The Roots @ Beale Street Music Festival

The Roots

Budweiser Stage • 7:35 p.m.

Hip-hop's house band recently became Jimmy Fallon's on the comedian's late-night talk show. But this Philadelphia-based band, led by drummer ?uestlove and rapper Black Thought, is primarily known as hip-hop's most reliable live band. It's one that keeps getting better on a string of increasingly strong and bold albums such as Tipping Point, Game Theory, and, 2008's possible career best, Rising Down.