?uestlove

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Goodbye Isaac 03:53 Tools
Intro 01:55 Tools
Outro 01:31 Tools
Lady 01:31 Tools
Sample Lesson Mix 03:53 Tools
Sunday Morning 03:46 Tools
Intro/There's Something Goin' On 01:19 Tools
Represent 03:11 Tools
Endless Railway 06:32 Tools
Smokey Robinson / Quiet Storm 07:42 Tools
Bill Withers / Can We Pretend 00:00 Tools
Heatwave / Star of a Story 00:00 Tools
Yelling Away 04:26 Tools
New Birth / It's Been a Long Time 00:00 Tools
Minnie Riperton / Inside My Love 00:00 Tools
Earth, Wind & Fire / Clover 00:00 Tools
Distortion to Static (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Show Me the Way 04:40 Tools
Denise Williams / That's What Friends Are For 04:30 Tools
Rufus feat. Chaka Khan / Magic in Your Eyes 00:00 Tools
The Rationals / Glowin' 03:46 Tools
Isley Brothers / Sensuality 00:00 Tools
Patrice Rushen / Before the Dawn 00:00 Tools
Jean Claudet / Nude and Next to Nature's Theme 00:00 Tools
What's In My Bag? 07:40 Tools
Sunday Morning [Mix] 03:46 Tools
Ike's Wrap 05:16 Tools
Roy Ayers / She's Gotta Find a Lover 06:57 Tools
J Dilla Tribute Mix 06:57 Tools
Quiet Storm 07:40 Tools
Stanley Cowell / Sienna: Welcome My Darling 05:16 Tools
What They Do (Instrumental) 05:57 Tools
wheels of life / Gine Vanelli 04:15 Tools
Purple Flip 03:06 Tools
Live at Boiler Room NYC x RBMA 46:21 Tools
Inside My Love 04:46 Tools
Can We Pretend 03:48 Tools
Before the Dawn 08:19 Tools
It's Been a Long Time 05:55 Tools
"Goodbye Isaac" 05:55 Tools
Section (Instrumental) 05:55 Tools
Clover 04:29 Tools
Betty Davis - Anti Love Song 04:29 Tools
That's What Friends Are For 04:28 Tools
Guest Love Throw Back at Noon Mix on Hot97 05:47 Tools
the Dark 04:55 Tools
Goodbye Issac 03:44 Tools
Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland) 03:44 Tools
Glowin' 03:44 Tools
Distortion to Static (At Ease Remix) (Instrumental) 03:44 Tools
Al Green - How Can You Mend A Broken Heart? 02:58 Tools
Nude and Next to Nature's Theme 02:58 Tools
05-bill_withers_-_can_we_pretend-krbz 03:44 Tools
01-smokey_robinson_-_quiet_storm-krbz 02:58 Tools
13-stanley_cowell_-_sienna_-_welcome_my_darling-krbz 02:58 Tools
Respond/React (Instrumental) 43:39 Tools
Sweetback (Au Natural) (Instrumental) 43:39 Tools
Pride and Vanity > Players Balling 43:39 Tools
Throwback Session 43:39 Tools
Funky Dollar Bill 43:39 Tools
Sensuality 43:39 Tools
Hit It and Quit It 04:57 Tools
Adrenaline! (Instrumental) 04:57 Tools
02-heatwave_-_star_of_the_story-krbz 04:57 Tools
Ohio Players - Our Love Has Died 04:57 Tools
The Star of a Story 05:33 Tools
12-isley_bros._-_sensuality-krbz 05:33 Tools
07-earth_wind_and_fire_-_clover-krbz 05:33 Tools
10-the_rationals_-_glowin-krbz 05:33 Tools
09-rufus_feat._chaka_khan_-_magic_in_his_eyes-krbz 05:33 Tools
Our Love Has Died 04:55 Tools
Concerto of the Desperado 04:55 Tools
11-jean_claude_t_-_nude_and_next_to_natures_theme-krbz 05:33 Tools
Magic in Your Eyes 03:50 Tools
08-minnie_ripperton_-_inside_my_love-krbz 05:33 Tools
14-roy_ayers_-_shes_gotta_find_a_lover-krbz 03:50 Tools
06-patrice_rushen_-_before_the_dawn-krbz 03:50 Tools
What Is and What Should Never Be 04:55 Tools
Clones 04:55 Tools
04-denise_williams_-_thats_what_friends_are_for-krbz 04:55 Tools
03-new_birth_-_been_a_long_time-krbz 04:55 Tools
Proceed II (Instrumental) 04:55 Tools
