WEBVTT - Questlove Reaches Into The Mailbag & Answers - March 7

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<v Speaker 1>Quest Loft Show is a production of iHeart Radio. All right, y'all,

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<v Speaker 1>build a nation of inform music heads here. Yeah, thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>I like doing this. Give me more questions.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, this is a question from Charlie. Okay, question

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<v Speaker 2>for Questlove. My musical Mount Rushmore is DiAngelo, Prince Stevie

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<v Speaker 2>and Amy Winehouse. Life is a music fan has become

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<v Speaker 2>exponentially less exciting as three of them have passed away,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm just a fan. I've had to accept that

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<v Speaker 2>and I'll never have an experience like the first time

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<v Speaker 2>I heard Voodoo ever again is somebody who obviously knew

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<v Speaker 2>and collaborated with them. Have you had times when it

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<v Speaker 2>feels like it's not worth it or the same without them?

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks and sorry for being a downer.

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<v Speaker 1>One by one. As the aforementioned three went to the

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<v Speaker 1>next plane, I will say that I probably go through

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<v Speaker 1>a month of sort of pondering what does this mean.

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<v Speaker 1>What happens with me is when someone leaves, there's a

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<v Speaker 1>pressure pointed to me, basically that now you're going to

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<v Speaker 1>have to lead, And you know, it's weird. When Prince passed,

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<v Speaker 1>I was on the phone with DiAngelo. He and I

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<v Speaker 1>were talking for maybe maybe twenty minutes before the CNN

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<v Speaker 1>like CNN happened to be on and we were talking,

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<v Speaker 1>and I believe he asked me. He's like, yo, you

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<v Speaker 1>get worried. Yet We've had a lot of discussions on

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<v Speaker 1>Prince's reactions to his music, and it kind of maybe

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<v Speaker 1>by the top of January twenty fifteen, when you know,

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<v Speaker 1>Black Messiah's like not even a month old. He hit

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<v Speaker 1>me up, Yo, you hear anything. So it was my

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<v Speaker 1>job to test the waters and tell him. You know

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<v Speaker 1>what our peers is saying, like, all right, what does

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<v Speaker 1>she say about the record? What do you say about it?

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, for me, I specifically, I'm sorry I

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<v Speaker 1>would have laughed at this. I have to say the

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<v Speaker 1>arrival of Black Messiah might have been I can speak

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<v Speaker 1>on it now, might have been a little bit too

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<v Speaker 1>much for Prince at the time in his life. Look,

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<v Speaker 1>haven't seen it, and I know I'll never not humble

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<v Speaker 1>brag or being the fortunate whatever. Twenty people to have

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<v Speaker 1>seen the nine hour Book of Prince Doc. But twenty

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen twenty sixteen was like a rough period on Prince mentally.

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<v Speaker 1>So I will say that I sniffed around various band members,

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<v Speaker 1>various peers of his to just be like, yeah, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>shoot the shit and see what's up. And two of them,

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<v Speaker 1>I finally just came out and said, so does he

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<v Speaker 1>do I need to send you on copy of the record?

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<v Speaker 1>Does he have it? You know? And the way they

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<v Speaker 1>looked at each other, I knew there was a mental

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<v Speaker 1>telepic fy thing happened. And I was like, let me

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<v Speaker 1>in and they started laughing. And this is how I

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<v Speaker 1>knew this is the highest honor. You know. I told

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<v Speaker 1>D'Angelo ticket is a high honor. Word was that, you know?

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<v Speaker 1>He refused to He's like, I don't want to. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to talk about that record. I don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to listen to it. Which, look, it happens. It happens

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<v Speaker 1>like when I'm creating music, there are certain artists I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to listen to because I don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>be derivative of it or whatever. But you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>whole point was that when Prince passed, d and I

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<v Speaker 1>probably have one of our longest conversations just about like

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<v Speaker 1>and I try. You know, I was very careful to

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<v Speaker 1>not I know what scares him off, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>but I would still speak in terms of, like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the balls in our court now, like the way that

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<v Speaker 1>you were ten year old or an eight year old

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<v Speaker 1>when Dirty Mind came out and then purple rinting, like

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<v Speaker 1>you were a kid and that built you. There are

