Home Grown! The Beginner's Guide to Understanding The Roots, Volume 1

~ Release by The Roots (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1No Hometro / Proceed 2
The Roots feat. Roy Ayers45:50
2Distortion to Static (Black Thought mix)
recording of:
Distortion to Static
composer:
Ahmir Khalib Thompson (US drummer, producer and DJ), Leonard Hubbard (The Roots bassist Leonard Hubbard), Malik Abdul Basit-Smart (American rapper), Scott Storch (producer) and Tariq Luqmaan Trotter (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)
The Roots41:58
3What They Do
recording of:
What They Do
writer:
Ahmir Khalib Thompson (US drummer, producer and DJ), Kamal Gray (American keyboard player), Leonard Hubbard (The Roots bassist Leonard Hubbard), Rahzel Brown, Raphael Saadiq and Tariq Luqmaan Trotter (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)
The Roots5:15
4The Next Movement
recording of:
The Next Movement
writer:
Ahmir Khalib Thompson (US drummer, producer and DJ), Jimmy Gray (US rockabilly artist, songwriter and guitarist), Leonard Hubbard (The Roots bassist Leonard Hubbard), Mercedes Martinez, Tracey Moore and Tariq Luqmaan Trotter (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)
The Roots4.654:08
5Good Music
recording of:
Good Music
composer:
Black Thought (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter) and ?uestlove (US drummer, producer and DJ)
The Roots4:08
6The Lesson
The Roots feat. Dice Raw5:05
7Star
The Roots5:52
8The Hypnotic
recording of:
The Hypnotic
writer:
Ahmir Khalib Thompson (US drummer, producer and DJ), Tariq Luqmaan Trotter (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter) and Tre Hardson
The Roots feat. D’Angelo4:53
9Silent Treatment
recording of:
Silent Treatment
writer:
Ahmir Khalib Thompson (US drummer, producer and DJ), Leonard Hubbard (The Roots bassist Leonard Hubbard), Scott Storch (producer) and Tariq Luqmaan Trotter (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)
The Roots6:48
10You Got Me
recording of:
You Got Me
writer:
Ahmir Khalib Thompson (US drummer, producer and DJ), Jill Scott, Scott Storch (producer) and Tariq Luqmaan Trotter (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)
The Roots feat. Jill Scott and Eve4:56
11Clones
recording engineer:
David Ivory and Kelo (aka Kenyatta Saunders/Kenyatta Williams)
producer:
Kelo (aka Kenyatta Saunders/Kenyatta Williams)
mixer:
Ahmir Khalib Thompson (US drummer, producer and DJ), Kelo (aka Kenyatta Saunders/Kenyatta Williams), Richard Nichols (Longtime producer and manager for The Roots) and Bob Power
drums (drum set):
?uestlove (US drummer, producer and DJ) (in 1996)
keyboard:
Kamal Gray (American keyboard player) (in 1996)
lead vocals:
Black Thought (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter) (in 1996), Dice Raw (in 1996) and Malik B (American rapper) (in 1996)
samples:
Summer in the City by The Lovin’ Spoonful
recording of:
Clones (in 1996)
writer:
Phillip Blenman, Karl Bert Jenkins (US rapper Dice Raw), Kenyatta Williams (aka Kenyatta Saunders/Kenyatta Williams), Malik Abdul Basit-Smart (American rapper) and Tariq Luqmaan Trotter (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)
The Roots feat. MARS and Dice Raw44:54
12What You Want
The Roots feat. Jaguar Wright4:48
13Act Too (Love of My Life)
The Roots feat. Common4:55
14Do You Want More?!!!??!
recording of:
Do You Want More?!!!??!
composer:
Ahmir Khalib Thompson (US drummer, producer and DJ), Scott Storch (producer) and Tariq Luqmaan Trotter (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)
The Roots4:45
15It’s Comin’ (live at the Trocadero, Illadelph December 1993)
The Roots feat. ELO a.k.a. Myself and AJ Shine a.k.a. Joe Young4:19
16Double Trouble
recording of:
Double Trouble
writer:
Ahmir Khalib Thompson (US drummer, producer and DJ), Dante Smith (Yasiin Bey, fka Mos Def), Jimmy Gray (US rockabilly artist, songwriter and guitarist), Leonard Hubbard (The Roots bassist Leonard Hubbard), James Poyser (soul, r&b, hip-hop producer and songwriter) and Tariq Luqmaan Trotter (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)
The Roots feat. Mos Def6:23