Subject: Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter

• Last Night: The Roots at Davies Symphony Hall

  The RootsDavies Symphony HallBetter than: Sitting still for an orchestraLocal music history was made last night as the Roots performed the first-ever hip-hop concert at Davies Symphony Hall as part of SFJAZZ's Spring season. The Philadelphia-bred, Grammy Award-winning group plays in your living room almost every day if you own a television set; they're the house band for the new Late Night With Jimmy Fallon program, which airs five nights a week on NBC. It's a hardcore commitment for the Roots,

  May 31, 2009

• Schools of Thought

  May 31, 1995

• The Roots’ state of the union address

  June 4, 2008

• The Roots

  May 21, 2008

• Hiphop gets back to its Roots

  January 31, 2007

• DJ Krush

  Stepping Stones (Sony Japan)

  September 27, 2006

• Weapons of Mass Construction

  Oakland's Coup takes political rap to the next level

  April 12, 2006

• The Roots

  The Tipping Point

  July 14, 2004

• X-Ecutioners

  Revolutions

  June 23, 2004

• Styles Upon Styles

  The Bay Area's Triple Threat DJs bring all their records to the party

  May 14, 2003

• Hear This

  Japan's DJ Krush gets his abstract-electronica groove on

  February 19, 2003

• The Roots

  Phrenology

  December 24, 2002

• Illadephonic Sounds

  The Roots

  November 17, 1999

• Last Dance

  Tears, hopes, and beats mark the end of Club Deco, ground zero for Bay Area underground hip hop

  March 31, 1999

• The Roots Play Davies Symphony Hall

  EKAphotographyAll That Jazz: Black Thought of the RootsSpring has sprung, and with all the excitement over upcoming shows, music festivals and new releases, ASD almost forgot to tell you about one of the more interesting local concerts this season: The Roots at Davies Symphony Hall on May 30th. We'll be the first to say that when we saw this show announced on SFJAZZ' Spring 2009 lineup, we thought it was a typo. After all, who in their right mind would invite a bunch of hip-hop and soul-heads

  April 17, 2009

• Reviews

  October 29, 1997

• Disposable Heroes of Hypocrisy

  September 24, 1997

• Roots System

  December 25, 1996

• Recordings

  March 22, 1995