Questlove talks Drums, Dilla, and D'Angelo | Red Bull Music Academy

[@noblehousemusic]

The way he talks about dilla's feel is life changing. 35:25 - 36:06

[@nicadams6126]

33 years old and just beginning to understand that Questlove is the core of the modern music industry.

[@Cartman-Official]

Its crazy to think Dilla humanized a human drummer, using his MPC

[@vznquest]

Lol, great observation

[@86Sentra]

insane

[@margateswede]

It is, but in a way his drums were often him playing along to unquantized samples to make them fit a loop point rather than a grid. Like a drummer at a jam session playing on an electronic kit. So it’s wild but it kind of makes sense if you come from a pre DAW or a jazz / improvisational background.

[@Thataussiebattler]

West Philadelphia born and raised on the drum kit is where he spent most of his days....... and it shows... what a great and down to earth drummer..... respect.

[@malemaline]

hahhaha that tune came into my head right away too, nice addition

[@jamalalqassem5079]

boooo

[@minou_1]

the dilla part at around 1:37:25 was really great

[@RoxyProd]

Bump

[@Nicofromtheweb]

I want those hidden Dilla tapes so bad ...

[@nastynate838]

Nicolas .Strange mannnnnnn

[@ndujamz]

Questlove has hidden gems of Dilla stuff.

[@Russum1]

You can find them , but they are kinda hard to find

[@TheOverpowered1]

@@Russum1 did u you find any

[@Russum1]

@@TheOverpowered1 I got the instrumental to 44:24 if u want it

[@zacharykingston1046]

Quesltlove is a gifted honest speaker among other talents..he deserves to be paid for these...I want a podcast...

[@nathanscott3589]

Zachary Kingston he has one. Quest love Supreme

[@Stoney-Jacksman]

money is not the (only) form of recognition. Maybe nowadays all you dumb ass western people think so...but its not. And he's rich already. Go and beg for the poor instead you schmuck.

[@LittleMissSunshine721]

Quest is one of those people that I would pay to watch him talk about anything. He’s such a intelligent man.

[@dreamcrusher3648]

Get a life

[@Foetestour]

Well, those were the best 2 hours I've spent in my recent years... Unlike everything at school, I actually learned something that interests me from watching this. God bless you Questlove, god bless...

[@jingijazz9480]

Ya need to get out more man

[@edn3065]

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[@edn3065]

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[@TheOverpowered1]

@@jingijazz9480 wdym

[@JohnDoe-vv3id]

If you’ve never learned anything at school you are not thinking.

[@noneban]

"Even if he was wrong, he was still right", the definition of fatherhood.

[@scharkonline]

This entire interview is fantastic, but 37:27 absolutely blew my mind

[@skeenj]

Wow, it is really surprising to hear that he EVER had timing issues. This man IS A CLOCK!

[@edsmijr.5893]

Someone needs to hack his laptop and get those D'Angelo demos

[@KingEversProduction]

Tito Idriess I just got that same cassette he played at 43:00.

[@xydex99]

@@KingEversProduction bro don't hold out

[@el.blanco552]

@@KingEversProduction my man....

[@tomlebeau7921]

KingEversProduction please do share

[@poor_impulsive]

@@KingEversProduction come on bruhhhhhhhh driver dot anthony gmail yo!

[@KeithCasper]

His father loved him, while he imposed his discipline, he challenged him in his mind--and developed the style that was more flourished and spontaneous. Like Prince, he studied his music and had it down. This man is truly an amazing human in so many ways. A musician's musician.

[@rickylovesyou]

Its insane to think the last track of things fall apart leads into the first track of voodoo, what a crazy and revolutionary way of recording. Imagine if they did that across all the soulquarion/electric lady/the ummah albums up to now, that would just be SICK to def.

[@henrywebster5130]

leads into how? I just tried it and don't see it

[@Rappatiligoe0419]

@@henrywebster5130 I actually think I once heard someone say that the song "The Hypnotic" off Illadelph Halflife transitions into "Playa Playa"

[@henrywebster5130]

@@Rappatiligoe0419 Yeah you're right, the drums and tempo sound pretty much identical. Still aint as smooth as I thought itd be, was expecting kinda like the pink floyd album that loops but its still cool

[@crosssection6289]

// Yo.! Wait a minute. Hold up. EM + Henry Webster + Rappatiligoe... don't move.! I gotta hear this.........

[@crosssection6289]

@@henrywebster5130 // I don't know if it's just wishful thinking.... but the melody and tempo of the keys .... It can't be though...

[@WE.R.NOT.OK.W.U.TRMP_GTFO]

man Quest looks comfortable everywhere he goes, gotta admire that shit.

