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Brooklyn Babylon (2001) -- A charismatic rapper falls in love with a young Jewish girl despite the confines of her religious background.
Brown Sugar (2002) -- hv post
Brown Sugar (2002) -- Home Video Preview
Explicit Ills (2008) -- Trailer for "EXPLICIT ILLS", written and directed by Mark Webber.

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Trivia:
Attended the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing... more
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Alternate Names:
The Roots | Roots | Black Thought | Tarik Trotter | Tariq 'Black Thought' Trotter

Filmography

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Soundtrack:
  1. Superbad (2007) (writer: "Here I Come", "My Favorite Mutiny")
  2. I Think I Love My Wife (2007) (writer: "The Seed 2.0")
  3. Stomp the Yard (2007) (writer: "In the Music")
  4. Rock the Bells (2006) (writer: "I'll Bee Dat")
  5. The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends (2006) (writer: "Somebody's Gotta Do It")
    ... aka The Ground Truth (USA: new title)
  6. Block Party (2005) (writer: "Boom", "You Got Me")
    ... aka Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Canada: English title: festival title) (International: English title) (USA: complete title)
  7. Chasing Liberty (2004) ("The Seed")
  8. "The Wire" (1 episode, 2003)
        - Ebb Tide (2003) TV episode ("Seed (2.0)" (uncredited))
  9. Brown Sugar (2002) (writer: "Act Too (Love of My Life)")
    ... aka Seven Days
  10. Ken Park (2002) (writer: "Do You Want More?!!!??!")
  11. Down to Earth (2001) ("Glitches")
    ... aka Einmal Himmel und zurück (Germany)
  12. Bamboozled (2000) (writer: "Mantan Show Music" (2000), "Burn Hollywood Burn")
  13. High Fidelity (2000) (writer: "The Anti-Circle")

  14. The Hurricane (1999) (writer: "The Hurricane")
  15. The Best Man (1999/I) (writer: "What You Want")
  16. High School High (1996) (writer: "The Good, The Bad And The Desolate")
Actor:
  1. Yelling to the Sky (2010) (post-production) .... Roland
  2. Night Catches Us (2009) (post-production) .... Bostic Washington
  3. In NorthWood (2009) (post-production) .... Tom

  4. Explicit Ills (2008) .... Kaleef
  5. Love Rome (2004) .... Tariq
  6. "Chappelle's Show" .... Musical Guest (1 episode, 2003)
    ... aka Chappelle's Show: The Lost Episodes (USA: third season title)
        - Episode #1.9 (2003) TV episode (as The Roots) .... Musical Guest
  7. Perfume (2001) (as Tarik Trotter) .... Posse Member #2
    ... aka Dress to Kill (USA: video title)
  8. Brooklyn Babylon (2001) .... Solomon, Member of The Lions
  9. Bamboozled (2000) .... Alabama Porch Monkey
Music Department:
  1. "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (musician: The Roots) (1 episode, 2009)
        - Episode #1.98 (2009) TV episode (musician: The Roots)
Self:
  1. Whitewash (2009) (post-production)
    ... aka White Wash (USA: correct spelling)

  2. "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" .... Himself - MC (2 episodes, 2009)
        - Episode #1.110 (2009) TV episode .... Himself - MC
        - Episode #1.1 (2009) TV episode .... Himself - MC
  3. Ursula Rucker: Poet (2008) (as Roots) .... Himself
  4. "VIP Lounge" .... Himself (1 episode, 2008)
        - The Roots (2008) TV episode .... Himself
  5. "Planet Voice" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
        - The Roots i Planet Voice (2006) TV episode .... Himself
  6. 3rd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (2006) (TV) (as Black Thought) .... Himself
  7. "Backstage Pass" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
        - The Roots (2006) TV episode .... Himself
  8. 2nd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (2005) (TV) (as Black Thought) .... Himself
  9. Block Party (2005) (as Tariq 'Black Thought' Trotter) .... Himself - The Roots
    ... aka Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Canada: English title: festival title) (International: English title) (USA: complete title)
  10. "Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
    ... aka Def Poetry (USA: short title)
    ... aka Def Poetry Jam (USA: promotional title)
        - Episode #5.9 (2005) TV episode (as Black Thought) .... Himself
  11. "Saturday Night Live" .... Himself - Musical Guest (1 episode, 2004)
    ... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: complete title)
    ... aka SNL (USA: informal title)
    ... aka SNL 25 (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka Saturday Night (USA: first season title)
    ... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: sixth season title)
    ... aka Saturday Night Live 15 (USA: fifteenth season title)
    ... aka Saturday Night Live 20 (USA: twentieth season title)
    ... aka Saturday Night Live 25 (USA: twentiefifth season title)
        - Donald Trump/Toots and the Maytals (2004) TV episode (as The Roots) .... Himself - Musical Guest
  12. "I Love the '70s" (2003) TV series .... Himself
  13. The 45th Annual Grammy Awards (2003) (TV) (as The Roots) .... Himself
  14. American Rap Stars (2002) (V) (as The Roots) .... Himself
  15. Brown Sugar (2002) (as Black Thought) .... Himself - The Roots
    ... aka Seven Days
  16. Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme (2000) (as Black Thought) .... Himself
    ... aka Freestyle (USA: short title)
    ... aka VH1 News Presents: Freestyle - The Story of Underground Hip Hop (USA: TV title)

  17. "The Chris Rock Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1999)
        - Episode dated 12 November 1999 (1999) TV episode (as The Roots) .... Himself
  18. Stolen Moments.: Red Hot+Cool (1994) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself - Roots

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(1999): Rap album with The Roots, "The Roots Come Alive" (MCA Records). more

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