Jazz, Funk, Soul and Hip-Hop: The Best of the Roots

ILLADELPH HALFLIFE [1996]
The band focuses more on hooks and production, using samples for the first time (though still only samples of themselves). Common, D'Angelo and Erykah Badu guest on the disc — a key inspiration for the budding neosoul movement. [LISTEN]

Key Track: "What They Do" lists a litany of hip-hop clichés and got the band its first major play on MTV.[LISTEN]