Questlove talks Drums, Dilla, and D'Angelo | Red Bull Music Academy

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Drummer and producer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson is a Quincy Jones for our times: a living link between the digital science of modern hip hop and the flesh-and-blood textures of vintage r&b.
In this lecture at the 2013 Red Bull Music Academy, Questlove returned to the couch for a deep dive into drumming, Dilla and D’Angelo.
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A Philadelphia native, Questlove co-founded The Roots in 1987. The band soon rejuvenated hip-hop with a flurry of instrumental and vocal energy. As the band gained global notoriety, Questlove became involved in the Soulquarians project, a production team featuring fellow Philly musician James Poyser, D’Angelo, members of A Tribe Called Quest and the late Jay Dee.
Having helped shape the sound of live hip-hop and neo-soul, Questlove continued to feed his creative hunger with collaborations, writing, and DJing. In 2009 The Roots became the house band for Jimmy Fallon’s late-night show, cementing their place in popular culture.
TOPICS:
8:16 - Childhood and his musician parents
21:10 - Hip-Hop history and breakbeat drumming
33:32 - Drumming with Dilla and D'Angelo
45:59 - The Soulquarians
1:02:12 - Critical acclaim
1:25:17 - Black Messiah
MUSIC:
18:20 - Jay-Z - “Show Me What You Got” • JAY-Z - Show Me What Y...
27:39 - The Emotions - “Blind Alley” • The Emotions - Blind A...
45:59 - Common - “Time Travelin’” • Time Travelin' (A Trib...
1:38:58 - Jay Dee / Roy Ayers - “Ain’t Got Time” reconstruction
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@Cartman-Official 2 года назад

Its crazy to think Dilla humanized a human drummer, using his MPC

@vznquest Год назад

Lol, great observation

@samtvmedia5066 9 месяцев назад

insane

@Nicofromtheweb 9 лет назад

I want those hidden Dilla tapes so bad ...

@nastynate838 7 лет назад

Nicolas .Strange mannnnnnn

@ndujamz 3 года назад

Questlove has hidden gems of Dilla stuff.

@Russum1 3 года назад

You can find them , but they are kinda hard to find

@TheOverpowered1 3 года назад

@@Russum1 did u you find any

@Russum1 3 года назад

@@TheOverpowered1 I got the instrumental to 44:24 if u want it

@noblehousemusic 5 лет назад

The way he talks about dilla's feel is life changing. 35:25 - 36:06

@nicadams6126 3 года назад

33 years old and just beginning to understand that Questlove is the core of the modern music industry.

@minou_1 9 лет назад

the dilla part at around 1:37:25 was really great

@Sssteelo Год назад

Bump

@Thataussiebattler 8 лет назад

West Philadelphia born and raised on the drum kit is where he spent most of his days....... and it shows... what a great and down to earth drummer..... respect.

@dakine4238 6 лет назад

hahhaha that tune came into my head right away too, nice addition

@jamalalqassem5079 4 месяца назад

boooo

@Thataussiebattler 4 месяца назад

to you!@@jamalalqassem5079

@TheLovliestTear 2 года назад

Quest is one of those people that I would pay to watch him talk about anything. He’s such a intelligent man.

@dreamcrusher3648 Год назад

Get a life

@noneban 3 года назад

"Even if he was wrong, he was still right", the definition of fatherhood.

@edsmijr.5893 7 лет назад

Someone needs to hack his laptop and get those D'Angelo demos

@KingEversProduction 6 лет назад

Tito Idriess I just got that same cassette he played at 43:00.

@xydex99 5 лет назад

@@KingEversProduction bro don't hold out

@el.blanco8961 4 года назад

@@KingEversProduction my man....

@tomlebeau7921 4 года назад

KingEversProduction please do share

@poor_impulsive 4 года назад

@@KingEversProduction come on bruhhhhhhhh driver dot anthony gmail yo!

@ABCDEFGHIJKELA... 3 года назад

man Quest looks comfortable everywhere he goes, gotta admire that shit.

@skeenj 4 года назад

Wow, it is really surprising to hear that he EVER had timing issues. This man IS A CLOCK!

@zacharykingston1046 4 года назад

Quesltlove is a gifted honest speaker among other talents..he deserves to be paid for these...I want a podcast...

@nathanscott3589 4 года назад

Zachary Kingston he has one. Quest love Supreme

@Stoney-Jacksman 4 года назад

money is not the (only) form of recognition. Maybe nowadays all you dumb ass western people think so...but its not. And he's rich already. Go and beg for the poor instead you schmuck.

@iwillheadlockyournan731 9 лет назад

Questloves in the house!?

@joonpark2144 8 лет назад

Questlove your not in the house man.

