Introducing themselves as a hip-hop band, The Roots honed their chops on the Philadelphia live circuit before readying their debut album, Organix!, in '93. With ?uestlove's nuanced drum playing acting as the crew's backbone, early albums paired jazz influences with the razor sharp raps of emcees Black Thought and Malik B. Despite becoming critics' darlings, it took a GRAMMY® award off the back of '99's Things Fall Apart for the troupe to experience a commercial breakthrough. A spell as the house band on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon secured a place in pop culture history.