[@RPMillz-pw1uo]

As a producer this is the most inspiring thing i have ever heard..

[@tysonmoana9658]

I love seeing the inner workings of musical geniuses minds i could sit for days and listen to this passion

[@bobdolezal7980]

Damn! Questlove drops SO MANY GEMS for up and coming artists. This interview is hard to ignore plus I love the fact that he's super humble whilst promoting the culture. Thank you Red Bull Music Academy for making this series happen ❤️🙌🙌

[@PHlophe]

Bob , how is Rachel doing these days

[@billystiletto]

That look he gives at 15:50 hurt my soul, damn Quest was so sad for a brief second. Love you Quest!

[@Deevious26]

33:07 Just Blaze on the left in the audience. Explains the whole "you enabled the gospel drummer musicianship" phrase earlier with "Show Me What You Got". The drummer on that track was Aaron Spears btw.

[@adrianjohnson4151]

Questlove !!!!!!!! This man's musical knowledge is staggering!!!!!

[@jerimccombs6245]

👍 yeah!

[@nagichampa9866]

It's like Tarantino talking about movies or Chomsky about language!

[@Afrimusican]

Right?! Also why is this just getting to me wtf YT

[@cedricd7110]

20:33 I totally relate. My dad turned me unto rap unknowingly by buying James Brown records by the crate. One of those records was Unity with Baam and I was hooked. One day he saw me watching a video of "You must learn" by BDP and told me to turn off that "Hoodlum Noise". Too bad cuz he would've really dug the message. May he R.I.P

[@george00719]

Pharoah Sanders...love how his whole life has been music - a real connoisseur my kinda dude

[@pierreg9328]

Damn that sounds so cool, Laying on the couch while you are snowed in hearing dilla cooking up that beat.

[@DickTahshon]

Marvin Gaye " Hear, My Dear. " is incredible! Never gets old, never.

[@peterhammel3799]

the dude thought he'd do a interview, but he was so wrong xD questlove is love

[@ThePdeHav]

My piano professor always said, ‘ practice doesn’t make perfect; it makes permanent.’ This is in connection to the tendency as kids not to practice properly, just going through the motions, Great podcast guys.

[@tonywalker8989]

wow, got me listening to MJ now. It's really important for even his fans to go back and remember who he was and even what he looked like. It's crazy how part of the population doesn't see what was done to that young man. No one truly understood and cared for him.

[@TahjAmir96]

44:24 tears of joy.. feels like i’m on a flight sitting in the window seat 😭

[@raihanshrk1955]

What beat?

[@raihanshrk1955]

Ya know?

[@TahjAmir96]

@@raihanshrk1955 The J. Dilla beat

[@AlamdaABalqhin]

some classic albums: Dangerous - MJ Black Messiah - D'Angelo Spice World - Spice Girls Bush - Snoop Dogg albums that SHOUT identidy and compressed HUGE AMOUNT of knowledge and joy about a type of sound/feeling.

[@jazzbrew68]

It's cool to see Dangerous on that list. I've always LOVED that album. People sleep on it.

[@rickylovesyou]

Voodoo and Illadelph way above black messiah.

[@DH-ij9pe]

Voodoo? And you have the fucking Spice Girls on that list. Your opinion is irrelevant.

[@digaholics7786]

Doing such a good job of explaining the various eras of hip hop. Certainly interpreted through a biased lens, but it's quite an accurate account nonetheless.

[@bigsby19]

The bodyguard “moment” was a class comment. Very enjoyable lecture/ interview.

[@VerbaDeLycKRecords]

Hearing Questlove speak on Dillas mind is vocally beautiful i could hear him talk about those experiences all day #PiKaHsSo

[@RuffmixxMusic]

Epic interview. Could listen to this guy for days. His perspectives and insights are fascinating and inspiring. Love his story telling too 👍🏾 😎

[@lbushquizeanic1]

43:52 I love this unreleased J Dilla material

[@NorthStarGeneral]

Illadelph is my favorite Roots abum production is so textured and psychedelic🔰

[@DREAMINWHITEONWHITE]

Amazing to have a musicologist like Quest alive, well, and working in such a public sphere re; fallon...can't wait for his Sly Stone documentary...though, I will say, the last question brought a pretty blue tone to his talk...really happy he met Grace Harry - hope they have kids, he would be an amazing father !

[@urennakarah2766]

I'm not sure how I got here, but this was actually great! I just woke up and it was on. I went from Igbo movies to this lol.

