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The Roots
The Roots


Background information
Origin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genre(s) Hip-hop
Jazz
Soul
Rock
Funk
Years active 1987—present
Label(s) Def Jam Recordings
Geffen Records
Interscope Records
Island Def Jam Music Group
MCA Records
DGC Records
Website Website
Members
Black Thought
Questlove
Kamal Gray
F. Knuckles
Captain Kirk Douglas
Damon "Tuba Gooding Jr." Bryson
Owen Biddle
Former members
Ben Kenney
Kenyatta "Kid Crumbs" Warren
Josh "Rubberband" Abrams
Malik B.
Rahzel
Scott Storch
Martin Luther
Scratch
Dice Raw
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Mercury Nominated I Am Kloot Announce New Single

July 30, 2010
Mercury Nominated I Am Kloot Announce New SingleFollowing their nomination for this years Mercury Music Prize I Am Kloot have announced they will release a new single in September.

'Proof' will be released on September 6, it is the second single to be taken from their latest album 'Sky At Night'.

The song is an older track initially released on the bands 2003 self-titled album but was denied a full release by the bands then label.

Kloot lead singer John Bramwell said of their former labels refusal to release the song; “I thought if you’re not going to release that then I don’t know what I’m ever going to give you that you’ll want to release.”

As previously reported, I Am Kloot will play a headline tour of the UK this Autumn.

(by David Renshaw)



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