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<v Speaker 1>people that are doing that now with Voodoo. That's one

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<v Speaker 1>thing I will say. He was absolutely unaware of the

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<v Speaker 1>Voodoo renaissance. You know, I'd explained to him Pitchfork had

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<v Speaker 1>done a review of the album like ten to fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>years later, and it was so eloquently written that suddenly

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<v Speaker 1>the second round of you know, these Pitchfork based you know,

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<v Speaker 1>D'Angelo fans are coming to the plate, and I feel

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<v Speaker 1>as though that's the you know, because I'll be honest

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<v Speaker 1>with you, the day that we finished mastering the record,

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<v Speaker 1>we took a victory dinner, like literally when the album

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<v Speaker 1>was done. Okay, so the very last day of mastering.

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<v Speaker 1>The night before, we tried to fit There's one more

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<v Speaker 1>song that didn't make the record, called the City, that

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<v Speaker 1>was supposed to come right after Player Player before Devil's

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<v Speaker 1>Pops called the City and we recorded it, mixed it

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<v Speaker 1>the night before. You know, Russ went to go master

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<v Speaker 1>it with Tom Coin, and I took over the studio

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<v Speaker 1>that because it was free ID and Russ permission to

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<v Speaker 1>use that studio. I believe that pass of day La

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<v Speaker 1>Soul wanted me to try to fill in a drum

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<v Speaker 1>break that they couldn't clear for the AOI album. They

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't clear the the ot to Billy Joe break from view.

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<v Speaker 1>So I redid it while the albums get mastered, and

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<v Speaker 1>then Russ came in, like here it is the final sequence,

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<v Speaker 1>and me pass Russ. We listened to Voodoo for the

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<v Speaker 1>first time, and it was weird, like it was over.

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<v Speaker 1>It was like four years of living in this basement

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<v Speaker 1>at an electric lady from like ninety six to now.

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<v Speaker 1>I got a copy of it and I felt victorious.

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<v Speaker 1>So the first thing I did was I went I

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<v Speaker 1>had date night that night, and I remember I went

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<v Speaker 1>to some like soul food restaurant uptown and I told them,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, yeah, man, I got I got that new d'

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<v Speaker 1>angelo record and whatever. And they were like, oh okay.

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<v Speaker 1>They put it on and uh, right after player player,

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<v Speaker 1>they like lowered the volume. Then they put on like

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<v Speaker 1>R Kelly, they put like regular R and B. And

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<v Speaker 1>I was telling them like, no, no, no, it's it's the

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<v Speaker 1>entire record. He said, oh, you know, we thought it

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<v Speaker 1>was just one song or whatever. And you know, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not trying to brag to them, like yo, I'm giving

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<v Speaker 1>you guys gold, like I'm letting you listen to this

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<v Speaker 1>D'Angelo record. But for me, it was like the last

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<v Speaker 1>four years of my life. And I got to tell you, man,

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<v Speaker 1>there were eight people I played the record for and

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<v Speaker 1>they all hated it. My assistant hated it. One of

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<v Speaker 1>the tour managers hated it. I think my manager Rich

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<v Speaker 1>had jokes like you don't even know what the fuck

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<v Speaker 1>he's saying, like where's the single? You know, it's like

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<v Speaker 1>that environment it was. It was. It was two thousand

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, so I kind of had the feeling that, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, shit, I ruined this guy's career, and

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<v Speaker 1>so I almost felt like I owed it to him

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<v Speaker 1>to see it through by doing the entire tour with him,

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<v Speaker 1>which was not good news in the Roots camp because

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<v Speaker 1>we just want our Grammy and it's like, okay, let's

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<v Speaker 1>cash in the roots. You know, we got momentum, let's

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<v Speaker 1>go on the road. And it's like, oh, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to take all two thousand off and tour

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<v Speaker 1>with this guy, which you know, I've many threat memos

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<v Speaker 1>of yo, man, like what the fuck? You know, that

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<v Speaker 1>sort of thing. But all that's to say is that

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<v Speaker 1>you know I told D, like, you know, we have

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<v Speaker 1>a responsibility now to see the mission through, and now

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<v Speaker 1>that D's not here, I feel that responsibility more than ever. So,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, James myself balal like the fragments that are

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<v Speaker 1>left of the Soul Aquarians. You know, we spoke. The

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<v Speaker 1>family is going to get back together, and you know

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's not a down. Sorry for being like the

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<v Speaker 1>long expansive explanation that this is probably twenty five minute explanation.