@russ6541 5 лет назад

wait a minute, Questlove owns a house?!?!?

@prod.sanchezv2293 5 лет назад

iwillheadlockyournan he’s not in the house man

@PaulTheSkeptic 4 года назад

Yes. Questlove is in the house. ... Your question mark confused me.

@ladyheroin.v4143 4 года назад

@@PaulTheSkeptic Dude, Questlove is not in the house

@scharkonline 3 года назад

This entire interview is fantastic, but 37:27 absolutely blew my mind

@cedricd7110 2 года назад

20:33 I totally relate. My dad turned me unto rap unknowingly by buying James Brown records by the crate. One of those records was Unity with Baam and I was hooked. One day he saw me watching a video of "You must learn" by BDP and told me to turn off that "Hoodlum Noise". Too bad cuz he would've really dug the message. May he R.I.P

@Foetestour 7 лет назад

Well, those were the best 2 hours I've spent in my recent years... Unlike everything at school, I actually learned something that interests me from watching this. God bless you Questlove, god bless...

@jingijazz9480 7 лет назад

Ya need to get out more man

@edn3065 5 лет назад

Fwoodmac235@gmail.comwhat

@TheOverpowered1 3 года назад

@@jingijazz9480 wdym

@JohnDoe-vv3id 3 года назад

If you’ve never learned anything at school you are not thinking.

@rickylovesyou 5 лет назад

Its insane to think the last track of things fall apart leads into the first track of voodoo, what a crazy and revolutionary way of recording. Imagine if they did that across all the soulquarion/electric lady/the ummah albums up to now, that would just be SICK to def.

@henrywebster5130 4 года назад

leads into how? I just tried it and don't see it

@Rappatiligoe0419 4 года назад

@@henrywebster5130 I actually think I once heard someone say that the song "The Hypnotic" off Illadelph Halflife transitions into "Playa Playa"

@henrywebster5130 4 года назад

@@Rappatiligoe0419 Yeah you're right, the drums and tempo sound pretty much identical. Still aint as smooth as I thought itd be, was expecting kinda like the pink floyd album that loops but its still cool

@crosssection6289 Год назад

// Yo.! Wait a minute. Hold up. EM + Henry Webster + Rappatiligoe... don't move.! I gotta hear this.........

@crosssection6289 Год назад

@@henrywebster5130 // I don't know if it's just wishful thinking.... but the melody and tempo of the keys .... It can't be though...

@DickTahshon 4 года назад

Marvin Gaye " Hear, My Dear. " is incredible! Never gets old, never.

@KeithCasper 6 лет назад

His father loved him, while he imposed his discipline, he challenged him in his mind--and developed the style that was more flourished and spontaneous. Like Prince, he studied his music and had it down. This man is truly an amazing human in so many ways. A musician's musician.

@billystiletto 8 лет назад

That look he gives at 15:50 hurt my soul, damn Quest was so sad for a brief second. Love you Quest!

@george00719 5 лет назад

Pharoah Sanders...love how his whole life has been music - a real connoisseur my kinda dude

@peterhammel3799 7 лет назад

the dude thought he'd do a interview, but he was so wrong xD questlove is love

@guaguancos.montunodcubop8923 3 года назад

Bird used to practice 13 hours a day to perfect his craft. And he still hadn't reached his prime when he died

@reginaldmorton2162 4 года назад

If that laptop could talk, it would go Platinum.

@TahjAmir96 3 года назад

44:24 tears of joy.. feels like i’m on a flight sitting in the window seat 😭

@raihanshrk1955 2 года назад

What beat?

@raihanshrk1955 2 года назад

Ya know?

@TahjAmir96 2 года назад

@@raihanshrk1955 The J. Dilla beat

@lbushquizeanic1 2 года назад

43:52 I love this unreleased J Dilla material

@thugzman7890 Год назад

2023 and this Interviewer is still the MVP!! He doesn’t over talk or interrupt them during their talking, we actually get jewels and information. Salute to you man!! (That’s a lost art in 2023) smh

@dreamrestore213 Год назад

He's wak AF..... Showing no appreciation for the history he's being exposed to. Pathetic.

@umarwali7184 Год назад

First hip hop show at Philharmonic Hall Lincoln Center N.Y.C..included the ROOTS and Jay Z..

@pierreg9328 3 года назад

Damn that sounds so cool, Laying on the couch while you are snowed in hearing dilla cooking up that beat.

@gordeevious 5 лет назад

33:07 Just Blaze on the left in the audience. Explains the whole "you enabled the gospel drummer musicianship" phrase earlier with "Show Me What You Got". The drummer on that track was Aaron Spears btw.

@RPMillz-pw1uo Год назад

As a producer this is the most inspiring thing i have ever heard..

