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1. What happend to the Peaches En Regallia joint for HIGO.

2. Do the roots make beats anymore.

>1. What happend to the Peaches En Regallia joint for HIGO.

Here it is:
http://swift.fm/questlove/song/61653/

>1. What happend to the Peaches En Regallia joint for HIGO.

download the money makin jamboys mixtape.

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>2. Do the roots make beats anymore.

beats? huh?

gah dammy why arent more Roots songs like that

I always wondered why you haven't shown up production-wise on any albums by Jay-Z (Specifically any post-retirement albums), Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Little Brother or Q-Tip. Not to belittle your production career as it is or anything

>I always wondered why you haven't shown up production-wise on
>any albums by Jay-Z (Specifically any post-retirement albums),
>Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Little Brother or Q-Tip. Not to belittle
>your production career as it is or anything


?uesto was in the Soulaquarians and mos, kweli and q-tip were rotating memebers.

>>I always wondered why you haven't shown up production-wise
>on
>>any albums by Jay-Z (Specifically any post-retirement
>albums),
>>Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Little Brother or Q-Tip. Not to
>belittle
>>your production career as it is or anything
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>?uesto was in the Soulaquarians and mos, kweli and q-tip
>were rotating memebers.

if im producing an entire album i might be convinced to put effort into it.

im mostly interested in producing artists over the age of 60.

why?

Or are still hoping/planning to do a full album with?

Thanks for answering my 1st question if you don't get to this one

>im mostly interested in producing artists over the age of 60.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Seriously not to knock your work with these artists, but man... man.... I feel like you're depriving the youth of your talents man. I'm not trying to see you become a big super producer or anything like that, but the care and quality you bring to the table is sorely missing from todays cats. You're probably the most adventurous cats out there, who has the true license to do take those risks, and pull it off in a manner that meets and raises standards. For that to be something only older artists will benefit from... just makes me sad.

That said if that's what's inspiring you, keep doing your thing man.

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My friend's mixtapes. Check them out
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highlight is watching mike camel walk on "dont stop" then posin on his toes just like the live album.


actually the coolest thing is looking for the poses of the photos that were in the live album, they were so distinctive in shot and in wardrobe it was easy to figure out what song it was the lynn goldsmith shot with her lense.

http://truthandsoulrecords.com/storefront/full-lengths/enter-the-37th-chamber.html

Several of these songs were featured in the film.


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even thought it contains some great moments:

-star
-the end of star
-interlude after "guns are drawn"
-web
-boom
-melting pot
-din da da

the critical bashing we took (our only album to get lower than a 80 in metacritic) left a horrible taste in my mouth. makes it hard to listen to it.

You just named all the reasons why that's a great fking album. I think the problem is that the highs are so damn high that the rest of the album just doesn't live up. But you just listed songs that would all make a Roots Top 20 tracks for me. Hell 2 or 3 are in the top 10.

I think that's why the "critics" got mad

very lazy on that track. and while guns are drawn is dope, again thought sounded ehh to me lyrically on it. duck down and why were also ehh. but the other 60% of the album is absolute FIRE.

...had to loop that...

has its own 4 minute track on the iPod

nice job!

dywn -2015
ih 2016
tfa- 2019
and ph 2022

so maybe then?

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ill get back to you

I need some original flavor this time around.
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i remember an interview where u stated each song was no longer than 10 minutes, and turned out being some of your best work.

and such

after 13 albums?

'cause that should be soon, yeah?

But the more the better

in the tent at the Picnic?

I mean, I know why *we* want it, but what's the function for you/The Roots at this point in your careers?

I know you aren't allowed to say much, so I figured I'd ask the most general question I could, 'is it coming out this year?'.

size 12

nm

>RE: Whatever happened to the RWE Sadlibs jawn?

