ok so i went to allmusic.com and decided to find the connection between The Roots and Sarah Brightman...so heres how it goes

The Roots to Wyclef Jean to Erykah Badu to Mary J. Blige to Whitney Houston to Celine Dion to Barbra Streisand to Michael Crawford to to Sarah Brightman!!! Finally I was thinking that I was really starting to get lost...