Questlove Shows His Record Collection (2003) 🥁 You Had To Be There

Back in 2003, Questlove (The Roots) let MTV News peruse his record collections - featuring more than 30,000 pieces of vinyl - one of which, a project that features his mom, his aunt, and his dad, he considers his "most prized possession."
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[@chrispeare]

And then you add 19 years and Jimmy Fallon money… imagine how many records he has now.

[@MsKalachakra]

Questlove is a real collector "Alphabetical is a nightmare", I agree. I do all that stuff, soul from 60's to 00's, going crazy for samples, jazz at the bottom, and I like the idea of hip hop 12". I go only for albums now but back in the day you could get those 12" inches cheap.

[@angc1456]

nah he is not HIS SISTER ORGANIZE HIS COLLECTION. THAT´S NOT PASSION

[@bethd8007]

Darn I remember when this first aired! Now it’s probably twice as big a collection

[@sammencia7945]

He was buying in the 90s and early 00s. Records were $2, now worth $200. Noice

[@DorianPaige00]

When you have a record collection in every state.....

[@connerobrien6878]

He’s saying those spots are where he buys them

[@DorianPaige00]

@@connerobrien6878 Gotcha!

[@wilseph1]

Remember watching this back in the day...

[@AlwayzFresh]

That 1 second flash of, what I now know to be Bobby Caldwell, sent me down an infinite rabbit hole. Thank you Quest.

[@andrewkostelnyk272]

Wow -what a great record collection-i could spend weeks looking at the records there-amazing interesting!

[@BAB00215]

What a collection

[@joelpilotte5233]

Would to spend a day (or week) in this room.

[@lamontricks1074]

I love this I love to see artists record collection

[@tinybluebug]

i could spends days in this room

[@operatingfromtheditch]

questlove's in the house

[@franktherabbit47]

Questlove, you’re not in the house.

[@GaryBarberasAutopalooza]

y o u ' r e n o w h e r e . . .

[@michaelmoraga2926]

His t-shirt is dope. Would love to see his Prince collection 💜

[@spacealienjesus709]

I love how it's like an old library That is cool

[@marcusbrown1767]

I fancy this room with high ceiling, are these custom shelves? Very nice.

[@joshuablade3829]

Interesting. 😃

[@williamgregory1848]

Questlove been looking the same all his life 😂

[@MuchBetter2Day]

Les McCann 🎉 My husband collects jazz. Is Quest saying Biggy sampled Les McCann?

[@muxnod9857]

Thank God for the internet. I was able to find and listen to "Congress Alley" whereas it would otherwise remain lost, obscure and forgotten.

[@shiven513]

Adress?

[@wilseph1]

KZbin algorithm FTW!

[@relaxpayourincometax]

Pretty surprised myself.

[@kahyui2486]

He looks older here than he does now days 😂

[@OnDaLowWidIt]

U think he has Utopia?

[@sidneylopes8559]

Mande vídeos celebridy deathmacth

[@justinfrias9030]

Who?

[@I_WANT_MY_SLAW]

He doesn't age.

[@muxnod9857]

Sumthin bout Black don't crack.

[@melsmithmel]

@@muxnod9857 True dat..he just got fat..lol

[@shahawndonaldson9674]

I have my CD's categorize by how many albums I collect by a artist,then I separate them by genre like hip hop r/b jazz soul so on and so forth 💯💯

[@osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624]

I did not know that drummer Quest Love was into recording records! : )

[@Goatchild90]

This put my record collection to shame

[@danieldespacito268]

Why? It's about quality not quantity

[@Goatchild90]

@@danieldespacito268 I know I’m joking

[@danieldespacito268]

@@Goatchild90 good 🤗

[@basilthompson7515]

Happy 50th Birthday, Questlove!

[@BAGAKOOS]

Wonder what his record room looks like now? I remember him saying that he would buy other musicians collections, such that when a musician would die, their family would sell off their record collection, among other things. And someone like quest love would buy the whole lot!

[@fredericozgur7845]

He said in a recent Jimmy Fallon interview with Zoe Kravitz that he's up to 100 thousand records now

[@DorianPaige00]

Those are the collections to acquire because they go deep. If you got some cash, you can negotiate a good deal for the whole thing.

[@TheVinylGuru]

@@fredericozgur7845 fuckkk. Really?

[@colinprincipe6293]

Really curious about how much of Biz Markie's collection that Amir will end up with.

[@relaxpayourincometax]

What wonderful family and friends!. I’ve had ‘Are You Looking’ ,’Congress Alley’ and ‘Time is Yours’ on repeat for the last week now. I will not rest till I have a vinyl copy, especially after watching this.

[@corywilliams458]

Dope!!...I literally was trying to name the members of the Revolution today...could not remember Mark!!🤨🤔😄....Dope Shirt!!✌🏽...had no intention watching this video... happens 4 a reason!

[@flyerbumm]

i love ?ueslove now too...but back then they had more time to record or drop album. Please drop some roots . Thanks

[@MrMLD1972]

❤

[@babybro70]

I know Congress Alley & Lee Andrews & The Hearts, I collect all that stuff & more,

[@DistantLights]

wearing a shirt of prince and the revolution

[@CainaanDC]

Classic

[@michaelhurley5272]

Listening

[@UberDurable]

He gained a lot of weight since!

[@operatingfromtheditch]

that's a very friendly observation

[@I_WANT_MY_SLAW]

Wait until he discovers the ipod. That whole entire room can fit in his pocket.