Here's the ones that got out:
RWE & Stevie Wonder - You've Got It Bad Girl
RWE & Stevie Wonder - Little Girl Blue (GPWW 4-29-04)

AND someone (Young-H) leaked Ngiculela - Es Una Historia - I Am Singing - Stevie Wonder (Sadlibs demos) here. Check my SwiftFM page: http://swft.fm/hKsc5U

but like with your other replies here, it didn't really answer the question

Niggas that you like. Not necessarily "greatest of all time". Your 10 favorite rappers. No order.

I still didn't get my anchor fam.... damn

even 15 came in to talk about it...

i was like, really? lol.

I was so tempted to post this under his...




http://i51.tinypic.com/2v3hc02.jpg

page 1 looks naked without any anchors, come on, y'all

every group has it. One song that was absolutely NUTS!!

GOING TO SET THE WORLD ON ITS EAR!!!

OH MY GOD THIS SHIT IS BANANAS!!

(leaves studio)
(comes back the next day)

Open File==> OH NO!!! WHERE THE FUCK IS THE FILE!!!

*FILE CORRUPTED...PLEASE REBOOT COMPUTER*

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!

D

before, you used to seem like you were just happy to be here
now, you come across a bit jaded, like, what does this person want now?
has it affected the way you make your music?

Is there a clear example of a dilla beat that became a soulquarian production? And by clear I mean one which exists in audible form that you are willing to share with us.
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Prior to enlisting her into the video? Thoughts about her as a musician?
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??????????????????????????????????????????????

http://hypnagogics.com/questo/


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Under a diff name?

Maybe a Christmas special?

Have it last year.

in the event that this actually happens, here goes:

your pal bill says RE: "star 69" outro that you know who is "buried wayyyyyyyyyy deep in the mix. supposedly he played to a different track and they just put it on top of star 69". so what did he play to? i've ALWAYS wanted to know the mystery to the liner note credit.

what are the origins of "thirsty!" on 'phrenology'?

"atonement" stretched vocal sample: ODB or thom?

how did sufjan stevens almost produce a roots album, and are you going to revisit the idea of an indie bol like him or jon brion (your original idea snatched away from you by kanye) producing or collaborating with the roots on a *full* album? the seeds for this almost seem like they were on HIGO.

long shot, but i've always wanted the "birthday girl" a cappella so i can do a remix/blend. could you put this on your swift.fm? major thanks if you do.

>what are the origins of "thirsty!" on 'phrenology'?

The first time I heard it on Phrenology I had the EXACT same question.

Why??
Thomas Schumacher - When I Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BFxY_Rd6GQ

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UPDATE: From a Youtube comment:
This is a track from Thomas Schumacher called "When I Rock", which was a huge success in germany in 1997. He took a sample from the Roots who played live in Tony Touchtape’s Radio Show and created this song out of it. A couple years (!!) later, the Roots called him to tell him they found it very cool and wanted to pit the track onto the "Phrenology" album as a hidden track, now called "Thirsty".

Great reaction from the Roots, they could've sued him but gave Thomas some respect instead.
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One more UPDATE:
Here's the Black Thought track from Tony Touch Power Cypha Tape No. 55 - it's the last 10 seconds that was sampled.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_fDlG5Bv-Y

i had heard a rumor along those lines but without any of the details

L.

or top 3?

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=5732939

apparently Korea and Russia got this shit on lock.

Will this EVER see the light of day?

*begins prayer*

Damn you! I was going to make the same snarky comment.

it doesn't have to even be on a Roots album. Just record the shit, make it dope and put it out there or give it to A.

I love the song, and I've always thought of it as the link (music wise) between Rising Down and HIGO. Any truth to that connection?

Sheeit, I just want to see it somewhere closer to me.

That would be the business, youknowhatImsayin.

remakes? Will those ever be released?


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during the HIGO buzz, he bragged about doing remakes of those two songs.


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how much stuff did you record?

in the film/dvd soundtrack for a revolution

i would love to know if there was anything further

... from the deluxe release without that other dude singing?
Did they just replace the vocals at the last minute?
Or did the Randy Watson Project never even record with Marvin's vocals?
I'm convinced there's another version out there.