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<v Speaker 2>I think you gave Charlie more than they bargain for.

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<v Speaker 1>There you go, I gave you a whole episode. Eric

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<v Speaker 1>got the two parter.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to frame it a little differently in twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty six, What is your relationship with that site aka

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<v Speaker 2>ok player and why did you stop posting?

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<v Speaker 1>I think the goal for okay Player was always for

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<v Speaker 1>me to take the training wheels off and see it,

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<v Speaker 1>see if it gets staying on its own, see if

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<v Speaker 1>it could last on its own, you know. But it's

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<v Speaker 1>also like we just grow up. And I know a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of the the original vets of that world say that,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, once Twitter came, I abandoned the site, which

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<v Speaker 1>is probably the case, but it wasn't you know, a

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<v Speaker 1>time where I woke up, I'm like, you know, what,

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<v Speaker 1>fuck this site? I don't care. It wasn't that, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I gave my entire life to that site. Like you

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<v Speaker 1>gotta understand that between nineteen ninety nine and two thousand

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<v Speaker 1>and six, I mean I would dedicate somewhere between two

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<v Speaker 1>on a slow day to sometimes like ten hours every day.

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<v Speaker 1>Like in hindsight, especially in light of the uh the

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<v Speaker 1>kind of black Twitter doc that came out. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I still stand on Tinto's when I say that I

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<v Speaker 1>believe that okay Player was the beginning of social media.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it was really only the roots website for

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<v Speaker 1>a quick Year and then there's something much more than that.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, I don't. I guess now you can

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<v Speaker 1>say my relationship with Okay Player is because I still

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<v Speaker 1>get you know, artists that come up like, yo, man,

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<v Speaker 1>why y'all say this shit about my record? I guess

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<v Speaker 1>I have Okay Players sort of how like Russell or

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<v Speaker 1>Rick has def GM you know, like whatever the smallest

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<v Speaker 1>steak is, I mean, it's still very much alive. And

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I do know that Okay Africa has definitely

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<v Speaker 1>taken legs of its own and help and spread the

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<v Speaker 1>gospel of like new afrobeat and whatnot.

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<v Speaker 2>But and you did appear on Don Will's Almanac of

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<v Speaker 2>Wrap podcast, which Okay Player produces their recent web win.

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<v Speaker 1>Absolutely yes, shout out to you guys winning. Yeah. I

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<v Speaker 1>grow out of stuff sometimes and I do other things.

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<v Speaker 2>So this is eric second that was actually like a

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<v Speaker 2>two part run to itself.

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<v Speaker 1>But here's the third.

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<v Speaker 2>De Newmont Easier question, what is the likelihood we will

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<v Speaker 2>get liner notes for the next roots album, whether written

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<v Speaker 2>or podcast form.

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<v Speaker 1>We'd love to have them. You know, I've never stop

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<v Speaker 1>informing people, like even if you look at the the

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, the only thing that I don't do is

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<v Speaker 1>as much anymore. Is like the mammoth Mammoth mammoth Instagram posts. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>one there's a character limit. And two, my my publisher

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<v Speaker 1>hates when I give music lessons away for free. It's

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<v Speaker 1>like that could have been in the book. So I

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<v Speaker 1>will say that I know if I don't come with

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<v Speaker 1>liner notes for this next record, you guys will kill me.

