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His first album with the Roots was 2004's The Tipping Point, where he split guitar duties with Martin Luther and Anthony Tidd. By the release of their 2006 album Game Theory, he had assumed the role as sole guitarist for the band. As a vocalist, he serves as the band's primary melodic singer, sharing duties with American rapper Black Thought.
The Roots is an American hip hop band formed in 1987 by singer Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and drummer Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.The Roots serve as the house band on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, having served in the same role on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon from 2009 to 2014.
James Jason Poyser (born January 30, 1967) is an American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.He has been a member of the hip hop band The Roots since 2009, and plays with The Roots in the house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and formerly, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
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Since 2014, he has played with The Roots, including on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. [1] Over his more than two decade career, he has been part of the groups Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings , Menahan Street Band , The Budos Band , and Lee Fields & The Expressions , among others.
The reformed band played their first public show at CBGB in May 2003, and continued to perform periodically. In 2006, The Shirts recorded and released their first album in over 25 years, Only The Dead Know Brooklyn, at the studio their former producer Thorne had opened. In 2010, The Shirts released their fifth studio album The Tiger Must Jump. [4]
Black Thought's first release outside of The Roots was the 2011 mixtape The Prestige, which he released alongside 10.Deep and the Money Making Jam Collective, the latter of which included longtime Roots collaborators such as Dice Raw, S.T.S., P.O.R.N., and Truck North. [15]
Roots rock is "a style of rock music that draws material from various American musical traditions including country, blues, and folk." [ 1 ] The term is sometimes used in a broader sense to encompass other genres of Americana , including early rock and roll , country rock , and other related forms.