Because no one wants to approach you and say "Hey, I'm SuperRootsFan815 from your website!"

At least... I would hope not.

If they do... I'm sorry.

Nerdiest gang sign ever-lol. Would suit us.

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either they realized that it was a fraternity sign (Kappas) or someone informed them that it was...lol.

>Nerdiest gang sign ever-lol. Would suit us.
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HAND SIGN FYI

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dope podcast btw.

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mentioned in the linear notes of TFA. When you gonna leak that to the net?

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"Your current frequencies of understanding outweigh that which has been given for you to understand." Saul Williams

The last few been like 80 percent of the record had a cameo on it. two or three is alright, I need a Roots only album.

Look at Illadelph Halflife there's plenty of guests on there

I shoulda been clear. Illadelph had 3 I think, Rising Down had 10 tracks with guests Mc's. When the majority of the album has a guest MC on it thats when the I start wondering.

I wouldn't consider Dice Raw, Porn, or Truck North, guest artists (and of course Malik B. is still an official member of The Roots too), now guest singers & musicians that's always a given.

Also I didn't even count Dice Raw, I still count him as in the group. With Porn and Truck North thats kinda like if Ghostface did a solo album with Shawn Wigs and Trife on all the songs but two.

(Inspired by that Alliance "Kibbles and Bits" appreciation post you made a few years back)

did you ask herbie hancock about his lost album collaboration with squarepusher and brian eno?

also, what became of his 'supernatural'-inspired album with you and featuring chris martin and thom yorke as the main vocalists? did any studio sessions take place and with whom?

beck album w/ you, pino & qbert prod. by nigel godrich (2004): did sessions take place?

has the statute of limitations on letting us hear the Zack de la Rocha album been reached? do you have your songs?

The Randy Watson Experience - Good And Terrible (2005): at least tell us who were The Mighty Sharps?

Andre Benjamin - Kind Of Black: Benjamin On Davis (2007): "dre has REALLY gotten dope on his keywork. wynton must really be desperate for a check. i thought he woulda rejected the notion. but he was more excited than ever." what happened?

Black Thought - Dangerous Thoughts, D.Troydelphia, Jay Dee's Revenge, Masterpiece Theatre: why is an EP coming out instead of any of these?

still playing any of these? "Vertigo," "Jonze," "Raj," "Radj with Drums," "Malik Is Nuts (Rock With Us)," "Malik Jawn," "Roxanne, The Seed, I Can Understand It," "Swirl Smurf," "Robo Cop," and "?uest meet Patrick of Fall Out Boy." ha

does rae know who made the "baggage handlers" beat?

which of these is the best album?
A Tribe Called Quest (2002)
Black Star (2002)
Black Jack Johnson (2001/2)

LeFT Jam?

thanks

especially the zach de la rocha one

...as i'm sure 15 was just about to answer

and i assume those that did were reworked by the roots

regardless of the overlap, i'd love to hear the album as it was originally recorded and intended

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A few years back. I was pretty upset I didn't get to go to that show since yall and toots are probably two of my favorite live shows. How did that concert even come about?

that seems right up your alley

What. Happened.

Nicolay

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into simple meter. Care to share the process?

idk why but that always intrigued the hell out of me...

the Pat Benetar record?
he did it in the opening of that clip with another record
niggas have been doing it, it sounds more interesting than it actually is

You really dug/dig him like that? I just still never see how that connection happened musically.
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>You really dug/dig him like that? I just still never see how
>that connection happened musically.
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With other artist?

...don't know why i seem to think based on clips u posted and posts u made back around 2000/2001 that u had alot of video footage....of studio sessions etc...

will there ever be a soulquarian documentary type thing?

*shameless request*

true or false?

nay, SERIES of albums?

damn right, i want more.

Fa'real.....

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i think i recall you saying that thought did a bunch of joints with dilla around the time "please don't go" came out. do i recall correctly and will these ever be released?

didn't you guys do one these when HIGO came out? will it be released within the next ten years?