Samples Mix (Live On Radio 1) 04:55 Tools
Power of Soul 04:55 Tools
Proceed Without a Pause 04:55 Tools
Sienna: Welcome My Darling 04:55 Tools
15-gino_vanelli_-_the_wheels_of_life-krbz 04:55 Tools
RBMA Lecture Session ?uestlove 04:55 Tools
I Almost Lost My Mind 05:03 Tools
Chicken Grease (tease) Mother's Son 04:55 Tools
Clones (instrumental) 05:03 Tools
Mother's Son 05:03 Tools
The Lesson Pt. I (Instrumental) 03:47 Tools
Anti Love Song 03:47 Tools
Albert King - I Almost Lost My Mind 05:03 Tools
Can We Pretend (Bill Withers) 03:47 Tools
Mother/Son Bedroom Talk 03:47 Tools
Babies Making Babies > Hollywood Squares 08:18 Tools
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window 03:47 Tools
The Wheels of Life 03:47 Tools
She's Gotta Find a Lover 03:47 Tools
Solo 03:47 Tools
Cause We've Ended As Lovers 03:47 Tools
U.N.I.Verse at War 03:47 Tools
Natalie Cole - Good Morning Heartache 03:47 Tools
Before The Dawn (Patrice Rushen) 08:18 Tools
My Summertime Thang > Jam 08:18 Tools
I'm Sorry 08:18 Tools
Bill Withers - Can We Pretend 08:18 Tools
Adrenaline (instrumental) 08:18 Tools
01-_uestlove _ Intro 08:18 Tools
Quiet Storm (Smokey Robinson) 07:39 Tools
Smokey Robinson - Quiet Storm 07:39 Tools
If You Didn't Love Me (Don't Go Away) 07:39 Tools
Goodbye 05:48 Tools
The Blackbyrds - Mother/Son Bedroom Talk 07:39 Tools
Proceed (instrumental) 05:48 Tools
Concert of the Desparado (instrumental) 05:48 Tools
The Delfonics - I'm Sorry 05:48 Tools
Go Back 2 The Thing Feat. D'Angelo 10:31 Tools
That's What Friends Are For (Deniece Williams) 10:31 Tools
Good Morning Heartache 10:31 Tools
06 Clones 10:31 Tools
02 What They Do (Instrumental) 10:31 Tools
09 The Lesson - Part III (It's Over 10:31 Tools
Ludwiggy 01:39 Tools
That's What Friends Are For - Deniece Williams 10:31 Tools
01 Distortion to Static (Instrumenta 10:31 Tools
The Wake Up! Players Band (Interlude) 10:31 Tools
04 Concerto of the Desperado 10:31 Tools
Can We Pretend - Bill Withers 03:48 Tools
Quiet Storm - Smokey Robinson 10:31 Tools
How Can You Mend A Broken Heart? 10:31 Tools
The Lesson Pt I (instrumental 10:31 Tools
Glowin' (The Rationals) 03:43 Tools
Inside My Love (Minnie Riperton) 03:43 Tools
Throw Back at Noon Mix on Hot97 03:48 Tools
Proceed Without a Pause (instrumental) 03:48 Tools
What They Do 05:57 Tools
Represent (instrumental) 03:11 Tools
Patrice Rushen - Before the Dawn 05:57 Tools
One Look Over My Shoulder (Is This Really Goodbye?) 03:11 Tools
The Rationals - Glowin' 03:11 Tools
Average White Band - One Look Over My Shoulder (Is This Really Goodbye?) 03:11 Tools
08 Section (Instrumental) 03:11 Tools
Before The Dawn - Patrice Rushen 03:11 Tools
Star of the Story 03:11 Tools
The Lesson Pt III (Its Over Now) (instrumental) 03:11 Tools
D.J. Rogers - If You Didn't Love Me (Don't Go Away) 03:11 Tools
Magic in Your Eyes (Chaka Khan/Rufus) 03:50 Tools
It's Been a Long Time (New Birth) 03:50 Tools
07 The Lesson Pt. I (Instrumental) 03:50 Tools
13 Represent 03:50 Tools
05 Adrenaline! (Instrumental) 03:50 Tools
Sensuality (The Isley Brothers) 06:51 Tools
The Star Of A Story (Heatwave) 05:32 Tools
She's Gotta Find a Lover (Roy Ayers) 06:54 Tools
03 Proceed II (Instrumental) 06:54 Tools
10 U.N.I.Verse at War 06:54 Tools
12 Sweetback (Au Natural) (Instrumen 06:54 Tools
It's Been a Long Time - New Birth 05:53 Tools
Melanie Fiona Medley 06:54 Tools
