This is a special special post for a special special guy (and I don't mean special in the short yellow bus kind of way)
Our favorite bored board guy, the most travellingest music man, the best non-journalist-I-do-it-for-the-love album reviewer, the gloved 8-ball annihilator, the super-deluxe deejay club captain (sans Tenille), the man behind the curtain making musical magic for the masses (the color today, children, is Afro Black) - ?uestlove, Brother ?uestion, his honorable ?uestulance the Soulquarian mannigan*, is having a birthday on January 20th!!!!!!

He's going to be really really old, so please be kind to him and send him nice gifts - jewelled drumsticks, platinum foot pedals for the bass/kick thingy, pure gold symbols, and a sterling silver triangle (a triangle that would make that chick Tracy on the Partridge Family envious)

For all that you do to make it fun for the Okayplayers, much love on your birthday Ahmir - for the '02 - Chinese year of the Horse - may fulfilling accomplishment, good times, and even better sleep be yours.

P's & alladat
Dove
~Sheepish Lordess of Chaos~

*mannigan is � Vivrant

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Thats cool that you showing love, but dont you think its kinda early? Plus your'e blowing his spot too. I know he'll appreciate on his BDay but damn, do you think you need a towel or something?


Much Love,
-Reignzer

Music is Music...

hush

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For real though!

Music is Music...

i notice that you're one of a kind, that makes you kind of the one

I guess I just got so overexcited... I'm going to go polish my Roots shrine idol now
*whimper*

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i notice that you're one of a kind, that makes you kind of the one

Happy born day ?uest. God bless



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smoke/n!##@$ sell crack cause they broke."
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"My GPA at Georgia Tech? I don't know. My SAT scores bad." -Steph

hope you get some time off to enjoy it

oh and thanks for you know the website, saving modern music, etc.

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It's about time you can hit your groove and become the producer legends are made of.

Spoken of in hushed tones...

"there was a day he recorded 2 full albums - one hip hops, the other a highly complicated jazz album. The next day was a deadline for some soulquarian project, and the album hadn't been mastered, so he did all the mastering at lunch and showed up at the Oscars to get his award for best unspeaking cameo in a movie beating out Silent bob - THEN he was back in the studio, and that is when...."

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don't think of it as getting older, think of it as fine wine, ya know the older it gets the better...happy bornday

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Best wishes and stuff.


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to a fellow capricorn and the only man I've ever seen with a 'fro that big and that tight.


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Enjoy your Weekened.

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that could be arranged.

Hope you enjoy your day!

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hey, uh... hey. hi. how d'ya do?

For making music to bump when im out of work.
And for giving me a site to waste time with if i was in work(damn unemployment)

copy & paste from whatever other board i saw a burfday post in :
hope you have a good one - blessings & a successful year to come! you're the super-nicest guy i don't really know very well but get more love from than my aunt tissy. that rocks!

maybe you can give me and wiel early burfday presents (jan 24th & 25th) and settle our running conflict about your age?

yeah!


'we teach them how to make a fist, but not to resist', slug

... got a liter of knob creek and a bottle of ether
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April 28th

oh yea, happy birthday ?uest

fuck a si

America is a dead ho. -Dick Gregory

who makes the special effect noises???



Have a good one.

Peace

Wendell

Peace

Wendell

I shall respond for real.

*ducks cynical remarks*

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"keeping it fake since you got real" -Turkey Boobs

Sr. ?uestlove,

Best wishes on this day, and I hope you have many more birthdays so that you can continue to impress us with your talent and music. Wow, I'm actually early for something.

Peace.
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i mean, it is really her birthday, correct?
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Have a good one and enjoy it to the best
Stay up and thanks for everything

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** IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DA !!!***

Sing along!! ...

"It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...
So, let's make the most of this beautiful day,
Since we're together we might as well say...
Would you be mine,
could you be mine,
won't you be my neighbor.
Won't you please, won't you please.
please won't you be my neighbor"--M.Rogers

"We gon' make it, we gon' make it. We gon' make it"---J.Kiss

"Florida, I'll be makin' $2.50 an hour!!!...YAY!!!!! : !!!--James Evans



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Ooh...ain't he cute!! ...

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$$$HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!$$$

♥ I LUV U 2!!! ♥

  

...since you all in shape now. I guess I can forget about submittin a pic I took this summer of you djin in the Chi. Doesn't do you justice anymore.

"Happy Birth Day to You!" sung in Stevie.

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i can't wait to come back to filo's and sweat over u're records. have a good one!

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i'll say it again.
happy mfn birthday
yay for drumsticks and afros . . . and birthday cakes!


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the permission to take two weeks off...go to trinidad for carnival...don't look at okayplayer...don't answer your cell phone...do NOT collect 200 dollas..

mayne..you know you're the illest, funkiest ?uestlove on the planet!

happy birthday !

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thanks for the music and inspiration... Hope your birthday is the SHIT.

many more to come...much love.

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}> :'(

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Happy Birthday from another "soul"quarian... my birthday's on the 30th man... Being an Aquarian is an awesome thang!

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be.fearless.choose.love

its good to see cats chopping thru the 25-35 zone keeping their skulls.especially great cats like ?uest...a many more soul train tapes to you bro....chuck d

Remixes

EP1 - dangerous side
cherry reremoval/my rhyme is still better/be brave (skit)/shawntae @ 2:31/shutta penlissen 2/the words n why

EP2 - safe side
say words (interlude)/the words theme (in w minor)/just call me-continued...(featuring phonte)/d.t.n.a./its still us/and now a quick review...(outro)

Coming in February

if you listen to my album i'll send to your house to give you a massage.
you female? she has a brother.