If you and James Poyser got together and worked up a whole album of materials for Bobby Womack the same way you guys did for Al Green, I'd be a content woman.

http://twitter.com/ManAboutIt/status/46611589637476352

but seriously, it wouldn't hurt to keep this on page 1 for a couple days...

JUST what I was thinking checking back into this post... LOL. He ain't gonna answer SHIT.

Nicolay

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damn...first time participating in these 'reach to ?uest' posts and that's the best i can do.

fuck it, i'm dumb high. like for real.


peace.

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I have my personal opinion and I want to see if I'm close

You guys are the last Black band signed to a major and are capable of making some very groundbreaking next level material, but I haven't gotten that with the last 3 Roots albums. They have become extremely dark recently which I don't mind but they also have kept a "true school" approach as well which is cool but I I'd like to hear more. SO when will or will there be a out the box, next level, sonic tour de jour type album from the Roots or will it come from another medium outside the Roots??

What the blood claaat ???

;)

is kind of embarrassing. Not exactly sure for who, but it's pretty sad.

it bugs me out how he can see this post sitting here plain as day and step over it to get to his Fallon posts.

so this is how homeless people feel, huh? lol (but not really).

He Tweets like his family's been kidnapped and a thousand Tweets a day is the ransom and, he maintains his Fallon threads.

Quest gone all Hollywood on his grass roots people.

I'm not even a fan like that but alot of people in here posting questions are and he's shitting on them 'cause he's on tv now.

Well done Amir !



What the blood claaat ???

Have you ever worked in television? no offense, and no dickriding, but i have a pretty good feeling aHmirs hours are slightly more occupied nowadays. he's not sitting in airports posting on the boards for 6 hours a day.

maybe if you keep talking shit about him, he'll do everyone a favor and pull the plug on the boards.

What the blood claaat ???

http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_mesg&forum=5&topic_id=2518832&mesg_id=2537721&page=

nm

This is a snark free reply.

What does he use?
When does he use it?

how do these compare with the questions you answer all day on http://twitter.com/questlove ?

stay tuned

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That episode when Ben Vereen is his pops and he's get his relationship right then bounces. Haha Ben Vereen played that part in Webster too.

great moment in television history lol.. well done.

http://twitter.com/collazo
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I got a demo that's official.

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But given the circumstances it would be cool to hear Quest celebrity story about Heavy D.

great story.


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Heavy D, As Remembered by Questlove
by questlove on November 9, 2011 22 Comments

“wait….you “produce produce??”- me

“yes negro! im tryna get to yall level man!” -Heavy D
“oh…..whew” -me

So im at my first Grammys. Radio City Music hall, feb 98. my label president Jay Boberg gave me his tickets so i can bask in the Grammy glory of one of the first non-Roots albums i helped produce that one big that night: Baduizm.

it was a surreal night: my tix were prime seats smack dab in the middle of royalty. Aretha Franklin just did a LAST MINUTE (!!!!)` fill in of “Ava Maria” for an ailing Luciano Pavarotti. this crazy “SOY BOMB” incident just went down with Bob Dylan, and of course Erykah shoutin me out for her winning album of the year (“we did it, Ahmir!”)

it was my first real “event.” i spent the entire past 5 years literally on the road, from 3 to a room, to fighting for pillows and blankets, to piss-fumed tour buses from the 80s, to empty houses, to “will it ever get better for us?” suddenly the stars aligning and now i get to hobknob with the gods i’ve worshipped for years. my suit was tight (as in i was clean) my date was right & it was gonna be a beautiful night.

this marks the night i met most of my hip-hop peers which was a great thing (Salt and Spinderella kept telling me how funny they thought this was…) and a not so great thing (Big’s manager Mark Pitts musta missed the memo the night this went down, for he was instantly on the horn like “yeah that Roots n***a here right now, what’s up? you coming down to handle this?” over the same video) —read that link thoroughly cause imma refer to this towards the end. of course i never stay where im not wanted and in light of both Pac and Big catching bad ones in the past year and a half i was not about to be a statistic cause someone missed their humor pills the morning they saw a humorous video not even personally aimed at them.