Heatwave - Star of the Story 05:53 Tools
Star of the Story - Heatwave 05:33 Tools
Clover (Wind & Fire Earth) 04:28 Tools
Sienna: Welcome My Darling (Stanley Cowell) 05:14 Tools
Nude and Next to Nature's Theme (Jean Claude Toran) 05:14 Tools
14 Proceed Without a Pause 05:14 Tools
Guest_Love_Throw_Back_at_Noon_Mix_on_Hot97 05:14 Tools
That's The Way I Feel About 'Cha 05:11 Tools
Inside My Love - Minnie Riperton 05:11 Tools
The Lesson - Part III (It's Over Now) (Instrumental) 05:11 Tools
Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta - Cause We've Ended As Lovers 05:11 Tools
Denise Williams - That's What Friends Are for 05:11 Tools
You're Supposed To Keep Your Love For Me 04:47 Tools
U.N.I.Verse at War (instrumental) 04:47 Tools
Bobby Womack - That's The Way I Feel About 'cha 04:47 Tools
11 Respond_React (Instrumental) 04:47 Tools
New Birth - Been a Long Time 04:47 Tools
Crosstown Traffic 04:47 Tools
Gotta Find A Lover 04:47 Tools
Intro OkayPlayer 04:47 Tools
15 Distortion to Static (At Ease Rem 04:47 Tools
Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse) 03:38 Tools
Glowin' - The Rationals 03:44 Tools
Roy Ayers - She's Gotta Find a Lover 03:38 Tools
Wheels of Life 03:38 Tools
Philadelphia Freedom 03:44 Tools
The Lesson, Pt. 1 03:44 Tools
Rafiki 05:59 Tools
New Birth - It's Been a Long Time 03:44 Tools
DJQuest1_01 03:44 Tools
J Dilla Tribute 03:44 Tools
DJQuest1_02 03:44 Tools
Clover - Earth, Wind & Fire 03:44 Tools
Same Shit Different Day Pt. 1 03:44 Tools
Next to Nature 03:44 Tools
K.O. Player 03:44 Tools
Charlie Sheen Remixed (from Late Night with Jimmy Fallon) 03:44 Tools
The Wheels of Life (Gino Vannelli) 03:44 Tools
Ohio Players/Our Love Has Died 03:44 Tools
Minnie Riperton - Inside My Love 03:44 Tools
Minnie Ripperton - Inside My Love 03:44 Tools
We Live In Philly (feat. Jill Scott) 03:44 Tools
Medley 01:18 Tools
Gino Vanelli - The Wheels of Life 03:44 Tools
Parkinson interviews The Goons & Peter Sellers. 03:44 Tools
Lil Big Heads 03:44 Tools
Average White Band - One Look 03:44 Tools
Part 5 03:44 Tools
Al Green - How Can You Mend A Broken Heart 03:44 Tools
beastie boys rock & roll hall of fame demo mix 05:59 Tools
Distortion to Static 05:59 Tools
You've Got the Love I Need (feat. Anthony Hamilton) 05:59 Tools
Go Back 2 The Thing 05:59 Tools
Sienna: Welcome My Darling - Stanley Cowell 01:18 Tools
DJQuest1_03 05:59 Tools
DJQuest1_06 05:59 Tools
DJQuest1_04 05:59 Tools
DJQuest1_05 05:59 Tools
Worldwide 25/09/2005 01:18 Tools
DJQuest1_09 01:18 Tools
Lively Up Yourself 01:18 Tools
Geto Heaven Remix T.S.O.I. (The Sound of Illadelph) (feat. Macy Gray) 01:18 Tools
Outro OkayPlayer 01:18 Tools
Sensuality (Parts 1 & 2) 01:18 Tools
Rufus & Chaka Khan - Magic in Your Eyes 01:18 Tools
Booty 04:04 Tools
Boiler Room NYC x RBMA” 04:04 Tools
19-_uestlove _ Outro 04:04 Tools
understanding 04:04 Tools
Philip Michael Thompson 04:04 Tools
J Dilla Mix 05:47 Tools
Good Morning Heartache (Natalie Cole) 05:47 Tools
How Can You Mend A Broken Heart 05:47 Tools
Anti Love Song (Betty Davis) 05:47 Tools
Respond_React (Instrumental) 05:47 Tools
I'm Sorry (The Delfonics) 05:47 Tools
I Almost Lost My Mind (Albert King) 05:47 Tools
That Lady (Part 1&2) 05:47 Tools
Bobby Womack/That's The Way I Feel About 'cha 05:47 Tools
DJQuest1_10 05:47 Tools
Intro-?westlove 05:47 Tools
Stanley Cowell - Sienna: Welcome My Darling 05:47 Tools