@kawabungadad8945 8 лет назад

Ahaha D'Angelo - 'USE THE FORCE'

@adrianjohnson4151 7 лет назад

Questlove !!!!!!!! This man's musical knowledge is staggering!!!!!

@jerimccombs6245 5 лет назад

👍 yeah!

@nagichampa9866 4 года назад

It's like Tarantino talking about movies or Chomsky about language!

@Afrimusican 3 года назад

Right?! Also why is this just getting to me wtf YT

@VerbaDeLycKRecords 2 года назад

Hearing Questlove speak on Dillas mind is vocally beautiful i could hear him talk about those experiences all day #PiKaHsSo

@bobdolezal7980 3 года назад

Damn! Questlove drops SO MANY GEMS for up and coming artists. This interview is hard to ignore plus I love the fact that he's super humble whilst promoting the culture. Thank you Red Bull Music Academy for making this series happen ❤️🙌🙌

@PHlophe Год назад

Bob , how is Rachel doing these days

@neelmoudgil4962 6 лет назад

I would eat a shit to be in Questloves music class. So much knowledge

@lilmaxAlarcxn 2 года назад

Questlove speaks like a time traveler no one man is louder or more clear than Dr. Thompson If music had a voice it would be this guy he's like musik's subconscious.

@gabel13 5 лет назад

this dude is the Noam Chomsky of hip-hop

@movimentodoscacos 5 лет назад

lmao yes

@jimflauntt683 4 года назад

Wtf? Keep politics away from music they should never mix like two dicks and no chic

@Guitfiddlejase 4 года назад

That was a helluva’ comment ..wish I’d thought of that myself!

@uzumakiangelus 4 года назад

@@jimflauntt683 Noam Chomsky is one of the most distinguished scholars of our time. THAT'S the comparison cos Questlove is just an absolute wealth of this musical knowledge. That you think politics have anything to do with it is just silly.

@jimflauntt683 4 года назад

@@uzumakiangelus really because the fact that they both are one step away from being communists and claimed liberals you could of fooled me. The funny thing is neithers professional lives could of never existed without capitalism is funny to me

@urennakarah2766 2 года назад

I'm not sure how I got here, but this was actually great! I just woke up and it was on. I went from Igbo movies to this lol.

@tysonmoana9658 5 лет назад

I love seeing the inner workings of musical geniuses minds i could sit for days and listen to this passion

@ThePdeHav 3 года назад

My piano professor always said, ‘ practice doesn’t make perfect; it makes permanent.’ This is in connection to the tendency as kids not to practice properly, just going through the motions, Great podcast guys.

@digaholics7786 8 лет назад

Doing such a good job of explaining the various eras of hip hop. Certainly interpreted through a biased lens, but it's quite an accurate account nonetheless.

@soulchorea 3 года назад

1:04:05 - I never get tired of this story

@tonywalker8989 5 лет назад

wow, got me listening to MJ now. It's really important for even his fans to go back and remember who he was and even what he looked like. It's crazy how part of the population doesn't see what was done to that young man. No one truly understood and cared for him.

@NorthStarGeneral 7 лет назад

Illadelph is my favorite Roots abum production is so textured and psychedelic🔰

@Ungruma 6 лет назад

Nunca me canso de esta entrevista, muchas gracias!

@TheTapMusic 3 года назад

Questlove rockin a Unibody MacBook, hell yeah

@DREAMINWHITEONWHITE 2 года назад

Amazing to have a musicologist like Quest alive, well, and working in such a public sphere re; fallon...can't wait for his Sly Stone documentary...though, I will say, the last question brought a pretty blue tone to his talk...really happy he met Grace Harry - hope they have kids, he would be an amazing father !

@coreyyellowmanjackson4341 3 года назад

Bernard Purdie did The "Purdie Shuffle" .. Most famously known as the drums for Steely Dan's "Babylon Sisters"

@ThaRealAbMajor 7 лет назад

Classic interview!! QuestLove the master!!

@bradylasserre9320 Год назад

Love his takes on Gospel drumming. It's chop city and those linear fills sound so all over the place and over the top. Granted, they can play my ass under the table all day.

@nicoscramble5343 7 лет назад

this show was good for my soul

@jbarrier3506 7 лет назад

Much love and respect to dilla and brotha question.

@mtac9978 6 лет назад

Wow this was amazing, thank you Redbull and Questlove

@bigsby19 3 года назад

The bodyguard “moment” was a class comment. Very enjoyable lecture/ interview.

@ypure3859 5 лет назад

Thank you for Histus Kaiyote!! They sre absoluteky BRILLIANT!

