The Roots play a medley of their song "The Pros" and "All The People" by Cramp Your Style, followed by a cover of the Instant Funk song "I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)," live in concert at The Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco, California on February 23, 2023.

The Pros—which is rarely played live—appeared as a bonus track on the band's compilation album, Home Grown! The Beginner's Guide To Understanding The Roots (2005). I Got My Mind Made Up was released as a single by disco band Instant Funk in 1978. It reached Number 1 on the Billboard disco and R&B charts and Number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

The Roots are a hip-hop / soul band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania consisting of Tariq Trotter a/k/a Black Thought (vocals), Ahmir Thompson a/k/a Questlove (drums), Kirk Douglas (guitar), Dave Guy (trumpet), Ian "The Chief" Hendrickson-Smith (saxophone / flute), Damon Bryson a/k/a Tuba Gooding, Jr. (sousaphone), Stro Elliot (percussion), Ray Angry (keyboards / keytar), and Kamal "Maldoc" Gray (keyboards). Joining them onstage was Thaddaeus Tribbett (bass).

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The Roots official bio:

The Roots have consistently elevated music and culture as one of the most influential and impactful hip-hop collectives of all time. Founded by Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, the three-time Grammy Award-winning multi platinum group went from rapping on Philadelphia corners all the way to gigs at The White House, a longtime stint as the “house band” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and billing atop their own annual festival The Roots Picnic. Among numerous classics, they changed hip-hop forever with 1999’s platinum Things Fall Apart—which Rolling Stone named one of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and Pitchfork graded 9.4/10. Their Grammy Awards include Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for “You Got Me,” Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for “Hang On in There,” and Best R&B Album for Wake Up. As a live phenomenon, The Roots made history as the “first hip-hop group to perform at Lincoln Center,” and Rolling Stone lauded them as one of the “Twenty Greatest Live Acts in the World.” Black Thought and Questlove served as executive producers of the acclaimed AMC documentary series, Hip-Hop: The Songs That Shook America, and also launched their own film and television production company Two One Five Entertainment and locked down a first-look deal with Universal Television Alternative Studio and Universal Television. With their twelfth full-length album on the horizon, The Roots level up again and bring the whole culture with them.

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The Roots Holiday Tour live dates (2022-23):

Dec. 31 - Los Angeles, CA @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
Feb. 20 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
Feb. 21 - Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
Feb. 23 - San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic Auditorium (postponed from Dec. 29)
Feb. 24 - Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom (postponed from Dec. 27)

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The Roots live tour dates (2023):

Mar. 18 - Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
April 29 - Bentonville, AR @ The Momentary
May 6 - Memphis, TN @ Beale Street Music Festival
June 2-4 - Philadelphia, PA @ Roots Picnic
July 21 - London, UK @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
July 23 - Glasgow, UK @ Hampden Park National Stadium
July 29 - Harrisburg, PA @ Riverfront Park
Aug. 5 - Queens, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium

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The F.O.R.C.E. Live Tour 2023 - The Roots w/ LL Cool J, DJ Jazzy Jeff, and DJ Z-Trip

Aug. 11 - Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena
Aug. 12 - Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Aug. 13 - Chicago, IL @ United Center
Aug. 18 - Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
Aug. 19 - Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
Aug. 21 - Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
Aug. 22 - Memphis, TN @ FedExForum
Aug. 24 - Fort Worth, TX @ Dickies Arena
Aug. 25 - Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
Aug. 27- Albuquerque, NM @ Sandia Resort & Casino
Aug. 29 - Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
Sept. 1 - San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center
Sept. 2 - Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena
Sept. 3 - Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum
Sept. 9 - Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
Sept. 10 - Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena
Oct. 15 - Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena
Nov. 19 - Boston, MA @ TD Garden

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