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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
Hub



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Elbow, Duffy, The Kooks Set For War Child Album

December 17, 2008
Elbow, Duffy, The Kooks Set For War Child AlbumElbow, Duffy and The Kooks have all recorded cover versions for a new War Child charity album.

'Heroes', which is released on February 16th, also features Hot Chip, Scissor Sisters and Rufus Wainwright.

Each musician was asked to record a cover version for the album by the artist who originally wrote the track.

Sir Paul McCartney and Bob Dylan are among the musicians covered on the record.

All proceeds from the album, which was recently mastered at Abbey Road in London, will go to the charity.

(by Jason Gregory)



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