The Roots

producer, performer, remixer

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Black Thought producer, vocal 75 Bars (Black’s Reconstruction), Becoming Unwritten, Birthday Girl, Boom!, Bread and Butter, Can’t Stop This, Carryin’ On, Common Dust, Concerto of the Desperado, Doin’ It Again, Don’t Say Nuthin’, Duck Down!, Episodes, Essawhamah? (live at Soulshack), False Media, Good Music, Good Music (prelude), Grits, Guns Are Drawn, I Don’t Care, I Remember, It Just Don’t Stop, Ital (The Universal Side), I’m Out Deah, Kool On, Leonard I–V, Lighthouse, No Alibi, One Shine, Panic!!!!!!!, Pass the Popcorn, Peace, Popcorn Revisited, Push Up Ya Lighter, Respond/React, Section, Sleep, Somebody’s Gotta Do It, Star/Pointro, Stay Cool, Stomp, The Adventures in Wonderland, The Anti‐Circle, The Hypnotic, The OtherSide, The Roots Is Comin’, The Session (Longest Posse Cut in History 12:43), Tip the Scale, UNIverse at War, Web, What They Do, Why (What’s Goin On?) / In Love With the Mic / Din Da Da, Writer’s Block
Ahmir Khalib Thompson mix, producer, recording, drums, keyboard !!!!!!!, Carryin’ On, Common Dust, Concerto of the Desperado, DillaTUDE: The Flight of Titus, Doin’ It Again, Dun, Episodes, Essawhamah? (live at Soulshack), Good Music, Good Music (prelude), Grits, I Remember, Intro / There’s Something Goin’ On, It Just Don’t Stop, I’m Out Deah, Kool On, Leonard I–V, Lighthouse, No Alibi, One Shine, Panic!!!!!!!, Pass the Popcorn, Peace, Popcorn Revisited, Push Up Ya Lighter, Quills, Redford Suite: Finality (4th Movement), Redford Suite: Possibility (2nd Movement), Redford Suite: Will to Power (3rd Movement), Rock You, Section, Sleep, Something in the Way of Things (in Town), Syreeta’s Having My Baby, The Adventures in Wonderland, The Anti‐Circle, The Hypnotic, The OtherSide, The Roots Is Comin’, The Session (Longest Posse Cut in History 12:43), There’s a RIOT Goin’ On, Thought @ Work, Tip the Scale, Tunnel Vision, WAOK (AY) Rollcall, What They Do, Writer’s Block
David Ivory mix, recording ? vs. Rahzel, Common Dust, Concerto of the Desperado, Datskat, Dave vs. US, Distortion to Static, Do You Want More?!!!??!, Episodes, Essaywhuman?!!!??!, I Remain Calm, Intro / There’s Something Goin’ On, It Just Don’t Stop, Lazy Afternoon, Mellow My Man, No Alibi, No Great Pretender, One Shine, Proceed, Push Up Ya Lighter, Section, Silent Treatment, Swept Away, The Adventures in Wonderland, The Hypnotic, The Lesson, Part 1, The Unlocking, What Goes On, Part 7
?uestlove mix, producer, recording, remixer, vocal, Rhodes piano, drums, keyboard, tambourine 75 Bars (Black’s Reconstruction), ? vs. Scratch (The Token DJ cut), Becoming Unwritten, Birthday Girl, Dave vs. US, Dilltastic Vol Won(derful), Episodes, Good Music, Ital (The Universal Side), No Alibi, No Great Pretender, One Shine, Panic!!!!!!!, Pass the Popcorn, Push Up Ya Lighter, Respond/React, Section, The Adventures in Wonderland, The Hypnotic, The Session (Longest Posse Cut in History 12:43), Thought @ Work, UNIverse at War, What They Do
