Tonight, March 28th, Questo was back doing his DJ thing on all platforms "Questlove Presents Steveland Saturday. We were serenaded by all tings Stevie Wonder and all... but I didn't pop in until about 11:30 pm. I was instantly jolted into the PERFECT moment, because he was segueing from Stevie's "I Am Singing" to, what he introduced, a song by The Randy Watson Experience (himself and James Poyser)'s side group. As 15 said, the group was inspired to cover songs that the group Yesterdays New Quintet (Madlib?) had covered from some of Stevie's songs. I looked allum up immediately because the song he was playing grabbed me and wouldn't let go. I went into the rabbit hole trying to find the name of this song, to actually seeing if it existed on the web, to realizing that a majority of the RWE songs that do exist DON'T exist on the web anymore. There are maybe 3 - 4 available for purchase (which I copped) but I really wanted that song, lol.
I also found out that the song I thought was just Quest's was actually a RWE song - "Goodbye Isaac". I've had that for a few years now and it wasn't properly tagged by the blog when I first discovered it.
So boom, I'm still digging to see if I can find any more music, but I kept hitting a brick wall. I did find this one site with a long list of song names that seem like they def could be from these guys, but of course, there's no audio that exists to listen to.
With all that being said, do any of you have music or snippets from The Randy Watson Experience?
1. "went into the archives..." In response to Reply # 0 Sun Mar-29-20 03:32 AM by spitfire
i have these:
Gladys Knight & The Pips - I heard it through the Grapevine (RWE's sympathy for the grapes mix) Marvin Gaye - Sparrow (RWE mix) Melanie Fiona & RWE - Cupid (Sunday Afternoon Jam style) Melanie Fiona & RWE - Give it to me (Sunday Afternoon Jam style) Melanie Fiona & RWE - Heartless (Sunday Afternoon Jam style) Nat King Cole - Walkin my baby back home (RWE mix) Stevie Wonder - Visions (RWE demo mix) Stevie Wonder - You've got it bad girl (RWE remix) The Foreign Exchange - If she breaks your heart (feat. YahZarah) (RWE mix) The Randy Watson Experience - Be still my beating heart The Randy Watson Experience - Can't hide love (feat. Bilal) The Randy Watson Experience - Grover III (Theme to massagejawn.com) The Randy Watson Experience - I am singing (sadlib demos) The Randy Watson Experience - Morning Bell (feat. Donn T) The Randy Watson Experience - Take me with U (Purple flip) (feat. Foreign Exchange, Zo! & Carlitta Durand)
I am singing is labeled as Sadlib demos and is the song in your IG snippet! Is it called Goodbye Isaac?
2. "Aahhh SADLIB DEMOS! Sounds about right!" In response to Reply # 1 Sun Mar-29-20 10:25 AM by MeshaMeesh
Goodbye Isaac is a different song that was much more easily accessible on the web.
Based off of context clues, “I Am Singing (Sadlib Demos)” gotta be it. Thank you SO much!!!!!!!!
I tweeted at Poyser and he actually didn’t remember this song either lol. So I let him know that you might have found it so let’s see what happens now.
Side note... you said that you went into the archives. Do you actually have the songs? You think you can slide them songs to me? *Tyrone Biggums scratch* Hahaaa. I already purchased two of three of their accessible and available songs, “Be Still My Beating Heart” and “Morning Bell”.
...and granted I’m not sure of the accuracy of all these (these are largely untouched downloaded files from about a decade or so ago, in most cases uploaded by 15 himself):
Philip Michael Thompson 1 2 3 4 (these numbered ones are all lo-fi and if memory serves me correctly were ripped off their MySpace player) Moc of Me (but this is also labeled as The Roots) Why Flor (this is higher-res version of one of the MySpace joints) Sat the 14th (higher-res from MySpace) Al Green Ruffs - You Got the Love I Need Babe 2004 Demo Al Green Ruffs - You Got the Love I Need Babe Al Green Ruffs - Your Love Means More to Me (teaser) Al Green Ruffs - Too Much Love For Me Live at Bonnaroo- Aint It The Truth/P.E. part 1 (28 minutes) Be Still My Beating Heart feat Nikki Jean (Sting cover)
4. "Nice!" In response to Reply # 3 Sun Mar-29-20 10:54 AM by spitfire
I think i might have some of those uncle Al demos as well, but i would love to hear the myspace rips and the others
edit: found the Al Green demos! Also have one titled "Thought it out" which is labeled as RWE. Man.. i would love to hear the unreleased sessions for that album. I remember Quest said they did a whole bunch of Wu styled stuff, but were afraid they might get sued by Wu-Tang cause it was too close or something? That just sounds so good. Unfortunately i don't think none of the parties involved reminisces back to those recordings fondly.
6. "I discovered that Philip Michael Thompson last night" In response to Reply # 3 Sun Mar-29-20 11:15 AM by MeshaMeesh
I learned of it it after my dig. Then heard the snippet on some random mix/complication, but couldn’t find it as a stand-alone track. Then, I found 15’s YouTube video of him making that track. It’s funny because I remember watching that video and everything else on his channel years ago, but I guess it escaped me.
22. "Nitpick: Quest talks a bit too much....." In response to Reply # 0 Tue Mar-31-20 09:10 AM by WarriorPoet415
....maybe just for my taste. But during these corona inspired dj sets, I'm trying to vibe, and here he comes with some trivia or other assorted blah blah blah.
I was really trying to vibe to his set last night and just couldn't. It's cool to get the downlow on where you can find some of the tracks, and some of the history, but dammit:
LET ME VIBE, QUEST!!!!! ______________________________________________________________________________
23. "I got a few things not listed yet (an dmany already lsited)" In response to Reply # 0 Tue Mar-31-20 09:48 PM by handle
I have these not listed yet:
RWE & Al Green - Thought It Out (Lay It Down rehearsals early 2006) RWE & Aaries - Baby This Love I Have (Minnie Ripperton) RWE & Stevie Wonder - Little Girl Blue RWE & Bilal - Can't Hide Love RWE - Compared To What - (GPWW November 2008) Melanie Fiona & RWE - Ay Yo (Sunday Afternoon Jam Style) The Randy Watson Experience - Hang On In There RWE - Midnight RWE - Goodbye Isaac (no radio banter) The Isley Brothers - Who's That Lady (Questos Fantasy Football Version WWQD) skillz_-_hold_tight_(ft._black_thought_&_the_randy_watson_experience) Walkin' My Baby Back Home (The Randy Watson Experience Mix) Love (Game Ruffs)
I'm sure I have more than have been listed - Sean does that USB stick I gave you have more??
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