Phrenology at 15: How the Roots Hit a New Peak With Their “Anti-Roots” Album

Before they were Jimmy Fallon’s house band, The Roots were generally remembered as being part of a vanguard of artists in the ‘90s who eschewed hip-hop’s mainstream chic for beats-and-rhymes purity. But if one peers closer, an image emerges of a six-member band that used its protean energy to explore hip-hop’s sonic possibilities.…

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