Tariq Luqmaan Trotter mix, producer Carryin’ On, Common Dust, Episodes, Essawhamah? (live at Soulshack), Good Music, Good Music (prelude), Grits, I’m Out Deah, Leonard I–V, No Alibi, Pass the Popcorn, Peace, Popcorn Revisited, Syreeta’s Having My Baby, The Anti‐Circle, The Roots Is Comin’, The Session (Longest Posse Cut in History 12:43), There’s a RIOT Goin’ On, Writer’s Block

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Black Thought producer, vocal 75 Bars (Black’s Reconstruction), Becoming Unwritten, Birthday Girl, Boom!, Bread and Butter, Can’t Stop This, Carryin’ On, Common Dust, Concerto of the Desperado, Doin’ It Again, Don’t Say Nuthin’, Duck Down!, Episodes, Essawhamah? (live at Soulshack), False Media, Good Music, Good Music (prelude), Grits, Guns Are Drawn, I Don’t Care, I Remember, It Just Don’t Stop, Ital (The Universal Side), I’m Out Deah, Kool On, Leonard I–V, Lighthouse, No Alibi, One Shine, Panic!!!!!!!, Pass the Popcorn, Peace, Popcorn Revisited, Push Up Ya Lighter, Respond/React, Section, Sleep, Somebody’s Gotta Do It, Star/Pointro, Stay Cool, Stomp, The Adventures in Wonderland, The Anti‐Circle, The Hypnotic, The OtherSide, The Roots Is Comin’, The Session (Longest Posse Cut in History 12:43), Tip the Scale, UNIverse at War, Web, What They Do, Why (What’s Goin On?) / In Love With the Mic / Din Da Da, Writer’s Block
Ahmir Khalib Thompson mix, producer, recording, drums, keyboard !!!!!!!, Carryin’ On, Common Dust, Concerto of the Desperado, DillaTUDE: The Flight of Titus, Doin’ It Again, Dun, Episodes, Essawhamah? (live at Soulshack), Good Music, Good Music (prelude), Grits, I Remember, Intro / There’s Something Goin’ On, It Just Don’t Stop, I’m Out Deah, Kool On, Leonard I–V, Lighthouse, No Alibi, One Shine, Panic!!!!!!!, Pass the Popcorn, Peace, Popcorn Revisited, Push Up Ya Lighter, Quills, Redford Suite: Finality (4th Movement), Redford Suite: Possibility (2nd Movement), Redford Suite: Will to Power (3rd Movement), Rock You, Section, Sleep, Something in the Way of Things (in Town), Syreeta’s Having My Baby, The Adventures in Wonderland, The Anti‐Circle, The Hypnotic, The OtherSide, The Roots Is Comin’, The Session (Longest Posse Cut in History 12:43), There’s a RIOT Goin’ On, Thought @ Work, Tip the Scale, Tunnel Vision, WAOK (AY) Rollcall, What They Do, Writer’s Block
David Ivory mix, recording ? vs. Rahzel, Common Dust, Concerto of the Desperado, Datskat, Dave vs. US, Distortion to Static, Do You Want More?!!!??!, Episodes, Essaywhuman?!!!??!, I Remain Calm, Intro / There’s Something Goin’ On, It Just Don’t Stop, Lazy Afternoon, Mellow My Man, No Alibi, No Great Pretender, One Shine, Proceed, Push Up Ya Lighter, Section, Silent Treatment, Swept Away, The Adventures in Wonderland, The Hypnotic, The Lesson, Part 1, The Unlocking, What Goes On, Part 7
