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1st day? quiet as a mouse.
2nd day one question every 3 hours: "so maurice, where is larry dunn? al mckay? remember the concert in which urban ledgend has it that verdine first levitated? where can i get the archives from man?!?!?
yesterday-i was barbra walters/hugh downs/and don cornealius in one. maurice said ask me all you want. sheeeeeeeeeeeeit. everything. why janice left in 73. was "celebrate" the piano interlude after "all about love" backwards? explain the eygyt/future motif of the post all n all records. what happend at caribou ranch on an average day. tell me stories of being the chess house drummer. denise williams stories? emotions? pockets? boogie wonderland? cmon?! how many kalimbas you got?
man when i was done. it was like 1am!
the most gracious master i've ever had the pleasure of working with. will never be the same.
love to maurice.
he had one okayrequest.
if you guys, or anyone you know, has vintage EWF footage, personal photos, stuff of that nature (old jet? ebony?) could you post it? in conjunction with the 30 anniversery record in 2001 they are doing a docu. and they need footage. thanks y'all.
the chitlin' circuit class of 2000 (as published in vibe magazine sept. 2000)
?uestlove-grand nega, grand wizzard, soulquarian, soultronic, and still a root.
d'angelo- idu, dirty soul, soulquarian, and a soultronic.
jaydee- a villager, an ummaher, a soulquarian, and a j-88er
james poyser- a grand wizzard, an axis, and soulquarian.
common- cornbread, madame zenobite
q-tip- ummahite. triber.
erykah badu- bag lady with green eyes
mos def- good tree-ite. native toungueite. black star. 1/3 of the greatest comedy siblings since the hudson brothers. (guess this pop culture reference and i will send you an autographed copy of "from the ground up" must guess tv station, 3 brother's names, and what phrase did they utter every week?
talib kweli- an eternal reflection, a blacker star
bilal- boy genius. soultronic. (didn't know that huh?)
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
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