WEBVTT - Questlove Reaches Into The Mailbag & Answers - March 5

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, thank you. I like doing this. Give me more questions.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, all right, this is a fun one from

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<v Speaker 3>Alan Hey QLs team. I'm a longtime listener and second

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<v Speaker 3>time emailer. Oh we like that. I'm digging the new

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<v Speaker 3>format with the mail bag, especially because I might get

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<v Speaker 3>my question seen. What I want to hear is brother

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<v Speaker 3>quest talk about Phillies the Goats. They were a big

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<v Speaker 3>deal to my group of skateboard punk rock friends when

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<v Speaker 3>Tricks of the Shade came out. They are also massively

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<v Speaker 3>overlooked group, not just in terms of sound, but a

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<v Speaker 3>hardcore political hip hop. I've listened to almost all the

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<v Speaker 3>QLs episodes and what had happened was season It seems

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<v Speaker 3>like a couple of times Amir was about to mention

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<v Speaker 3>the Goats when talking about Philly hip hop history and

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<v Speaker 3>interning at rough House, but I haven't heard anything I

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<v Speaker 3>want to hear from those who know this underappreciated powerhouse.

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta tell you, man, when I started that theory

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<v Speaker 1>that I always had where I said that the pioneer

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<v Speaker 1>never gets the credit. It's the person that comes after

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that sort of gets the punitentent the glory.

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<v Speaker 1>This is definitely the case for the Goats. Shouts to Sway,

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<v Speaker 1>Zac and Mad and Odie and all this cats, Chuck

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<v Speaker 1>Trees and everyone that summer of ninety two when the

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<v Speaker 1>Roots first started busking on South Street. Subsequently, I was

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<v Speaker 1>also in turning at Roughouse Records, putting those tricks of

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<v Speaker 1>the Shade and the no Goots, No Glory posters in,

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<v Speaker 1>and those guys taught me so so so much about

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<v Speaker 1>just everything that I needed to know. Like we were

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<v Speaker 1>just we were literally a band that busked every Saturday

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<v Speaker 1>and got some you know, hand me down gigs and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, playing various clubs and whatnot. But those guys

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<v Speaker 1>would often let us pretty much let us open for

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<v Speaker 1>them when.

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<v Speaker 2>They did local Philly gigs.

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<v Speaker 1>Some of those guys are on the original on Organics.

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<v Speaker 1>I forgot who's playing keyboards on Good Music, but yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>even with Common Dust, like yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>They're they're.

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<v Speaker 1>There are many a goat on on that first Organics album.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it's sad that they never got the kind

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<v Speaker 1>of accolades that Rage Against the Machine had, like all

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<v Speaker 1>those groups that came after them that were sort of

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<v Speaker 1>in that mood but pretty much like Doggy Dog, Cypress Hill,

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<v Speaker 1>all those groups. Man, not much has been said about

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<v Speaker 1>the goats Man, And you know, I absolutely Mark Boyce.

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<v Speaker 1>By the way, Mark Boyce was the keyboard player on

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<v Speaker 1>Good Music. Shout out to Mark Boyce. Shout out to E. J. Simpson. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>oh and Pierce. Also, I can't forget Pierce anyway, but yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>shout out to just that whole There was a point

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<v Speaker 1>in Philly where all those cats like g Love Special Sauce,

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<v Speaker 1>like the Alt Philly hip hop army was in effect.

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<v Speaker 1>But I love those guys. And also shout out to

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<v Speaker 1>Rascill Mills. Also she sang with the goats Love Recill.

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<v Speaker 3>Next question moves to SNL fifty. This is from Alan,

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<v Speaker 3>not to be confused with the Lawn and this is

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<v Speaker 3>all the same person. You are going to great lengths.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't think it is. The fifty years of SNL

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<v Speaker 3>is an amazing show with over two thousand songs performed.

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<v Speaker 3>How did you decide which performances to include for the

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<v Speaker 3>opening six minute montage of mashups? How did you find

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<v Speaker 3>those tracks that work so well together? Was it luck,

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<v Speaker 3>trial and error, or or pure science?

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<v Speaker 2>The quickest story of it is.