?uestlove mix, producer, recording, remixer, vocal, Rhodes piano, drums, keyboard, tambourine 75 Bars (Black’s Reconstruction), ? vs. Scratch (The Token DJ cut), Becoming Unwritten, Birthday Girl, Dave vs. US, Dilltastic Vol Won(derful), Episodes, Good Music, Ital (The Universal Side), No Alibi, No Great Pretender, One Shine, Panic!!!!!!!, Pass the Popcorn, Push Up Ya Lighter, Respond/React, Section, The Adventures in Wonderland, The Hypnotic, The Session (Longest Posse Cut in History 12:43), Thought @ Work, UNIverse at War, What They Do
Tariq Luqmaan Trotter mix, producer Carryin’ On, Common Dust, Episodes, Essawhamah? (live at Soulshack), Good Music, Good Music (prelude), Grits, I’m Out Deah, Leonard I–V, No Alibi, Pass the Popcorn, Peace, Popcorn Revisited, Syreeta’s Having My Baby, The Anti‐Circle, The Roots Is Comin’, The Session (Longest Posse Cut in History 12:43), There’s a RIOT Goin’ On, Writer’s Block
Steve Mandel engineer, mix, recording 75 Bars (Black’s Reconstruction), Becoming Unwritten, Birthday Girl, Can’t Stop This, DillaTUDE: The Flight of Titus, Dilltastic Vol Won(derful), Doin’ It Again, Dun, False Media, Kool On, Pussy Galore, Rock You, Something in the Way of Things (in Town), The OtherSide, Thought @ Work, Tip the Scale, Tunnel Vision, Water
Richard Nichols mix, producer Birthday Girl, Concerto of the Desperado, Episodes, It Just Don’t Stop, No Alibi, Panic!!!!!!!, Quills, Redford Suite: Finality (4th Movement), Redford Suite: Possibility (2nd Movement), Redford Suite: Will to Power (3rd Movement), Rock You, Section, The Hypnotic, The OtherSide, Tip the Scale, UNIverse at War, What They Do
Bob Power mix, recording ? vs. Scratch (The Token DJ cut), Concerto of the Desperado, Dave vs. US, Episodes, It Just Don’t Stop, Ital (The Universal Side), No Great Pretender, One Shine, Push Up Ya Lighter, Pussy Galore, Respond/React, Section, The Hypnotic, UNIverse at War, What They Do
Jason Goldstein mix, recording Birthday Girl, Bread and Butter, Can’t Stop This, Doin’ It Again, I Remember, Kool On, Lighthouse, Redford Suite: Finality (4th Movement), Redford Suite: Possibility (2nd Movement), Sleep, Stomp, The OtherSide, Tip the Scale
Kamal Gray producer, Rhodes piano, bells, keyboard Concerto of the Desperado, Episodes, False Media, It Just Don’t Stop, Ital (The Universal Side), No Alibi, Push Up Ya Lighter, Respond/React, Section, The Hypnotic, UNIverse at War, What They Do
Otto Capobianco mix, recording Grits, I’m Out Deah, Pass the Popcorn, Peace, Popcorn Revisited, Respond/React, Section, The Anti‐Circle, The Roots Is Comin’, The Session (Longest Posse Cut in History 12:43), There’s a RIOT Goin’ On, Writer’s Block
Scott Storch producer, keyboard Carryin’ On, Essawhamah? (live at Soulshack), Grits, I’m Out Deah, Leonard I–V, One Shine, Pussy Galore, Syreeta’s Having My Baby, The Anti‐Circle, The Roots Is Comin’, The Session (Longest Posse Cut in History 12:43)
Hub (The Roots bassist Leonard Hubbard) bass guitar, cello Concerto of the Desperado, It Just Don’t Stop, Ital (The Universal Side), No Alibi, One Shine, Respond/React, Section, The Hypnotic, UNIverse at War, What They Do
The Grand Negaz producer Dave vs. US, Ital (The Universal Side), No Alibi, No Great Pretender, One Shine, Panic!!!!!!!, Push Up Ya Lighter, Section, The Adventures in Wonderland, What They Do