@RuffmixxMusic 4 года назад

Epic interview. Could listen to this guy for days. His perspectives and insights are fascinating and inspiring. Love his story telling too 👍🏾 😎

@256k_ 2 года назад

an encyclopaedia of music knowledge and extremely humble person

@AlamdaABalqhin 8 лет назад

some classic albums: Dangerous - MJ Black Messiah - D'Angelo Spice World - Spice Girls Bush - Snoop Dogg albums that SHOUT identidy and compressed HUGE AMOUNT of knowledge and joy about a type of sound/feeling.

@jazzbrew68 8 лет назад

It's cool to see Dangerous on that list. I've always LOVED that album. People sleep on it.

@rickylovesyou 5 лет назад

Voodoo and Illadelph way above black messiah.

@DH-ij9pe 4 года назад

Voodoo? And you have the fucking Spice Girls on that list. Your opinion is irrelevant.

@alexandersillan8139 4 года назад

Gotta love Questlove

@felonykilla7 Год назад

Yo go Quest it’s crazy when you learn more about somebody you know your a amazing person keep up the good work!

@jakecooley7603 7 лет назад

Dude love your explanation about pocket vs chops

@lettuceandtomatoes4065 2 года назад

Phrenology has always been my favourite from The Roots and the story behind is always fascinating (second time watching this after some years have passed).

@viniciusprusch9842 3 года назад

this might just be my favorite video on youtube

@kevinxonthebeat 3 года назад

59:47 there’s an interview with rick Rubin and Andre 3000 where they talk about artists reinventing themselves, and Rick literally cites the exact same examples that ?uest provides, great minds really do think alike

@1995yuda Год назад

This was a PHENOMENAL interview, listen closely future artists and nappy heads 💯👍

@skeenj 4 года назад

Love hearing all of Questlove's wisdom and experience. The interviewer comes across as cocky sometimes.

@hasanisgs667 4 года назад

44:11 damn thats soulful asf i hope it gets released on dilla day

@ladyheroin.v4143 4 года назад

I NEED IT

@yogicbeats 4 года назад

Lemme know if it does

@shadetx713 10 лет назад

This is inspiration

@edn3065 5 лет назад

Time for you and I have to be at the top of the list of the most common form of dementia and I have to be at the airport and I have to be in this position is a good thing to do it for you and I have to be at the top of the list of the best way to do it for you and I have to be at the top of the list of the best way to get some sleep now I am going to be at the airport and only to be at the airport and I have to be in this position will have to be at the airport and only one of the best in the world Hi to be at the airport and I have to be in this position will be a good thing I have to be at the airport and I have to be in this positio

@hasanisgs667 5 лет назад

J Dilla is a GOD

@killerdrew99 3 года назад

When I heard that Aint no half stepping sample, It freaked me out cause thats is the ringtone I use.

@kurtfromMichigan 4 года назад

35:00 "the first song they opened with was bullshit, no no no, the title was called bullshit" lmao. Love that. And how quest went on to say how dilla changed the way he drummed....that's a powerful statement.

@amorejohnson4647 5 лет назад

I need those dilla/d'angelo demos❤🌹

@rickiejames4195 2 года назад

Best music leason I ever learned

@danindeed 4 года назад

Such a great interview.

@BakemonoShiz 10 лет назад

"a band with who, that hoodlum Tariq?!" classic dad verbage. lol..

@zacharykingston1046 4 года назад

One of the most interesting people I ever heard talk..pure genius

@egeneraltnf 2 года назад

Thank you for breaking that down!

@Xandmann 3 года назад

?uestlove’s breakdown of hip hop’s 5-year periods: 77-82 Initial/Fossil period - recreational coke/post-disco sounding 82-87 Golden Age - cokey 900, 40 oz stage - quasi modern, big & sparse drums 87-92 Classic Age - crack era 92-97 (4th age) Renaissance Period (< Easy Coast) - digging thru parents’ jazz records - typical sound and pace from Q-tip & Ali’s breakbeat sample from “Blind Alley” (by The Emotions) (97-02, 02-07 not mentioned) 07-12 Scissor period 12-17 Molly phase

@nullunit 3 года назад

Not Scissors, Sizzurp, slang for codeine cough syrup, also called Lean, also called purple drank. QL called the late 90s to 2ks "Cristal+Xtasy" at one point.

@carlettagoodrichmann1513 4 года назад

Nice lessons .REAL teaching.....each bar moves into an algorithm of perpetual motion. ROtations and formations of beats. BEAT WRITE ON NOTES amplified

@swizzish 2 года назад

This. Is. Amazing!

@CarloRogall85 7 лет назад

triple plus on this video! many thanks, very informative and questlove really pounds out some deep knowledge like never seen before (for my turns) ...