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<v Speaker 1>Right when we won Sundance the two wards at Sundance

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<v Speaker 1>for Summer of Soul, I came to work on a

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<v Speaker 1>Monday and one of the interns came in and said, Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>Lauren would like to see you on seventeen, And instantly

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<v Speaker 1>the room got silent. And you know, when Lauren wants

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<v Speaker 1>to see you on seventeen, that's the equivalent of going

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<v Speaker 1>to the principal's office and either your life is going

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<v Speaker 1>to change or you're getting fired. And being as though

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<v Speaker 1>I got call to that office twice before, I was like, ah, man,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a three strikes law. Like I try to stall

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<v Speaker 1>it as much as I could, like you know, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's a thing where it's not a jump how high thing,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's like if Lauren wants to see you kind

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<v Speaker 1>of got to go up there in the next three minutes,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was trying to stall it, like uh, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>well I'll be there, and I got rehearsal to due

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<v Speaker 1>right like two pm, four pm, So I tried kicking

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<v Speaker 1>the can down the road, and eventually it's like, well,

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<v Speaker 1>just come after the show taping, I went up to

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<v Speaker 1>seventeen and it's everything that you've ever imagined. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I've been on seventeen before, but seventeen is like kind

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<v Speaker 1>of really just the belly of SNL and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>of course there's the popcorn machine and Lauren's world famous

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<v Speaker 1>for you know, his love of popcorn and whatnot. I

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<v Speaker 1>get there and when I enter the office, I'm just like, okay, wait,

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<v Speaker 1>he doesn't seem like I'm overanalyzed in the situation, Like

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<v Speaker 1>he doesn't seem confrontational, like if I were to get fired,

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't like my manager tell me, like you fucking up

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<v Speaker 1>and he sits me down. He's like, man, I gotta

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<v Speaker 1>tell you. And he says that he and Paul Simon

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<v Speaker 1>watched Summer Sold twice and in my head, first of all,

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<v Speaker 1>it's just collective cigh of relief. But it was like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what I do for a living, because I

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<v Speaker 1>kind of had the feeling that Lauren really didn't know

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<v Speaker 1>that the roots meant something unless he's just the best

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<v Speaker 1>poker player ever. So he was like, you know the

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<v Speaker 1>fifty is coming up in twenty twenty five, and you

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<v Speaker 1>know four years from now, I would like to give

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<v Speaker 1>you a shot to do the doc on that, and immediately,

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<v Speaker 1>without asking my manager, I was like, Yes, I'll do it.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course. You know. The prime reason why I wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to do.

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<v Speaker 1>It is because I knew that I would finally be

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<v Speaker 1>given access to every last episode on that show. Even

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<v Speaker 1>at the tonight show. There's like a master drive system

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<v Speaker 1>in that building that you can watch any NBC archive

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<v Speaker 1>that you want to old different Stroke shows, Flip Wilson shows,

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<v Speaker 1>anything that's been on NBC. You can go on their computer,

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<v Speaker 1>type it up and then instantly watch it. So I

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<v Speaker 1>spend a lot of lunch hours watching SNL shows, watching

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<v Speaker 1>rehearsal shows. You know they do too they do the

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<v Speaker 1>actual show and they do a dress versal show, so

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<v Speaker 1>you get to see different things like run DMC made

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<v Speaker 1>a mistake on the live show, So I watched the

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<v Speaker 1>dress versal and the record didn't skip, you know, things

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<v Speaker 1>like that. So pretty much I've figured out, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>if you're doing a doc on SNL, you better do

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<v Speaker 1>do it in the rhythm of SNL and SNL what

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<v Speaker 1>is SNL. SNL's a show that I feel most of

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<v Speaker 1>the highlights are music based, even if it's is an

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<v Speaker 1>artist on the show, like you know Wayne's World. They sing,

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<v Speaker 1>Buckwheat sings, you know, all the things that you remember,

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<v Speaker 1>even with Debbie Downer, like the punchline is like, there's.

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<v Speaker 2>Always a musical element.

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<v Speaker 1>So pretty much John McDonald and I John McDonald who

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<v Speaker 1>is an editor there at thirty Rock, who's also a musician,

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<v Speaker 1>we treated it like I was doing a DJ set,

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<v Speaker 1>which is and this is how I do DJ sets.

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<v Speaker 1>I hear a song, okay, you know, Hungry like the

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<v Speaker 1>Wolf by Duran Durant.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, that's an E minor. But the bridges in C.

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<v Speaker 1>And but the end Hungry like the Wolf, and it

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<v Speaker 1>goes to D. So we literally spent a year crafting

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<v Speaker 1>a CSI FBI database breaking down of songs and literally

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<v Speaker 1>the songs primarily in the key of Da Da Da Da.