Robert Dorsey mix, recording Can’t Stop This, False Media, Pussy Galore, Quills, Rock You, Stomp, The OtherSide, Thought @ Work, Tip the Scale, Water
Chris Sclafani mix I Remember, Kool On, Lighthouse, Redford Suite: Finality (4th Movement), Redford Suite: Possibility (2nd Movement), Sleep, Stomp, The OtherSide, Tip the Scale
Malik B vocal Episodes, Grits, It Just Don’t Stop, No Alibi, No Great Pretender, Push Up Ya Lighter, Respond/React, Section, The Session (Longest Posse Cut in History 12:43)
Russell Elevado engineer, mix, recording Birthday Girl, Can’t Stop This, False Media, Pussy Galore, Quills, Rock You, Something in the Way of Things (in Town), Thought @ Work, Water
Leonard Hubbard bass guitar Carryin’ On, Essawhamah? (live at Soulshack), Grits, I’m Out Deah, Leonard I–V, Syreeta’s Having My Baby, The Roots Is Comin’, The Session (Longest Posse Cut in History 12:43), Writer’s Block
Kelo (aka Kenyatta Saunders) mix, producer, recording Concerto of the Desperado, It Just Don’t Stop, No Great Pretender, Push Up Ya Lighter, Respond/React, Section, The Hypnotic, UNIverse at War, What They Do
Joshua Abrams bass guitar, double bass Common Dust, Essaywhuman?!!!??!, Good Music, Good Music (prelude), Pass the Popcorn, Popcorn Revisited, The Anti‐Circle
Jon Smeltz mix, recording Becoming Unwritten, Birthday Girl, Bread and Butter, Can’t Stop This, False Media, Kool On, Redford Suite: Will to Power (3rd Movement)
Ray Angry producer DillaTUDE: The Flight of Titus, Dun, Redford Suite: Finality (4th Movement), Redford Suite: Possibility (2nd Movement), Tip the Scale, Tunnel Vision
Tracey Moore vocal I Remember, It Just Don’t Stop, Lighthouse, No Alibi, Pussy Galore, Quills
Khari Mateen producer, recording Becoming Unwritten, Bread and Butter, I Remember, Tip the Scale
Dice Raw performer, vocal Adrenaline!, Episodes, Lighthouse, Tip the Scale
Vince Dilorenzo engineer, mix, recording Quills, Rock You, Thought @ Work, Water
Rahzel producer, vocal Dave vs. US, No Great Pretender, Panic!!!!!!!, What They Do
Mercedes Martinez vocal Becoming Unwritten, Birthday Girl, I Remember, Lighthouse
Bahamadia vocal Push Up Ya Lighter
Steef van de Gevel mix, recording Something in the Way of Things (in Town), Thought @ Work, Water
Mark Bengston recording Stomp, The OtherSide, Tip the Scale
Ray Wilson (Engineer) mix, recording !!!!!!!, Rock You, Thought @ Work
Jon Smelts engineer, recording Quills, Rock You, Thought @ Work
John Morgan (Engineer) recording Stomp, The OtherSide, Tip the Scale
Greg Porn (US rapper) vocal Kool On, Stomp, The OtherSide
Gordon Rice recording Concerto of the Desperado, Dave vs. US, No Great Pretender
Frank "Knuckles" Walker percussion Quills, WAOK (AY) Rollcall, Water
Chaos (US hip-hop producer Melvin Lewis) mix, producer Episodes, No Alibi, UNIverse at War
Caliph Gamble engineer, mix, recording !!!!!!!, Rock You, WAOK (AY) Rollcall
Ursula Rucker vocal The Adventures in Wonderland, The Return to Innocence Lost, WAOK (AY) Rollcall
Ken Ifill mix No Alibi, Panic!!!!!!!
