i ain't trying to start no beef up in here, and let me be the first to say how much I respect ?uestlove as a producer, a historian and a drummer ...

BUT if the shit is already as sick as he's talking, then I wouldn't go changing the drumming on it (responding to the "me, me, me!" post). In some ways the signature ?uestlove sound (rimshot-clap-snap) that we got on Voodoo -- while once a breath of fresh air -- is now kinda played out. At the time, it was "next movement" (and believe me, I often long for the glory days of when I felt that we were on the verge of a musical revolution in '99-'00), but now its old. From the sounds of it, these tracks need something more raw.

but .. this is just me contributing to the incessant spilling of opinions on this site from behind a computer. It's gonna be what its gonna be, and any way you slice it, it'll be hot.