Questlove Supreme is a fun, irreverent and educational weekly podcast that digs deep into the stories of musical legends and cultural icons in a way that only Questlove and Team Supreme can deliver. Led by Each episode is driven by conversation ranging from the guest’s origins (along with a few never-before-revealed secrets to their success) to their life passions and current projects. This is not your typical interview show. This is about legends and legends in the making bringing their legacy to life in their own words. Previous guests have included Usher, Michelle Obama, Chris Rock, Steve Miller, Maya Rudolph, Weird Al, Chaka Khan, Babyface and many more.
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OMG, so this interview is really happening. Been digging in Craig David's musical crates lately and seeing how much Sananda Maitreya influenced his desire to do music for a living in the beginning and always acknowledging him in interviews is Amazing. Can't wait to watch this interview as Sananda Maitreya's live shows has been popping up in my feeds these last few months and remembering buying his 1st album in Junior High school as we had to learn a dance piece for dance class. Glad to See and Hear and Celebrate Sananda Maitreya 🎵🎵🎶🎶🎵🎵🌷🌷🌷🌷.
Sananda is a very talented artist no doubt, however the vulgar and negative takes were too much and still blaming Michael Jackson? Yikes, and the interviewer and the former TTD on there best night and work aren't seeing Michael Jackson and the way he performed " man in the mirror" neither Turkey could carry Michael Jacksons white socks, other than that a decent interview
I adored Blue when it came out, so refreshing and powerful, but when I heard Pinkerton, it touched my soul directly, I didn't need anything else to listen to, no record has had that effect on me since. A masterpiece.
Thanks for another brilliant discussion. The core of this information is about understanding that social programming is a two-way street in that, while most of us understand and agree to some amount of indoctrination to have a cohesive society, we don't seem to understand how much we are relinquishing to maintain that so-called cohesive society. (We are in Huxley's Brave New World and don't realize it.) Moreover, as Aristotle wrote in Poetics, which was his rebuffing of his teacher, Plato's book, Republic, it is the artist who ensures that society is not held stagnant by social programming by providing the creativity (dreams/imagination) necessary to move a society forward by keeping it progressive. As such, even as a lifelong Prince fan who supported his name change, continued to purchase his music into the 90s and 2000s, and never left the purple fold, I must admit that my inability to seek music outside the system made it impossible for me to follow the liberation of Sananda Maitreya. His first four albums are as important to me as any art (music or literature) in my collection; yet, my inability to follow more than one independent artist, which was Prince, made it impossible to follow Maitreya because the system had made me too lazy to follow a second artist liberating himself from the system. And, it took me years to realize that. Thus, I thank y'all for this critically important conversation and hope it inspires young artists to know and/or remember that art is a spiritual force that is only manifested in the physical through one's artistry of a particular medium. By learning or remembering this, we can remain focused on having art serve a higher focus than the physical gains that can be acquired from it.
I was in EUROPE of 1987 when TERENCE at that time released The Hardline According to Terence Trent D‘arby . SANANDA MAITREYA is one of my favorite artist as well.
Wtf, the genius the legend, sananda, best interview with this dude. 3 Kings: Michael Prince and Sanada. Sooo glad that people are re visiting him. Neither Fish to my favourite Vibrator, Slaying everything. Love!
Thanks you for sharing this conversation. In reflection , my career on the water is beautiful , like beyond exceptional and everything else , like everything else suffers. I’ll be better thanks to your clear reminders to reengage the shadow work I embodied before 2020. @willowsmith your some kinda awesome lady 818 Toronto tickets booked!!! ❤
Dope interview, I will always see Wayne as corny. “BUT” he is an exceptional actor and comedian, people just don’t know it possibly because as he said the yt exects kinda type cast him or at least try to anyways. It’s got to be being Melanin and it’s being said he (you’re) not Melanin enough prompting the powers that be to shade you. I think it was before the Chappelle Show that I saw the real comedian/actor Wayne Brady and I was floored I always kinda liked him but didn’t like the tv venues he was involved in so I rarely watched him. Oh and another thing imagine being the only Melanin person in a yt world not so much having to prove yourself than to be yourself m. You got to have skills.
Quest brought up the proverbial 'curse' of Nas's illmatic in comparison with The Hard Line, and I just thought I'd mention that Nas is a big fan of Sananda.
Sananda didn't lie. He IS a genius amongst other human and superlative things. I own at least one copy of every album he has released and have been fortunate to see him live in London and shake his hand. You name them, I've seen 'em all or enough of the greats to confidently say that he is one of the greatest and most complete artists to explode onto the music scene. Not only one of the greatest singers ever, but also one of the greatest songwriters of alltime. This was a beautiful and profoundly illuminating exchange between two brilliant men of the Arts and culture. Loved it. Thank you! PS: I need another 4 hours of this!
Very interesting to hear Poyser's journey. He seems to be extremely down to earth. I can relate to the church upbringing as I'm a church musician myself. I will say that the overplaying gets old quick for me. Less is more (so I'd love Quest as a drummer to play with 😁) and we're not there to be showmen because our gifts become pretty vain at that point. Anyway, good interview guys👌🏾
Thank you for this interview though. Hill District Pittsburgh mega legend and there's no definitive interview out there. The young musicians in the city need to know the pedigree.
@@zweirj 🤨 Worse than every mainstream host on late night and daytime talk? The haphazard flow and squirrel interruptions can be annoying, but they can also be serendipitous. The train reaches the station eventually. And is it really "off the cuff" if the questions have been percolating for 30 years? Sananda could've chatted with anyone in the world. He _chose_ the "worst interviewer ever" and he loved it. 🤷🏿
@zweirj This interview may not be a Pulitzer contender, but its format created an organic vibe. Two prolific artists, each an indispensable contributor to the culture, vibing together - I loved it. I've been a fan of Sananda Maitreya since the '80's and this is the most relaxed and comfortable I've seen him in such situations. I love that for him, and I am thrilled he's re-engaging with his legions of fans, and reconnecting with those unaware of his new identity. This is my first Questlove podcast, and I will definitely check-out more.
Quest's casual, off the cuff(?) style made Sananda comfortable enough to speak on ish in ways he hasn't before in the bajillion interviews I've watched with him. Vibe was real.
I haven't noticed that anything was wrong. I truly enjoyed the interview, and I liked that Quest let him talk. I am also excited about the book! I think that Sananda could feel admiration and was very free to open himself.
Wow. 🥇 What an enjoyable listen! I'm fascinated by these glimpses behind the curtains during the transformation of CBS Records into Sony Music. And his numerous triangulations with the biggest recording artists, during the era of my very first musical memories. Dropping gems from a unique, nuanced perspective. Even the biggest cynic can learn something about the matrix as filtered through Sananda. Although some of it can only be decoded by music industry nerds. 😅
I have most of his albums and I am longtime supporter since 1987. Sananda is one of those artists who labels really wanted, but don't know what to do with. I still think Columbia dropped the ball on his second album "Neither Fish Nor Flesh".
@@QLSProducer I wish Quest had asked him about the dream he had about Marvin which resulted in his song 'To Know Someone Deeply, Is To Know Someone Softly'. There is a parallel with D'Angelo who also had dreams about Marvin.