Nick Banns engineer DillaTUDE: The Flight of Titus, Tunnel Vision
Jay Dee (rapper/producer aka J Dilla) producer Dynamite!, New Year's @ Jay Dee
Pazi Plant vocal Grits, The Session (Longest Posse Cut in History 12:43)
Phil Kramp viola Redford Suite: Finality (4th Movement), Redford Suite: Possibility (2nd Movement)
Chris Trevett recording Ital (The Universal Side), Respond/React
Gordon Gass recording Quills, Thought @ Work
Common (US rapper) performer, vocal Act Too (The Love of My Life), UNIverse at War
Da Beatminerz remixer Proceed V (Da Beatminerz remix), Silent Treatment (Da Beatminerz mix)
Hiro Matsuo cello Redford Suite: Finality (4th Movement), Redford Suite: Possibility (2nd Movement)
Daniel Felsenfeld instrument arranger Redford Suite: Finality (4th Movement), Redford Suite: Possibility (2nd Movement)
Kristen Lee violins Redford Suite: Finality (4th Movement), Redford Suite: Possibility (2nd Movement)
Sean Lee violins Redford Suite: Finality (4th Movement), Redford Suite: Possibility (2nd Movement)
Shawn Taylor recording Pussy Galore, Water
James Poyser producer, Moog The OtherSide, Water
Steve Coleman (American jazz alto sax) saxophone Essaywhuman?!!!??!, One Shine
Dave Ivory mix, recording Good Music, Good Music (prelude)
Tahir Jamal producer Becoming Unwritten, Water
Jeff Chestek mix, recording !!!!!!!, WAOK (AY) Rollcall
Martin Czembor recording Ital (The Universal Side), Respond/React
The Randy Watson Experience producer Can’t Stop This, False Media
Thomas Brown (Engineer) mix, recording Thought @ Work, Water
Tim Donovan mix One Shine, Respond/React
Melvin Joseph Lewis (US hip-hop producer Chaos) mix, recording Episodes, UNIverse at War
Amel Larrieux vocal Concerto of the Desperado, One Shine
Montez Roberts recording 75 Bars (Black’s Reconstruction), Doin’ It Again
Vince Kershner recording One Shine, Section
Gerry "The Gov" Brown (engineer & producer) recording What They Do
Graham Haynes trumpet One Shine
Hans Gutknecht recording Panic!!!!!!!
Hope Wilson vocal Water
Hot Sugar producer Sleep
J Dilla (US hip hop producer) producer Can’t Stop This
James Blood Ulmer guitar Water
James McKrone recording Quills
Jazzyfatnastees vocal Episodes
Jef Lee Johnson guitar Water
Jim Bottari recording Quills
John Stahl recording Becoming Unwritten
Jon Adler mix Thought @ Work
Joshua Redman trombone One Shine
Julia Haines harp Respond/React
Karriem Riggins producer Quills
Kelli Scarr vocal Birthday Girl
A.J. Shine vocal The Session (Longest Posse Cut in History 12:43)
Kelo Saunders producer Water
Aaron Earl Livingston vocal Sleep
Kenyatta Williams recording It Just Don’t Stop
Adam Brooks mix Pussy Galore
LA Jay producer The Hypnotic
LV (US hip hop producer Levar Coppin) producer, recording Stomp
Larry Gold arranger, cello I Remember
Lee Andrews vocal One Shine
Alicia Keys vocal Thought @ Work
Lord Akil vocal The Session (Longest Posse Cut in History 12:43)
Amiri Baraka vocal Something in the Way of Things (in Town)
Marsha Morrison vocal Silent Treatment (Kelo’s mix)
Angela Slates vocal What They Do
Ben Kenney mix !!!!!!!
Bilal (US jazz/neo-soul vocalist Bilal Oliver) vocal The OtherSide
Mr. Manifest vocal Grits
Bo-Watt vocal The Session (Longest Posse Cut in History 12:43)
Nick Koenig-Dzialowski recording Sleep
Patrick Stump vocal Birthday Girl
Captain Boogie mix, recording Essawhamah? (live at Soulshack)
Q-Tip vocal Ital (The Universal Side)
Radji Mateen producer Becoming Unwritten
Rafael Lipscomb recording ? vs. Scratch (The Token DJ cut)
Carlos Pablo Martinez recording !!!!!!!