[@mtac9978]

Wow this was amazing, thank you Redbull and Questlove

[@nicoscramble5343]

this show was good for my soul

[@thugzman7890]

2023 and this Interviewer is still the MVP!! He doesn’t over talk or interrupt them during their talking, we actually get jewels and information. Salute to you man!! (That’s a lost art in 2023) smh

[@dreamrestore213]

He's wak AF..... Showing no appreciation for the history he's being exposed to. Pathetic.

[@viniciusprusch9842]

this might just be my favorite video on youtube

[@nkm11tbm]

I would eat a shit to be in Questloves music class. So much knowledge

[@bradylasserre9320]

Love his takes on Gospel drumming. It's chop city and those linear fills sound so all over the place and over the top. Granted, they can play my ass under the table all day.

[@coreyyellowmanjackson4341]

Bernard Purdie did The "Purdie Shuffle" .. Most famously known as the drums for Steely Dan's "Babylon Sisters"

[@zacharykingston1046]

One of the most interesting people I ever heard talk..pure genius

[@hasanisgs667]

44:11 damn thats soulful asf i hope it gets released on dilla day

[@ladyheroin.v4143]

I NEED IT

[@yogicbeats]

Lemme know if it does

[@lilmaxAlarcxn]

Questlove speaks like a time traveler no one man is louder or more clear than Dr. Thompson If music had a voice it would be this guy he's like musik's subconscious.

[@Xandmann]

?uestlove’s breakdown of hip hop’s 5-year periods: 77-82 Initial/Fossil period - recreational coke/post-disco sounding 82-87 Golden Age - cokey 900, 40 oz stage - quasi modern, big & sparse drums 87-92 Classic Age - crack era 92-97 (4th age) Renaissance Period (< Easy Coast) - digging thru parents’ jazz records - typical sound and pace from Q-tip & Ali’s breakbeat sample from “Blind Alley” (by The Emotions) (97-02, 02-07 not mentioned) 07-12 Scissor period 12-17 Molly phase

[@nullunit]

Not Scissors, Sizzurp, slang for codeine cough syrup, also called Lean, also called purple drank. QL called the late 90s to 2ks "Cristal+Xtasy" at one point.

[@gabel13]

this dude is the Noam Chomsky of hip-hop

[@movimentodoscacos]

lmao yes

[@jimflauntt683]

Wtf? Keep politics away from music they should never mix like two dicks and no chic

[@Guitfiddlejase]

That was a helluva’ comment ..wish I’d thought of that myself!

[@uzumakiangelus]

@@jimflauntt683 Noam Chomsky is one of the most distinguished scholars of our time. THAT'S the comparison cos Questlove is just an absolute wealth of this musical knowledge. That you think politics have anything to do with it is just silly.

[@jimflauntt683]

@@uzumakiangelus really because the fact that they both are one step away from being communists and claimed liberals you could of fooled me. The funny thing is neithers professional lives could of never existed without capitalism is funny to me

[@guaguancos.montunodcubop8923]

Bird used to practice 13 hours a day to perfect his craft. And he still hadn't reached his prime when he died

[@reginaldmorton2162]

If that laptop could talk, it would go Platinum.

[@skeenj]

Love hearing all of Questlove's wisdom and experience. The interviewer comes across as cocky sometimes.

[@amorejohnson4647]

I need those dilla/d'angelo demos❤🌹

[@hasanisgs667]

J Dilla is a GOD

[@kevinxonthebeat]

59:47 there’s an interview with rick Rubin and Andre 3000 where they talk about artists reinventing themselves, and Rick literally cites the exact same examples that ?uest provides, great minds really do think alike

[@kawabungadad8945]

Ahaha D'Angelo - 'USE THE FORCE'

[@soulchorea]

1:04:05 - I never get tired of this story

[@jakecooley7603]

Dude love your explanation about pocket vs chops

[@ypure3859]

Thank you for Histus Kaiyote!! They sre absoluteky BRILLIANT!

[@RBMA]

If that wasn't enough of a Questlove fix, then you can read more about his early days on stage, more on the Roots and producing for Al Green: daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2019/02/give-the-drummer-some-questlove

[@ThaRealAbMajor]

Classic interview!! QuestLove the master!!

[@BakemonoShiz]

"a band with who, that hoodlum Tariq?!" classic dad verbage. lol..

[@jbarrier3506]

Much love and respect to dilla and brotha question.

