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The Roots
Critic Score
77
Based on
217
reviews
User Score
83
Based on
6,885
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Albums
2014
…and then you shoot your cousin
LP
70
critic score
(24)
67
user score
(205)
2013
Wise Up Ghost
LP •
Elvis Costello & The Roots
79
critic score
(34)
63
user score
(56)
2011
undun
LP
82
critic score
(25)
87
user score
(1,358)
2011
Betty Wright: The Movie
LP •
Betty Wright & The Roots
73
critic score
(4)
59
user score
(15)
2010
Wake Up!
LP •
John Legend & The Roots
75
critic score
(18)
71
user score
(86)
2010
How I Got Over
LP
81
critic score
(23)
81
user score
(563)
2008
Rising Down
LP
78
critic score
(17)
74
user score
(215)
2006
Game Theory
LP
80
critic score
(21)
84
user score
(549)
2004
The Tipping Point
LP
73
critic score
(15)
74
user score
(249)
2002
Phrenology
LP
83
critic score
(15)
79
user score
(441)
1999
Things Fall Apart
LP
84
critic score
(10)
88
user score
(2,012)
1996
Illadelph Halflife
LP
75
critic score
(7)
85
user score
(570)
1995
Do You Want More?!!!??!
LP
82
critic score
(6)
79
user score
(441)
1993
Organix
LP
60
critic score
(2)
67
user score
(103)
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EPs
1999
The Legendary
EP
70
user score
(4)
1994
From the Ground Up
EP
74
user score
(18)
Singles
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2016
Champion
Single
2014
When the People Cheer
Single
2011
Make My
Single
80
critic score
(1)
97
user score
(18)
2010
Hard Times
Single •
The Roots & John Legend
39
user score
(2)
2010
Doin' It Again
Single
2010
The Fire
Single
2010
Dear God 2.0
Single
2010
Wake Up Everybody (feat. Common and Melanie Fiona)
Single •
The Roots & John Legend
84
user score
(2)
2009
How I Got Over
Single
84
user score
(3)
2008
Birthday Girl
Single
0
user score
(1)
2007
Marathon Man
Single
2006
In the Music / Here I Come
Single
85
user score
(1)
Appears On
2016
Various Artists
The Hamilton Mixtape
Mixtape
76
critic score
(8)
56
user score
(30)
2008
Wale
The Mixtape About Nothing
Mixtape
81
critic score
(4)
77
user score
(46)
2000
Guru
Jazzmatazz, Vol. 3: Streetsoul
LP
61
critic score
(4)
77
user score
(25)
1996
Bahamadia
Kollage
LP
74
critic score
(3)
79
user score
(48)
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You Got Me
Things Fall Apart
97
The OtherSide
undun
95
Make My
undun
95
Tip the Scale
undun
94
Ain't Sayin' Nothin' New
Things Fall Apart
94
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