008
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227
Up There (Unwritten)
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228
Upa Lene(Provided)
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229
Wake Up Everybody [with John Legend]
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230
Walk Alone
R Friedrich, J Grenhart, K Jenkins, J Miller, G Spearman, T Trotter
2010-07
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231
Water
Tarik Collins, Cunningham, General, Goldman, Solomon, Ahmir K Thompson, Tahir Williams
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232
We Got You (Featuring Jaguar) - Live (1999 The Old Hit Factory)
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233
Web 20/20
J Miller, A Thompson, T Trotter, P Zayas
2010-07
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234
Web
Tarik L Collins, Robert Dorsey, Leonard Hubbard
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235
What Goes On Part 7
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236
What Goes On Pt. 7
1996-02
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237
What They Do
Jimmy Grey、Brown、Ahmir Thompson、Tariq Trotter、Raphael Saadiq、Leonard Hubbard
2014-10
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238
What They Do
1996
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239
What You Want (Featuring Jaguar)
M Lowe, Scott Storch, A Thompson, T Trotter, J Wright
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240
What You Want
Mike Lowe、Ahmir Thompson、Tariq Trotter、Jacqueline Wright、Scott Storch
2014-10
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241
What You Want
Tarik Collins, Michael Lowe, Scott Storch, Ahmir Thompson, Jacquelyn Wright
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242
When The People Cheer
2014-05
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243
When the People Cheer
2014
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244
Why (What's Goin On?)
Zukhan Bey, Tarik Collins, Charles Douglas, James Gray, L Ron Hubbard, Corey Williams
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245
Why (What's Going On?
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246
Will To Power(Provided)
2011-12
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247
Without A Doubt
1999-02
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248
Work (with Alechia James)
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249
Writters Block
2011-09
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250
Y'all Know Who
Tarik Collins, Leonard Hubbard, Scott Storch, Ahmir Thompson
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251
Ya' All Know Who!
K Gray, Leonard Hubbard, Scott Spencer Storch, Ahmir K Thompson, Tarik Trotter
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252
You Ain't Fly
1996-02
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253
You Don't See Us
Tarik L Collins, Karl B Jenkins, James Jason Poyser, Malik Smart, Ahmir Thompson
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254
You Got Me (1999 Version) [Live]
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255
You Got Me (Feat: Erykah Badu)
Tarik Collins, Eve Jeffers, Jill Scott, Scott Storch, Ahmir Thompson
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256
You Got Me
Jill Scott、Eve、Ahmir Thompson、Tariq Trotter、Scott Storch
2014-10
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257
You Got Me
1999-02
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258
!!!!!!!(Provided)
Kenneth Benjamin, Leonard Hubbard, Ahmir Thompson
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259
? Vs. Rahzel(Provided)
1996-02
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260
? Vs. Scratch(Provided)
1996