[@TheTapMusic]

Questlove rockin a Unibody MacBook, hell yeah

[@syckindahead]

Nice to hear a pre-QLS interview...2014 was a year

[@shadetx713]

This is inspiration

[@edn3065]

Time for you and I have to be at the top of the list of the most common form of dementia and I have to be at the airport and I have to be in this position is a good thing to do it for you and I have to be at the top of the list of the best way to do it for you and I have to be at the top of the list of the best way to get some sleep now I am going to be at the airport and only to be at the airport and I have to be in this position will have to be at the airport and only one of the best in the world Hi to be at the airport and I have to be in this position will be a good thing I have to be at the airport and I have to be in this positio

[@OK-dv5ky]

I need the dilla beat at 44:30 , god damnnnn

[@mariadasg6645]

We all need

[@Chevy-jordan]

@@mariadasg6645 search 'J dilla unrelased beat' < [yes spelt wrong] on YT he's wearing a black coat against a green background as the thumbnail

[@mariadasg6645]

@@Chevy-jordan thanks a lot! (:

[@Chevy-jordan]

Maria Dasg hope you found it :)

[@mariadasg6645]

@@Chevy-jordan the vid with 14 min had a better version. The cover is dilla wearing white

[@SpearmintTheCreator]

Questlove's in the house

[@1995yuda]

This was a PHENOMENAL interview, listen closely future artists and nappy heads 💯👍

[@256k_]

an encyclopaedia of music knowledge and extremely humble person

[@alexandersillan8139]

Gotta love Questlove

[@kurtfromMichigan]

35:00 "the first song they opened with was bullshit, no no no, the title was called bullshit" lmao. Love that. And how quest went on to say how dilla changed the way he drummed....that's a powerful statement.

[@umarwali7184]

First hip hop show at Philharmonic Hall Lincoln Center N.Y.C..included the ROOTS and Jay Z..

[@Mrius86]

Hey, Questlove's in the house.

[@Chiown320]

Like water for chocolate is my favorite album "OF ALL TIME". Don't ask me why. It just is

[@syckindahead]

🤔intrastin

[@rickiejames4195]

Best music leason I ever learned

[@RalphLBaer]

The 10k hours part is the truest thing I’ve ever heard.

[@swizzish]

This. Is. Amazing!

[@TheObliviousi]

Fruit from a Giving Tree. Thank you

[@djdreamproductions]

He really teased us Dilla heads at 44:00. Cmon man!!!!!!!!!!

[@killerdrew99]

When I heard that Aint no half stepping sample, It freaked me out cause thats is the ringtone I use.

[@Ungruma]

Nunca me canso de esta entrevista, muchas gracias!

[@benjamingazdik]

Practice makes permanent.

[@craigcrosby1656]

I hear you Quest. Single and older and life is good. Holidays are way different than other people share.....not worse, different. Not a big deal for me. The other side of being totally independent and free to live otherwise.

[@patdon1]

43:57 I want that tape

[@patdon1]

+Kaison Williams if ma dukes releases it I'd pay

[@jordan1852]

It's the Jay Dee project, you can find some of it online

[@patdon1]

+General-Jordan you know the name of the beat at 44:25

[@jordan1852]

patdon1 Nah thats on the original I think but I can link you to the other one with a whole lot of shit

[@patdon1]

+General-Jordan iight

[@lettuceandtomatoes89]

Phrenology has always been my favourite from The Roots and the story behind is always fascinating (second time watching this after some years have passed).

[@syckindahead]

1:33:00 D's new project was that the Vanguard album🧐

[@gijstuijtel2278]

The ‘Bob Power’ guy he mentions at 31:50 is the teacher from the Pharrell and Maggie Rogers video!

[@Shmingleshmangle]

Questlove sighs almost as much as my dad.

[@egeneraltnf]

Thank you for breaking that down!

[@danindeed]

Such a great interview.

[@CarloRogall85]

triple plus on this video! many thanks, very informative and questlove really pounds out some deep knowledge like never seen before (for my turns) ...

[@garfieldharrison510]

I like what he said about doing the opposite of what you normally would do. It's true what he said about Michael. But you know that album that Michael recorded was out of the norm for him at the time. Off The Wall. Right after his huge hit album Destiny with his Brothers. The fact he(Michael) wanted to top Thriller, which was impossible. Mainly because of the circumstances which was implemented and occurred for the success of that masterpiece.

[@imdacoochiemonsterrahh]

They should do this with black thought

[@nagichampa9866]

That hoodlum?

[@stb2017]

Questlove’s in the house

[@JC-11111]

Practice doesn't make perfect. Practice makes permanent. You practice wrong and it'll become permanent. Same if you practice right. You gotta practice perfect if you want to be perfect. You don't get perfect from half-assed practicing, etc...

[@konnordonnelly2226]

Wish I had his laptop probably got so many unreleased gems

[@devzeppalin]

Even Questlove, one of the world's biggest music nerds, is mistaken about "Secret Life of Plants" being the follow-up to "Songs in the Key of Life". In actuality, it was "Hotter Than July", another classic.