| Off the Books: Questlove’s “Mo’ Meta Blues” | February 24, 2014 |
Dweez has no hard and fast rules but tends to read things only once. Until recently, I didn’t get vinyl. For all the evil it’s wrought on our attention spans, I am a champion of the ones and zeros. They’ve enabled my iTunes collection to swell and I change residential time zones enough for vinyl […]
| Don’t Call It a Comeback: D’Angelo’s Return to Music | February 12, 2014 |
Dan Adu-Gyamfi ([email protected]) is rivaling Abe Beame for semi-anonymity. Last month, engineer Russell “The Dragon” Elevado made a YouTube account and posted three cryptic videos of him in the studio with soul music unicorn, D’Angelo. January 25 marked 14 years since his magnum opus Voodoo and fans have been anxiously anticipating a follow up ever […]
So you wanted to hear D’Angelo and ?uestlove do a 70 minute set featuring originals and covers of Funkadelic, Bobby Womack, Prince, Sly Stone and Curtis Mayfield songs? Naturally. Thanks to FWMJ and someone in the audience who cares about the children (and making more of them), a version has surfaced of the pair’s Brooklyn […]
| Beat Traps: ?uestlove’s Hour-Long Dilla Set in the Boiler Room | November 30, 2012 |
Chris Daly beats in the trap. There only are so many hours in the day, and taking an hour to watch ?uestlove spin amidst head-nodding hipsters may not be your top priority — even if Questo is sporting a dope Prince tee. Hell, there are new episodes of Adventure Time to consume. We get it. […]
Chris Daly is pro-Shadrach. I don’t know what you accomplish during your lunch hour, but I’m happy to snag a bite, possibly twist one up, and then call it a success. The Roots’ ?uestlove obviously has different standards. Given the Herculean task of preparing a demo tape of Beastie Boys tracks for their upcoming Rock […]