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<v Speaker 2>But there's a bridge that helps you escape that.

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<v Speaker 1>So that helps with things like like John knew that

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<v Speaker 1>shares last word of since you've been going ends and

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<v Speaker 1>d which we'll leave right to Queen doing.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's you gotta think. That's how I DJ.

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<v Speaker 1>I think in terms of like rhythmic function way and

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<v Speaker 1>key function way. A year in two it we gathered

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<v Speaker 1>about four hundred songs. And while this is happening, my

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<v Speaker 1>producers are like, hey, we'd rather just work on the

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<v Speaker 1>storylines because you know you're not going to clear all

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<v Speaker 1>this stuff. And I was like, over my dead body,

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<v Speaker 1>I spent a whole year doing this, I'm gonna do it,

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<v Speaker 1>so kind of against their wishes, I said, look, let

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<v Speaker 1>me just make it first, and I promise you I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna make this happen. And the hard part was it

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<v Speaker 1>was done and people were so over excited. Then their

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<v Speaker 1>attitude chain was basically, okay, let's clear it. I had

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<v Speaker 1>about three weeks to go hat in hand to my

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<v Speaker 1>entire phone.

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<v Speaker 2>Like anybody I ever met in the last.

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<v Speaker 1>Thirty five years of my career, yesterday's intern is now

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<v Speaker 1>today CEO, So thank God for that. So that's really

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<v Speaker 1>how when Wendy Goldstein told me whenever you meet an intern,

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<v Speaker 1>you treat them like a celebrity. Treat them like a star,

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<v Speaker 1>because in fifteen years they're gonna remember. Man Questlove was

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<v Speaker 1>really nice to me, signed my drum sticks, he gave

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<v Speaker 1>my mom a poster, he gave us free tickets. That's

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<v Speaker 1>the you know. So when it came to clearing it,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, some of the hardest things I had to do,

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<v Speaker 1>Like some of my friends are on the Eminem's management team,

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<v Speaker 1>some of my you know, well I'm friends with the Carters,

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<v Speaker 1>so you know, so basically I cleared everything. There's one

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<v Speaker 1>magic moment I had to take out, and there was

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<v Speaker 1>a I wanted a kind of a diva moment, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>Mariah Carrey's ending of a Vision of Love where she

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<v Speaker 1>sings the last word oh, and I wanted to oh

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<v Speaker 1>off when you Houston, Mariah carry Pavarotti, Aretha Franklin, Like,

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<v Speaker 1>I had a just a crazy song ending thing. And

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<v Speaker 1>because I couldn't It's not that I couldn't clear Pavarotti,

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<v Speaker 1>but I physically would have had the gotten on a

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<v Speaker 1>plane go to Italy. Showed them the clip for them

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<v Speaker 1>to be like, and it's just a three second clip

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<v Speaker 1>it wasn't worth it, so I had to take the

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<v Speaker 1>Pavarotti part out, but to get you know, the roots,

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<v Speaker 1>Buster Rhymes and Bobby McFerrin and TLC in a mix

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<v Speaker 1>that was like that made up for it. So when

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<v Speaker 1>you see that, just know that initially that's what I

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<v Speaker 1>want it there. But yeah, it was the time of

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<v Speaker 1>my life. Like for me, it was just a visit

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<v Speaker 1>through my childhood and three weeks, wow, three weeks to

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<v Speaker 1>clear everything. Yes, Jay wants to know.

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<v Speaker 3>I know you're a huge Jackson's fan, so i'd love

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<v Speaker 3>your take on the Jacksons This Place Hotel. It's such

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<v Speaker 3>an incredible track, but it feels totally slept on. I

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<v Speaker 3>want to hear with somebody with your musical expertise break

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<v Speaker 3>down how genius it is.

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<v Speaker 2>I've asked this. I believe on the Randy Jackson episode.

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<v Speaker 1>That why didn't you guys lead with Heartbreak Hotel? See

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<v Speaker 1>I'm old enough to remember when it was initially called

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<v Speaker 1>Heartbreak Hotel and then I guess some five six years later,

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<v Speaker 1>Michael's publisher convinced him to change it to This Place

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<v Speaker 1>Hotel because of the sort of what I call lazy

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<v Speaker 1>paperwork administration mixed up between the two songs, like it's

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<v Speaker 1>easy to get the mixed and you know, maybe Elvis

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<v Speaker 1>would get Michael's money, or maybe Michael would get Elvis's money,

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<v Speaker 1>So give it a new title. It's such an unimaginative title,

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<v Speaker 1>this place Hotel that you know, I just I try

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<v Speaker 1>to ignore that part and not let it taint me.