Raphael Saadiq producer, vocal, bass What They Do
Carlton Lynn recording Panic!!!!!!!
Cassandra Wilson vocal One Shine
Cee-Roo remixer Get Busy
Rick Friedrich producer, recording Lighthouse
Charles McCrory recording Rock You
SLIMKID3 producer The Hypnotic
Scott Whiting recording Pussy Galore
Scratch (US human beatboxer Kyle Jones) producer, vocal ? vs. Scratch (The Token DJ cut)
Scratch Perverts mix-DJ Guns Are Drawn
Sean C (US turntablist/hip hop producer, with The Hitmen) producer, recording Stomp
Shane Clark producer, vocal Birthday Girl
Cody ChesnuTT performer The Seed (2.0) (extended radio edit)
Shinobu Mitsuoka mix Water
Shortie No Mass vocal The Session (Longest Posse Cut in History 12:43)
Small Professor (US hip hop producer) remixer 75 Bars (Small Pro remix)
Spanky (Guitarist C. Edward Alford) guitar What They Do
D.D. Jackson producer Redford Suite: Will to Power (3rd Movement)
DJ Scratch producer Rock You
Dame "Tuba Gooding, Jr." Bryson sousaphone 75 Bars (Black’s Reconstruction)
The Grand Wizzards producer Water
The Polish Ambassador remixer Don't Say Nuthin' (The Polish Ambassador remix)
The Ummah producer Ital (The Universal Side)
David Dachinger recording What They Do
Tim Sturges mix Birthday Girl
Tom Coyne (mastering engineer) mix WAOK (AY) Rollcall
David Murray (jazz musician) saxophone Dave vs. US
D’Angelo (US soul singer, songwriter & producer) vocal, Rhodes piano, organ The Hypnotic
Vince Reynolds recording What They Do
Wadud Ahmad vocal False Media
Zukhan Bey producer Pussy Galore

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
JAY Z producer Ain’t No, Big Pimpin’, Can I Get A…, Girls, Girls, Girls, Hard Knock Life (The Ghetto Anthem), Heart of the City (Ain’t No Love), I Just Wanna Love U (Give it 2 Me), Izzo (H.O.V.A), Jigga That Nigga, Jigga What, Jigga Who, Song Cry, Takeover
Bahamadia remixer I Confess (The Roots remix), I Confess (The Roots remix) (a cappella), I Confess (The Roots remix) (instrumental)
Erykah Badu producer Otherside of the Game, Sometimes (mix #9), Sometimes...
Les Nubians remixer Tabou (Roots remix), Tabou (The Roots remix with rap), Tabou (The Roots remix without rap)
Noi C producer I Will Not Apologize
Owned producer Can't Knock the Hustle / Family Affair
Pietro De Maria producer Lift Your Fist
Pigeon Toe producer Cold Blooded
Prolifik-C producer Criminal
Sailor Friends performer Rock Me Baby
Spacedad instrument Hurricane
Arne Marenda performer Friday
Tha Kronik producer Get Busy
Αλέξανδρος Μίχος producer Don’t Feel Right
Ιάκωβος Σαμψάκης producer Long Time
Ιωσήφ Μοσχόπουλος producer Take It There
Παρασκευάς Πρεβύζης producer Here I Come
Christen Sørensen Thomaskjær performer Return to Innocence Lost
Da Pothead producer Unwritten
DiscoBastardz producer Game Theory
Domorato producer All Night Long
Adagio Sensus performer Summertime
Grigio producer Singing Man
Guru performer Lift Your Fist
Hermann Bischoff producer The ’Notic
I.B.C remixer Montara
Bobby Hutcherson remixer Montara (The Roots remix)
Jill Scott performer The Roots (interlude)
Klein performer Funky Kingston
Lasai performer Burnin' and Lootin'
Bunny performer Rhymes and Ammo
Marcel Coestier producer Clock With No Hands
Nathaniel Reichman producer Da Jawn