Questlove

T.I. offered fans a new sound last night when he appeared on VH1’s new series SoundClash. The King of the South teamed up with Fall Out Boy and British group London Grammar for a rare performance. SoundClash hosted by Diplo and executively produced by ?uestl...

Thanks to VH1 and Palladia ?uestlove will be bring forth his new executive produced show called SoundClash. The idea for the show stemmed from Jamaican sound clashing he was exposed to growing up. For SoundClash ?uestlove has recruited likes of Ed Sheeran, Fall Out Boy, Sia and T.I. who will sh...

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Dave Chapelle is making his comeback this summer with nine scheduled shows at New York City’s famed Radio City Music Hall. The shows will feature a stand-up set but also a full orchestra and co-headlining musical guests like The Roots, Busta Rhymes, DJ Premier, Erykah Bad, Janelle Monae and Nas. Despit...

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Months before Summer Jam arrives, rap fans are already mulling over the possible instances that are bound to happen. Yesterday marked the 21st annual concert hosted by Hot 97 and had plenty of great moments to offer. The inescapable was the fact that 50 Cent was performing for the first time since 2004, where he was banned after him and his crew engaged some old nemeses...

In his weekly column with Vulture, Questlove decided to take a different approach and opted to answer questions from his readers this time around. For part 5 of his  "How Hip Hop Failed Black America”, he tackled on issues pertaining to why hip hop is losing its steam. "When Hip H...

Towards the end of the Red Bull Music Academy's hour and a half-long Conversation With D'Angelo at the Brooklyn Museum Wednesday night (May 21), Questlove—brought up on stage by moderator Nelson George after he piped up with an answer from the crowd—began discussing the reception that D'Angelo's second album, Voodoo, received when it came out in 2000. "Voodoo soun...

?uestlove does have the answers. The Roots drummer had the internets buzzing with his articles for Vulture entitled, "How Hip-Hop Failed Black America." As can be expected after such an engaging series there are questions. With the fifth installment of this 6-part series,  Quest provides some clarity for readers on points he made. The R...

Black Thought and Questlove of The Roots swung by The Breakfast Club to discuss their latest release, And Then You Shoot Your Cousin. While with DJ Envy, Angela Yee, and Charlamagne Tha God they talked about how working with Jimmy Fallon effected them creatively, staying connected to their hometown and arguing over creative differences...

During an essay as part of his six-part series with Vulture, Roots drummer Questlove discusses the notion of "black cool" and how today's artists cannot match the cool effect of artists and figures like Miles Davis, Betty Davis, Muhammad Ali, Richard Pryor, Billie Holiday, Jimi Hendrix, Sly Stone, Angela Davis and Prince...

I hate the word unique, but I have never seen anything like what The Roots pulled off last night at Joe's Pub in New York City. In front of a small, select gathering of people that included journalists (including Toure), label and publishing executives and industry tastemakers, the hardest working band in show business were presenting an event that was billed as half Roots show, half album-inspire