{"id":4303,"date":"2007-03-07T15:35:50","date_gmt":"2007-03-07T20:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/batesviews.net\/?p=4303"},"modified":"2017-01-26T14:47:48","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T19:47:48","slug":"the-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2007\/03\/07\/the-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"College presents acclaimed rappers the Roots"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

The Roots, a hip hop sextet recently nominated for two Grammy Awards, perform at 8 p.m. Monday, March 26, in the Bates College’s Gray Athletic Building, Central Avenue.<\/p>\n

Doors open at 7 p.m. The concert is presented by the college’s Chase Hall Committee. General-admission tickets cost $30 and are on sale at Bates, Bowdoin and Colby colleges, all Bull Moose Music locations and online. For more information, please call 207-795-7496.<\/p>\n

The Roots<\/a> are applauded for expanding hip hop’s stylistic and thematic boundaries. “Incorporating live instrumentation and thought-provoking lyrics, the Philadelphia band expertly blurs the lines separating artistic integrity and commercial acceptance,” a reviewer for National Public Radio’s World Caf\u00e9 wrote.<\/p>\n

“The new Game Theory<\/em> represents another classic Roots record, with a conciseness not heard on previous albums; it’s also staunchly political in tone, matching the seriousness of the times.”<\/p>\n

The Roots were recently nominated for two Grammy Awards. Released last August on Def Jam, the song suite Game Theory<\/em> was nominated for best rap album. A cut from that recording, “Don’t Feel Right,” was nominated for best rap performance by a duo or group.<\/p>\n

The sextet also won the NAACP<\/a> Image Award for outstanding duo or group in a ceremony March 2, and wowed the audience with a medley of U2 songs in honor of the Irish band’s lead singer Bono, who received the NAACP Chairman’s Award at the event.<\/p>\n

The Roots are: ?uestlove, the drummer; Black Thought, emcee; Leonard “Hub” Hubbard, bassist; Kamal Gray, keyboardist; Kirk “Captain Kirk” Douglas, guitarist; and Frank Knuckles, percussionist.<\/p>\n

The band’s own roots reach back 20 years to 1987 and Philadelphia’s High School for the Creative and Performing Arts<\/a>, where Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson and Tarik “Black Thought” Trotter met and first discussed starting a band. The Roots had their major-label debut with 1995’s Do You Want More?!!!??!<\/em> (Geffen), and won popular and critical acceptance with 1999’s Things Fall Apart.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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