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<v Speaker 1>But really, there's a weird obsession I have with Michael

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<v Speaker 1>Jackson really being the beginning of gangster rap. I know

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<v Speaker 1>this is going to be a wild, wild take, but

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<v Speaker 1>I would almost say that seventy percent of Michael's output.

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<v Speaker 2>With songs are always with about women.

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<v Speaker 1>That he doesn't trust or that break his heart or

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<v Speaker 1>that it has n't working day and night, or try

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<v Speaker 1>to trapping him to paternity, or his gossiping about him,

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<v Speaker 1>or might leave him for the next guy, or cop

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<v Speaker 1>like if you break down thriller like nine songs, none

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<v Speaker 1>of the most depressing songs ever like literally song one, betrayal, gossip,

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<v Speaker 1>song two, relationship abandonment. Song three is a cop blocking song.

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<v Speaker 1>Song four, Monster is Gonna Fuck You Up? Song five,

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<v Speaker 1>Gangsters are Gonna Fuck You Up? Song six, That Ain't

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<v Speaker 1>My Baby? Song seven could sort of be seen as existentialism.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, does God exist or whatever?

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<v Speaker 1>And eight and nine are also songs in which he's

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<v Speaker 1>begging for love. I remember when Heartbreak Hotel came out

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<v Speaker 1>when I was nine. I used to watch the clock radio,

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<v Speaker 1>like you know, you have a clock radio to get

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<v Speaker 1>up and go to school, and it was such a scary, Like, no,

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<v Speaker 1>thriller is campy and scary, but Heartbreak Hotel was really

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<v Speaker 1>so scary to me because it wasn't over the top

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<v Speaker 1>like Thriller is camp.

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<v Speaker 2>But Heartbreak Hotel. Just as a nine year old, it

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<v Speaker 2>sounded depressing to me.

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<v Speaker 1>And I guess the story that Randy said was that

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<v Speaker 1>Sony didn't believe in the song. Probably the funniest thing

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<v Speaker 1>that I've found in my research of and watching Soul

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<v Speaker 1>Train is, you know, Don Cornelius is a very colorful

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<v Speaker 1>way of introducing songs, and the week that this album

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<v Speaker 1>comes out, he starts by saying, well, you know, cameraman

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<v Speaker 1>Tony has been begging me and begging me to play

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<v Speaker 1>you know.

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<v Speaker 2>Meanwhile you hear the.

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<v Speaker 1>Like the intro is like long as hell, and so

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<v Speaker 1>Don just tells a story about like after days and

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<v Speaker 1>days and weeks of beg Me. We are finally going

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<v Speaker 1>to grant cameraman three Tony's favorite song. This is the

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<v Speaker 1>Jackson's Heartbreak, like literally like it's one of the funniest,

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<v Speaker 1>funniest stories on Soul Train. But yeah, very depressing song. However,

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<v Speaker 1>as an album, there's this whole clickbait thing on Instagram

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<v Speaker 1>right now where this guy's posting that Triumph is a

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<v Speaker 1>better album than Off the Wall.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe it's the best Jackson's album.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't believe it's better than Off the Wall, only

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<v Speaker 1>because I do not like the engineering on Triumph. So

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<v Speaker 1>for my forty fifth birthday, someone was gracious enough to

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<v Speaker 1>send me all the stems the entire Triumph album, and

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<v Speaker 1>I've done a way better mix with louder drums and

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<v Speaker 1>way better and extra songs. You guys should actually hear it.

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<v Speaker 1>Well again, more humble bragging. The title cut, which didn't

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<v Speaker 1>make the record, sounds like the People's Court. No, literally,

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<v Speaker 1>it sounds like the People Wait, so wait, I just

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<v Speaker 1>gotta play the People Court.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>Intro of this song it sounds like earth Wind and

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<v Speaker 1>Fire sing a song, but the beginning sounds like the

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<v Speaker 1>People's Court. Listen, Michael Joseph Jackson from Gary, Indiana, wanted

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