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  ?uestlove: 'I Could Actually Use Some Friends'

  June 5, 2013 – Given his king-of-all-media near-ubiquity, it's almost weird to know that ?uestlove hasn't written a book till now. …
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  See ?uestlove and Nardwuar's 45-Minute Geek Battle Royale

  May 3, 2013 – What do you get when you put two guys who know absolutely everything there is to know about music in front of a camera together for 45 minutes? …
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  Justin Timberlake's Lengthy '20/20 Experience' Is Only Getting Longer

  March 18, 2013 – Justin Timberlake made us wait seven years for The 20/20 Experience, his follow-up to 2006's classic FutureSex/LoveSounds, but it looks like the South By Southwest all-star is already prepping his next batch of songs for release later this year.Roots drummer ?uestlove recently posted on an Okayplayer message board that JT will put out a second volume of The 20/20 Experience in November (via Rap Dose). …
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  D'Angelo and ?uestlove Surprise Brooklyn With One-Night-Only Duo Performance

  March 5, 2013 – D'Angelo has been judicious in his slow return to the stage, with his comeback shows taking on a few mutated forms. He appeared at Bonnaroo last year as the centerpiece of ?uestlove's "Superjam," running through a litany of covers with an all-star band. …
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  Two Memoirs Planned, the Roots Approach Dave Grohl Levels of Productivity

  February 28, 2013 – SPIN cover star/renaissance man Dave Grohl has got nothing on the Roots. Already on the Philly collective's docket for 2013: Headlining the annual Roots Picnic festival and working on the follow-up to 2011's undun, as well as a collaborative LP with Elvis Costello. Now add two memoirs, being written independently by bandleaders ?uestlove and Black Thought. …
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  Elvis Costello and the Roots Made a 'Brilliant' Album Together

  January 23, 2013 – First came the 2013 Roots Picnic lineup announcement, then the D'Angelo album news, and now the bombshell report that the band has finished recording a secret album with none other than Elvis Costello. …
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  Roots Picnic Official Lineup Bears Out Our Predictions, Adds Naughty by Nature

  January 22, 2013 – ?uestlove dropped some major hints about the lineup for the sixth annual Roots Picnic yesterday (January 21) and SPIN took some guesses as to who the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon bandleader had booked for the Philadelphia concert. …
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  ?uestlove Teases Roots Picnic Lineup: Gary Clark Jr., Grimes, Solange Expected

  January 21, 2013 – ?uestlove teased the lineup to the sixth annual Roots Picnic festival through a series of cat-and-mouse tweets today (January 21), hinting at appearances from Gary Clark Jr., Grimes, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Hit-Boy, Solange Knowles, Robert Glasper, Joey Bada$$, and Gaslamp Killer. …
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  ?uestlove to Teach NYU's Classic Albums Course

  October 17, 2012 – The Roots drummer, Soulquarian producer, DJ extraordinaire, Fallon sound man, and occasional music journalist Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson is adding one more title to that estimable list: college professor. …
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  ?uestlove Shares Beastie Boys Tribute Mix

  August 14, 2012 – On August 5, the Beastie Boys' Adam "MCA" Yauch would've turned 48 if not for his sad death from cancer earlier this year. In belated commemoration of that date, the Roots' ?uestlove has posted a demo he put together for the Beasties medley the Roots performed at the 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. …
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