i debated on running to the bathroom at that very moment or waiting to get back to my hotel room while off the radar of any type of surprise attack. but this couldn’t wait. told her “3 mins”. seems like a flash but damn if that wasn’t long enough for her to be laughing like “damn the wolves are out tonight, 5 dudes just tried to gimme their business cards the instant you left.” we went through em amazed at how fast people operate when backs are turned. the most elaborate of the business cards read Dwight “Heavy D” Myers. i was like (playfully) “damn, even Hev tryna cock block” he was nowhere in sight, but then again i really wasn’t tryna look all that hard neither.

about 2 years later, things done changed.

after four attempts the Roots finally got their foothold inside the industry door. we formed a clique with like minded individuals and all made music together and suddenly our music and style didn’t seem like such a confusing hard sell as it was before. we now gained new fans in the established world because of our work with Erykah and D’Angelo and Jill Scott and Mos Def and Common and the like.

the strangest night of all occurred right before a 1am second show at LA’s house of blues. fall of 2000. my manager told me that superproducer/songwriter Babyface wanted a meeting with me. “Wow” i thought. “dude OWNED the charts in the 90s and just *poofed* disappeared.” the hell he wants with me? im the cat you call when you wanna make an art record or if you need some cred with critics. im not a hitmaker. i build albums. which is pretty much why all the artists i work with are new unheard of artists. not the established class. man i couldn’t take the pressure knowing i was the one responsible for blah blah blah’s string of hits coming to an end.

“so what type of meeting?”

i was explained that he is working on his comeback album (its been about 6 years) and he wants a new sound and is a fan of my work.

something aint right here.

Babyface?

me?!

hmmm.

all night on stage the thought was racking my brain. this guy had the ability to pull number one hits from tree bark

why me?!?!

round 90 mins later we’re offstage and as i walk towards my backstage dressing room i see like 3 big burly bodyguard lookin dudes. dressed in all black with sunglasses.

ok..

like the kind of big dudes hollywood screenwriters cast as the bad guys on those Showtime/HBO series. they tell me they’re taking me to see “Face at the studio”. still tryna process that thought i was like expecting to see some Burt Bacharach looking manager with this bifocals dangling off his nose (well, based on Face’s pop output of the past few i thought his staff would reflect his music) as we walk to this large towncar someone hands me the phone. “its Hev”

Hev?

“hello?……Hev? (who the hell is Hev?) sup?………oh……ok……sure…..”

someone named “Hev” said they at the studio right now and although face can’t make it, he wants me to hear some of the potential tracks.

so my mind is racing:

Hev? like Hev D? hell he doing on the phone as a proxy for Babyface?…why am i squeezed in the middle of this town car with clearly a collective 1000 lbs? (even the driver was burly. only other cat i know who rolls with a staff that can double as mutant giant navy seals is Em)

so suddenly im like…..wait….heavy d? the Grammys 96!, maybe he was rolling with Mark Pitts!!

(we turn into a back alley. real seedy like)

i mean…unless its some other Heavy i don’t know about

(these electronic gates open……crrrrrreeeeeeeeaaaaaakkk real real slow)

oh god….something aint right.

(we then enter a basement garage)

—i swear i heard the second part of Derek & the Dominoes “Layla” playing in the atmosphere.

“follow us”

its dark. greek columns is what i can make out as the 4 of us march in a desolate building in the middle of nowhere.

i really truly thought this was a wrap.

Puffy is finally gonna strike his overdue 4 year snowball in the freezer revenge on me in la.

gassing me up, making me think the most successful songwriter/producer franchise in the past decade wants my no track record having arse as a producer?

damn how could i be so gullible. now the soundtrack to Psycho is playing.

we walk up the last of the stairs and make a sharp left into a room when suddenly…..

