{"id":230,"date":"2003-10-24T12:58:50","date_gmt":"2003-10-24T16:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradermike.net\/movethecrowd\/2003\/10\/uestlove_breaks_it_down\/"},"modified":"2003-10-24T12:58:50","modified_gmt":"2003-10-24T16:58:50","slug":"uestlove_breaks_it_down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/10\/24\/uestlove_breaks_it_down\/","title":{"rendered":"?uestlove Breaks it Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Believer Magazine has an excellent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.believermag.com\/issues\/august_2003\/ahmir_thompson.htm\">interview with Ahmir &#8216;?uestlove&#8217; Thompson<\/a> of the Roots.   If you&#8217;re a hip-hop fan I highly recommend it.  Read it to find out:<\/p>\n<p><UL><br \/>\n<LI>why crack is responsible for hip-hop<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI>if ?uest is &#8216;dried out&#8217; on hip-hop<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI>why he keeps buying the same records multiple times<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI>details about the afro&#8230; bruh hasn&#8217;t had a haircut since 1989!<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI>all kinds of wacky shit about D&#8217;Angelo (that was one hell of a tour!)<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI>the connection between De La Soul &amp; The Roots<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI>?uest&#8217;s thoughts on sampling<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI>?uest&#8217;s top 5 MCs&#8230; no Tupac&#8230; ha ha!  (<a href=\"http:\/\/tradermike.net\/movethecrowd\/archives\/2003\/08\/10000_hits.php\">paragraph 2 of this post<\/a> explains why I laugh)<br \/>\n<\/LI><br \/>\n<\/UL><\/p>\n<p>Hat tip to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allaboutgeorge.com\/retro\/000590.php\">George<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dashes.com\/links\">Anil<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/monique.typepad.com\/coffeenated\/2003\/10\/uestlove_in_the.html\">Monique<\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rcm-images.amazon.com\/images\/G\/01\/rcm\/468x240.gif?resize=468%2C240\" width=\"468\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Shop at Amazon.com\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Believer Magazine has an excellent interview with Ahmir &#8216;?uestlove&#8217; Thompson of the Roots. If you&#8217;re a hip-hop fan I highly recommend it. Read it to find out: why crack is responsible for hip-hop if ?uest is &#8216;dried out&#8217; on hip-hop why he keeps buying the same records multiple times details about the afro&#8230; bruh&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/10\/24\/uestlove_breaks_it_down\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">?uestlove Breaks it Down<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":464,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2005\/05\/01\/dvd_freestyle_-_the_art_of_rhyme\/","url_meta":{"origin":230,"position":0},"title":"DVD: Freestyle &#8211; The Art of Rhyme","date":"May 1, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm really looking forward to this DVD being released later this month: \"Freestyle - The Art of Rhyme\" (You can watch the trailer on that site.) The film has taken a gang of awards at various film festivals, so it shouldn't disappoint. Explosively documenting the story of a group of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":266,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2004\/01\/18\/stir_it_up\/","url_meta":{"origin":230,"position":1},"title":"Stir it Up","date":"January 18, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Today's Atlanta Journal-Constitution has an article which explores the current upswing in popularity of Dancehall Reggae and its fusion with other genres in the US and England. 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(via Diesel Nation)","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogging&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Shop at Amazon.com","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rcm-images.amazon.com\/images\/G\/01\/rcm\/468x240.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":386,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2004\/09\/02\/hip-hop_planet\/","url_meta":{"origin":230,"position":4},"title":"Hip-Hop Planet","date":"September 2, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"I saw a review of 'Where You're At: Notes From the Frontline of a Hip-Hop Planet' in the AJC last week and had to add it to my list of books to read. I've always been fascinated by how popular hip-hop is in other countries so this should be a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":128,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/08\/01\/hip-hop_haters\/","url_meta":{"origin":230,"position":5},"title":"Hip-Hop Haters","date":"August 1, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"The Miami Herald takes a very interesting look at those who hate (on) hip-hop. 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