Rufus ft. Chaka Khan - Magic in His Eyes 05:47 Tools
Jean Claude T. - Nude and Next to Nature's Theme 05:47 Tools
Loving You 05:47 Tools
P and the Yessirs 05:47 Tools
Lecture Session with ?uestlove 05:47 Tools
Isley Bros. - Sensuality 05:47 Tools
Magic In His Eyes 05:47 Tools
DJQuest2_03 05:47 Tools
God 05:47 Tools
Jermaine Jackson - You're Supposed To Keep Your Love From Me 05:47 Tools
?uestlove/Intro 05:47 Tools
Questlove - Goodbye Isaac 05:47 Tools
She's Gotta Find A Lover - Roy Ayers 06:55 Tools
Al Green/How Can You Mend A Broken Heart? 05:47 Tools
Water No Get Enemy (feat. D'Angelo, Femi Kuti, Macy Gray, Roy Hargrove, Nile Rodgers, The Soultronics & Positive Force) 05:47 Tools
Sensuality - The Isley Brothers 06:55 Tools
The Lesson Mix 06:55 Tools
DJQuest1_07 06:55 Tools
The Lesson 06:55 Tools
DJQuest1_11 06:55 Tools
Sometimes 06:55 Tools
The Blackbyrds/Mother/son Bedroom Talk 06:55 Tools
Questlove Live at Boiler Room NYC (RBMA Takeover) 06:55 Tools
Last Supper 06:55 Tools
Star of a Story - Heatwave 05:33 Tools
If You Don't Love Me 05:33 Tools
Questlove djing @lebaron de paris 18th/feb/2010 06:55 Tools
Gotta Find A Lover - Roy Ayers 06:55 Tools
Earth, Wind & Fire - Clover 06:55 Tools
The Blackbyrds - Mother,son Be 06:55 Tools
The Star Of A Story - Heatwave 05:33 Tools
Greatdayndamornin'/Booty 05:33 Tools
Heatwave - The Star Of A Story 05:33 Tools
DJQuest2_01 05:33 Tools
Al Green - How Can You Mend A 05:33 Tools
Earth, Wind, and Fire - Clover 05:33 Tools
Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta 05:33 Tools
Sweetback (Au Natural) (Instrumen 05:33 Tools
DJQuest2_06 05:33 Tools
Next To Nature - Jean Claude Toran 05:33 Tools
Jermaine Jackson - You're Supp 05:33 Tools
These Are The Breaks 05:33 Tools
Rock Me Baby 05:33 Tools
Super Bass 05:33 Tools
Magic In Your Eyes - Rufus & Chaka Khan 05:33 Tools
culture FREEDOM 05:33 Tools
Knowledge 05:33 Tools
I'm A Man 05:33 Tools
Jermaine Jackson - You're Supposed To Keep Your Love For Me 05:33 Tools
Questlove Interview 05:33 Tools
power refinment 05:33 Tools
Equality 05:33 Tools
Been A Long Time - New Birth 05:33 Tools
DJQuest2_10 05:33 Tools
The Blackbyrds - Mother,son Bedroom Talk 05:33 Tools
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?uestlove (pronounced "Questlove") is the stage name of Ahmir Khalib Thompson, born January 20, 1971 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, an African-American musician, DJ, and record producer, best known as the drummer for hip-hop band The Roots. ?uestlove's work with The Roots is regarded as being sonically innovative; he has also produced for artists such as Common and D'Angelo and member of the production teams Grand Negaz and The Grand Wizzards. Biography Early years ?uestlove's father was Lee Andrews of Lee Andrews & the Hearts, a 50s doo-wop group. His parents did not want to leave him with babysitters, and took ?uestlove on tour with them. He grew up in backstages of doo-wop shows, and began drumming at the age of two. By the age of seven, ?uestlove began drumming on stage at shows, and by 13, had become a musical director. As a teenager, ?uestlove's parents enrolled him at the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts. By the time he graduated, he had founded a band called The Square Roots (later dropping the word "square") with