“man, im stuck on these snare patches, i been stuck for like 2 hours tryna chop it right……whussup man! such a fan of yours man i was so nervous to meet you. Hev”

its hard to describe, but if you can imagine the exasperated “you are my density” look George McFly had on his face in Back to the Future. that just about sums it up.

i KNOW inside Hev was like “i know this cat is trippin on somethin”

but the 4 sec sigh of relief on my face man. i didn’t know if i was about to cry or piss on myself.

i had no clue Hev was a producer producer. at least the kind of producer that the man who won Producer Of The Year 3 years in a row would wanna work with. and what’s up with getting the Suge triplets to pick me up in that tiny ass town car?

and what the hell am i doing producing Babyface?!?!

kinda funny that once Face was conferenced on speakerphone i got my answer all at once:

he apologized for not being there but he had a business meeting in new york the next day and he had to prepare for it.

he explained was a big fan of the sound we gave Baduizm. the same album that edged him out for album of the year that night in radio city music hall. He met Heavy that same night (“….hey Face, did Heavy give you the elaborate 3d businesscard too?”—–”hahahahahahah how’d you’d know about that 3d card? NOONE had cards like that back in 97…” long story Hev. long story)

i guess you can say that Hev was the first adult contemporary rapper. which if you are a music snob you could almost write off with a scoff. but Hev always seemed to have a foot in the future quiet as it was kept, which was really admirable to me that a person “from the establishment” could sift out real talent:

it was Hev that included pre new jack godstatus Teddy Riley on his debut record. it was Hev that put his influential cousin Pete Rock on his first major hip hop production. it was Hev that gave bug-a-boo intern turned forbes mainstay Sean “Puffy” Combs his very first real job at Uptown records. it was Hev that first utilized the (now commonplace but then? a production quagmire) time compression production method for samples playing in the same bpms but using different keys (see “Love Sexy” on Blue Funk, historical hip hop 1st in production). not to mention using his influence to give an unsigned Notorious BIG his debut on the same album.

although i didn’t get a chance to contribute to Face2Face i did cement a great camaraderie with Mr. Myers. he taught me the value of maximizing your brand and leaving no stone unturned. he first put the idea in my head that older people haven’t given up on hip hop, but perhaps hip hop gave up on the older demographic (explaining to me why he was always perceived as “your aunt’s favorite rapper”) he always sought to balance out his career: make sure that he gave a good look to the younger audience, and a good look to the audience that was closer to his age with his forays into doing cameo spots on hit singles, theme songs for shows, and acting.

i last saw Hev as he did a cameo with The Roots in chicago and we went through a history of his hits. he was kinda nervous backstage and said he hasn’t done this in almost 8 years. i was about to ask him should we just stick to 1 or 2 joints instead of the 5 we planned on unleashing….cut to him leaping & jumping like it was 91 all over again. backstage i was like “what happened to all that nervous talk?!” he was like “man yall had me inspired! i was ready to do an entire album up there with yall, told you! i aint playin! im tryna get on yall level!”

thank you Hev. you were there all along.

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WHO WAS MARTY THE LOST ROOTS MEMBER WAS HE REAL ,HE WENT TO KING I THINK WITH MALIK B MAYBE???


DID YOU GROW UP NEAR HUEY SCHOOL ON 52ND STREET?

SOME DUDE LET ME HEAR THIS TAPE AND HE DIDNT KNOW I DUBBED IT,IN THE MID 90S IT HAD DICE RAW RAPPING ON IT YOU ON DRUMS AND SOME OLD BLUES SINGER DUDE ,AND THE CHORUS WAS (DO U WANNA SEE IT),WITH A GREAT BASELINE,I KNOW IT WAS NEVER RELEASED,ITS BOOTLEGG AS HELL BUT IT IS GREAT JUST UNFINISHED DO YOU KNOW WHAT IM TALKING BOUT??

http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=5&topic_id=2748412&mesg_id=2748412&page=#2749149

its been said that you have seen the uncut version of purple rain movie. will you share it with us if you have it?

Or at least give a nigga some extended liner notes type of deal of the recording sessions and how you feel about the tracks.