The Words - Audible Silence
coming soon to mp3.com

you ok viv?

does everbody know about ?uest's soul train collection?? lol

much love,
Kyle

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... I just couldn't help it after that last one (heh)

oh yeah, Happy Birthday

Thanks for everything

BRING THE NOISE!

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"in the luv shack with a nug sack and my rug rats who keep naps under they skull caps. pass around a bottle of sambuca and a hookah, there's even times when i look into the future. blazin' DMT with GFE. now don't be surprised when you seein' me wi

...

lol

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ya'll don't even know how much of "THE GUY" quest is...

BTW stop by the office man.. i got you on the exclusives.....

keep rockin' the box..




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thanks for the site and the music... happy birthday ?uestlove.


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his cane in the mail right now.

Ha, Ha

A huge heartfelt Happy B-Day and best wishes to ya' ?uest. Thanks for the music, the time you take with your fans, and most of all the... for being you.

"Time is just memory mixed with desire" - Tom Waits

"Silence is the loudest parting word..you never say" -Ben Harper

from laser tag to shows, you always show love.
"you are appreciated" (c)unohewitiz
thanks so much for everything, have a blessed birthday!

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"is anyone out there a Survivor?" --Mos Def w/ the smooth freudian slip

*cues nakamora sensei's class*

not that u'd understand it...but they're singin happy birthday





��prana��
��mother profit��


"i had a dream that all of that was fake...the fingerprints ---everythin...that u set it up...'cuz u were writin a book"..."u think me that sinister???"..."no - that good"


"u & u alone bring out the gypsy in me"

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Dis...Generation 8-track


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**V4M Coming to GD in 2002**

Dis...Generation 8 Track

we now return you to your regularly scheduled discussions of Kool-Aid, smuttin, and cartoons. ~ KDfromWestP




~ i ain't here on business baby, i'm only here for fun. ~ bruce springsteen

so do you feel older yet???

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Sorry for that; but you probably getting the point by now

Happy anniversary!

Oh and in case I'm late: I'm not, at least not over here... Have a nice day!

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take a day off.

Happy born day ?uest

Rich

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RIP Mitch Hedberg

to musiq soulchild's manservant!

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... how does it feel to be 21 again! (jokes)

So, do you blow-out drumsticks instead of candles?

So, can u give US gifts for your birthday.

So, is your cake in the shape of a snare... or a bass drum.

So, I'm changing my sig for your birthday since the Motorola Accompli is outta my budget.

So, I guess this post will be archived, hugh?!

MUCH LUV AHMIR! You da shiznit!

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keep the realness coming strong

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Happy Birthday, ?uestlove.
Phrenology...Can't wait til after you pour your love into it, so's that we can partake. Peace.

HUSSA

?uestlove is so cool.

What'd get us?


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I hope that you have a wonderful day on celebrating your birth. God Bless.

?uest,

I hope u had a great b-day and a great week.

For your birthday, i'd like to share my thanks with you for the things u do.

Though i've never met u personally, you've allowed all that come to this site to glimpse a piece of what's on your mind by sharing alot of insight that most of us are not privy to.

I got turned on to the roots through the "distortion to static" single u guys released (i wasn't familiar with u guys up to that single). Over the years, i've tried to collect all vinyl & cd releases that u guys have put out as most fans would do.

I was fortunate enough to see u guys perform twice (both excellent), but the first time i seen u guys, u blew the place apart...not to mention being on the same bill as the fugees (i still can't understand why u opened up for them), unfortunately for the fugees, when u guys were done, they didn't stand a chance in grabbing the crowd.

There have been a few negatives...2 concerts being cancelled at almost the last minute...u know the shpiel from us fans on how we have to plan the day to go, or make arrangements for things in our lives to go...but for the most part, u guys can't control those things, so it's cool.

Your reviews and insights on projects as they are a work-in-progress is so cool for us fans who want to know everything.

Music-wise, i've listened to what u had to say about artists that moved you or who u think is worthy of recognition, and from those points of views, you have turned me on to some other producers and artists and made me see another angle of genius from these people.

So as we share a similar age, we also share that many years of experience and perspective's that are invaluable.
We've seen the good (alot of memories on things as they came out then, which are now seen as classics..also being a part of the movement of urban music),
and the not so good (the unpleasant changes as urban music has become the new 'toy' of these multinational corporations to continue making they're returns, and in the process sacrificing the pillars that this music was founded on -respect, creativity, street news for the people, and just having fun--do i sound jaded?? naaahh...lol).

Here's hoping that u continue to grow as a person spiritually, as well as musically.

I know this is long-winded, but for someone who's done alot for many (enlightening me on many things music-wise), you deserve a longer-than-normal b-day shout out.

Peace and respect, wishing u a banner year and many more years of being the best u can be!

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Capricorns: still holding it down....

Question: What in the hell happened to mOEbonez??? go figure...

thanks guys.
i forgot to thank y'all earlier for this post (dove, how the hell did you get my hero to post on here? mos def on my top 5 gifts of all time.....)

to all you others (vets cum friends, newjacks, staff, etal) thank you very much.

i feel the love.

peace!







if i ever went solo, my favorite drummer would be me bragging sig:

"How great are the Roots live? Their drummer.oh my god, he's such a great
drummer. He's so good. So good! Such a great drummer. Is he one of those
musicians that knows how to play everything? He's such a great drummer. I
love them."
-james king

check the resume

organix-93
(from the ground up)-94
do you want more?!!???!-95
illadelph halflife-96
things fall apart-99
(the legendary)-99
the roots come alive-99
phrenology-2002
the tipping point-2004
(the roots present...) 2004
homegrown: the beginne