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<v Speaker 1>I do know who my audience is, and I know

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<v Speaker 1>that a new roots album isn't just us releasing a

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<v Speaker 1>roots album, but it's it's it's sort of figuring out

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<v Speaker 1>a way to give you guys a feeling. But that said,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is not you know, a preface or any

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<v Speaker 1>or any warning or that sort of thing. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen ninety nine was also nineteen ninety nine, So I

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<v Speaker 1>want you guys to to understand that. In other words, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll give you a great example. The Supreme Clientele two

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<v Speaker 1>point zero record. Definitely an older sounding goes face killer,

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<v Speaker 1>Like his voice is going down in texture and tone,

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<v Speaker 1>so kind of that whiny trademark God make it, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>like that's of the past, and we can't penalize him because,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, a fifty six year old sounding goes is

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<v Speaker 1>way different than the twenty six year old one that

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<v Speaker 1>we have, So people also just need to know that

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<v Speaker 1>people grow. But that said, this next Roots album is

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<v Speaker 1>also the first album in which after Things Fall apart,

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<v Speaker 1>like Roots Album sort of became a community project, but

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<v Speaker 1>Things Fall Apart was like, you know, the album that

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<v Speaker 1>I feel as though I had the most time in

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<v Speaker 1>the driver's seat, despite the mini fumbles like shout out

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<v Speaker 1>to Eve getting her retroactive grammy anyway, that said, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I will include all the treats that it will take

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<v Speaker 1>for you guys to come back to the yard. But

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<v Speaker 1>that also said, you're talking to a guy that collects

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<v Speaker 1>records like the oxygen he breathes, And that said, I

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<v Speaker 1>know the live album is nothing exciting. I know a

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<v Speaker 1>live album from a group that's been around for thirty

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<v Speaker 1>years is not exciting. But I promise you I treated

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<v Speaker 1>and produced that Roots Live at Blue Note album as

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<v Speaker 1>the hardest musical cynic of all time. And everything I

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<v Speaker 1>hate about live albums, everything I hate about groups that

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<v Speaker 1>are forty years after their existence, I was acutely aware

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<v Speaker 1>of those things, and I still say that do you

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<v Speaker 1>want more? The Roots Come Alive? To record. It's probably

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<v Speaker 1>one of our best albums in a minute, even if

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<v Speaker 1>it is a time capsule. I mean. And the thing

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<v Speaker 1>is a lot of vets from OK player are like,

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<v Speaker 1>oh damn, I didn't know y'all. This like I'm dealing

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<v Speaker 1>with the oh damn, I didn't know y'all was still good. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks a lot, so, you know, but just to let

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<v Speaker 1>you know that's there as well, and it's worth a listen.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is from the guy who finally listened to

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<v Speaker 1>the entire Prints, Diamonds and Pearls five hour box set

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<v Speaker 1>and was shocked that I put a nineteen song mixed

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<v Speaker 1>together of what I feel is a masterpiece of an album.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know what I was saying, You know my

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<v Speaker 1>feelings of Oh I was wrong about this album. There's

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<v Speaker 1>some things I do like, yes, come back to the roots.

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<v Speaker 2>Far easier question from Raymond. You did DJ sets during

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<v Speaker 2>the Lockdown that we're on YouTube and have now been

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<v Speaker 2>taken down. If it's in your control, wink wink, is

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<v Speaker 2>there any chance they can reappear?

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<v Speaker 1>I know I'm sitting on kind of a historical gold mine. Yeah. Absolutely,

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<v Speaker 1>positively documented every moment the of the lockdown, all those

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<v Speaker 1>DJ sets are somewhat preserved at the time when we

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<v Speaker 1>thought the world was coming to an end, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>YouTube and all the publishers out there, like I'd to

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<v Speaker 1>physically call them all and be like, yo, call the

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<v Speaker 1>dogs off. I'm trying to entertain people, trying to keep

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<v Speaker 1>them sane, and I thought they'd still be up there.

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<v Speaker 1>But of course once the world came back to normal,

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<v Speaker 1>all those things started disappearing. Understandable. Really, the question is,

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<v Speaker 1>you know a lot of people are asking me, like,

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<v Speaker 1>why don't you go back to doing that? Well, I'll

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<v Speaker 1>ask you, guys, do you want me? Is there a

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<v Speaker 1>way that we can take a pull to see if

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<v Speaker 1>it's even worth me going back to a ninth job

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<v Speaker 1>and coming back to DJ. Yeah, I still have my

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<v Speaker 1>Twitch platform, but it's just like once I entered the

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<v Speaker 1>world of movies.

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<v Speaker 2>Man only twenty four hours in a day.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's how much work it is. Question. Loum Show

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