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VIDEO: ERYKAH BADU X THE ROOTS – WINDOW SEAT [LIVE]

New Freshness from Erykah Badu… She stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night to debut her collaboration with ?uestlove, “Window Seat.” This is the lead single from New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) slated to drop on March 30th. Yessss!!!!

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NYC EVENT: DONUTS ARE FOREVER

If you’re in NYC and you want to party for a good cause, come out on Saturday to The Bell House in Brooklyn. All proceeds from the event benefit the J Dilla Foundation. ?uestlove and others will be on the 1s and 2s and Guilty Simpson is hosting. This Sunday marks his birthday so show some love.

For more information check out Donutsareforever.com

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BLIND I | CONN5 | UNGRAMMAR PRESENT ?UESTLOVE & HOUSE SHOES LIVE [SJ]

Fahrenheit, Ungrammar, Conn 5, BlindIForTheKids invites you to this special edition of The Lounge. The Lounge pushes along with an appearance by the one the only….

?uestlove
The Roots | Okayplayer | Philadelphia

+ Special guest opener

House Shoes
Detroit to LA

Limited $8 Pre-Sale Tickets Available at: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/78899

Questlove DJ Sets are a pleasure to experience everytime out. It allows a nightclub going listener to get open to sounds not usually displayed in that arena. Questlove’s first appearance in San Jose was back in July of 2003 at the infamous weekly jump off called ‘STANK’ at the more or less infamous Agenda Lounge. So lets call this one a 6 year anniversary of that monumental night. 7 times more to San Jose since, his sets are always different – all the more to take a chance and come out.

As the opener, DJ Houseshoes will set the night off right. His first time to San Jose, lets all give a warm southbay welcoming. You can cop his current mix project “King Jame Version” dedicated to his hometown brethren J Dilla at Streetlight Records on Bascom Ave. More on Shoes’

Detroit’s HipHop ambassador to the world…. Four time winner of Best Hip-Hop DJ in Detroit. Relocated to Los Angeles in 2006…. Ran Detroit’s Hip Hop scene for over a decade. Released the highly sought after JayDeeUnreleased in 1997… Released PhatKat’s Dedication to the Suckers 12″ in 1999… The House Shoes Collection Vol.1 : I Got Next followed in 2004… and Loungin’ Vol. 1 : Live at the Buddha Lounge in 2005… Loved by many, Hated by few… Make sure to peep the podcast at www.shoeshouse.podomatic.com…

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MELANIE FIONA INTERVIEW

I really dig Melanie Fiona. Not only is her voice incredible, but she seems knowledgeable and down to earth.  If you haven’t gotten her mixtape with ?uestlove, pick it up here.

Shouts to Yours Truly/Dusty Fingers for the interview.

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MELANIE FIONA MEETS THE ILLADELPHONICS (MIXTAPE)

Melanie Fiona is the truth. Point blank period. Her voice is dope, her mic prowess as an MC is great, and she doesn’t look half bad either. I’m being deceitful, she’s fine as hell. Throw in a great understanding of classic music and team her up with the likes of ?uestlove’s Illadelphonics for a project, and voila! You have mixtape magic. WQST Radio brings to us live sessions of the collaborations so we can indulge to our hearts’ content. So without further ado, stream wifey #14’s stylings on a cover of Sam Cooke’s “Cupid“and then partake!

Melanie Fiona Meets The Illadelphonics – Cupid

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Tracklisting after the jump.
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?UESTLOVE | ZO! | CARLITTA DURAND | THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE | PRINCE

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The Foreign Exchange | ?uestlove | Zo! | Carlitta Durand – Take Me With You [Prince Cover]

Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson- Drums, Samples
Nicolay- Fender Rhodes, acoustic piano
Zo!- Korg synth, additional rhodes
Phonte and Carlitta Durand- Vocals

I am blessed. Blessed to have recieved some goodness in our Blind I mailbox for YOU to peep 1st hand… In their own words…

We recorded this over a month ago specifically for a ?uestlove tribute party dedicated to The Purple One himself. Other than passing it off to a few DJ friends who vowed to keep it on some secret squirrel, “bet you aint up on THIS!” status, no one has ever heard it. In the wake of the incredible loss we suffered on June 25 however, this joint took on somewhat of a deeper meaning.

We decided to share it with our fans not only as a token of appreciation, but also as a way of paying respect to one of our last living musical geniuses.

Let’s not wait until tragedy strikes before we show love and gratitude to our heroes, people. Give them their flowers while they live.

This one’s for you, Mr. Nelson. You are loved and appreciated.

Enjoy!

One Love,
‘Tay and Nic

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?uestlove | The Foreign Exchange | Phonte | Nicolay | Carlitta Durand | Zo!

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?UESTLOVE LIVE!!! [SF]

Only every now n then do I do some schitt that is monumental. This will mark my 5th time rockin the mic holding down the crowd while the world famous living icon ?uestlove does his thang over the 1’s 2’s. It’s going down tomorrow night pho cho fsho for sure!

Get your pre-sales NOW!

Pre sales SOLD OUT!! Limited tickets available @ the door. EARLY ARRIVAL IS HIGHLY SUGGESTED!

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QUESTLOVE INTERVIEW

?uest is such an intelligent cat. Enjoy.

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GREAT SOUL MUSIC MIGHT BE BACK…

THAT’S RIGHT. Q-Tip just dropped that very key info off via Twitter about the new D’Angelo happenings in TOKYO of all places. Honestly I wasn’t suprised. I’m just glad that we have confirmation from an active artist that D is back on the grind fully. If you remember about a year ago ?uestlove leaked the Really Love joint (shouts to AHotMess for the link), so let’s hope the man’s been in the studio trying to 1-up Voodoo (which is a multi-year task, I’m sure.) We’ll keep you tuned in…i$n’t technology great?

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