The Roots

...venture of Microsoft and NBC Universal.) The latest addition to the roster is late-night host Jimmy Fallon and his house band The Roots. Other non-inflatable celebs include Carly Simon, Andrea Bocelli and Katharine McPhee. Jordin...

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The band is apparently shooting for appearances on every major-network talk show. MoF will team with the show's house band, The Roots, on what will surely be a more soulful version of Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.), the lead track from...

In this article: Halloween, Jimmy Fallon, and NBC

...and Joe Strummer. Keyboardist James Poyser has contributed to records by Erykah Badu, Al Green and Common, and is a member of The Roots' house band on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Legendary R&B drummer James Gadson - who's performed on...

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...in hoops tonight, the 2009 BET Hip-Hop Awards also made their network premier. Check out the taped cypher with Mos Def, Black Thought (The Roots) and Eminem just killing it in the taped segment. 7 Responses to "Mos Def, Black Thought &...

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Hip-hop band the Roots branch out on nightly TV NEW YORK (Billboard) - For the past seven months, Questlove has been on the run. The Roots drummer, whose driver's license reads "Ahmir Thompson," wakes up every day between 6 and 7 a.m. to...

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...asked me who I was thinking of for a house band, and I said that I didn't know," Fallon says. "'You should ask the Roots,' he said. 'The Roots? You think they'd do it?' 'No,' he said. 'But maybe they'd know someone.'" "Back in the day,...

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...subjected to the work of Eminem, Bruce Springsteen and the Bee Gees in order to prevent them sleeping. Members of the hip hop band The Roots said in a statement: "When we found out that music was being used as part of the torture going on...

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October 17, 2009: THE ROOTS bassist OWEN BIDDLE had U.S. TV audiences doubled up in laughter on Thursday night (15Oct09) when he donned drag to film a spoof of THE REAL HOUSEWIVES... reality series. The acclaimed hip-hop group serves as...

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THE ROOTS - THE ROOTS' BASSIST DONS DRAG FOR LAUGHS Caption: The Roots (Picture) VH1 presents 2009 Hip Hop Honors at Brooklyn Academy of Music - Arrivals New York City, USA .... THE ROOTS' BASSIST DONS DRAG FOR LAUGHS THE ROOTS bassist...

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Other than that, the VH1 Honors tributes were a confusing mess. The Roots & Eminem Honor LL Cool J With 'Rock The Bells' Other than that, the VH1 Honors tributes were a confusing mess. <p>Other than that, the VH1 Honors tributes were...

In this article: Eminem, Rock the Bells, LL Cool J, Scarface, Nate Dogg, Def Jam, VH1, Warren G, and Black Thought