his friend Tariq Trotter (Black Thought). ?uestlove's classmates at the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts included Boyz II Men, jazz bassist Christian McBride, and jazz organist Joey Defrancesco. ?uestlove began performing on South Street (akin to Greenwich Village and Haight Ashbury) in Philadelphia using drums, while Tariq rhymed over his beats and rhythms. Professional music career The Roots' roster was soon completed, with ?uestlove on percussion, Tariq Trotter and Malik B on vocals, Josh Abrams (Rubber Band) on bass (who was replaced by Leonard Hubbard in 1994), and Scott Storch on keyboards. While the group was performing a show in Germany, they recorded an album entitled "Organix", released by Relativity Records in 1993. The group continued recording, releasing two critically acclaimed records in 1995 and 1996, "Do You Want More?!!!??!" and "Illadelph Halflife", respectively. In 1999, The Roots entered mainstream pop cosciousness with "You Got Me" (featuring Erykah Badu); a song which would earn the band the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for 2000. ?uestlove shines in the final minute of this song as he unleashes a massive drum n' bass groove over the last chorus. The song helped fuel the success of their "Things Fall Apart" album which has since been hailed as a classic, eventually selling gold. The group went the experimental route and returned in 2002 with the rock-influenced "Phrenology", which also went gold. Two years later, The Roots released "The Tipping Point", which contained a more mainstream sound, due to demands from Geffen records. The album did not sell very well (400,000 copies), although ?uestlove shines in the bonus track remake of George Kranz's "Din Da Da." Besides being the drummer for The Roots, ?uestlove has also lent his talents to other artists, projects, and productions. He was the drummer for The Philadelphia Experiment, a collaborative album released on Rope-a-Dope Records in 2001 and the DJ of the compilation "?uestlove Presents: Babies Making Babies", released on Urban Theory Records in 2002. He also served as executive producer for D'Angelo's 2000 album "Voodoo", Slum Village's album "Fantastic, Vol. 2" and Common's albums "Like Water for Chocolate" and "Electric Circus". Besides the aforementioned albums, he has also contributed as a drummer or producer to Erykah Badu's "Baduizm" and "Mama's Gun", Dilated Peoples "Expansion Team", Blackalicious' "Blazing Arrow", Bilal's "1st Born Second", N.E.R.D.'s "Fly Or Die", Joshua Redman's "Momentum", and Zap Mama's "Ancestry In Progress", among others. Played drums on Christina Aguilera's song "Loving Me 4 Me" for her 2002 album "Stripped". In 2005, ?uestlove appeared, along with such luminaries as Madonna, Iggy Pop, Bootsy Collins, and Little Richard, in a television commercial for the Motorola ROKR phone. In 2006, ?uestlove appeared as himself in the film Dave Chappelle's Block Party and served as arranger and producer of the concert and soundtrack. With the exception of The Fugees, Jill Scott and Erykah Badu, ?uestlove served as the drummer for nearly every performer at the 2004 Brooklyn street concert. ?uestlove was given an Esky for Best Scribe in Esquire magazine's 2006 Esky Music Awards in the April issue. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.