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?uestlove emulates Kanye West's superconspicous-consumptionish blogging style, only with a bit of a populist twist. Sample entry: "i realized how spoiled i've gotten in the past few years with my "one scuff and throw em out" steeze with my kicks. remember when mom and dad made you wear your sneaks until the sole could speak several languages?" [okayplayer.com via Nah Right]
videodrone
Ok, so "The Roots" played "The Star-Spangled Banner" on The Colbert Report last night, right? Only it was ?uestlove, a touring bassist who joined less than a year ago, and a guitarist who signed on in 2003. Call me old-fashioned, but it just ain't the Roots without Kamal playing keyboard ostinatos and somebody beatboxing on top. If you want a tribute to Woodstock, why not just let Wyclef and will.i.am (I'm sure he knows how to play bass) join ?uestlove in some sort of left-leaning rap supergroup? Call it WQW! The Black Root 'Gees! Probama! [Comedy Central]
Roots Resurrect Hendrix (Or At Least Wyclef) On "The Colbert Report"
Ok, so "The Roots" played "The Star-Spangled Banner" on The Colbert Report last night, right? Only it was ?uestlove, a touring bassist who joined less than a year ago, and a guitarist who signed on in 2003. Call me old-fashioned, but it just ain't the Roots without Kamal playing keyboard ostinatos and somebody beatboxing on top. If you want a tribute to Woodstock, why not just let Wyclef and will.i.am (I'm sure he knows how to play bass) join ?uestlove in some sort of left-leaning rap supergroup? Call it WQW! The Black Root 'Gees! Probama! [Comedy Central]
dream teams
Thanks to an MTV interview where he dropped a bunch of tantalizing bombs about his production work on the forthcoming Al Green LP that apparently (might) feature(s) contributions from Justin Timberlake (eh), Anthony Hamilton (swoon), and D'Angelo (!). Read on, and if you listen close you can hear the rest of my family shouting for joy somewhere in Pennsylvania:
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?uestlove: Today's Greatest American Hero
Thanks to an MTV interview where he dropped a bunch of tantalizing bombs about his production work on the forthcoming Al Green LP that apparently (might) feature(s) contributions from Justin Timberlake (eh), Anthony Hamilton (swoon), and D'Angelo (!). Read on, and if you listen close you can hear the rest of my family shouting for joy somewhere in Pennsylvania:
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?uestlove
Having been pulled aside for "special screening" at the airport twice recently, we immediately felt for ?uestlove, the Roots drummer/DJ/blogger/vlogger, when he mentioned that his boarding pass had been tagged with the dreaded "SSSS" that forces fliers into the line for a full-on frisking. But reading about his adventures with the Drug Enforcement Agency—who were alerted when airport screeners found that ?uestlove was carrying a large amount of cash that he'd made from a DJ gig—made us feel even worse, because by his account, their interrogations turned into something like a referendum on just how famous he was:
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"Hip Hop Weekly" Treated As A Credible Source ... By The DEA?
Having been pulled aside for "special screening" at the airport twice recently, we immediately felt for ?uestlove, the Roots drummer/DJ/blogger/vlogger, when he mentioned that his boarding pass had been tagged with the dreaded "SSSS" that forces fliers into the line for a full-on frisking. But reading about his adventures with the Drug Enforcement Agency—who were alerted when airport screeners found that ?uestlove was carrying a large amount of cash that he'd made from a DJ gig—made us feel even worse, because by his account, their interrogations turned into something like a referendum on just how famous he was:
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